The Deathless (amata)
Nature of the cosmos / Nibbāna / The Deathless 
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Part of tag cluster Nibbāna in key topic Fruits of the Practice
8 excerpts, 36:39 total duration

Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 5 – Nov. 23, 2011

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25. “Is the Deathless element, the knowing as Ajahn Chah called it, and rigpa as the Tibetans call it the same thing? And how is that different from the fifth khanda, consciousness? How can one practice with seeing the grasping of that khandha in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Deathless] [Ajahn Chah] [Knowing itself] [Vajrayāna] [Consciousness] [Clinging] // [Sense bases] [Volitional formations] [Suffering] [Self-identity view]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 17 – Jan. 26, 2015

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3. “What word does the translator (Saddhatissa) render as “immortality?”” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Translation] [Deathless]

Reference: Snp 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 33 – Feb. 22, 2015

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2. Commentary on AN 9.36, “Jhāna.” Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Jhāna] [Formless attainments] [Characteristics of existence] [Aggregates] [Liberation] [Deathless] [Progress of insight] [Relinquishment] [Nibbāna]


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6. Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo comparing putting the mind towards the Deathless with Dzogchen practice. [Deathless] [Vajrayāna] [Emptiness] [Progress of insight]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Spiritual bypass]


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7. “Why is the Deathless described as an element?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Deathless] [Elements]


Meditation on the Ten Perceptions, Session 1 – Sep. 15, 2016

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2. The meaning of perception (sañña) in the Girimānanda Sutta (AN 10.60). Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Recollection] // [Meditation] [Tranquility] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Discernment]

Recollection: Ajahn Pasanno gives instruction from the Girimānanda Sutta to the monks on the first four-week retreat at Dtao Dum. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Dtao Dum] [Teaching Dhamma]

Sutta: MN 43.8-9: Conjoined, not disjoined. [Feeling] [Consciousness]

Sutta: AN 10.57: Ten perceptions culminating in the Deathless. [Deathless]


Meditation on the Ten Perceptions, Session 2 – Sep. 15, 2016

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1. Guided meditation: Lifting up perceptions that culminate in the Deathless. Offered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Recollection] [Deathless] // [Right Effort] [Impermanence] [Not-self] [Unattractiveness] [Drawbacks] [Dispassion] [Cessation] [Recollection/Peace]

Suttas: AN 10.60; AN 10.57.


Readings from The Island, Session 47 – Mar. 17, 2025

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9. Reading and reflection on AN 9.36: “This is peace, this is exquisite ...” (quoted in The Island p. 270). [Recollection/Peace ] // [Deathless] [Volitional formations] [Aggregates] [Clinging] [Cessation of Suffering] [Nibbāna] [Non-return]