Outflows (āsava)
Unskillful qualities / Outflows
Alternative translations: Taints, Effluents, Fermentations, Cankers, Inflows
Subtags: Sensuality, Becoming, Ignorance, Views
6 excerpts, 27:33 total duration


Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing, Session 12 – Jan. 15, 2005

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4. The four results of samādhi described in AN 4.41. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation/Results] [Concentration] // [Jhāna] [Perception of light] [Psychic powers] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Aggregates] [Impermanence] [Outflows]

Story: As a novice, Ajahn Puth directed his mind to which questions would be on the Nak Tam exams. [Ajahn Puth] [Learning]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 18 – Jan. 29, 2015

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2. Outline of AN 4.41 Samādhibhāvanā: Four types of concentration. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Right Mindfulness] // [Psychic powers] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Liberation] [Outflows] [Perception of light] [Impermanence] [Aggregates]

Comment about the difference between the third and fourth developments of concentration. [Conditionality]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Outflows] [Self-identity view]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6 – Nov. 26, 2015

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12. “Can you please explain the asavas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Outflows ] // [Rebirth] [Suffering] [Translation]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 4 – Nov. 22, 2016

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13. “The āsavas: Why does the mind leave (“go out”) its still center?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Outflows] [Proliferation] // [Translation] [Ignorance ] [Craving]


The Teaching and the Training, Session 8 – Mar. 26, 2018

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5. Comment: Some deep-seated patterns may be more visible to others than ourselves. [Community] [Outflows] [Monastic life] [Saṅgha]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aversion] [Self-identity view]


Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat, Session 19 – Jun. 14, 2021

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10. “How do you feel the holes? How do you feel good without the need for anything external/addictions, in other words, coping mechanisms. How do you deal with and move past what lies underneath these mechanisms?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Craving] [Clinging] [Addiction] [Outflows] // [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Discernment] [Noble Truth of Suffering]