Right Mindfulness (sammā-sati)
Part of key topic The Noble Eightfold Path
Includes tags: Right Mindfulness, Ardency, Clear comprehension
See also: Mindfulness



Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 10 – Sep. 19, 2010

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2. Reading: Everyday. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Everyday life] [Ajahn Chah] // [Ardency] [Sloth and torpor]

Simile: A child learning to write. [Similes]


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3. Reading: Catching a Lizard. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] [Ajahn Chah] // [Meditation/General advice] [Sense restraint] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension]


Recollections of Ajahn Chah, Session 11 – Sep. 19, 2010

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6. Reading from the draft biography: Ajahn Chah in the early years: spare, stern, and vigorous. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Personality] [Personal presence] [Ardency] [Ascetic practices] [Ajahn Chah] // [Similes]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 137

Quote: “Nibbāna lies on the shores of death.” — Ajahn Chah. [Nibbāna] [Death]


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7. Reading from the draft biography: Building the road to Tam Sang Pet. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Tam Saeng Pet] [Work] [Ajahn Chah] // [Culture/Natural environment] [Ajahn Anek] [Patience] [Perception of a samaṇa] [Ardency]

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, p. 428

Quote: “Patient endurance is the general of practice.” — Ajahn Chah.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 14 – Jan. 23, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12. [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 15 – Jan. 24, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 12-14. [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: AN 10.58: Roots.

Reading: SN 51.15: The Brahmin Uṇṇabha.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 16 – Jan. 25, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 14-21. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 17 – Jan. 26, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 21-22.

Reading: AN 4.245: Training.

Reading: Snp 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 18 – Jan. 29, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 23-24.

Reading: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 19 – Jan. 30, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 24-28. [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta, Two Kinds of Thought.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 20 – Jan. 31, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 28-31.

Reading: SN 47.40: Analysis.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 21 – Feb. 1, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 31-34.

Reading: SN 47.4: At Sālā.

Reading: Iti 90: Foremost Faith.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 28 – Feb. 13, 2015

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[Session] Reading: Chapter 2, “The Method of Developing Calm” in The Natural Character of Awakening by Chao Khun Upāli, p. 30-39. Read by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Right Mindfulness]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 31 – Feb. 20, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 109-112.

Reading: SN 51.20: “Analysis.”


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 32 – Feb. 21, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 112-113.

Reading: MN 44, Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers.

Reading: AN 8.63: “In Brief.”

Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha.

Reading: AN 8.81: “Training.”


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 33 – Feb. 22, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Concentration] [Formless attainments]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113.

Reading: AN 4.94: “Concentration.”

Reading: AN 9.36: “Jhāna.”


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 34 – Feb. 23, 2015

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[Session] Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113-115.

Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha (Right Mindfulness p. 43).

Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.