“Could you give advice on how to practice Buddhānussati? Are there any suttas useful for working with this theme?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Recollection/Buddha ] [Sutta] // [Learning] [Human]
Reference: Recollection of the Buddha, Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 4.
Sutta: MN 11: Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta.
Sutta: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta. [Views] [Great disciples] [Upatakh]
Sutta: MN 12.58: “You might think that the jujube fruit was bigger in those days...” [Buddha/Biography] [Humor]
Sutta: SN 17.5: Dung beetle on a ball of dung. [Gain and loss]
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 10, Excerpt 1
Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Feeling]
Sutta: SN 36.4: “The Bottomless Abyss.”
Sutta: SN 36.6: “The Dart.”
Sutta: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta, To Dıghanakha.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 46
Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: The Buddha uses similar pedagogical techniques in MN 75 and MN 74. [Teaching Dhamma] [Buddha/Biography] [Views]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 33, Excerpt 3
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 105-109. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Suttas: MN 75.12; MN 74.2-5; MN 102.12; Iti 49; SN 12.15, SN 22.90.
Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.6 (also at SN 22.59).
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 19
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 14, pp. 253-256:
Suttas: SN 22.80; MN 11.6-7; MN 74.6-8; MN 63.7-8.
Sutta: MN 74: Dīghanakha Sutta.
Sutta: MN 63: Cūḷamāluṅkya Sutta.