References – MN 1: The Root of All Things 
Discussion about why the bhikkhus did not approve of the Buddha’s teachings in the Mūlapariyāya Sutta (MN 1). [Teaching Dhamma] [Blame and praise] // [Culture/India] [Tipiṭaka] [Right View] [Hinduism]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 17, Excerpt 1
Readings by Ajahn Amaro:
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 96-101:
“No-self or Not-self” in Noble Strategy by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.
Suttas: MN 1.3-194 (abridged); Ud 4.1 (also at AN 9.3); Ud 2.1.
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Section 6.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 17
“Ajahn Geoff often says that non-duality is not part of the Buddha’s teachings because it refers to unity rather than complete transcendence. In your experience, do most teachings on non-duality refer to an allness or something more compatible with the Buddha’s teachings?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Ṭhānissaro] [Right View] [Unconditioned] [Advaita Vedanta] // [Equanimity] [Non-identification] [Knowing itself] [Language] [Culture/West] [Culture/India]
Sutta: MN 137.17: Equanimity based on diversity, etc.
Sutta: MN 1.25: They are attached to the All.
Quote: “One of my pet peeves is when people say, ‘I really love non-duality.’” — Eric McCord.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 10, Excerpt 1
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 7, pp. 126-132. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Stephen Collins, Selfless Persons, pp. 43-45.
Suttas: MN 64.9-16, AN 9.36; Iti 51; AN 9.37; SN 48.57; AN 10.58; AN 8.73; MN 49.23; MN 1.25.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 38
Comment: That sense of directly knowing everything (SN 35.80) is the same language used in MN 1.27. [Knowledge and vision] [Unconditioned] [Perception]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.