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The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, Session 26 – Feb. 12, 2013

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[Session] Readings: [Aggregates]

Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo, pp. 202-207.

Sutta: SN 22.5, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Concentration.”

Sutta: SN 22.29, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Delight.”

Sutta: SN 5.1, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Āḷavikā.”

Sutta: SN 5.9, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Selā.”


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1. Reading: Footnote in Satipatthana inferring that the concept of the Five Aggregates predated the Buddha. [History/Early Buddhism] [Aggregates]


The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, Session 27 – Feb. 13, 2013

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[Session] Readings: [Aggregates]

Sutta: SN 45.159, Maggasaṁyutta, “The Guest House.”

Sutta: SN 5.10, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Vajirā.”

The Questions of King Milinda, I.i, “No Person is Found,” p. 29-32 (Milindapañha 25).


Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2 – Jan. 7, 2014

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3. Reading: “The Training of the Heart” from Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 505-516.


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 2 – Jun. 14, 2014

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1. Reading: “Visions of a Sāmaṇa” from Samaṇa by Ajahn Mahā Boowa, p. 11. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Thai Forest Tradition] // [Monastic life/Motivation] [Ajahn Mun]


Thai Forest Tradition, Session 3 – Jun. 14, 2014

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2. Reading: Santi – Peace Beyond Delusion by Ajahn Liem, p. 17. [Ajahn Liem] [Thai Forest Tradition]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 5 – Jan. 10, 2015

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[Session] Readings from Body Contemplation: A Study Guide by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro. [Mindfulness of body]

AN 4.184: Janussonī; AN 10.60: Girimananda; SN 35.247: Six Animals; AN 4.45: Rohitassa; Thag 1.104: Khitaka.

Dhp 259, Dhp 299, Dhp 46; Ud 3.5.

AN 1.575 and onward, Mindfulness immersed in the body (SuttaCentral numbering).

AN 1.616 and onward, Deathless (SuttaCentral numbering).


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 6 – Jan. 11, 2015

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[Session] Reading: MN 119: This sutta describes the development of mindfulness of the body through mindfulness of breathing, the four postures, full awareness, bodily parts, elements, corpse contemplation, and the four jhānas. [Mindfulness of body] [Unattractiveness]


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 10 – Jan. 17, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Recollection/Death]

Nine point death meditation from the Lam Rim.

Sutta: AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1).

Sutta: AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2).

Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Charnel ground contemplations.

“Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death,” Larry Rosenberg, Tricycle, Summer 2000.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 11 – Jan. 18, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Elements]

Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness, Elements.

Sutta: MN 62: Mahārāhulaovāda Sutta, The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula.

“Wholehearted training” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 635 (excerpt).

“Why Are We Here?” in Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 131 (excerpt).


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 41 – Mar. 6, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Mindfulness of mind] [Divine Abidings]

Sutta: MN 10: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, The Foundations of Mindfulness.

Right Mindfulness pp. 132-133, 174-175, 137.

Sutta: SN 42.8: “The Conch Blower.”


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 43 – Mar. 9, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Nibbāna]

Introduction to Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha p. 31-32 (quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 40-41).

Sutta: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 224-226, 33-34.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 44 – Mar. 10, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Mindfulness of dhammas]

“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.

Right Mindfulness pp. 142-148.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 45 – Mar. 15, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Mindfulness of feeling] [Feeling]

“The Perceptual Process,” p. 156-159 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.

Sutta: MN 44: Cūḷavedalla Sutta, The Small Discourse Giving an Elaboration.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 47 – Mar. 17, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Feeling]

Sutta: SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta, “The Sick Ward.”

Sutta: SN 36.21: “Sivaka.”

“The End of Rebirth,” The Stillness of Being by Ajahn Viradhammo, p. 67-77.


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 48 – Mar. 18, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Proliferation] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

“Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Sutta: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”


The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Session 49 – Mar. 22, 2015

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[Session] Readings: [Proliferation] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

“The Perceptual Process,” p. 222-223, 225-226 in Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Venerable Analayo.


Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 1 – Jan. 5, 2016

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[Session] Reading: “Apaṇṇaka Dhammas,” Don’t Hold Back by Ajahn Pasanno, pp. 71–81. [Incontrovertible practices]


Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition, Session 16 – Jan. 26, 2016

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[Session] Reading: “Head and Heart Together” from Head and Heart Together by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, pp. 51-60.


Love, Attachment, and Friendship, Session 1 – Oct. 12, 2019

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[Session] Reading: Ud 8.8: Visākhā Sutta