The Forest Path Podcast

This episode is a talk given by Venerable Ajahn Chah and is titled “Supports for Meditation” . It was published as part of The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah. You can find links to the original text in the description below. --- Links: Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust operating as Aruna Publications asserts its moral right to be identified as the author of this book. Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust requests that you attribute ownership of the work to Aruna Publications on copying, distribution, display or performance of the work.

This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Gunhah Sukakhamo and is titled “Dhamma on Mother’s Day”. It was published as part of Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 42. You can find links to the original text in the description below. -- Forest Path Podcast Support the Forest Path Podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by Venerable Ajahn Waen Sucinno and is titled “The Need To Bring Things Into The Heart” . It was published as part of “The Life and Teachings of Luang Pu Waen Sucinno”. You can find links to the original text in the description below. --- Links: Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Knowing the World” . It was published as part of The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah. You can find links to the original text in the description below. A quick note on terminology in this talk: The Thai word “arom” remains untranslated, presumably because there is no satisfactory English equivalent. “Arom” can be translated as “All states (or objects) of mind, whether happy or unhappy, internal or external”. --- Links: Knowing the World Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust operating as Aruna Publications asserts its moral right to be identified as the author of this book. Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust requests that you attribute ownership of the work to Aruna Publications on copying, distribution, display or performance of the work.

This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Gunhah Sukakhamo and is titled “The Five Khandas”. It was published as part of Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 42. You can find links to the original text in the description below. --- Forest Path Podcast Support the Forest Path Podcast via Ko-fi Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Talk(00:00:40) - The Five Khandhas Explained(00:02:54) - Impermanence and Letting Go of Views(00:04:09) - Self-View and the Roots of Dukkha(00:05:04) - Training the Heart Away from Proliferation(00:06:13) - Seeing the World and Turning Inward(00:07:23) - Breath Meditation and Cultivating Samadhi(00:08:44) - The Purpose and Practice of Samadhi(00:10:00) - Developing Mindfulness and Letting Go of Distraction(00:11:01) - Practicing Without Gain, Facing Inner Defilements(00:12:02) - Foundation in Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha(00:12:48) - Closing Remarks and Podcast Credits

This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Waen and is titled “How the body is where Dhammas arise” . It was published as part of “The Life and Teachings of Luang Pu Waen Sucinno”. You can find links to the original text in the description below. --- Links: Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction(00:00:40) - Drunken Dhamma vs. Straight Dhamma Arising in the Present(00:02:39) - Suffering and the Four Noble Truths Arise Right Here(00:03:30) - Virtue as the Foundation of the Path(00:04:50) - Past and Future as Drunken Dhamma(00:05:43) - Virtue Draws Out Faults Through the Senses(00:06:51) - The Four Noble Truths and Clear Knowing(00:07:49) - The Threefold Cosmos and Cycles of Craving(00:08:46) - The Four Floods and Latent Defilements(00:09:38) - Craving as the Root of Birth and Death(00:10:28) - Establishing the Body as Path and Fruit(00:11:48) - Closing and Podcast Information

This episode is a talk given by Ajahn Chah called “Monastery of Confusion”. It was published as part of “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah”. You can find the original text in the description below. Links: The Place of Coolness (text) Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust operating as Aruna Publications asserts its moral right to be identified as the author of this book. Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust requests that you attribute ownership of the work to Aruna Publications on copying, distribution, display or performance of the work. Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction(00:00:37) - Monastery of Confusion: living in harmony(00:01:14) - Faith of lay supporters and patience with unripe faculties(00:04:00) - The medicine seller analogy(00:05:21) - Fruit ripening and the four kinds of lotus(00:07:17) - Recollecting the Triple Gem and leading by example(00:08:12) - Question on dark, dull mind states(00:10:04) - Doubt about mind states during practice(00:11:04) - Dealing with sleepiness in meditation(00:12:52) - Focusing on breath at three points(00:14:27) - Initial and discursive thought, rapture arising(00:17:31) - Walking and sitting practice without doubt(00:19:59) - Clarifying Vitaka and Vichara(00:21:54) - Progression through jhana factors(00:23:50) - Opening or closing the eyes in practice(00:25:15) - Impermanence and the urge to disrobe(00:26:04) - The parable of the bird, fish and wise crab(00:28:47) - Why unhappiness feels harder to release than happiness(00:30:38) - Equanimity, happiness and suffering as equal(00:31:43) - Nibbana beyond wishing(00:32:24) - Truth realized through one's own effort(00:33:36) - Stillness and flowing water as metaphor for wisdom(00:36:14) - Freedom from suffering through the four noble truths(00:37:34) - Practicing independently, not just following others(00:39:01) - Closing remarks

Welcome to the Forest Path Podcast - a podcast sharing the teachings of Awakened meditation masters of the modern era. This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Gunhah Sukakhamo and is titled “Practicing the Dhamma by Being Happy”. It was published as part of Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 42. You can find links to the original text in the description below. May you all benefit from hearing this gift of dhamma by an meditation master of the Thai Forest Tradition. --- Forest Path Podcast Support the Forest Path Podcast via Ko-fi Chapters (00:00:00) - Punishing the Dhamma by Being Happy(00:00:43) - Practicing the Dhamma by Being Happy(00:07:56) - How to turn yourself into a monk through Dhamma practice(00:15:04) - Practicing the Dhamma by Being Happy

This episode is a talk given by Ajahn Funn Ācāro and it’s titled “Looking at One’s Own Mind and Heart”. --- Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by Ajahn Chah called “The Place of Coolness”. It was published as part of “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah”. You can find the original text in the description below. Links: The Place of Coolness (text) Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust operating as Aruna Publications asserts its moral right to be identified as the author of this book. Harnham Buddhist Monastery Trust requests that you attribute ownership of the work to Aruna Publications on copying, distribution, display or performance of the work.