References – DN 2: The Fruits of Recluseship 
“How to reach the state of peace and serenity when we’re just human beings and we strive to be good people?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Tranquility] [Equanimity] [Human] [Virtue] // [Happiness] [Generosity] [Association with people of integrity] [Hearing the true Dhamma] [Hindrances]
Sutta: DN 2: Sāmaññaphala Sutta - Fruits of the Holy Life
Quote: When asked about his attainments as a monk, “I’m just really happy about all the things I didn’t do.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Stages of awakening] [Monastic life] [Sense restraint]
Tea Time Q&A with Ajahn Pasanno [2021], Excerpt 5
Comment: The general formula for Right Livelihood seems to be addressed to laypeople, not bhikkhus. [Right Livelihood] [Lay life] [Monastic life] // [Vinaya]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.
Suttas about wrong livelihood: AN 5.177 (lay), DN 2.56 (monastic).
Follow-up: “Why is acting as a medical doctor wrong livelihood for a bhikkhu?” [Health care] [Culture/Thailand]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 26, Excerpt 5
Water similes for the mind with and without hindrances. (SN 46.55) Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Hindrances] [Similes] // [Sensual desire] [Ill-will] [Sloth and torpor] [Restlessness and worry] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Doubt] [Mindfulness of body]
Sutta: DN 2.98: “These are shoals of fish …”
Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 8, Excerpt 2
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 16, pp. 289-291:
Suttas: SN 12.67; AN 5.260; MN 6.2-3 & .11; DN 2.101-2.
Suttas: AN 6.98-101; SN 17.5.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 56
“Could you repeat the five types of stinginess (AN 5.260)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. [Greed ] // [Family] [Corruption] [Lodging] [Gain and loss] [Fame and disrepute] [Teaching Dhamma]
Story: Ajahn Mahā Prasert gets sent to Nebraska. [Ajahn Mahā Prasert] [Jealousy]
Suttas: SN 17: Connected Discourses on Gain, Honor, and Fame.
Reading: SN 17.5: The Dung Beetle. [Humor] [Similes]
Reflections on the kammic effects of King Ajātasattu killing his father (DN 2.101). [Kamma] [Killing] [Parents] [Stream entry]
Vinaya: Khandhaka 21.1.3: The First Council occurred at Rājagha, King Ajātasattu’s capital city.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 56, Excerpt 5
“I’ve always found the simile of the great earth (SN 56.51) encouraging and aspirational. Is [the great mass of suffering] eroded over time or abruptly end when the view changes?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] [Suffering] [Right View] [Stream entry] // [Saṃsāra]
Sutta: DN 2.102: King Ajātasattu’s crime prevents stream entry. [Killing]
Sutta: Iti 22: Puñña is another word for happiness. [Merit] [Happiness]