References – SN 22.53: Engagement 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 22: Khandhasaṁyutta / SN 22.53: Upayasutta (4)

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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


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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


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“What is the significance of the introduction of personal pronouns in the last sentences of SN 22.53-54?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Language] // [History/Early Buddhism] [Conventions] [Faith]

The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness [2013], Session 36, Excerpt 4


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Readings by Ajahn Amaro:

The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 8, pp. 146-150:

Ajahn Chah, (anecdotal).

Atulo, collected teachings of Ajahn Dune compiled by Ajahn Bodhinandamuni (no full English translation).

Suttas: MN 49.25; SN 12.38; SN 22.53.

Suttas: MN 49.11-31; MN 140.21-22.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 43