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**ovH9wfSJ** · 08-26-2010, 05:16 PM

So all answers to my questions seem to have to be answered negatively.

Not quite sure what you mean by this, but moving on now.....

The training in northern India up to that point had consisted of Sutta recitation and memorisation only, not of meditation. So you see there are some interesting differences.

This is certainly not the case with the Theravada Thai Forest Tradition which is very much a practice tradition here in the UK, and in various other countries as well as Thailand.

This is a video about the late Ajahn Chah, whom I would have loved to have met. I first became interested in the Forest tradition monks and their teachings after reading his essays.

Ajahn Chah - Mindful Way

08-26-2010, 05:16 PM	#6
ovH9wfSJ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 514 Senior Member	So all answers to my questions seem to have to be answered negatively. Not quite sure what you mean by this, but moving on now..... The training in northern India up to that point had consisted of Sutta recitation and memorisation only, not of meditation. So you see there are some interesting differences. This is certainly not the case with the Theravada Thai Forest Tradition which is very much a practice tradition here in the UK, and in various other countries as well as Thailand. This is a video about the late Ajahn Chah, whom I would have loved to have met. I first became interested in the Forest tradition monks and their teachings after reading his essays. Ajahn Chah - Mindful Way
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