Stillness Flowing (audiobook)

27 Chapter VIII: From Distant Lands - Through Western Eyes

Luang Por and the Western Sangha: Part 3 THROUGH WESTERN EYES The question which every Western monk would get asked sooner or later (and usually sooner), was why he cho

28 Chapter VIII: From Distant Lands - On the Nose

Luang Por and the Western Sangha: Part 4 ON THE NOSE Luang Por showed much compassion for the difficulties of his Western disciples, but he could also tease them when t

29 Chapter VIII: From Distant Lands - Knower of the Worlds

Luang Por and the Western Sangha: Part 5 KNOWER OF THE WORLDS Although the overwhelming majority of Westerners who entered the monastic life at Wat Pah Pong were male,

30 Chapter VIII: From Distant Lands - The Twain Shall Meet

Luang Por and the Western Sangha: Part 6 THE TWAIN SHALL MEET By 1975, there were almost twenty Western monks at Wat Pah Pong – about a quarter of the resident Sangha.

31 Chapter IX: Dying to the World - Introduction

Maechee Training: Part 1 INTRODUCTION Some five years after his enlightenment, the Buddha established an order of female monastics known as bhikkhunīs. The Theravada br

32 Chapter IX: Dying to the World - Forest Nuns

Maechee Training: Part 2 FOREST NUNS Not long after the founding of Wat Pah Pong, Luang Por Chah gave permission for the establishment of a maechee community. By doing

33 Chapter IX: Dying to the World - Venerable Father

Maechee Training: Part 3 VENERABLE FATHER Maechee Boonyu recalled how Luang Por could be especially gruff when maechees asked permission to visit their family: “He wou

34 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - Introduction

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 1 INTRODUCTION Appreciating the kindness and assistance that one has received in one’s life and making efforts to express that app

35 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - To the monastery

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 2 TO THE MONASTERY A monastery is to be found at the heart of almost every Thai village. Its entrance is usually through an open a

36 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - Sammādiṭṭhi

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 3 SAMMĀDIṬṬHI ‘Sammādiṭṭhi’ is usually translated into English as ‘Right View’. The prefix ‘right’ means ‘in harmony with the way

37 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - First Meetings

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 4 FIRST MEETINGS One way of understanding Buddhist practice is to conceive of it as a long series of awakenings: some mundane, eas

38 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - The Manyfolk

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 5 THE MANYFOLK The majority of Luang Por’s lay disciples and daily visitors were peasant farmers. Speaking to a group of local peo

39 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - Family Life

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 6 FAMILY LIFE The first time householders listened to Luang Por give a Dhamma talk or went to ask him for advice, they were usuall

40 Chapter X: Out of Compassion - Dhamma Practice

Luang Por and the Lay Community: Part 7 DHAMMA PRACTICE We’re like a chicken, that’s all. The chicken’s born, has chicks and spends its day scratching around in the dir

41 Chapter XI: Ice in the Sun - Body Sick, Mind Well

Luang Por’s Waning Years: Part 1 BODY SICK, MIND WELL One day, as the illnesses that would go on to render him bedridden for the last years of his life were starting to

42 Chapter XI: Ice in the Sun - More to It

Luang Por’s Waning Years: Part 2 MORE TO IT In February 1941, the 82-year-old arahant Luang Pu Sao, teacher and companion of Luang Pu Mun, arrived by boat at a small ri

43 Chapter XII: A Broader Canvas - Inner Land – Outer Land

Luang Por in the West – 1977 & 1979: Part 1 INNER LAND – OUTER LAND In 1976, Ajahn Sumedho returned to California in order to visit his parents. On his flight back to T

44 Chapter XII: A Broader Canvas - Dutiyampi: And For a Second Time

Luang Por in the West – 1977 & 1979: Part 2 DUTIYAMPI: AND FOR A SECOND TIME Two years later on the thirtieth of April, 1979, accompanied by his American attendant, Aja

45 Chapter XII: A Broader Canvas - The Last Night

Luang Por in the West – 1977 & 1979: Part 3 THE LAST NIGHT On the evening of the twenty-seventh of June, his last night at Chithurst before returning to Thailand, Luang

46 Stillness Flowing: Luang Por

Luang Por by Ajahn Jayasaro You were a fountain of cool stream water in the square of a dusty town, and you were the source of that stream, on a high, unseen peak