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Skillful qualities / Noble Eightfold Path / Right Speech / Listening 
10 excerpts, 42:01 total duration



Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 1 – Nov. 19, 2016

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5. “Could you tell us your stories related to the King Rama 9 of Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [King Rama IX] [Culture/Thailand] // [Leadership] [Meditation] [Recreation/leisure/sport] [Commerce/economics]

Story: Thai lay supporters remember King Rama IX at Abhayagiri’s 2016 Kaṭhina. [Abhayagiri] [Kaṭhina]

Story: King Rama IX attends Ajahn Chah’s funeral. [Ajahn Chah] [Funerals] [Wat Pah Pong] [Tranquility]

Story: King Rama IX asks President Nixon for understanding. [Politics and society] [Communal harmony] [Listening]


Practice in a Global Context – Aug. 12, 2017

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7. Comment: One thing I’ve gotten from Trump is the equanimity to listen to his supporters on a one-on-one basis. [Equanimity] [Listening] [Respect] [Politics and society]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fear] [Human] [Suffering] [Community]


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 3 – Oct. 12, 2019

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2. Quote: “Learning how to be comfortable with dukkha...is a willingness to open the heart to the whole realm of experience. That’s an act of love.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Direct experience] [Goodwill] // [Generosity] [Fear] [Listening] [Clear comprehension]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 18 – Jun. 14, 2021

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15. The last two reviewing knowledges: Listening to the Dhamma with eager ears and delighting in it. Teaching by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Listening] [Gladdening the mind] [Dhamma] [Communal harmony] // [Abhayagiri]

Sutta: MN 48: Kosambi Sutta.