“Can you clarify (and simplify!) the four frames of reference? I have read Ven. Thanissaro’s book and it’s pretty challenging to remember from one paragraph to the next as it is so wonderfully dense. In particular, four frames especially as it pertains to mindfulness of breathing? Thank you!” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness ] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reference: Right Mindfulness by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro
2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 20
“Could you clarify ‘the body in the body?’” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Mindfulness of body ] [Right Mindfulness ] // [Translation] [Pāli] [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Direct experience] [Self-identity view] [Elements] [Proliferation] [Perception]
References: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 91; Right Mindfulness by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 14, Excerpt 4
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 8-12.
Reading: Iti 34: Ardour. [Ardency]
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 14
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 12-14. [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: AN 10.58: Roots.
Reading: SN 51.15: The Brahmin Uṇṇabha.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 15
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 14-21. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Mindfulness]
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 16
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 21-22.
Reading: AN 4.245: Training.
Reading: Snp 1.4: The Farmer Bhāradvāja.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 17
“Does the term mindfulness always imply right mindfulness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness] [Right Mindfulness] // [Abhidhamma] [Aggregates]
Reference: Right Mindfulness pp. 21-22
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 17, Excerpt 2
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 23-24.
Reading: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 18
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 24-28. [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: MN 19: Dvedhavitakka Sutta, Two Kinds of Thought.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 19
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 28-31.
Reading: SN 47.40: Analysis.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 20
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Right Concentration]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 31-34.
Reading: SN 47.4: At Sālā.
Reading: Iti 90: Foremost Faith.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 21
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 113-115.
Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha (Right Mindfulness p. 43).
Reading: MN 95: Cankī Sutta, With Cankī.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 34
Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 93-96.
Reading: Book of the Discipline Part 1 p. 116-121, Pārājikā 3 origin story.
Reading: AN 9.36: Jhāna.
Reading: SN 54.8: Simile of the lamp.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 23
Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 96-99 [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: SN 22.79: Being Devoured.
Reading: SN 36.11: Alone.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 24
Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 99-100. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: Forest Desanas by Ajahn Mahā Boowa p. 52.
Reading: Unpublished Luang Por Baen talks.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 25
Readings by Ajahn Ñāṇiko:
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 100-105. [Mindfulness of breathing]
Reading: SN 46.53: Fire.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 26
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 109-112.
Reading: SN 51.20: “Analysis.”
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 31
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 112-113.
Reading: MN 44, Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers.
Reading: AN 8.63: “In Brief.”
Reading: MN 101: Devadaha Sutta, At Devadaha.
Reading: AN 8.81: “Training.”
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 32
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness] [Concentration] [Formless attainments]
Reading: Right Mindfulness p. 113.
Reading: AN 4.94: “Concentration.”
Reading: AN 9.36: “Jhāna.”
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 33
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 115-119.
Reading: MN 80: Vekhanassa Sutta, To Vekhanassa.
Reading: Ud 7.8: “Kaccāna.”
Reading: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 36
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Mindfulness of body] [Elements] [Mindfulness of feeling]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 119-121.
Reading: MN 28: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta, The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 37
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of feeling]
Reading: MN 14: Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering.
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 121-122.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 38
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 122-129. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness of feeling] [Jhāna] [Sensual desire]
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 39
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] [Mindfulness of mind]
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 129-132.
Reading: MN 111: Anupada Sutta, One by One As They Occured.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 40
Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]
Reading: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 132-133, 174-175, 137.
Reading: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 41
Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Mindfulness of dhammas]
Reading: “Contemplation of Dhammas,” p. 182-183, 185, and “The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.
Reading: Right Mindfulness pp. 142-148.