Laypeople being unfamiliar with the Forest Tradition and Ajahn Chah's skillful means in dealing with it.
In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro tells the life story of Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Jayasaro has researched Ajahn Chah's life for many years and authored an influential, 'official' biography of Ajahn Chah in Thai on request of Thai senior monks which, however, has never been translated into English. These informal recordings at his hermitage attempt to provide some insights into the origins and development of one of the most influential Buddhist meditation masters of the 20th century, who continues to affect the lives of meditators around the world. We will keep adding clips to this series until April 2008. The whole list of videos is available at http://www.ajahnchah.org/videos.htm Please rate and comment.
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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.
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 36 - Arriving at Pah Pong Forest
Arriving at Pah Pong Forest, getting ready to establish Wat Nong Pah Pong, a quite peculiar event happens. Ajahn Chah never made a great deal out of these stories…
Laypeople being unfamiliar with the Forest Tradition and Ajahn Chah's skillful means in dealing with it.
"Macho-atmosphere" in the monastery, an "anti-doctor-attitude" and the up-side of being ill. Ajahn Chah himself also struggled severely with malaria…
Sitting and waiting hungrily after almsround - and an unexpected reaction of Ajahn Chah's. Being hungry has it’s benefits, as Ajahn Jayasaro points out.
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 38 - Austere conditions at early Wat Nong Pah Pong
In the early days, it was difficult to obtain the monks’ requisites such as almsfood or clothing. How monks used to chant the Metta Sutta as a substitute for using torches…
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Ajahn Chah - Bio -Introduction to Ajahn Chah biographical series
In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro tells the life story of Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Jayasaro has researched Ajahn Chah's life for many years and authored an influential, 'official' biography of Ajahn Chah in Thai on request of Thai senior monks which, however, has never been translated into English. These informal recordings at his hermitage attempt to provide some insights into the origins and development of one of the most influential Buddhist meditation masters of the 20th century, who continues to affect the lives of meditators around the world. We will keep adding clips to this series until April 2008. The whole list of videos is available at http://www.ajahnchah.org/videos.htm Please rate and comment.
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Ajahn Chah - Bio 43 - Talking about enlightenment
Can Buddhist monks talk about their own practice and attainments to laypeople? Is it possible to know by the demeanour?
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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…
Ajahn Chah's early years. Being born and growing up in Ubon Rachathani Province of Northeast Thailand – a poor region in terms of farming; rich, however, in terms of Buddhist masters...
Are we addicted to thinking? How thinking resembles smoking cigarettes and how the mind can put down thinking…
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