References – AN 8.30: Anuruddha 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 8: Aṭṭhakanipāta / AN 8.30: Anuruddhamahāvitakkasutta

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Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Proliferation] [Perception]

Sutta: MN 18: Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, The Honeyball.

“Categorical Answers,” Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Sutta: AN 8.30: “Anuruddha.”

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 48


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Discussion of the meaning of papañca in AN 8.30 and various other suttas. [Pāli] [Translation] [Proliferation] [Perception] // [Great disciples] [Liberation] [Conditionality] [Directed thought and evaluation] [Language]

Suttas: Snp 4.11: Kalahavivāda Sutta and DN 21: Sakkapañha Sutta in which papañca precedes thinking.

Reference: Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro, p. 85.

Suttas: MN 19: Dvedhāvitakka Sutta; MN 20: Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta.

Reference: Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness [2015], Session 48, Excerpt 1


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Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 15, pp. 274-277:

Suttas: AN 8.30; SN 2.5; AN 3.83; SN 52.9; MN 123.22; MN 122.4, .6 & .7.

Sutta: MN 123: Wonderful and Marvelous.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 49