References – Ud 8 
Sutta / Udāna / Ud 8:
Udāna 8.1: About Extinguishment (1st) 

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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


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Comment: The translation of the Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.3) in The Island renders paññāyati as ‘discerned;’ the Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 49 translates it as ‘possible.’ Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Discernment] [Translation] [Chanting]

Response by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno.

Quote: “If you can’t go forward, if you can’t go backwards, if you can’t stand still, where do you go?” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Koan]

Sutta: Ud 8.1.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46, Excerpt 7


Udāna 8.3: About Extinguishment (3rd) 

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“The way Ajahn Paññavaddho describes citta sounds like a soul. Can you discuss?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Kondannyo Bhikkhu and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho] [Heart/mind] [Doctrine-of-self clinging] // [Language] [Unconditioned] [Buddha] [Faith] [Direct experience] [Nibbāna] [Four Noble Truths] [Similes]

Sutta: Ud 8.3: Nibbāna Sutta (Chanting Book translation).

Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition [2016], Session 38, Excerpt 1


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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


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Comment: The translation of the Nibbāna Sutta (Ud 8.3) in The Island renders paññāyati as ‘discerned;’ the Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 49 translates it as ‘possible.’ Contributed by Ajahn Kaccāna. [Discernment] [Translation] [Chanting]

Response by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno.

Quote: “If you can’t go forward, if you can’t go backwards, if you can’t stand still, where do you go?” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Koan]

Sutta: Ud 8.1.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46, Excerpt 7


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“Is Nibbāna unconditioned? Can Nibbāna make a connection with you, or do you have to go to Nibbāna?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nibbāna] [Unconditioned ] [Impermanence] // [Characteristics of existence]

Sutta: Ud 8.3: Nibbāna Sutta (Chanting Book translation).

Quote: “The place where there’s no coming, no going, no standing still. What’s that?” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah]

Even the Sāsana Will Pass Away [2025], Excerpt 11


Udāna 8.4: About Extinguishment (4th) 

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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


Udāna 8.8: With Visākhā 

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Reading: Ud 8.8: Visākhā Sutta Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.

Love, Attachment, and Friendship [2019], Session 1