Thai sects
Renunciant practice / Monastic life / Types of monks / Thai sects
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 30 – Apr. 29, 2001

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4. When I first went there, the town monks were very critical of Ajahn Chah. Reflection by Ajahn Sumedho. [Forest versus city monks] [Wat Pah Pong] [Aversion] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Rains retreat] [Asking forgiveness ceremony] [Jealousy] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Thai sects] [Ajahn Mun]


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6. Comment: Ajahn Chah is now mutually admired by both sects. [Thai sects] [Respect] [Culture/Thailand] [Ajahn Chah] // [Funerals] [Perception of a samaṇa]


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7. Qualities of Ajahn Chah’s speech. Reflection by Ajahn Sumedho. [Right Speech] [Ajahn Chah] // [Malicious speech] [Thai sects] [Fierce/direct teaching] [Trust] [Humor] [Goodwill] [Present moment awareness]


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 4 – Sep. 19, 2010

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1. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: Context of Ajahn Chah’s early efforts at meditation. [Meditation] [Ajahn Chah] // [Thai sects] [Ajahn Mun] [Practicing in accordance with Dhamma]


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 7 – Sep. 19, 2010

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4. Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: Why Ajahn Chah spent only three days with Ajahn Mun. [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Chah] // [Thai sects] [Politics and society] [Psychic powers] [Dreams]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 61

Quote: “Mahānikāya needs good monks as well.” — Ajahn Mun to Ajahn Chah [Thai sects]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 2 – Jan. 7, 2014

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4. “Was this talk given on a formal occasion?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Thai sects]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 5 – Jan. 12, 2014

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2. “Was there much contact between the sphere of Wat Pah Pong and the sphere of Wat Asokaram (Ajahn Lee’s monastery)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Asokaram] [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo] // [Ajahn Anan] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Thai sects] [Conflict]


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3. “Why was the Dhammayut/Mahanikai split so strong?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai sects] [Conflict] // [Ajahn Chah]


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4. “Why did conflict between the sects break out on almsround?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai sects] [Conflict] [Almsround] // [Culture/Thailand]


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5. “Before Ajahn Chah, were there any Mahanikai teachers worthy of respect?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Thai sects] // [Ajahn Kinaree] [Ajahn Tongrat] [Ajahn Mun]


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7. “Did the Dhammayut/Mahanikai differences matter to serious practice monks?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai sects] [Monastic life] // [Pāṭimokkha] [Saṅgha] [Ajahn Baen] [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 14 – Jan. 25, 2014

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7. “What do monks do with Pāli study levels?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Learning] [Pāli] [Culture/Thailand] [Types of monks] // [P. A. Payutto]

Story: Tan Chao Khun Prayoon Dhammacitto, the head of the Buddhist University in Bangkok, visits Wat Pah Nanachat. [Chao Khun Prayoon] [Thai sects] [Wat Pah Nanachat]

Story: Ajahn Mahā Adisak, a ninth-degree Pāli scholar, spends a year at Amaravati. [Ajahn Mahā Adisak] [Amaravati] [Ajahn Sumedho]

Story: He found it difficult to translate Ajahn Amaro’s teachings to Westerners into Thai. [Ajahn Amaro] [Culture/West] [Translation] [Dhamma books]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 38 – Feb. 26, 2014

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7. “Does Ajahn Liem attend morning and evening pūjā?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Liem] [Pūjā] // [Culture/Thailand] [Wat Pah Pong]

Story: Ajahn Liem silently walks around and looks at the monks during morning pūjā. Told by Ajahn Ñāṇiko.

Follow-up: “Did Ajahn Chah go to morning and evening pūjā?” [Ajahn Chah]

Follow-up: “In the early years of Wat Ban Tad, was it always practice on your own?” [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Thai sects] [Ajahn Tongrat] [Ajahn Baen]

Story: Too many monks skip pūjā to massage Ajahn Liem. Told by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Upatakh]

Recollections: Bhante Gunaratana comes to morning pūjā early. Recounted by Ajahn Jotipālo and Beth Steff. [Bhante Gunaratana]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 44 – Mar. 6, 2014

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1. Story: Ajahn Chah asks Ajahn Mun whether he should reordain as a Dhammayut monk. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Mun] [Thai sects]


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5. “Are the boundaries between Dhammayut and Mahanikai breaking down?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Thai sects] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Vinaya]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 47 – Mar. 11, 2014

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8. “Did Ajahn Boon Choo go to Europe?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Boon Choo] // [Thai sects] [Personality]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 49 – Mar. 13, 2014

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9. “Was Luang Por Teean a forest teacher? Dhammayut or Mahanikai?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Teean] [Forest versus city monks] [Thai sects]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 1 – Jun. 14, 2014

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7. “Could you say a few words about the structure of the Thai Saṅgha and where the Thai Forest Tradition fits in?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [History/Thai Buddhism] [Types of monks] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Kinaree] [Ajahn Tongrat] [Ajahn Chah]

Story: Ajahn Chah asks Ajahn Mun, “Shall I reordain in the Dhammayut Order to live with you?” He responds, “Mahānikāya needs good monks also.” [Ordination] [Thai sects]


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8. “So then technically Abhayagiri belongs to the Mahānikāya?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abhayagiri] [Thai sects] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [History/Western Buddhist monasticism]


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12. “Was Ajahn Mun well respected by the Buddhist establishment or was he more of a renegade?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Thai sects] [Ajahn Lee Dhammadharo]

Story: Ajahn Mun leaves the day after he is appointed abbot. [Abbot] [Seclusion]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2 – Jun. 14, 2014

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2. “So both Ajahn Mahā Boowa and Ajahn Chah were students of Ajahn Mun? Did they have similar experiences?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mun] [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Ajahn Chah] [Teaching Dhamma] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Thai sects] [History/Thai Buddhism]