References – MN 35: The Shorter Discourse With Saccaka 
Sutta / Majjhima Nikāya / MN 35: Cūḷasaccakasutta (4)

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Reading: MN 35: Cūḷasaccaka Sutta. Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 30


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Comment: MN 35 demonstrates how the Buddha asks questions to elicit people’s reactions and train them. [Buddha/Biography] [Questions] [Teaching Dhamma]

Reference: Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 30, Excerpt 1


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Comment: When people at work ask me about not-self, I say, ‘Can you tell your body not to get old?’ [Not-self] [Ageing]

Sutta: MN 35: Cūḷasaccaka Sutta.

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 30, Excerpt 5


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Recollection: Ajahn Chah would often make the distinction of holding but not clinging. Recounted by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Clinging ] // [Relinquishment] [Emptiness] [Everyday life] [Sense bases] [Self-identity view]

Reference: Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 583: “Sense Contact: The Fountain of Wisdom.” [Discernment]

Sutta: DN 16.2.25: The Buddha compares his body to an old cart. [Buddha/Biography] [Pain]

Suttas: MN 35.5; AN 10.67: The Buddha stretches his back.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 51, Excerpt 4