Relinquishment (paṭinissagga)
Skillful qualities / Progress of insight / Relinquishment 
Part of key topic Fruits of the Practice
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Glosses: Letting go
Also a subtag of Cessation of Suffering
See also: Release
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Brightening the Mind, Session 1 – Aug. 19, 2012

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1. “Could you expand about the layers of understanding of thought, perception, and dukkha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Yatiko. [Discernment] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Perception] [Suffering] // [Proliferation] [Relinquishment]

Quote: “First you study the Dhamma, then you know the Dhamma, then you see the Dhamma, they you be the Dhamma.” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Dhamma] [Progress of insight]

Commentary: Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 631: The highest level of understanding is giving up. [Relinquishment]


Readings from The Island, Session 51 – Mar. 23, 2025

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6. “In animitta samādhi, is the mind one-pointed or just sharp? Does it fall into the world of jhāna?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Nimitta] [Unification] [Jhāna]

Sutta: SN 48.9.4: Unification of mind with relinquishment as its object. [Relinquishment]

Quote: “The point that includes.” — Ajahn Sumedho. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Spaciousness]

Teaching from Ajahn Chah: “Being Dhamma.” Related by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Dhamma] [Knowing itself] [Not-self] [Self-identity view]

Sutta: MN 95.20: The sequence of hearing, understanding, practicing, and realizing Dhamma.

Reference: Being Dharma by Ajahn Chah (commercial).