References – SN 15: Linked Discourses on the Unknowable Beginning 
Reflection by Ajahn Pasanno: Fine-tuning the balance between stillness and investigation. [Calming meditation ] [Insight meditation ] [Gladdening the mind] // [Mindfulness of breathing]
Sutta: SN 15.1: “Bound by ignorance and obstructed by craving.” [Ignorance] [Craving]
Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing [2005], Session 11, Excerpt 1
“If there is no self, why do you think we are here, alive on Earth as individuals?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Not-self] [Purpose/meaning] // [Craving] [Ignorance] [Self-identity view] [Saṃsāra]
Sutta: SN 15.1: “A first point is not discerned of beings roaming and wandering on, hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving.”—Bhikkhu Bodhi translation.
Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 4, Excerpt 2
“What is a good way to cultivate forgiveness and compassion deeper in the heart? What are genuine signs of progress?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Forgiveness] [Compassion] // [Suffering] [Ignorance]
Sutta: SN 15.1: “Bound by ignorance and obstructed by craving.”
Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 7, Excerpt 8
“It seems that the mind and body are unreliable, not good refuges, yet everything about the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha relies upon the mind training—refining, watching, letting go. It sounds like it still relies on the mind. What am I missing?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Three Refuges ] [Meditation] // [Discernment]
Sutta: SN 15.1: “Bound by ignorance and obstructed by craving.” [Ignorance] [Craving]
Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 4, Excerpt 3
“Can a person be enlightened without ever sitting? Or without ever hearing the Dhamm? Was anyone ever enlightened before the Buddha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Liberation] [Posture/Sitting] [Hearing the true Dhamma] // [Buddha] [Mindfulness] [Discernment] [Tranquility]
Simile from Ajahn Chah: “Chickens sit for a long period of time, and they don’t get very far.” [Ajahn Chah] [Animal] [Similes]
Recollection: When Ajahn Chah sat meditation, it was like seeing a mountain sitting there.
Sutta: SN 15.1: “Bound by ignorance and obstructed by craving.” [Ignorance] [Craving]
Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 4, Excerpt 20
Story: Dharma Master Heng Shun teaches his students to recite the Mata Sutta (SN 15.14-19) before meditation. Told by Bhikshu Heng Shun. [Bhikshu Heng Shun] [City of Ten Thousand Buddhas] [Learning] [Meditation] [Chanting] // [Goodwill] [Saṃsāra]
Abhayagiri's 20th Anniversary [2016], Session 5, Excerpt 8
Readings: AN 7.48.10: Saññā Sutta; SN 35.82: Loka; Ud 4.1: Meghiya; AN 1.136: Uppādā Sutta; SN 15.20: Mount Vepulla. Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Impermanence]