“I am unable at this point to wrap my understanding around no-self. I feel truth in that form is not self, feeling is not self, perception, mental formations, and consciousness is not self. How can we be sure self is not hiding somewhere we haven’t looked? How do I cultivate an understanding of non-self? Isn’t that part of us that continually takes rebirth self or soul?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Not-self] [Aggregates] [Rebirth] // [Spiritual traditions] [Impermanence] [Suffering] [History/Indian Buddhism] [Discrimination]
Sutta: SN 22.96: A Lump of Cow Dung. [Liberation]
Sutta: SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting Book translation).
Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 8, Excerpt 10
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
Comment by Ajahn Kaccāna: In SN 22.96, the Buddha implies that universal impermanence may be a good thing. [Impermanence]
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
Discussion of the concept of eternity in SN 22.96. [Impermanence] [Time]
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 28, Excerpt 5
“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