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Buddhist Meditation (11) Meditation Experiences
What happens when the mind becomes calmer and how to take your practice still further… Are we practicing samatha or vipassana?
What you should know about the right sitting posture for meditation…
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 41 - Discipline at Wat Nong Pah Pong
Initially striving hard to finish his own practice, Ajahn Chah's regime eventually becomes softer. Late & long Dhamma talks as a way of disciplining the sangha! Also: Pulling teeth in the old days.
"Macho-atmosphere" in the monastery, an "anti-doctor-attitude" and the up-side of being ill. Ajahn Chah himself also struggled severely with malaria…
As an abbot, what makes people most easy to live with?
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 44 - How attained was Ajahn Chah?
Ajahn Chah always refused to talk about attainments. Nevertheless, his disciples believe he attained arahantship. Special qualities of Ajahn Chah…
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 37 - Establishing Wat Nong Pah Pong
Wat Nong Pah Pong became one of very few Thai Forest Monasteries in the province of Ubon Rachathani. Ajahn Jayasaro talks about the circumstances back then, about lay support and another unusual event…
Laypeople being unfamiliar with the Forest Tradition and Ajahn Chah's skillful means in dealing with it.
What is the nature of asceticism?
Sila, or right conduct, as the foundation of meditation practice.
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