Also a subtag of Nature of mind
Being able to recognize the difference between the mind itself and the moods or objects of the mind. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Knowing itself] [Moods of the mind ] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Heart/mind]
1. Quote: “One who is lost in the world is lost in their moods. One who is lost in their moods is lost in the world.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Moods of the mind] [Mindfulness of mind]
3. Being able to recognize the difference between the mind itself and the moods or objects of the mind. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Knowing itself] [Moods of the mind ] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Heart/mind]
20. The values of the Thai Forest Tradition. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai Forest Tradition ] // [Knowing itself] [Mindfulness] [Recollection/Buddha] [Four Noble Truths] [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Tate] [Ajahn Mun] [Heart/mind] [Three Refuges]
Quote: “Pay attention to the difference between the mind and the objects of mind.” — Ajahn Mun. [Nature of mind] [Moods of the mind] [Discernment]
1. “What is the Thai that is translated as “mind” and “mind objects?”” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai] [Translation] [Heart/mind] [Moods of the mind] // [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Chah]
3. “Ajahn Mun taught Ajahn Chah to distinguish between the mind and mind objects. Is the mind that distinguishes between these a development of ordinary mind or a larger mind that we tap into as we develop wisdom?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Chah] [Heart/mind] [Moods of the mind] [Not-self] [Nature of mind] [Discernment] // [Conditionality] [Liberation] [Direct experience]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno: Both of these are wrong. [Proliferation]
Sutta: MN 11 Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta
12. “Can you speak about Ajahn Chah’s time with Ajahn Mun and the influence of that time on his sense of practice?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun ] [Ajahn Chah] // [History/Thai Buddhism] [Thai sects] [Vinaya] [Conscience and prudence]
Quote: “Mahānikāya needs good monks too.” — Ajahn Mun.
Quote: “In the end, what you have to understand is the difference between the moods of the mind and the essential mind, the mind itself.” — Ajahn Mun. [Moods of the mind] [Heart/mind]
Recollection: Ajahn Chah also trained with Ajahn Mun’s disciples Ajahn Kinaree and Ajahn Tongrat. [Ajahn Kinaree] [Ajahn Tongrat]
17. “How did Ajahn Chah distinguish between positive passing mood states and the essential qualities of the mind, the radiance of the mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Moods of the mind] [Skillful qualities] [Heart/mind] [Nature of mind] [Ajahn Chah] // [Impermanence] [Not-self] [Self-identity view]
Quote: “It’s just that much.” — Ajahn Chah.
Follow-up: “And yet we’re not always able to rest in the radiant qualities of the essential mind either.”
2. Simile from Ajahn Chah: The mind is like a bell struck by sense contact and moods. Related by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Nature of mind] [Contact] [Moods of the mind] [Similes] // [Knowing itself]