References – AN 4.77: Unthinkable 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 4: Catukkanipāta / AN 4.77: Acinteyyasutta

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“Could you talk a little bit on karma or kamma? We’re here, living cushy lives in comparison, clean water, comfortable houses, food, because of past good deeds. Can you explain why one might be reborn into hunger, AIDS, civil war, etc.?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kamma] [Poverty] // [Conditionality] [Nature of the cosmos] [Rebirth]

Sutta: AN 4.77.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 5, Excerpt 9


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“This morning I had my brightest, deepest, most still meditation ever. As I sensed the hour coming to an end, I counted my breaths down to 100, knowing you would ring the bell during that time. When I got to zero, no bell. So I decided to hold my breath until I heard the bell. Luckily, you rang it right then. What did the Buddha teach regarding synchronicities?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Time] // [Concentration] [Psychic powers]

Sutta: AN 4.77: Inconceivable Matters.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 6, Excerpt 1


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Discussion about kamma and the results of kamma. Led by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo, Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Kamma] [Conditionality] [Feeling] // [Abuse/violence] [Abhidhamma] [Ajahn Chah] [Vajrayāna] [Sickness] [Compassion] [Culture/India] [Equanimity] [Disasters] [Christianity]

Quote: “Too much Dhamma.” — Ajahn Buddhadāsa. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Buddhadāsa]

Sutta: AN 4.77 Acinteyya: “Vexation or madness.”

Story: Ajahn Chah to Ajahn Munindo: “If it wasn’t supposed to be this way, it wouldn’t have been this way.” Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Munindo] [Self-pity]

Thai saying: “That’s as far as their merit takes them.” [Culture/Thailand] [Death] [Merit] [Thai]

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 47, Excerpt 2


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“Is it fine to give with the understanding of the law of cause and effect, thinking that this generosity will bring benefit to the recipient now as well as it will benefit us in the future in a similar way?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Generosity] [Kamma] [Volition] [Ageing] // [Recollection/Generosity]

Sutta: AN 4.77: Imponderables. [Commerce/economics]

Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat [2021], Session 12, Excerpt 7