References – AN 4.41: Ways of Developing Immersion Further 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 4: Catukkanipāta / AN 4.41: Samādhibhāvanāsutta

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The four results of samādhi described in AN 4.41. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Meditation/Results] [Concentration] // [Jhāna] [Perception of light] [Psychic powers] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Aggregates] [Impermanence] [Outflows]

Story: As a novice, Ajahn Puth directed his mind to which questions would be on the Nak Tam exams. [Ajahn Puth] [Learning]

Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 12, Excerpt 4


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“How does one practice with perception of light? I was told to ignore it (as a nimitta) and that it was a metaphor.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception of light] [Nimitta] [Symbolism/metaphor] // [Ajahn Pasanno] [Mindfulness of breathing]

Sutta: AN 4.41: Four kinds of concentration. [Concentration]

Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 5, Excerpt 6


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“How to practice with the arising and passing away of khandas as in the fourth development [in AN 4.41]? Does one reflect on the process of being? And saññā is always unclear to me.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Impermanence] [Aggregates ] [Perception] // [Body/form] [Feeling] [Memory] [Volitional formations] [Consciousness] [Self-identity view]

Quote: “The goal of investigation and mindfulness practices is to shine a light on the constructed nature of how we identify with experience and then assume a solid sense of self, of I, of me, of mine.”

Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 5, Excerpt 7


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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno: [Right Mindfulness]

Right Mindfulness pp. 23-24.

Sutta: AN 4.41: Concentration. [Concentration]

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 18


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Outline of AN 4.41 Samādhibhāvanā: Four types of concentration. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Right Mindfulness] // [Psychic powers] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Liberation] [Outflows] [Perception of light] [Impermanence] [Aggregates]

Comment about the difference between the third and fourth developments of concentration. [Conditionality]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view]

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 18, Excerpt 2