References – AN 8.39: Streams 
Sutta / Aṅguttara Nikāya / AN 8: Aṭṭhakanipāta / AN 8.39: Abhisandasutta

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“Can you speak more about the impermanence of goodness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Impermanence] [Virtue] [Gradual Teaching] // [Conditionality] [Happiness] [Compassion] [Fear] [Suffering] [Clinging]

Sutta: AN 8.39: Five great gifts which give freedom from fear. [Generosity] [Five Precepts]

Quote: “The basis of Right View is knowing that this cup is a broken glass.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Right View]

The Gradual Training [2012], Session 2, Excerpt 9


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“Is physical sexual desire the same as the desire for food and water? Or should it be avoided?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sensual desire ] // [Monastic life] [Human] [Self-identity view] [Sexual misconduct] [Food] [Sense restraint] [Relationships] [Trust] [Five Precepts]

Sutta: AN 8.39: The five great gifts.

Happiness on the Buddhist Path [2023], Excerpt 5


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“I’m curious about the timeline when the Buddha established the Five Precepts for householders.” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Buddha/Biography] [Five Precepts] [Lay life] // [Vinaya]

Vinaya: Mahāvagga 2.1: The Buddha establishes the Uposatha observance for the Saṅgha. [Lunar observance days] [Saṅgha]

Sutta: AN 8.41: Observing the Eight Precepts on Uposatha days. [Eight Precepts]

Sutta: AN 8.39: The eight streams of merit. [Merit] [Three Refuges] [Generosity]

Follow-up: “Did the ritual of requesting the Five Precepts originate in the time of the Buddha?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Ceremony/ritual] [Culture/Thailand] [Tipiṭaka]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 50, Excerpt 11