References – SN 22.95: A Lump of Foam 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 22: Khandhasaṁyutta / SN 22.95: Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta (6)

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“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


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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


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“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


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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


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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


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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]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 52, Excerpt 4