Wat Nong Pah Pong
Monasteries / Ajahn Chah monasteries / Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries / Wat Nong Pah Pong
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See also: Ajahn Chah
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 31 – Apr. 29, 2001

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2. “Why did Ajahn Chah found Wat Pah Pong?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Wat Pah Pong] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Ajahn Chah] // [Tudong] [Teaching Dhamma] [Personal presence] [Seclusion] [Compassion] [Family] [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support]

Story: The first Rains Retreat with Ajahn Chah. [Rains retreat] [Devotion to wakefulness]


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]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 32 – Feb. 18, 2014

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2. “Did Venerable Araññabho stay at Wat Pah Nanachat?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Wat Pah Pong]


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5. “Was there much coming and going between Wat Pah Pong and Wat Pah Nanachat?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Wat Pah Nanachat]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 46 – Mar. 10, 2014

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6. “Did Ajahn Piak and Ajahn Anan leave Wat Pah Pong together to found Wat Fah Krahm?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Piak] [Ajahn Anan] [Wat Pah Pong] [Wat Fah Krahm] // [Ajahn Dtun] [History/Thai Buddhism] [Sequence of training]


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

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10. “Did Luang Por Liem ask Luang Por Boon Choo to stay back when Luang Por Chah became ill?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Liem] [Ajahn Boon Choo] [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Chah] [Sickness] // [Wat Pahk Kut Wai] [Upasikā Kee Nanayon] [Geography/Thailand]

Story: Karaoke bars spring up around Wat Pahk Kut Wai. [Seclusion]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 50 – Mar. 14, 2014

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4. “Did any Wat Pah Pong monks spend time with Luang Por Gi?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Gi] // [Seclusion] [Ajahn Piak] [Ajahn Anek]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 52 – Mar. 18, 2014

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5. “Was there a cap, a certain number of novices allowed at the monastery at one time?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Novices] // [Ajahn Chah] [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries]


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6. Comment: I got the impression from that introduction that the monastery was over-run with novices. [Wat Pah Pong] [Novices]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Chah] [Rains retreat]


Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 53 – Mar. 19, 2014

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2. “There were a number of different alms routes out of Wat Pah Pong. How was it decided who went on each one and how was the food distributed for the meal?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Almsround] [Almsfood] [Saṅgha decision making] // [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Ajahn Liem]

Discussion of almsfood distribution at different monasteries. Led by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Pesalo. [Ajahn Tongrat] [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Wat Pah Pong]

Story: Ajahn Pasanno helped pass out food at Wat Pah Pong. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Wat Pah Pong]

Story: Ajahn Tongrat exposes a monk concealing fish in his ball of sticky rice. [Food] [Admonishment/feedback]

Comments by Ajahn Pesalo and Ajahn Pasanno about food distribution at Wat Baan Tat. [Mutual lay/Saṅgha support]

Quote: “It’s incredibly tiresome how organized we [Westerners] have to be....Organic spontaneity–that’s how things work in Thailand.” [Culture/West] [Culture/Thailand]


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3. “At Wat Pah Pong there’s a large mural of lay people eating, do you know where that came from or how long its been there?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Lay life] [Food] [Protocols]


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6. “Did the alms routes stay the same over the years?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Almsround]


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7. “Do you try to pass most of the houses in the village?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Almsround] // [Culture/Thailand] [Culture/West]


2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Nov. 25, 2014

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8. “Do the monks at Wat Pah Pong chant ‘Chinnabunchon?’ Would you show how to chant it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Pong] [Chanting]


Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 52 – Mar. 25, 2015

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1. “When did Luang Por Liem come to Wat Pah Pong?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Liem] [Wat Pah Pong] // [Ajahn Chah]

Reference: No Worries by Ajahn Liem. [Tudong]


Following the Path of a Forest Monk – Jun. 23, 2023

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5. “Were there any memories from that period of training with Ajahn Chah that really stand out in your mind? In what ways did you find it difficult?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Monastic life] [Wat Pah Pong] [Ajahn Pasanno] // [Poverty] [Requisites] [Posture/Sitting] [Monastic routine]

Quote: “It was difficult, but it was also very satisfying. It felt like exactly what I wanted to be doing and should be doing.” [Wat Pah Pong] [Ardency] [Faith]