References – Ud 5: The Chapter with Soṇa   
Sutta / Udāna / Ud 5: Soṇavagga (4)
Udāna 5.3: With Suppabuddha the Leper   

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“There are suttas where people talk about honoring their parents. Are there examples of people who had very unskillful parents or childhood PTSD and brought these questions to the Buddha?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Western psychology] [Sutta] [Parents] [Abuse/violence] // [Culture/India] [Saṅgha] [Virtue]

Sutta: Ud 5.3: Suppabuddha the Leper. [Gradual Teaching] [Stream entry]

Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association Day Retreat [2025], Excerpt 6


Udāna 5.5: Sabbath   

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Readings Read by Ajahn Pasanno:

Suttas: Ud 5.5; AN 3.55; MN 26.19; Iti 54 & 55; MN 107.3-11; MN 73.14.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 23


Udāna 5.6: With Soṇa   

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Story: In Ud 5.6, the Buddha asks a monk to recite the Aṭṭhakavagga (Sutta Nipāta Chapter 4). Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography] [Monastic life] [Sutta] [Chanting]

Chanting [2018], Session 1, Excerpt 2


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“Did the Buddha have chanting in his time? Did he create any of the chants or were they all created after his passing?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Chanting ] [Buddha/Biography] [History/Early Buddhism ] // [Tipiṭaka] [Culture/India] [Memory] [Culture/Other Theravāda traditions]

Sutta: AN 6.25: The nine qualities of the Buddha (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 4). [Recollection/Buddha]

The three cardinal suttas: SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Chanting Book); SN 22.59: Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (Chanting Book); SN 35.28: Ādittapariyāya Sutta (Chanting Book). [Sutta]

Sutta: MN 2.13-17: The Four Requisites (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 53). [Requisites]

Sutta: Snp 1.8: The Buddha’s Words on Lovingkindness (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 36). [Goodwill]

Sutta: AN 4.125: “I will abide pervading one quarter …” (Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 42). [Divine Abidings]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 32: Verses of Sharing and Aspiration.

Sutta: Ud 5.6.17: The Buddha praises Venerable Soṇa’s recitation.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2011, Session 7, Excerpt 23