References – MN 22: The Simile of the Snake 
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“In the example you gave of the snake (MN 22.10), can you give an example of how the Dhamma can bite you?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Yatiko. [Similes] [Gradual Teaching] // [Abhidhamma] [Conflict] [Meditation/Techniques] [Clinging] [Unwholesome Roots] [Right Intention] [Learning]
Story: The teachings of Dhammakaya. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view] [Commerce/economics] [Nibbāna] [Generosity]
Story: An Abhidhamma teacher visits Ajahn Chah. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Chah]
The Gradual Training [2012], Session 1, Excerpt 2
Comment: The simile of the snake (MN 22.10) describes my practice. I’ve been bitten quite a lot. [Similes] [Gradual Teaching]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Yatiko. [Suffering] [Humility]
The Gradual Training [2012], Session 1, Excerpt 6
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 5, pp. 101-105. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Suttas: Ud 3.10; Iti 58; MN 22.37; MN 22.20; AN 6.101.
Ajahn Sucitto, The Dawn of the Dhamma, p. 97.
Ajahn Chah, ‘No Abiding,’ in Food for the Heart, p. 316 and Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah, p. 33.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 18
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
Sutta: SN 22.53, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Engagement.”
Sutta: SN 22.54, Khandhasaṁyutta, “Seeds.”
Sutta: MN 22.36.
Sutta: SN 12.64.
Sutta: Snp 758-759.
Sutta: SN 12.38.
Skill in Questions by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro p. 349.
Reading about Luang Por Dun (similar to Gifts He Left Behind by Ajahn Dune, p. 77).
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 36
SN 22.53-54 describe how the aggregates bring consciousness into being and consciousness relies on the aggregates. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Consciousness] // [Nibbāna] [Unestablished consciousness]
Sutta: AN 3.76-77: Kamma is the field. [Kamma]
Reference: The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro Chapter 8: Unsupported and Unsupportive.
Suttas: DN 11.85 and MN 49.25 refer to unestablished consciousness.
Reading: MN 22.36.
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 36, Excerpt 1
Readings from The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 8, pp. 151-154. Read by Ajahn Amaro:
Suttas: MN 22.36; SN 12.64; Snp 752-3; MN 62.17; SN 4.19.
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 44
“I came across a section of The Island talking about the Tenfold Path (p. 235). Could you speak a little bit about the last two (Right Knowledge and Right Liberation)?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Eightfold Path] [Knowledge and vision] [Liberation] // [Suffering]
Sutta: MN 22.37: “I teach dukkha and the end of dukkha.”
Recollections of Ajahn Chah: 100th Birthday Anniversary Celebration [2018], Session 3, Excerpt 11
“How do we recognize when we’re being taken advantage of when we’re trying to offer compassion? How do we draw a line to maintain our compassion without it impeding?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Abuse/violence] [Compassion ] // [Discernment] [Ajahn Chah] [Fierce/direct teaching]
Suttas: SN 22.86.13; MN 22.37.
Reflection: The qualities of the Buddha: wisdom, compassion, purity. [Recollection/Buddha ] [Arahant] [Pūjā]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 3: Homage to the Buddha. [Recollection/Buddha ]
Story: A person asks the same question four times. [Questions]
Kathina Q&A with the Chithurst Community [2025], Session 1, Excerpt 10
“What is the best approach to deal with guilt?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Guilt/shame/inadequacy ] // [Culture/West] [Conscience and prudence] [Learning] [Faith] [Discernment] [Self-identity view] [Not-self] [Aggregates]
Sutta: MN 22.40: “Whatever is not yours, abandon it.”