References – MN 137: The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields 
Sutta / Majjhima Nikāya / MN 137: Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta

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“Could it be that the five cords of sensual pleasure need an outside stimulus to be activated while the mind is an internal frame of reference?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire] [Sense bases] [Heart/mind] [Right Mindfulness] // [Craving] [Concentration]

Sutta: MN 137: Replacing sensual pleasure with the pleasure of samādhi.

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 16, Excerpt 4


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“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


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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 6, pp. 117-123. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: MN 113.21; MN 137.19-20; AN 4.24.

Richard Gombrich, ‘Metaphor, Allegory, Satire,’ in How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings, pp. 86-7.

Hsin Hsin Ming, the verses of the Third Ch’an Patriarch.

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

AN 3.40 in The Magic of the Mind by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda pp. 49 & 52.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 36