Luang Por Chah | Q&A (Timestamped, Dark screen after 5 mins)

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Narrated by Ven Ajahn Amaro
The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
Part 2 - Chapter 24
Questions And Answers With Ajahn Chah
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Timestamps (30 questions)
01:35
Q1) I'm trying very hard in my practice but don't seem to be getting anywhere.
02:18
Q2) What about sleep? How much should I sleep?
03:02
Q3) How about eating? How much should I eat?
03:58
Q4) Are minds of Asians and Westerners different?
04:22
Q5) Is it advisable to read a lot or study the scriptures as a part of practice?
05:28
Q6) Why don't we have daily interviews with the teacher?
06:08
Q7) Sometimes I worry about the monks' discipline. If I kill insects accidentally, is this bad?
07:47
Q8) What can I do about doubts? Some days I'm plagued with doubts about the practice or my own progress, or the teacher.
08:40
Q9) What about other methods of practice? These days there seem to be so many teachers and so many different systems of meditation that it is confusing.
09:55
Q10) A lot of times it seems that many monks here are not practising. They look sloppy or unmindful. This disturbs me.
10:40
Q11) I have been extremely careful to practise sense restraint. I always keep my eyes lowered and am mindful of every little action I do. When eating, for example, I take a long time and try to see each touch: chewing, tasting, swallowing, etc. I take each step very deliberately and carefully. Am I practising properly?
11:36
Q12) Is it necessary to sit for very long stretches?
13:00
Q13) I still have very many thoughts. My mind wanders a lot even though I am trying to be mindful.
14:28
Q14) Have you ever looked at the Altar Sutra of the 6th Patriarch, Hui Neng?
15:23
Q15) You have said that samatha and vipassana or concentration and insight are the same. Could you explain this further?
17:03
Q16) Is it necessary to be able to enter absorption in our practice? (To enter jhana)
17:44
Q17) Why do we follow the ascetic rules such as only eating out of our bowls?
18:47
Q18) If putting everything together in our bowls is important, why don't you as a teacher do it yourself? Don't you feel it is important for the teacher to set an example?
21:07
Q19) How can we overcome lust in our practice? Sometimes I feel as if I am a slave to my sexual desire.
21:43
Q20) How about anger? What should I do when I feel anger arising?
23:11
Q21) I feel sleepy a great deal. It makes it hard to meditate.
24:27
Q22) Why must we do so much prostrating (bowing) here?
25:54
Q23) What is the biggest problem of your new disciples?
26:58
Q24) Are defilements such as greed or anger merely illusory or are they real?
28:03
Q25) Could you explain a little more about karma?
30:15
Q26) Sometimes it seems that since becoming a monk I have increased my hardships and suffering.
31:45
Q27) I have been developing very peaceful states of mind from meditation. What should I do now?
32:19
Q28) Did I hear you say that you are afraid of very diligent disciples?
33:19
Q29) I have been meditating many years now. My mind is open and peaceful in almost all circumstances. Now I would like to try to backtrack and practise high states of concentration or mind absorption.
34:16
Q30) Would you review some of the main points of our discussion?

[@lankawalpola8297]

Beautiful teachings

[@ariela4948]

Thank you for all these uploads, Anumodana! And by the way, where did you find these photos?

[@SuttasAudio2]

Oh dear, I gave you the wrong info, please ignore my earlier reply.
Link for photos:
forestsangha.org/ajahn-chah/gallery

[@ariela4948]

Thanks! ​@@SuttasAudio2