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Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery: dharma talks and meditation instruction

268 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★ - 10 ratings

The Aloka Vihara sisters are a community of bhikkhunis (fully-ordained nuns) and samaneris (novices) dedicated to practicing the Buddha’s teaching in the style of the Theravada Forest Tradition. Their practice emphasizes simplicity, renunciation, service and an orientation towards learning from the natural world, all held within the context of the Buddha’s teachings. The sisters are committed to embracing and integrating the realities and challenges of contemporary society into their practice.

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Episodes

Ayya Anandabodhi: Gradual Transformation of the Heart

April 23, 2023 18:08 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Attuning to the Nature of Things

April 02, 2023 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on death and grieving.

Ayya Anandabodhi: Better than, worse than, equal to...?

March 26, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on self, not-self, and interbeing.

Ayya Anandabodhi: Making Space for Transformation

March 12, 2023 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) The practice of giving, ethics, and meditation can undo the confusing experience of being a separate individual person, as we attune more fully to the nature of the way things are.

Ayya Anandabodhi: Softening and Opening

March 05, 2023 19:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Ayya Anandabodhi reflects on applying the Four Noble Truths while caring for her elderly mother. The mention of "surrender" in this talk refers to putting one's hands in the air in a surrender position as a response to noticing one is getting contracted or holding on to a position or a view.

Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflections on Anatta

January 31, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Final Day Reflections

January 03, 2023 18:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Upekkha ~ a blessing

January 03, 2023 04:05 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Make the dark night shine

January 02, 2023 02:41 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on anatta

Ayya Santacitta: Even the most sublime state of mind comes to an end

January 01, 2023 22:27 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: The important work of cultivating the mind

December 31, 2022 22:32 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation on earth element, unsatifactoriness, compassion & impermanence

Ayya Santacitta: The Four Brahmavihara & Anicca

December 30, 2022 22:42 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflections on Impermanence

December 30, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Our bodies are sacred land ~ Elements & Mortality

December 30, 2022 03:17 - 43 minutes - 59.7 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Talk & Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Asubha ~ Permeates our assumptions & opens them up

December 30, 2022 03:05 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Turning upright what had been turned upside down

December 30, 2022 02:58 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Taking your seat, relaxing & allowing

December 29, 2022 03:17 - 44 minutes - 51.3 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Realization & Actualization = Resilienz or the Capacity to Stay in Relationship with our Experience

August 28, 2022 21:48 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Talk & Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: The Six Elements & Emergent Response

August 28, 2022 02:51 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Rejoicing in Community

July 04, 2022 00:52 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: What I Learned from Community

July 04, 2022 00:14 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Die Sieben Erwachungsfaktoren

June 03, 2022 23:55 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Sutta-Erkundungen

Ayya Santacitta & Ayya Sabbamitta: 'Unwissenheit' AN 10.61

June 03, 2022 23:42 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Lesung, Diskussion & geführte Meditation

Ayya Santacitta: Die fünf Fähigkeiten (indriya) & Leerheit

May 06, 2022 23:17 - 54 minutes - 31.4 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Abschluss der Reise in die 37 Qualitäten, die das Erwachen beflügeln

May 06, 2022 23:13 - 18 minutes - 10.8 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Die fünf Indriya & Karuna

April 01, 2022 19:46 - 30 minutes - 17.5 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Die 10 Fesseln oder Geistestrübungen stufenweise entfernen

April 01, 2022 19:42 - 21 minutes - 12.1 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Samadhi als Erwachungsfaktor & Metta/Karuna

March 04, 2022 08:54 - 34 minutes - 19.7 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Samadhi eröffnet Einsicht ~ Rechte Sammlung

March 04, 2022 08:53 - 21 minutes - 12.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Die sieben Erwachungsfaktoren ~ Vertiefen & Erweitern von Erfahrung

February 18, 2022 09:05 - 31 minutes - 18 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Das Dharma antwortet uns durch Lebensumstände ~ Rechte Bemühung & Rechte Achtsamkeit

February 18, 2022 09:02 - 35 minutes - 20.1 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: First Vipallasa

February 05, 2022 14:30 - 57 minutes - 33.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Seeing what is impermanent (anicca) as permanent (nicca).

Ayya Santacitta: Temporäre Befreiung des Geistes durch Mitgefühl

January 21, 2022 18:03 - 44 minutes - 25.4 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Eine Einladung unser Leben zu untersuchen ~ Rechtes Handeln & Rechter Lebenserwerb

January 21, 2022 18:01 - 26 minutes - 15.4 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation Day Seven

January 02, 2022 13:30 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflection

January 02, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Kamma and the Four Right Efforts

January 01, 2022 16:15 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: A Different Perception of Disturbances ~ Face It Full On!

January 01, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

Ayya Anandabodhi: Afternoon Guided Meditation Day Five

December 31, 2021 13:30 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflection Day Five

December 31, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 14.6 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: The Sparkle of Impermanence

December 30, 2021 16:15 - 32 minutes - 26.4 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation - Cultivating Presence

December 30, 2021 13:30 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Do i Want to Grasp or Do i Want to Understand?

December 30, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation Afternoon Day Three

December 29, 2021 13:30 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

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Ayya Anandabodhi: Move Towards Freedom

December 29, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 16.6 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Really Being Here for this Collective Rite of Passage

December 28, 2021 19:41 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

Ayya Anandabodhi: Elements of the Path

December 28, 2021 16:15 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MB

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Ayya Santacitta: Connection, Compassion & Blessings

December 04, 2021 10:11 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation | Blaisantkerk, Gent

Ayya Santacitta: The Four Elements & Non Separation

December 04, 2021 10:08 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation | Blaisantkerk, Gent

Ayya Santacitta: We are Not Separate

December 04, 2021 09:48 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Talk & Guided Meditation | Blaisantkerk, Gent