References – Ud 2 
Sutta / Udāna / Ud 2:
Udāna 2.1: With Mucalinda 

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 96-101:

No-self or Not-self” in Noble Strategy by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.

Suttas: MN 1.3-194 (abridged); Ud 4.1 (also at AN 9.3); Ud 2.1.

David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Section 6.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 17


Udāna 2.10: With Bhaddiya 

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Examples of pleasures of renunciation? Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Happiness] [Renunciation] [Rapture] // [Skillful qualities]

Sutta: Ud 2.10: “Oh, what bliss!”

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 45, Excerpt 2


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Comment: This reading about the bliss of Nibbāna (The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 105; MN 75.12) reminds me of the monk who had previously been a king who went about saying ‘Oh, what bliss!’ [Nibbāna] [Happiness] [Great disciples] [Royalty]

Sutta: Ud 2.10.

Response by Ajahn Amaro.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 19, Excerpt 1