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Milindapañha 320 

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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


Milindapañha 323 

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 9, pp. 158-165:

Suttas: Ud 8.1; Ud 8.3, Iti 43; Ud 8.4; Milindapañha 323; Milindapañha 326-328; SN 1.1.

The Magic of the Mind by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda, pp. 58-60.

Ācariya Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadyamaka-kārika, Ch 25.

Ajahn Chah, personal letter to Ajahn Sumedho.

“What is Contemplation?”, Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 475-479.

Sutta: Ud 1.10: Bāhiya, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 65.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46


Milindapañha 326 

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 9, pp. 158-165:

Suttas: Ud 8.1; Ud 8.3, Iti 43; Ud 8.4; Milindapañha 323; Milindapañha 326-328; SN 1.1.

The Magic of the Mind by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda, pp. 58-60.

Ācariya Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadyamaka-kārika, Ch 25.

Ajahn Chah, personal letter to Ajahn Sumedho.

“What is Contemplation?”, Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 475-479.

Sutta: Ud 1.10: Bāhiya, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 65.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46