Sickness (byādhi)
Skillful qualities / Four Noble Truths / Noble Truth of Suffering / Sickness
Part of key topic The Human Dillema
79 excerpts, 7:24:11 total duration

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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 16 – Apr. 28, 2001

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7. Quote: “When I saw Luang Por Chah when he had his stroke, I felt an almost unbearable sense of grief and loss. Then I remembered, ‘This is the way it is.’” — Ajahn Sumedho [Sickness] [Grief] [Equanimity] [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] // [Faith] [Aversion] [Relinquishment]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 26 – Apr. 29, 2001

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8. Quote: “This is as cold as it gets.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Jack Kornfield. [Ajahn Chah] [Jack Kornfield] [Wat Tam Saeng Pet] [Culture/Natural environment] // [Almsround] [Mentoring] [Suffering] [Teaching Dhamma] [Sickness] [Fierce/direct teaching] [Humor] [Relinquishment]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 32 – Apr. 29, 2001

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1. Quote: “Don’t you say that so lightly–old age, sickness, and death.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Jack Kornfield. [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] [Ageing ] [Death] // [Health care]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 34 – Apr. 29, 2001

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5. Caring for Ajahn Chah. Reflection by Joseph Kappel. [Sickness] [Health care] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Compassion] [Gratitude]

Quote: “It helped the community prepare for his death and offer gratitude.” [Saṅgha] [Sickness] [Death] [Generosity]


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6. Quote: “Ajahn Chah was a terrible patient.” — Ajahn Pasanno [Health care] [Sickness] [Ajahn Chah]

Quote: “Don’t doctors die also?” — Ajahn Chah [Death]


Metta Retreat, Session 4 – Sep. 12, 2008

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4. “Would you say a bit about the benefits of practicing loving-kindness during the dying process, both for the one who is dying as well as for the caregiver?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Goodwill] [Death] [Health care] // [Gladdening the mind] [Fear] [Clear comprehension] [Energy] [Community]

Quote: “These bodies are really high maintenance when they don’t work.” [Sickness]

Recollection: Ajahn Chah was unable to look after himself for the last nine years of his life. [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] [Respect for elders] [Wat Pah Pong] [Gratitude]


Suttas You've Never Heard Of, Session 2 – Jun. 25, 2016

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6. Story: Ajahn Pasanno visits the elderly Cambodian monk Mahāgossānanda who has Alzheimer’s disease. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Preah Mahāghosānanda] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Sickness] // [Dalai Lama] [Divine Abidings] [Ajahn Chah] [Heart/mind]

Quote: “That thing you learn in meditation—that you don’t lose.” — Ajahn Fuang [Ajahn Fuang] [Meditation] [Liberation] [Sickness]

Story: A monk known for psychic powers visits Ajahn Chah’s sick room and reports: “You don’t have to worry about Ajahn Chah. His heart is so bright.” [Psychic powers] [Sickness] [Dependent origination] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lunar observance days]