References – MN 70: At Kīṭāgiri 
Sutta / Majjhima Nikāya / MN 70: Kīṭāgirisutta

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“Which suttas describe path and fruit?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stages of awakening] [Sutta]

Sutta: MN 70: Kīṭāgiri Sutta

Metta Retreat [2008], Session 4, Excerpt 2


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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 13, pp. 233-235:

Sutta: AN 9.3, Ud 4.1.

Sutta: MN 70: Kīṭāgiri Sutta.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 25


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“You mentioned that the Tathāgatā is a bit harsh in discipline [in MN 70]. What is the practical side of this?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Buddha/Biography] [Fierce/direct teaching] // [Teaching Dhamma] [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Mahāyāna] [Sutta]

Sutta: MN 34: The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 25, Excerpt 2


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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 13, pp. 230-233:

Suttas: MN 29.7; MN 24.10; AN 3.101; MN 70.13, .22 & .23.

Sutta: AN 3.102: Nimitta.

Sutta: MN 70: Kīṭāgiri Sutta.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 24


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“Where is the path [of stream entry etc.] clearly defined?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Stages of awakening] // [Aids to Awakening] [Stream entry] [Recollection/Saṅgha] [Ajahn Chah]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 7: “The four pairs, the eight kinds of noble beings.”

Sutta: MN 70.20-21: Definitions of faith follower and Dhamma follower.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 25, Excerpt 1


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“You read, ‘he realizes with the body’ (MN 70.23), and I read in one of the suttas (perhaps AN 4.113 or SN 48.53) that arahants touch Nibbāna with their body. Could you elaborate on this?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Body/form] [Arahant] [Nibbāna]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 24, Excerpt 4