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Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend, Session 26 – Apr. 29, 2001

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4. Story: Ajahn Chah visits Massachusetts. Told by Jack Kornfield. [Culture/West] [Ajahn Chah] // [Joseph Kappel] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Culture/Natural environment]


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 23 – Feb. 5, 2014

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2. Ajahn Ñaniko speaks about the time Luang Por Liem spent at Suan Mokh. [Wat Suan Mokkh] [Ajahn Liem]

Recollection: The Thai translations in the Wat Pah Pong chanting book come from Ajahn Buddhadāsa. [Chanting] [Wat Pah Pong] [Thai] [Translation] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa]

Recollection: Ajahn Liem reads and comments on the monthly poem in the Ajahn Buddhadāsa calendar. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Artistic expression]


Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary, Session 9 – Jun. 4, 2016

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1. Story: Meeting Buddhism in Thailand and becoming a Saṅghapāla board member. Told by Fred Kral. [Culture/Thailand] [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Wat Ram Poeng] [Ajahn Chah] [Meditation retreats] [Dhammapala] [Ajahn Amaro]


Teen Weekend 2017 – Sep. 2, 2017

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14. “What are the biggest misconceptions about being ordained?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Monastic life ] // [Selfishness ]

Story: Ajahn Pasanno visits Ajahn Buddhadāsa: “Don’t be selfish!” [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Ajahn Pasanno]


Readings from The Island, Session 8 – Jan. 18, 2025

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1. Comment: I heard that often when Ajahn Buddhadāsa would ist receiving guests he might have a chicken under his arm. And if a mosquito landed on him, he would gently move the chicken towards the mosquito, and that way he wasn’t breaking the Vinaya. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa ] [Animal] [Killing]

Response by Ajahn Amaro: His presence was like sitting in front of a living mountain. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa ] [Personal presence]

Story: Ajahn Amaro’s visit to Suan Mokh in 1998. [Wat Suan Mokkh] [Ajahn Amaro] [Ajahn Paññānanda] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa ] [Non-identification] [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Santikaro]


Readings from The Island, Session 15 – Jan. 30, 2025

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4. “I’ve been pondering Ajahn Chah’s phrase, ‘Right but not true; true but not right.’ I’ve never been able to figure our ‘Right but not true....’” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Chah] [Truth] // [Clear comprehension]

Quote: “You are right in fact but wrong in Dhamma.” — Ajahn Chah. [Dhamma]

Story: Ajahn Sumedho reports Ajahn Buddhadāsa’s different approach to Vinaya to Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Ajahn Buddhadāsa] [Vinaya]

Story: Ajahn Sumedho criticizes an outspoken monk’s loud speech at Paṭimokkha. The monk leaves Wat Pah Pong soon after. [Harsh speech] [Admonishment/feedback]