Joseph Kappel   Tag [Joseph Kappel]
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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 11 – Apr. 28, 2001

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1. Reflections about the occasion. [Spiritual friendship] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel]


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2. Learning to trust the next breath. [Trust] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Ajahn Chah] // [Restlessness and worry] [Present moment awareness]


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3. What drew us to Ajahn Chah? [Association with people of integrity] [Ajahn Chah] // [Culture/West] [Three Refuges] [Teachers] [Media]


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4. Ajahn Chah was the living embodiment of these teachings. [Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Buddha images] [Human] [Compassion]

Quote: “It’s like taking the church with you.”


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5. Ajahn Chah taught us to speak without preparation. [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Trust] [Human] [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Spaciousness]


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6. Most people celebrate birth, but people should be crying. When people die, everyone grieves and sorrows, but they should be celebrating. Teaching of Ajahn Chah recollected by Joseph Kappel. [Birth] [Grief] [Death] [Happiness] [Ajahn Chah] // [Fierce/direct teaching]


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7. Ajahn Chah could be with people where they are. [Compassion] [Present moment awareness] [Ajahn Chah]


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8. Ajahn Chah emphasized sīla and precepts when teaching in the West. [Virtue] [Five Precepts] [Teaching Dhamma] [Culture/West] [Ajahn Chah] // [Communal harmony] [Meditation] [Sensual desire] [Long-term practice]


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9. Reflection: Jumping off the Saṅgha ocean liner. [Saṅgha] [Similes] [Joseph Kappel] [Disrobing] // [Faith] [Five Precepts] [Ajahn Chah]


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10. Ajahn Amaro introduces Paul Breiter and Joseph Kappel. [Ajahn Chah]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 12 – Apr. 28, 2001

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1. “What is the daily schedule like?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Joseph Kappel. [Monastic life] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Ajahn Amaro] [Joseph Kappel] [Chanting] [Meditation] [Almsround] [Work] [Abhayagiri] [Teaching Dhamma] [Upatakh]


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2. Many of the most profound teachings happened under Ajahn Chah’s kuti. [Teaching Dhamma] [Lodging] [Ajahn Chah] // [Tranquility]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 22 – Apr. 28, 2001

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4. Stories about the people who criticized Chithurst Monastery in the early days. Told by Joseph Kappel and Ajahn Amaro. [Conflict] [Chithurst] // [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Anando] [Culture/West] [Communal harmony]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 25 – Apr. 29, 2001

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2. Context of the reading: walking into Wat Pah Pong. [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Wat Pah Pong] [Culture/Natural environment] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Lodging] [Posture/Walking] [Dōgen] [Ajahn Amaro]


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3. “Learning to Listen.” Teaching by Ajahn Chah. Translated and read by Joseph Kappel. [Learning] [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] // [Present moment awareness] [Teaching Dhamma] [Questions] [Buddha] [Continuity of mindfulness] [Unconditioned]


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

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2. Story: Ajahn Chah visits Seattle. [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Family] [Paul Breiter]

Story: Venerable Pabakkaro’s grandmother hugs him at the airport. [Monastic life] [Vinaya]

Story: Ajahn Chah visits Mount Ranier. [Culture/Natural environment]


Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 33 – Apr. 29, 2001

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8. Story: Paul Breiter expounds the spiritual potential of hospice work. In response, Ajahn Chah presses his cane into Paul’s chest. [Paul Breiter] [Health care] [Death] [Fierce/direct teaching] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel]


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9. Quote: “You’re strong. Now you need to make your heart as strong as your body.” — Ajahn Chah [Ajahn Chah] [Heart/mind] // [Joseph Kappel] [Humility] [Family] [Culture/Natural environment]


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

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2. Story: Venerable Pabakkaro (Joseph Kappel) spends time in solitude. [Joseph Kappel] [Seclusion] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ajahn Sumedho]


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3. Story: Ajahn Chah’s failing heath and Rains Retreat at Tam Saeng Pet. [Sickness] [Health care] [Rains retreat] [Wat Tam Saeng Pet] [Ajahn Chah] // [Wat Pah Pong] [Lodging] [Seclusion] [Generosity] [Joseph Kappel]

Story: “Pabakkaro, make me a Communist.” [Culture/Natural environment] [Medicinal requisites] [Contentment] [Sensual desire]

Story: Venerable Pabakkaro attends to Ajahn Chah. [Upatakh] [Humility]

Story: Ajahn Chah visits the branch monasteries for the last time. [Thai Ajahn Chah monasteries] [Vinaya] [Saṅgha]


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4. Story: Ajahn Chah goes to Bangkok for treatment and an operation. [Sickness] [Health care] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Medicinal requisites] [Generosity] [Saṅgha decision making] [Lodging]

Story: Ajahn Chah’s last word. [Language]


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

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