Reflection by Paul Breiter: How do Ajahn Chah’s teachings apply to lay life? [Lay life ] [Ajahn Chah] // [Monastic life] [Culture/Thailand] [Culture/West]
When I left the monastery, I felt like a skinned cow (SN 12.63). [Similes] [Vinaya]
Story: Ajahn Chah scolds the monks for dreaming about lay life. [Work] [Family] [Commerce/economics] [Renunciation]
Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend [2001], Session 15, Excerpt 1
“I was a little confused this morning about the nutriments. I’m assuming the nutriments nourish our suffering. What are the nutriments? How would consciousness and mental volition differ in feeding dukkha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nutriment] [Consciousness] [Volition] [Suffering] // [Food] [Contact] [Feeling] [Craving] [Aggregates]
Sutta: SN 12.63.
2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 5, Excerpt 13
“How are contact and viññāṇa nutriment?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Contact] [Consciousness] [Nutriment ] // [Feeling] [Aggregates] [Becoming]
Sutta: SN 12.63: Son’s Flesh.
Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition [2016], Session 39, Excerpt 5