Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.1: The Appeal of the Divinity  

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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 1, pp. 30-35. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Nyanatiloka Bhikkhu, “Nibbāna,” Buddhist Dictionary, p. 105.

The Mind Like Fire Unbound by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 2.

Suttas: MN 26.13; SN 38.1; AN 10.60; Ud 3.10; AN 3.55; AN 6.55; SN 43.1-44.

Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.5 (also occurs at SN 6.1 and MN 26.19).

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 3

Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.15: Full Extinguishment  

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Comment by Ajahn Pasanno: Throughout the whole teaching (DN 16) there is the sense of the ordinary and the transcendant together all the time. [Conventions] [Unconditioned] [Sutta] [Buddha/Biography] // [Nature of mind] [Ceremony/ritual] [Precepts] [Meditation] [Devotional practice] [Middle Path] [Release]

Sutta: Aniccā vata saṅkhārā... (SN 6.15) [Cessation] [Happiness] [Recollection/Peace]

Honoring the Buddha: The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta [2021], Excerpt 10

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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 2, pp. 52-56. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: Thig 504-6; SN 14.12; Thag 1223-4; Thig 512; Snp 1086-7; Thig 112-16; SN 6.15.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 7