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Milindapañha 25 

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Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo: [Aggregates]

Sutta: SN 45.159, Maggasaṁyutta, “The Guest House.”

Sutta: SN 5.10, Bhikkhunīsaṁyutta, “Vajirā.”

The Questions of King Milinda, I.i, “No Person is Found,” p. 29-32 (Milindapañha 25).

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 27


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Introduction to The Questions of King Milinda. Teaching by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [History/Early Buddhism] [Sutta] [Aggregates]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 27, Excerpt 2


Milindapañha 320 

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“Did you say, ‘Nibbāna is the source of all virtue?’” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Nibbāna] [Virtue] // [Ven. Nāgasena]

Sutta: Milindapañha 320: “Nibbāna, once realized, is the source of the beauty of the virtues of all living beings.” Quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 38.

Follow-up “” [Unconditioned]

Response by Ajahn Amaro. [Arahant]

Sutta: AN 9.7-8: What an arahant can’t do.

Sutta: AN 3.7: Uposatha Sutta.

Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Compassion]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 11, Excerpt 8


Milindapañha 323 

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“Does Nibbāna exist? Is there a sutta about this?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Nibbāna] [Sutta] // [Etymology] [Discernment]

Sutta: Milindapañha 323, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 162.

Quote: “Dhamma is real but does not exist. The five khandhas exist, but they’re not real.” — Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Paññāvaḍḍho] [Dhamma] [Aggregates]

Quote: “Dhamma is un-image-able.” — Ajahn Sumedho. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Sumedho]

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 56, Excerpt 2


Milindapañha 324 

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 9, pp. 158-165:

Suttas: Ud 8.1; Ud 8.3, Iti 43; Ud 8.4; Milindapañha 324; Milindapañha 327-328; SN 1.1.

The Magic of the Mind by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda, pp. 58-60.

Ācariya Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā, Ch 25.

Ajahn Chah, personal letter to Ajahn Sumedho.

“What is Contemplation?”, Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 475-479.

Sutta: Ud 1.10: Bāhiya, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 65.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46


Milindapañha 327 

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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 9, pp. 158-165:

Suttas: Ud 8.1; Ud 8.3, Iti 43; Ud 8.4; Milindapañha 324; Milindapañha 327-328; SN 1.1.

The Magic of the Mind by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda, pp. 58-60.

Ācariya Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā, Ch 25.

Ajahn Chah, personal letter to Ajahn Sumedho.

“What is Contemplation?”, Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, pp. 475-479.

Sutta: Ud 1.10: Bāhiya, quoted in The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, p. 65.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 46