Ven. Jutipanyo has been ordained in Thailand and is currently the abbot of a monastery in Pontian, Johor, southern Malaysia.
Another experience of a recent, truly involved ghost story.
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Ven. Uttamo (01) - First Contact with Buddhism
A great childhood with emotional problems and contact with Buddhism through Buddhist youth organizations.
Venerable's attitude to his role as an abbot.
Staying alone in a forest after the collapse of the original support system.
Ajahn Somchat's renunciation of a career as a psychic healer to pursue the path of Buddhism.
The advice of a psychic healer. The relationship between healing and right view.
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Ven. Jutipanyo 20 - Lifestyle at Ajahn Somchat's monastery
What the life at Ajahn Somchat's monastery is like. The balance between work and meditation.
How to tell somebody is possessed, how to communicate with the spirit. Example of a nun who had a hostile spirit following her.
How hatred can grow over several lives. The danger of getting involved with other's feuds.
Kamma as essential right view.
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Ven. Jutipanyo 14 - How to help hostile Spirits
What to do if there are kammic connection problems with spirits, whom one might have harmed in a previous life.
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Ven. Jutipanyo 10 - The Story of Ajahn Somchat
The story of venerable's teacher, Ajahn Somchat, before he started to teach, especially about his ability to cure illness.
How to tell whether a teacher is right for oneself.
How one can slip into building a monastery quite against one's plan & will.
Trying to find a good teacher until finally meeting Tan Ajahn Somchat.
Contact with Buddhism and the thread to commit suicide of the mother in case of her son ordaining.
The promise of Buddhism and the problems with the first teacher. Dealing with money.
The really promising teacher disrobes and the consequences this has for those with him.
After everybody disrobed, venerable Jutipanyo finds himself living alone in the forest, struggling to find direction for his monkhood.
Supporting a sick mother and the resulting insight into the suffering of life.
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