The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth (asaṅkhata)
Nature of the cosmos / Nibbāna / The Unconditioned/Ultimate Truth
Part of tag cluster Nibbāna in key topic Fruits of the Practice
Glosses: Ultimate Truth, Vimut Thai
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Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 3 – Nov. 25, 2013

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11. “Once I aspired to open my mind beyond this conditioned world. Now I mostly try to be at ease with my limitations. Am I mistargeting something important?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stages of awakening] [Unconditioned] [Contentment] // [Idealism] [Four Noble Truths]


Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 8 – Nov. 30, 2013

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15. “‘There is no-self in the created or the un-created’...Does this statement conceal an asymmetry? Surely we investigate the created to separate from it – But can we investigate the uncreated? And if so, is it not to identify with it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Not-self] [Unconditioned] [Self-identity view]


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Nov. 24, 2015

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4. “‘Luminous is the mind.’ Is the luminous mind conditioned or unconditioned? If unconditioned, then it’s Nirvana. If conditioned/impermanent, then Nirvana is beyond the mind? Yet it can be known by the mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of mind] [Unconditioned] [Nibbāna]

Sutta: AN 1.49


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 6 – Nov. 26, 2015

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4. “Could you talk more about the two levels of understanding the true nature of karma: mundane and transcendent?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kamma] [Conventions] [Unconditioned] // [Right View ] [Four Noble Truths] [Impermanence] [Conditionality]

Quote: “Outside of cause, beyond effect; outside of suffering, beyond happiness.” — Ajahn Chah. [Ajahn Chah] [Unconditioned]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 4 – Nov. 22, 2016

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7. “As I get deeper insights how conditioned the mind is, there is a sense of burden being released but also a doubt began to arise: If the mind is conditioned, how is it even possible to arrive at the Unconditioned? Does free will even exist or am I just pushed around by kilesas? If the trick is to recognize that there is no free will, how can I sincerely believe that when I’m making choices to practice and do wholesome deeds, they really matter and it’s not my delusion? Please dispel my doubts!” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of mind ] [Doubt] [Unconditioned] [Delusion] // [Four Noble Truths] [Self-identity view] [Questions] [Conditionality]