References – AN 9.7: With Sutavā the Wanderer 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 9: Navakanipāta / AN 9.7: Sutavāsutta

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“Did you say, ‘Nibbāna is the source of all virtue?’” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Nibbāna] [Virtue] // [Ven. Nāgasena]

Quote: “Nibbāna, once realized, is the source of the beauty of the virtues of all living beings.” — Milindapañha 320, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 38..

Follow-up: “Can you reflect on this? It doesn’t quite fit with the Unconditioned, unformed, no footing....” [Unconditioned]

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Arahant]

Sutta: AN 9.7-8: What an arahant can’t do.

Sutta: AN 3.7: Uposatha Sutta.

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Compassion]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 11, Excerpt 8


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“You said that when a negative, unpleasant thought comes up, the noble being doesn’t want it but doesn’t act upon it. Is this taṇhā? Is it a mild form of craving, not wanting the thought?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Proliferation] [Arahant] [Craving] // [Knowledge and vision] [Non-identification] [Ajahn Dune] [Spaciousness]

Suttas: AN 9.7-8: What an arahant can’t do.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 43, Excerpt 2