Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 2, pp. 43-48. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Richard Gombrich, ‘Metaphor, Allegory, Satire,’ in How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings, p. 65-68.
The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro p. 6.
The Mind Like Fire Unbound by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro p. 41.
Roberto Calasso, Ka, pp. 369-70.
Gita Mehta, A River Sutra, p. 290.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 5
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 3, pp. 58-61. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu, unpublished Dhamma talk, 1988.
A 10.92; The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 35-37.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 8
“When kamma meets this present moment way of handling experience, this synchronic approach, is there some sort of free will there?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Kamma] [Conditionality] [Philosophy]
Reference: The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 35-37.
Quote: “The concept of free will is quite European.” [Culture/West]
Reference: “Is God a Taoist?”, Raymond M. Smullyan in The Mind’s ‘I’, edited by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 8, Excerpt 3
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. [Right Mindfulness]
The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, passages from the satipaṭṭhāna section.
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 11
“What does Ajahn Ṭhānissaro mean by stilling the breath sensations (The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 122).” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Tranquility]
Sutta: MN 118: Ānāpānasati Sutta.
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 11, Excerpt 1
Comment: The Wings to Awakening by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 125 equates the last stage of satipaṭṭhāna (MN 10.5) with atammayatā. [Right Mindfulness] [Non-identification] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro]