Knowledge and vision (ñāṇadassana)
Skillful qualities / Progress of insight / Knowledge and vision 
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The Middle Way of Not-Self, Session 1 – May. 27, 2015

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16. “The fear that arises upon the realization that there’s nothing there is so strong that it takes away from the awareness being able to stay with it. Any suggestions?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Fear] [Knowledge and vision] [Not-self] // [Recollection] [Goodwill] [Gladdening the mind] [Suffering] [Cessation of Suffering] [Learning] [Faith]


The New Ajahn Chah Biography, Session 3 – Apr. 21, 2018

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4. “How can we skillfully take apart our preconceived notions and assumptions without undermining our ability to think?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Delusion] [Knowledge and vision] [Directed thought and evaluation] // [Noble Truth of Suffering] [Cause of Suffering] [Proliferation]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 19 – Jun. 14, 2021

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11. “Should we consider the brahmavihāras a form of emotion or are they kinds of knowledge or understanding?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Divine Abidings] [Emotion] [Knowledge and vision]


Readings from The Island, Session 27 – Feb. 16, 2025

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1. Comment: Some of the links [in AN 10.2] seem more natural than others....For example, the Bodhisattva was really good at concentration, but he wouldn’t have described himself as having knowledge and vision of the way things are back when he was studying with Āḷāra Kālāma. Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Conditionality] [Naturalness] [Concentration] [Knowledge and vision] [Bodhisattva]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right View] [Knowledge and vision]


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3. “Is knowledge an vision [described in AN 10.2] different than the Dhammacakka Sutta [SN 56.11.5] where it says that knowledge and vision arose?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Knowledge and vision] // [Four Noble Truths]


Readings from The Island, Session 30 – Feb. 19, 2025

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5. Comment: That sense of directly knowing everything (SN 35.80) is the same language used in MN 1.27. [Knowledge and vision] [Unconditioned] [Perception]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno.


Readings from The Island, Session 34 – Feb. 25, 2025

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4. “I’m reading the autobiography of Luang Por Thoon. He’s speaking at the end about the āsava kayañāṇas, the knowledge that the taints are destroyed. Would that be relinquishment of the āsavas [in MN 2]?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Outflows] [Knowledge and vision] [Relinquishment] // [Arahant]

References: The Autobiography of Venerable Ācariya Thoon Khippapañño, Volume 1, p. 350; The Autobiography of Venerable Ācariya Thoon Khippapañño, Volume 2, p. 24.