“Is breath exactly the same not-self as consciousness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of breathing] [Not-self] [Consciousness] // [Aggregates] [Impermanence] [Mindfulness of body]
Sutta: SN 22.59: Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting Book translation).
Sutta: SN 22.95: Consciousness likened to a conjurer’s trick. [Similes]
Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 3, Excerpt 13
Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Aggregates]
Sutta: SN 22.102, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Perception of Impermanence.”
Sutta: SN 22.95, Khandhasaṁyutta, “A Lump of Foam.”
Sutta: SN 22.33, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Not Yours (1).”
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 31
“Is there a special meaning for which simile is compared to which khandha in SN 22.95?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Similes] [Aggregates] // [Impermanence] [Body/form] [Feeling] [Perception] [Volitional formations] [Consciousness]
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 31, Excerpt 3
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 12, pp. 207-212:
Suttas: SN 20.7; SN 55.53; SN 22.95; Dhp 46; Dhp 170.
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 11, pp. 191:
Sutta: Snp 1118-9.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 52
Reflections by Ajahn Pasanno on the similes for the insubstantiality of the aggregates in SN 22.95. [Aggregates ] [Similes] [Emptiness] // [Body/form] [Feeling] [Perception] [Volitional formations] [Consciousness] [Self-identity view] [Disenchantment] [Dispassion] [Abhidhamma]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 52, Excerpt 2
Reflection by Ajahn Amaro: In each of the five similes for the aggregates in SN 22.95, there is a form but no essence. [Aggregates] [Similes] [Emptiness] // [Spaciousness]