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Readings from The Island, Session 17 – Feb. 2, 2025

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3. Comment by Ajahn Pasanno: Anattā is a middle-way word between atthā and niratthā. [Pāli] [Etymology] [Middle Path] // [Right View]


Readings from The Island, Session 42 – Mar. 10, 2025

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1. Comment: The separation between the mind and the sense/mind objects can be helpfully contemplated at multiple levels of acuity. Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Nature of mind] [Knowing itself] [Sense bases] // [Nibbāna] [Ajahn Chah]

Sutta: AN 11.9.

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, pp. 90-91.

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Perception] [Etymology]

Quote: “The Five Khandhas exist, but they aren’t real. The Dhamma is real, but it doesn’t exist.” — Ajahn Paññavaḍḍho. Quoted by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho] [Aggregates] [Dhamma] [Etymology]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno.

Quote: “Bright, loud, and mobile is the false; subtle and indistinct is the true.” — Master Hsuan Hua to Ajahn Amaro in a dream. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Amaro] [Dreams] [Truth]