References – SN 41: Linked Discourses with Citta the Householder 
“This morning’s talk referred to Nibbāna. Can a layperson attain Nibbāna or is it just for monastics?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Nibbāna] [Lay life] [Monastic life] // [Recollection/Saṅgha] [Teaching Dhamma]
Quote: “The heart ordination” — Ajahn Baen. [Ajahn Baen] [Heart/mind] [Ordination] [Stream entry]
Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.7: Yasa attains arahantship and then ordains. [Arahant]
Sutta: Ud 1.10 Bāhiya attains arahantship and is killed by a cow. [Great disciples]
Suttas: SN 41.1; SN 41.5; SN 41.7: Anāgamī householder Citta gives teachings to monks. [Non-return]
2021 Abhayagiri Online Thanksgiving Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 10
“This morning’s talk referred to Nibbāna. Can a layperson attain Nibbāna or is it just for monastics?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Nibbāna] [Lay life] [Monastic life] // [Recollection/Saṅgha] [Teaching Dhamma]
Quote: “The heart ordination” — Ajahn Baen. [Ajahn Baen] [Heart/mind] [Ordination] [Stream entry]
Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.7: Yasa attains arahantship and then ordains. [Arahant]
Sutta: Ud 1.10 Bāhiya attains arahantship and is killed by a cow. [Great disciples]
Suttas: SN 41.1; SN 41.5; SN 41.7: Anāgamī householder Citta gives teachings to monks. [Non-return]
2021 Abhayagiri Online Thanksgiving Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 10
“This morning’s talk referred to Nibbāna. Can a layperson attain Nibbāna or is it just for monastics?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Nibbāna] [Lay life] [Monastic life] // [Recollection/Saṅgha] [Teaching Dhamma]
Quote: “The heart ordination” — Ajahn Baen. [Ajahn Baen] [Heart/mind] [Ordination] [Stream entry]
Vinaya: Mahāvagga 1.7: Yasa attains arahantship and then ordains. [Arahant]
Sutta: Ud 1.10 Bāhiya attains arahantship and is killed by a cow. [Great disciples]
Suttas: SN 41.1; SN 41.5; SN 41.7: Anāgamī householder Citta gives teachings to monks. [Non-return]
2021 Abhayagiri Online Thanksgiving Retreat, Session 6, Excerpt 10
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 12, pp. 198-203. Read by Ajahn Pasanno:
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu, Heartwood from the Bodhi Tree, pp. 51-2.
Suttas: SN 35.85; SN 41.7; DN 16.2.25.
Commentary: Visuddhimagga 21.70 (Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 686).
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 50
Reflections by Ajahn Amaro on “Passion is a maker of measurement; aversion is a maker of measurement …” (SN 41.7). [Perception] [Judgementalism ] [Sensual desire] [Aversion] // [Unwholesome Roots] [Conventions]
Quote: “Is this long or short?” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 50, Excerpt 5
Story: Ajahn Pasanno comes across handwritten notes about Ajahn Chah’s teachings in the library at Wat Pleng. Told by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Phleng Vipassanā]
Quote: “What is the essence of the Buddha’s teachings?”—“Is this a big piece of wood or a small piece of wood?” — Ajahn Chah. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perception] [Conventions] [Desire]
Sutta: SN 41.7: “Passion is a maker of measurement.”
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 50, Excerpt 6
Reading: SN 41.10: Death of Citta the Householder Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Great disciples] [Death] // [Deva] [Faith] [Three Refuges] [Generosity]