References – AN 11.9: With Sandha 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 11: Ekādasakanipāta / AN 11.9: Saddhasutta

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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 8, pp. 143-146. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: AN 11.9; AN 10.6; MN 10.34-35, DN 22.12.

Atulo, collected teachings of Ajahn Dune compiled by Ajahn Bodhinandamuni (no full English translation).

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 42


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Comment: The separation between the mind and the sense/mind objects can be helpfully contemplated at multiple levels of acuity. Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Nature of mind] [Knowing itself] [Sense bases] // [Nibbāna] [Ajahn Chah]

Sutta: AN 11.9.

Reference: Stillness Flowing by Ajahn Jayasaro, pp. 90-91.

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Perception] [Etymology]

Quote: “The Five Khandhas exist, but they aren’t real. The Dhamma is real, but it doesn’t exist.” — Ajahn Paññavaḍḍho. Quoted by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho] [Aggregates] [Dhamma]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno.

Quote: “Bright, loud, and mobile is the false; subtle and indistinct is the true.” — Master Hsuan Hua to Ajahn Amaro in a dream. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Master Hsuan Hua] [Ajahn Amaro] [Dreams] [Truth]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 42, Excerpt 1