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Free MP3 Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_DAM... Robes My ordination ceremony took place on July 11, 1937 at 4:19 p.m. The ceremony was held inside the ordination hall at Chanthanārāma Monastery, which was located on the banks of the Chanthaburi River, not far from Sai Ngaam Forest Monastery where I lived. Chanthanārāma Monastery was the administrative headquarters of the Dhammayut Monastic Order for the provinces of Chanthaburi, Ranong, and Trat, and was the designated ordination center for the whole area. In those days, a stand of large canda sandalwood trees, from which the monastery got its name, grew beside the well on the monastery grounds. Presiding over my ordination was my preceptor, Venerable Ajaan Sian Uttamo, the monastery’s abbot. The Venerable Ajaan Cheui Thongkhamdee was my kammavācācariya chanting instructor and the Venerable Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo was my anusāvanācariya teaching instructor. I was given the Pāli name “Cundo.” I was one month and five days into my twenty-second year, and I was the first person for whom Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo chanted a part in a monk’s ordination ceremony. I still remember Ajaan Lee’s instructions to me on that occasion, “You are a meditation monk. The primary work of a meditation monk has been assigned to you today at your ordination. It is given simply as five meditation objects to be memorized and reflected on in forward and reverse order: kesā—hair of the head; lomā—hair of the body; nakhā—nails; dantā—teeth; and taco—the skin that enwraps the body. It is up to you to contemplate the significance of these physical features in your meditation to the best of your ability. This reflection underlies the true work of those monks who practice according to the principles of Dhamma that were taught by the Lord Buddha. “These five body parts are to be contemplated at length until you become aware that the body’s true nature is neither inherently beautiful nor desirable; but instead, that it is fundamentally unappealing, changeable, unsatisfactory, and thus should not be seen as belonging to you. These five parts form the external, visible features of the human body, the appearance of which can arouse lust and attachment in the mind. Only when the body is properly dissected and analyzed does the mind gradually develop a strong sense of dispassion toward the human form, causing the desires associated with it to begin to weaken and dissolve away. The mind is then free to devote itself to subtler aspects of meditation in search of more lasting and worthwhile forms of happiness.” Following the ceremony at Chanthanārāma Monastery, I returned with Ajaan Lee and Ajaan Kongmaa to Sai Ngaam Forest Monastery where, from 1937-1939, I spent my first three rains retreats as their student. Those two ajaans had been Dhamma friends for many years. Before they first met, Ajaan Lee had already ordained as a monk at the temple in his home village. When he heard that a wandering dhutaṅga monk was camping out in the local cemetery, he went to pay his respects and ask him some questions. Ajaan Lee was inspired by the dhutaṅga monk’s demeanor, which was so different from the other monks he knew. Ajaan Lee asked the monk who his teacher was. He replied that his teacher was Ajaan Mun Bhūridatto, who at that time was staying not far away at Burapha Monastery in the city of Ubon Ratchathani. Ajaan Lee then traveled several days on foot to reach Burapha Monastery, where he met Ajaan Mun for the first time. He formally paid respects to Ajaan Mun and asked for his guidance. The advice that he received showed him the way forward in his meditation practice. It was there at Burapha Monastery that Ajaan Lee made the acquaintance of Ajaan Kongmaa, who was already an accomplished student of Ajaan Mun. Eventually, Ajaan Lee convinced Ajaan Kongmaa to take him wandering in the regional forests to search for secluded places to meditate. During their travels, Ajaan Kongmaa’s teachings on the Dhamma at various levels impressed Ajaan Lee, especially when Ajaan Kongmaa spoke about the results he achieved during the years he practiced under Ajaan Mun’s guidance. He explained the body contemplation methods that Ajaan Mun taught and the profound results he gained from their practice, which inspired Ajaan Lee to increase his diligence in meditation. The two friends eventually returned to Ajaan Mun, where Ajaan Lee made the decision to take a second ordination with the Dhammayut Monastic Order, the order to which Ajaan Mun belonged. Ajaan Mun arranged for the ordination to take place at Burapha Monastery on May 27, 1927.