References – MN 43: The Great Classification 
Sutta / Majjhima Nikāya / MN 43: Mahāvedallasutta

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“Why is sañña often translated as perception?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Translation] // [Thai] [Recollection] [Aggregates]

Sutta: MN 43.5 Mahāvedalla Sutta: Conjoined not disjoined.

Our Roots in the Thai Forest Tradition [2014], Session 13, Excerpt 1


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“Is divided consciousness the same as divided awareness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Kondannyo Bhikkhu. [Consciousness] // [Pāli] [Proliferation] [Concentration] [Sense bases] [Ignorance]

Story: A man born blind gains sight. Told by Ajahn Jotipālo. [Contact]

Quote: “Viññana is to be understood and pañña is to be developed.” — MN 43.6. [Discernment] [Kamma]

Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition [2016], Session 50, Excerpt 3


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“If the list of the five khandas is intended to be linear, why is sense-consciousness the final one?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates ] [Consciousness] [Feeling] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 43.9: “Conjoined not disjoined”

2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4, Excerpt 12


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“Is it correct that name-and-form and consciousness can’t be separated, contact and feeling can’t be separated, and the same for becoming and birth? Is it correct that those links can’t be interrupted?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Dependent origination] // [Tipiṭaka] [Conditionality] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Direct experience]

Sutta: DN 15: Mahānidāna Sutta.

Reference: “Hetu paccayo...,” Funeral Chanting in Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 66.

Sutta: MN 43.9: Feeling, perception, and consciousness are conjoined.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 19, Excerpt 4


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“Could you say something about the name-and-form step in Dependent Origination?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates ] [Dependent origination] // [Heart/mind] [Body/form] [Self-identity view] [Human] [Realms of existence]

Sutta: MN 43.9: Conjoined not disjoined.

Kathina Q&A with the Chithurst Community [2025], Session 1, Excerpt 9


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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 3, pp. 64-67. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: MN 43.11; Ud 1.10; Iti 94.

Master Hsüan Hua, Sixth Patriarch’s Dharma Jewel Platform Sūtra, with Commentary, p. 149.

Śhūrangama Sūtra 1.169.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 10