Saṁyutta Nikāya 5.10: Vajira  

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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 109-112. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Ācariya Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā, Ch.15.

Suttas: MN 49.27; SN 5.10.

Spiritual Autobiography, Ajahn Chah.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 20

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Comment: When you were reading from the passage from Ācariya Nāgārguna’s Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 109), it struck me that the use of the word essence is equivalent to the way the Buddha uses the word self. [Acariya Nāgārguna] [Language] [Self-identity view] // [Mahāyāna] [Philosophy]

Sutta: SN 5.10: The Bhikkhunī Vajirā.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 20, Excerpt 1