Frames of Reference & Duties of the Sangha

By Dhammadharo, Phra Ajaan Lee

Book Id: WPLBN0000699872
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Frames of Reference & Duties of the Sangha
Author:	Dhammadharo, Phra Ajaan Lee
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Description
BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network document.

Excerpt
Excerpt: Phra Ajaan Lee was born in 1906 in a rural village in Ubon Ratchathani province, northeastern Thailand. At the age of 20 he was ordained as a monk at the temple in his home village, and there began his study of Buddhist doctrine and monastic discipline. He discovered, much to his distress, that life in his temple ? as in most temples in Thailand at the time ? had little to do with the practice of the Buddha?s teachings. As he wrote later in his autobiography, ?Instead of observing the duties of the contemplative life, we were out to have a good time: playing chess, wrestling, playing match games with girls whenever there was a wake?. Whenever I looked into the books on monastic discipline, I?d start feeling really uneasy. I told myself, ?If you don?t want to leave the monkhood, you?re going to have to leave this temple.?

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Foreword: About the Author, 1 -- Frames of Reference -- Introduction, 6 -- Frames of Reference, 10 -- I. The Body, 12 -- II. Feelings, 16 -- III. The Mind, 21 -- IV. Mental Phenomena, 33 -- Summary, 40