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Описание: The Autobiography of a Forest Monk
Venerable Ajahn Thate of Wat Hin Mark Peng Nongkhai Province
by
Venerable Ajahn Thate (Phra Rajanirodharangsee)
translated from the Thai by
Bhikkhu Ariyesako
© 1996

This book is the autobiography of Venerable Ajahn Thate, a first generation disciple of the famous Thai Buddhist master Venerable Ajahn Mun Bhuridattho. Ajahn Thate recorded his own life story — it was first published for his seventy-second birthday celebration — so that it might be of benefit to those monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen following him. He recounts his life from his boyhood encounter with forest monks to his final status as one of the great masters of the modern era. Venerable Ajahn Thate passed away in 1994 aged ninety-two.

Foreword
Translator's Note
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Twelfth Edition
The Autobiography of a Forest Monk
Parents' Life Story
An Auspicious 'Dream' and A True Perception of my Youth
1. Oppressive Times and Its Effect on People
2. Meeting Venerable Ajahn Singh Khantayaagamo
3. Leaving Home for a Second Time (Following after Ven. Ajahn Singh)
4. Receiving the Going Forth as a Novice (Further Studies)
5. A Novice Becomes Government Millionaire
6. Ordination at Wat Sutat-narahm
7. First Taste of Yearning
8. A Group of Tudong Monks Leaves Ubon
9. Meeting the Venerable Ajahn Mun for the First Time
10. Second Rains Retreat, 1924 (at Nong Laht)
11. Third Rains Retreat, 1925 (at Nah Chang Nam)
11.1 Returning Home to Assist my Mother, Uncle and Brother
12. Fourth Rains Retreat, 1926 (in a Cemetery North of Ahgaht Amnoy District)
12.1 A Formula for Sleeping or not Sleeping
13. Fifth Rains Retreat, 1927 (Again at Nah Chang Nam Village)
14. Sixth Rains Retreat, 1928 (at Phra Nah Phak Hork Cave)
14.1 The Affair of Luang Dtah Mun
14.2 Concerning Luang Dtee-a Tong In
14.3 Staying with the Venerable Ajahn Sao
15. Rains Retreat, 1929, at Nah Sai Village
16. Eighth Rains Retreat, 1930 (with Ajahn Maha Pin at Phra Kreur Village)
17. Ninth Rains Retreat, 1931 (in the District of Phon)
18. Tenth Rains Retreat in Korat, 1932
18.1 Reflections and Anxieties that are not Dhamma
19. Eleventh Rains Retreat, 1932 (at Wat Araññavasee in Tah Bor)
19.1 Risky Encounters of the Monk's Life
19.2 Following Ven. Ajahn Mun into Burma, 1933
19.3 A Bad Omen for the Travelers
20. Twelfth Rains Retreat, 1934 (at Pah Mi-ang Maer Pung; A New Way of Meditation Practice)
20.1 A Distorted View Arises
21. Thirteenth Rains Retreat, 1935 (at a Moo-ser Village (Bahn Poo Phayah))
22. Fourteenth Rains Retreat, 1936 (The Same Location with Three Monks)
22.1 About the Forest People Entering the Village
22.2 The Latent Tendencies and Defilements of the Heart
23. Fifteenth Rains Retreat, 1937 (Bahn Pong in Maer Dtaeng District)
24. Sixteenth Rains Retreat, 1938 (in Nong Doo Village, Pah Sahng District, Lampoon Province)
25. Seventeenth to Twenty-fifth Rains Retreats, 1939-47 (in Wat Araññavaasee, Tah Bor, Nongkhai)
26. Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Rains Retreat, 1948-1949 (Khao Noi, Tah Chalaep, Chantaburi Province)
26.1 Concerns for a Worrier
26.2 First Visit to Phuket Island and a Dangerous Encounter
27. Twenty-eighth Rains Retreat, 1950 (Koke Kloi, Phang-nga Province)
28. Twenty-ninth to Forty-first Rains Retreat, 1951-63 (in Phuket)
28.1 My Apprehensions Seem to be Coming True
29. Forty Second Rains Retreat, 1964 (Tam Khahm Cave, Phannah Nikom District, Sakhon Nakorn Province)
30. Forty-third to Fiftieth Rains Retreat, 1965-72 (at Hin Mark Peng)
31. Fifty-first and Fifty-second Rains Retreat, 1973-74 (Establishing Wang Nam Mork as a Monks' Dwelling Place)
32. Fifty-third Rains Retreat, 1975 (Building Wat Lumpini)
33. Fifty-fourth Rains Retreat, 1976-77 (Spreading the Dhamma Abroad)
33.1 Singapore — The First Stop
33.2 To Australia
Conversation with a Hindu Leader
The Essentials
Some Suggestions for Ven. Mahaa Samai
Reflections Arising from Australia
33.3 Visiting Indonesia
Some Views of Mine
33.4 Feelings about Going Overseas
34. Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Rains Retreat, 1977-1978 (This Conditioned Body is the Va.tacakra)
35. Fifty-seventh Rains Retreat up to the Present, 1979-1991
Twenty-seven Years at Wat Hin Mark Peng
The Virtue and Merit of Buddhism
36. Summary
36.1 The Blessings and Beneficence of Parents
36.2 Activity that should not to be Performed (Kamma that should not to be Made)
36.3 Coming to Birth — Dying
Translator's Epilogue
Venerable Ajahn Thate's Funeral
Appendix A: Siila (Precepts)
Appendix B: The Dhamm' Characters as Written by Venerable Ajahn Fan Aacaaro
Appendix C: The Buddhist Order of Monks in Thailand
Appendix D: More Building Projects
Celebrating HM The King's Fifth Cycle Anniversary
Glossary

Steps Along the Path
Preface
Parting Thoughts
Glossary for Steps Along the Path
The Meaning of Anattaa