Dhamma with Ajahn Sujin

(Excerpt from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin Boriharnwanaket on Zoom (Sat Jul 9th 2022). Suitable for beginners.) 0:00 - Fear of death [Nina] We are so much taken away by concepts and thinking of concepts. This week I have been thinking about fear of death and death and it's always the story of what will happen to me and the end of my personality and we know in theory that is wrong, but still we are overwhelmed. I think it's so helpful if Ajahn talks about death... 0:37 - Death can be right now: no time for fear [A. Sujin] It seems like we know death, but in truth what is death? Is death now? See, we just think about the terms, the story and we fear the moment of death, but it can be just right now, no time to fear, and when it is momentary death, right now, it's not fearful at all. [Nina] Yes, that's true, one citta follows another. 1:10 - Only the word and the idea about death [A. Sujin] So, it's better not to think about death, I think, b...

(Excerpt from the English-Viet Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin Boriharnwanaket on Zoom (Sun Jan 1st 2023). Suitable for beginners.) 00:00 - When understanding the truth there are no doubts about its words [Hang] She would like to ask about nama-kaya and rupa-kaya. [A. Sujin] I think that when there is the understanding of the truth of reality there cannot be any doubt about the truth by different words and different points of explanation. 00:29 - Kaya: not just only one reality For example, when there's the understanding that nothing can arise alone at all, what arise together, they are there together, it's kaya: not just only one reality. One reality cannot be the other reality [arising] together, but at any moment of whatever arise: they are together and that is the meaning of kaya, no matter it is nama-kaya or rupa-kaya. We can use the term body according to its meanings in different languages: the body of the sea, the ocean or the body of such and such as K...