The Forest Path Podcast

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Timeless Teachings” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. You can find links to the original text in the description below. --- It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. Links: 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 compilation of two short teachings by Venerable Ajahn Gunhah Sukakhamo. The first is The Corruption of Life and the second is titled You Are Your Own Refuge. Both teachings come from the book Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 2019. These talks were given to a mostly Thai lay audience and have been translated here by Samaneri Viveka at Wat Pah Subthawee Dhammaram. Links: Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 2019 Forest Path Podcast Support the Forest Path Podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a series of quotes attributed to Ajahn Gunhah. It’s titled “The Quickest Way” and has been translated by Ajahn Nyanadhammo. As this is a series of quotes rather than a dhamma talk, there will be a brief two or three second pause between each quote. This is so that you can distinguish that a new quote is coming up, and perhaps also for you to pause the audio to reflect upon a point being made in by the previous quote. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Transcendence” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. Links: 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.

Welcome to the Forest Path Podcast - a podcast sharing the teachings of Awakened meditation masters of the modern era. This episode is not a dhamma talk. It is a witness account by Venerable Ajahn Chob when he was a young monk under the training of the great Venerable Ajahn Mun. It is his recollection of the momentous event in which Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto attained to the Dhamma-element. This witness account appears in the biography of Luang Por Chob called “Ṭhānasamopūjā" in the chapter "Ācariya Mun Bhūridatto attains to the Dhamma-element". May you all benefit from hearing this gift of dhamma.

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and it’s titled “Tuccho Potila - Venerable Empty Scripture” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. You can find links to the original text in the description below. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by a monk considered to be the founding father of the modern Thai Forest Tradition: Venerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta. The talk is called “The Ever-present Truth”. For free distribution Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported License. Links The Ever-present Truth (text) The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Maha Boowa and is titled “The Venerable Acariya Mun’s Mode of Practice”. It was first publish as part of the book “kammaṭṭhāna - the basis of practice” which was translated by monks at Wat Pah Ban Taad. For free distribution No part of this teaching may be reproduced in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher unless it is to be reproduced for Free Distribution, in which case, permission is freely given. Links The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Living in the World” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. You can find links to the original text in the description below. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Maha Boowa and is titled “Walking Meditation”. It was first publish as part of the book “kammaṭṭhāna - the basis of practice” which was translated by monks at Wat Pah Ban Taad. For free distribution No part of this teaching may be reproduced in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher unless it is to be reproduced for Free Distribution, in which case, permission is freely given.

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “The Four Noble Truths” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. You can find links to the original text in the description below. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Our Real Home” . It was published as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. 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. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Our Real Home by Ajahn Chah (text) Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a follow up on the previous episode. It is a translation of teachings by Ajahn Liem, who is the successor of Ajahn Chah as abbott of Wat Pah Pong, titled “No Worries”. These teachings which were given when Ajahn Liem was visiting Australia in 2004. As he can only speak Thai, he would speak for a couple of minutes and then wait as the translator caught up. So the recorded teachings and translations ended up being little packets of dhamma teachings. That’s why they were presented as short teachings under topic headings in the free dhamma book “No Worries”. So in this episode, rather than narrating one long teaching for the whole episode, I have a number of shorter teachings, each starting with the topic. For this reason also, I’ve decided to keep this episode short due to there being so many small teachings within a single episode. If you’d like to give me feedback go to everydaydhamma.net/contact to let me know what you think of this episode.

This episode is going to be a bit different from other episodes. Firstly it is the first time I’ve narrated teachings by Ajahn Liem, who is the successor to Ajahn Chah as the abbot of Wat Pah Pong in the North-east of Thailand. The main difference stems from the format of these teachings which were given when Ajahn Liem was visiting Australia in 2004. As he can only speak Thai, he would speak for a couple of minutes and then wait as the translator caught up. So the recorded teachings and translations ended up being little packets of dhamma teachings. That’s why they were presented as short teachings under topic headings in the free dhamma book “No Worries”. So in this episode, rather than narrating one long teaching for the whole episode, I have a number of shorter teachings, each starting with the topic. For this reason also, I’ve decided to keep this episode short due to there being so many small teachings within a single episode. If you’d like to give me feedback go to everydaydhamma.net/contact to let me know what you think of this episode. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network Give feedback regarding this episode

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Maha Boowa and is titled “Samādhi-Bhāvanā”. It was first publish as part of the book “kammaṭṭhāna - the basis of practice” which was translated by monks at Wat Pah Ban Taad. For free distribution No part of this teaching may be reproduced in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher unless it is to be reproduced for Free Distribution, in which case, permission is freely given. Links The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support EDN via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Why Are We Here?” . It was first publish as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. 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. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Links: Everyday Dhamma Network

In this episode of the Forest Path Podcast I’ll be completing the narration of the teaching “Only the world ends” by forest meditation master Venerable Ajahn Tate. This is part two of two episodes. Stay tuned to listen to the concluding part of this teaching by a true meditition master of the Thai Forest Tradition. This teaching was published for free distribution by Pattanasuksa Publishing in Bangkok. May you all benefit from hearing this gift of dhamma. Links The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

In this episode of the Forest Path Podcast I’ll be narrating an extended Dhamma teaching by the great forest meditation master Venerable Ajahn Tate. It is titled “Only the world ends”. It’s a very well rounded teaching and goes in to some depth about samadhi. Because it is so long, I’ll be breaking it into two episodes, with this being the first episode of the teaching “only the world ends”. Stay tuned to listen to the concluding part of this teaching by a true meditition master of the Thai Forest Tradition. This teaching was published for free distribution by Pattanasuksa Publishing in Bangkok. Links The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this podcast via Ko-fi

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Maha Boowa and is titled “Kammaṭṭhāna”. It was first publish as part of the book “kammaṭṭhāna - the basis of practice” which was translated by monks at Wat Pah Ban Taad. The Pali work kammaṭṭhāna literally means “the place of work”. Inside Thailand, what we call in the West the “Thai Forest Tradition” refers to itself as the kammaṭṭhāna tradition, and the monks within it as kammaṭṭhāna bhikkhus. At first this description of “the place of work” or “the basis of work” (as Ajahn Maha Boowa translates it) doesn’t sound very interesting. But on the one hand it is a very down-to-earth and practical approach to Buddhist meditative practice and mental development, and on the other it leads into profound and deep states of mind that are almost completely unknown to Western culture at large. There is quite a lot of Pali terminology thrown into these talks, and it could be hard going for the beginner. It is after all, a teaching directed towards dedicated monks living in Ajahn Maha Boowa’s monastery. For beginners I recommend other teachers, especially western teachers from the Forest Tradition like Ajahn Brahm who are much more accessible in the way that they teach. However, for those who are on the Eightfold Path of practice and who are a bit more intrepid in their approach and seeking to open up the deeper states of mind, teachings like these can be of incalculable value. I endeavour to translate nearly all Pali terms into English on the first usage, and then lean more towards using the Pali - as Ajahn Maha Boowa does - subsequent to that. The translated text to this Dhamma teaching is available in the show notes below this episode. For free distribution No part of this teaching may be reproduced in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher unless it is to be reproduced for Free Distribution, in which case, permission is freely given. Links The Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network

This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Making the Heart Good”. This talk was first publish as part of the book “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah” which is made available by Aruna Publications. 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. This teaching by Ajahn Chah which compiled and produced by Aruna Publications is made available through the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Licence. You are free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work Under the following conditions: Attribution: You must give the original author credit. Non-Commercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.