Do you know that the Buddha said that Satipatthana meditation, if practiced correctly, leads to deep concentration and great psychic power ! Hear what else the Buddha said about Satipatthana.
Do you know that the Buddha said that Satipatthana meditation, if practiced correctly, leads to deep concentration and great psychic power ! Hear what else the Buddha said about Satipatthana.
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
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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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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...
Daily meditation and continuity as a crucial matter to practice. Is there a failure in meditation? What is the best place and time to meditate? How to make missing meditation like missing breakfast and how meditation is similar to a doctor’s work…
In this series Tan Ajahn Jayasaro, gives an introduction to Buddhist meditation, being part of a path leading to profound happiness, inner peace and liberation from suffering.
Bhavana, the pali term for cultivation, refers to the development of wholesome mental states and of wisdom. Dealing with
Difficulties when beginning to meditate...
Meditation is life! How dealing with pain in your meditation will help you to relate to discomfort and unpleasantness that you experience in your daily life in a different way…
Impermanence as a basic characteristic of everything that exists and how meditation is shifting the focus from contents to process.
Are human beings valuable or worthless…?
Beneficial effects of meditation go all the way from health benefits to insight into the way the mind works. Thus, practice leads us out of the mind’s agitations and obsessions, contributing to real understanding, clarity, happiness and freedom from attachments.
