References – SN 12.64: If There Is Lust 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 12: Nidānasaṁyutta / SN 12.64: Atthirāgasutta

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“In this afternoon’s talk, Ajahn Karunadhammo mentioned the benefits of the bhava that results from practice or the Eightfold Path, but he described a consciousness that doesn’t land in or on a self and results in freedom. Is that a consciousness that results in neither arising nor non-arising. Could you elaborate? The moment between in and out breaths seems to hold potential for this kind of consciousness.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Eightfold Path] [Becoming] [Unestablished consciousness] [Self-identity view] [Liberation] [Mindfulness of breathing] // [Proliferation] [Consciousness] [Relinquishment] [Fear]

Quote: “You want to pay attention to the experience rather than the idea about it.” [Direct experience]

Suttas: DN 11.85, MN 49.25: Consciousness luminous all around.

Sutta: SN 12.64: Simile of the western wall. [Similes]

2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 9


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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 8, pp. 151-154. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: MN 22.36; SN 12.64; Snp 752-3; MN 62.17; SN 4.19.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 44


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“What is the Pāli term that [the Buddha] uses for volitional formations [in SN 12.64]?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāli] [Volitional formations] // [Volition] [Nutriment]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 44, Excerpt 1