References – Ud 4 
Sutta / Udāna / Ud 4:
Udāna 4.1: With Meghiya 

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“Could you clarify where Nibbāna fits into the different stages of enlightenment?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Nibbāna] [Stages of awakening] // [Stream entry] [Impermanence] [Insight meditation] [Relinquishment]

Sutta: AN 9.3: Meghiya (also at Ud 4.1).

Quote: “Sawahng, Sa-aht, Sangop” — “Bright, pure, peaceful” — many Thai Forest Tradition teachers. [Thai Forest Tradition]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 3, Excerpt 3


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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 96-101:

No-self or Not-self” in Noble Strategy by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.

Suttas: MN 1.3-194 (abridged); Ud 4.1 (also at AN 9.3); Ud 2.1.

David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Section 6.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 17


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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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“Is it correct that if the conceit ‘I am’ is penetrated that essentially eliminates the other four fetters?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Fetters] [Conceit]

Sutta: AN 9.3 / Ud 4.1: Meghiya Sutta.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 36, Excerpt 1


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Readings: AN 7.48.10: Saññā Sutta; SN 35.82: Loka; Ud 4.1: Meghiya; AN 1.136: Uppādā Sutta; SN 15.20: Mount Vepulla. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Impermanence]

Even the Sāsana Will Pass Away [2025]


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The perception of impermanence should be cultivated for the removal of the conceit “I am.” Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Conceit] [Impermanence] // [Self-identity view] [Relinquishment] [Nibbāna] [Cessation of Suffering]

Quote: “Being right doesn’t lead one to freedom from suffering. Oftentimes it just makes you a pain in the butt.” [Views]

Sutta: Ud 4.1.21: Meghiya Sutta.

Sutta: AN 10.60.10: “This is peaceful, this is sublime...”

Even the Sāsana Will Pass Away [2025], Excerpt 4


Udāna 4.4: The Spirit’s Blow 

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“In your opinion, why do you think Mogallana is portrayed in the scriptures as mostly an idiot/unwise and Sariputta is portrayed as wise?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Tipiṭaka] [Great disciples] // [Psychic powers] [Saṅgha] [Conflict] [Mahāyāna] [Personality]

Quote: “But Ānanda, since when has Anuruddha been involved in disciplinary issues in the midst of the Saṅgha?” AN 4.243 [Vinaya]

Story: Moggallāna sees a yakkha clobber Sāriputta. Ud 4.4 [Non-human beings]

Metta Retreat [2008], Session 5, Excerpt 13