References – DN 11: With Kevaddha 
Sutta / Dīgha Nikāya / DN 11: Kevaṭṭasutta

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 8, pp. 133-137:

Bhikkhu Bodhi, Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Note 513.

Sutta: DN 11.81-5.

Sutta: MN 49.26.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 39


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“In this afternoon’s talk, Ajahn Karunadhammo mentioned the benefits of the bhava that results from practice or the Eightfold Path, but he described a consciousness that doesn’t land in or on a self and results in freedom. Is that a consciousness that results in neither arising nor non-arising. Could you elaborate? The moment between in and out breaths seems to hold potential for this kind of consciousness.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Eightfold Path] [Becoming] [Unestablished consciousness] [Self-identity view] [Liberation] [Mindfulness of breathing] // [Proliferation] [Consciousness] [Relinquishment] [Fear]

Quote: “You want to pay attention to the experience rather than the idea about it.” [Direct experience]

Suttas: DN 11.85, MN 49.25: Consciousness luminous all around.

Sutta: SN 12.64: Simile of the western wall. [Similes]

2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 9


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“You mentioned that the Vedic tradition describes reaching the Atman as pure consciousness, awake, and blissful. How is that different from what Luang Por Sumedho always describes pure consciousness, awake, and blissful as the ultimate state?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Hinduism] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Unestablished consciousness] // [Language]

Suttas: DN 11.85, MN 49.25.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 18, Excerpt 4


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“In the passage you read out [DN 11.85], on the one hand it’s referring to consciousness that is infinite and radiant and non-manifestative, but then it went on to say that consciousness ceases. Do you have any thoughts about this?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Consciousness] [Unestablished consciousness] [Cessation]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 39, Excerpt 2


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“Is [SN 12.15] specifically what the middle way refers to?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Middle Path] // [Dependent origination] [Eightfold Path] [Sense bases] [Philosophy]

Sutta: SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Chanting book translation).

Reference: Concept and Reality by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda p. 63, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 140.

Sutta: SN 2.26: Rohitassa.

Sutta: DN 11.85: Where earth, water, fire, and air no footing find...

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 40, Excerpt 4


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“If worldly experiences are based on previous conditions, how is it possible to reach the world beyond our experience?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Conditionality] [Liberation ] // [Insight meditation] [Cessation] [Knowing itself]

Sutta: DN 11.85: “Where long and short, coarse and fine, pure and impure find no footing...”

Sutta: SN 2.26: The end of the world.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 41, Excerpt 6


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“Does name and form cease or not arise?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Cessation] // [Language] [Proliferation]

Sutta: DN 11.85.10: Kevaṭṭasutta.

Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition [2016], Session 42, Excerpt 5