References – SN 22.96: A Lump of Cowdung 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 22: Khandhasaṁyutta / SN 22.96: Gomayapiṇḍasutta

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Readings by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo:

Sutta: SN 22.26, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Gratification (1).”

Sutta: SN 22.27, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Gratification (2).”

Sutta: SN 22.28, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Gratification (3).”

Sutta: SN 22.96, Khandhasaṁyutta, “A Lump of Cowdung.”

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 28


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Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: In SN 22.96, the Buddha implies that universal impermanence may be a good thing.

Responses by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno.

Follow-up: “What’s ‘individual existence’ in Pāli?” [Translation] [Becoming]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 28, Excerpt 4


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Discussion of the concept of eternity in SN 22.96. [Impermanence] [Time]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 28, Excerpt 5


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“Is there any significance to the names of the steed and the chariot in SN 22.96?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Lunar observance days]

Sutta: MN 37.8 mentions Sakka’s Vejayanta Palace.

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 28, Excerpt 6