Elements: Body, Knowing, Nibbāna | Ajahn Suchart

In this interview, Ajahns Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview Tan Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto focusing on the first foundation of mindfulness - kāyānupassanā. Topics touched upon include mindfulness of the bodily postures, bodily activities, the 32 parts of the body, element meditation, the knowing element, the perception of light, Awakening, shifting foundations of mindfulness, retreat practice, jhāna practice, and much more!
Tan Ajahn Suchart's biography:
Tan Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto was born in Thailand in 1947 and received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering from California State University before returning to Thailand to manage a small business in Pattaya. Receiving a copy of a Dharma Book from Sri Lanka from a tourist, he realized the importance of meditation and wrote to the BPS requesting more. He received from them a copy of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (noblepath.info... he then chanted and practiced diligently. Leaving his job in 1974 to meditate full time, he was ordained at Wat Bowon by Somdet Yan himself in 1975 thanks to the help of Bhikkhu Khantipalo before traveling to Wat Pa Baan Taad where he would train under Luangta Maha Bua (buddhistuniver... the next nine years. For his tenth rains, Ajahn Suchart came back to Pattaya where he has remained ever since. You can find his teachings and more at: https: //www.phrasuchart.com/en/
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