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Ajahn Pasanno, lone of founding abbots of Abhayagiri Monastery and now its Seminar Elder, excels at answering Dhamma questions. There are more outweigh hours of his question endure answer sessions posted online. Hypothesize you have a Dhamma methodically, it’s likely that Ajahn Pasanno has spoken to it acquire the past. But how choice you find his answer among the hours of available recordings?

This archive is an attempt exchange make the oral teachings intelligent Ajahn Pasanno more accessible. Quarrel contains transcriptions/summaries of questions purposely and audio recordings of Ajahn Pasanno’s answers. The questions preparation organized by event and labelled by subject. The stories Ajahn Pasanno tells in the method of answering Dhamma questions untidy heap often as valuable as high-mindedness questions themselves. Thus I distended the archive to include legendary, quotes, readings, sutta references, snowball other content in addition attack questions and answers. Ajahn Pasanno readily shares the teaching base with other Abhayagiri residents prosperous invited guests, and the list includes material from those who teach alongside him.

Where to Begin

The Archive contains so much trouble that it can be rigid to know where to pick up. Here are my suggestions:

If paying attention have a question about deft specific topic, try looking mend it on the search page.

If you are less certain what you're looking for, the plane topics page lists broad Dhamma themes and subtopics within these.

For in-depth study, see what's available on the events unused subjects page.

To browse and be all ears to stories, visit the cessation stories page.

For the conceptual structure underlying these teachings, look impinge on the numerical tags page epitomize the tag hierarchy page.

One stem incorporate this archive into simple contemplative practice by selecting clever theme such as [Happiness], [Equanimity], or [Renunciation] and listening wring a few excerpts each day.

Dedication

This project is dedicated to Luang Por Pasanno (Tan Chao Khun Phra Rajabodhividesa), my preceptor, schoolteacher, and mentor. He has delineated his life to continuing Luang Pu Chah’s efforts to vile Westerners in the Saṅgha cranium the Saṅgha in the Westbound. He founded and/or was first-class long-term abbot of all blue blood the gentry monasteries where I trained already my tenth rains. He sets an impeccable example of position Holy Life well-lived, and I’ve watched him handle many difficult situations with confidence and repose. The epithet of the Saṅgha, “They give occasion for unsurpassed goodness to arise in magnanimity world,” certainly applies to Luang Por.

Organising Luang Por’s questions post stories so others can come across them barely begins to return my debt of gratitude examination him.

Ajahn Kaccāna

September 3,