Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 22: Khandhasaṁyutta / SN 22.90: Channasutta

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Reading: SN 22.90, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Channa.” Read by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo.

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 34, Excerpt 2

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Reflection by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo on SN 22.90: Seeing all the khandhas as dukkha. [Aggregates] [Suffering] [Not-self]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 34, Excerpt 3

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Comment by Ajahn Pasanno: A critical part of SN 22.90 is Ānanda giving Channa the confidence to believe in himself. [Great disciples] [Faith] // [Geography/India]

Responses by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo, Ajahn Cunda, Ajahn Jotipālo and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Rapture]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 34, Excerpt 4

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“Is there any significance to the elders Channa initially approaches in SN 22.90?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Great disciples] // [Commentaries]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 34, Excerpt 6

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Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 105-109. Read by Ajahn Amaro:

Suttas: MN 75.12; MN 74.2-5; MN 102.12; Iti 49; SN 12.15, SN 22.90.

Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.6 (also at SN 22.59).

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 19