References – MN 52: The Man from Aṭṭhakanāgara 
Sutta / Majjhima Nikāya / MN 52: Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta

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“Thank you for this morning’s talk on the recollections and faith. Could you elaborate on your point about faith and anāgamī? Has anyone been fully liberated through faith?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Faith] [Non-return] [Liberation] // [Discernment] [Energy] [Faculties] [The New Yorker] [Culture/West]

Reflection: Faith is the trigger for letting go and relinquishment. [Relinquishment]

Sutta: MN 52: Delight in the Dhamma and the third stage of liberation. [Recollection/Dhamma]

Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 1, Excerpt 2


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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 4, pp. 70-76. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Ven. P.A. Payutto, Dependent Origination, pp. 14-5.

H.H. the Dalai Lama, The Four Noble Truths, pp. 53-57.

Suttas: MN 52.4-14, AN 11.16; SN 22.81; MN 140.20-22.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 12