References – SN 48: Linked Discourses on the Faculties 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 48: Indriyasaṁyutta
Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.9: Analysis (1st) 

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“How important is chanting for one’s practice? Do you have any tips for how to recite/remember the Pali chants?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting ] [Memory] [Pāli] // [Monastic life] [Recollection] [Devotional practice] [Energy] [Thai Forest Tradition] [Long-term practice] [Dhamma recordings] [Posture/Walking] [Almsround] [Mindfulness]

Story: Ajahn Mun would chant for over an hour each evening before he started meditating. [Ajahn Mun] [Monastic routine]

Suttas: AN 10.60 Girimānanda Sutta; SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattanasutta (Chanting Book translation).

Story: The evening program at Wat Fah Krahm is three hours of chanting followed by a three-hour sit. [Wat Fah Krahm] [Meditation]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 138: Rhythm of the Pāli language.

Sutta: SN 48.9: Mindfulness related to memory.

2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 7, Excerpt 13


Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.45: At the Eastern Monastery (1st) 

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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 14, pp. 248-251:

Suttas: SN 48.54; SN 48.45; AN 7.61; SN 35.80; MN 11.17.

Ajahn Chah, Food for the Heart, p. 241-2.

Sutta: AN 7.61: Nodding.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 30


Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.53: A Trainee 

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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


Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.54: Footprints 

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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 14, pp. 248-251:

Suttas: SN 48.54; SN 48.45; AN 7.61; SN 35.80; MN 11.17.

Ajahn Chah, Food for the Heart, p. 241-2.

Sutta: AN 7.61: Nodding.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 30


Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.57: With the Divinity Sahampati 

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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