Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
521 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOur Spotify Playlists are here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/8z4dmrysnbbnjtz9f0wzjgcre
Dhammatalks, Chanting, Precepts and Meditation
with Ajahn Dhammasiha and other
experienced Senior Buddhist Monks
in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah.
Recorded at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage,
Brisbane, Australia.
Our website:
https://www.dhammagiri.net
Our Youtube Channel,
including regular live streams on the weekend
"Dhammatalks at Dhammagiri":
https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724
Our email Newsletter:
https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter
.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
4 Elements in Nature | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddhism
April 19, 2024 00:58 - 33 minutes - 60.8 MBAjahn Dhammasiha encourages us to connect with nature, and to contemplate the 4 Great Elements externally as we experience them in the natural environment. Earth Element (Hardness, Rocks, Stones, Sand, Feeling the Ground while Walking or Sitting) Water Element (Wet soil or grass or sand or beach; Ocean; Rain; Streams/Rivers) Fire/Heat Element (Sunshine, warm air, warm breeze) Wind Element/Energy Movement (Wind, Energy of Rocks and Trees, 'Chi') It's difficult to contemplate only in the ...
BHANTE JINARATANA | Contemplating 4 Elements in the Body | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
April 15, 2024 22:06 - 28 minutes - 51.8 MBVen Jinaratana There offers guidance how we can experience and contemplate the four elements ('Cātu-mahā-bhūtikā') in in our own bodies. Paṭhavī-dhātu = Earth Element /Solidity Āpo-dhātu = Water Element / Liquidity Tejo-dhātu = Fire Element / Heat (or lack of heat, i.e. cold) Vāyo-dhātu = Wind Element (energy movement) Bhante Jinaratana was born in Toronto, Canada. He became interested in meditation as a student at the University of Toronto, and began attending intensive retreats in 20...
3 Things Meditators Must Pay Attention To | Ajahn Dhammasiha | SUTTA EXPLORATION AN 3s #103
April 11, 2024 22:00 - 32 minutes - 59.1 MBIn this sutta, the Buddha compares the work of a goldsmith to the work of a meditator trying to purify their mind. Both have to pay attention to 3 qualities at the appropriate time, without overdoing any of them: Calming the mind with samādhi / cooling the gold in the smelter Arousing the mind with energetic effort / heating the gold Looking on with equanimity / observing the gold with equanimity Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, j...
BHANTE JINARATANA | Starving the Hindrances | Dhammagiri | Buddhist Dhamma Talk on Panca Nivarana
April 08, 2024 22:11 - 44 minutes - 82 MBBhante Jinaratana explains how we can starve the 5 hindrances ('anāhāra pañca-nīvaraṇa') in order to gradually weaken and overcome their obstructive influence on our mental development. Like all sankhāras, the five hindrances are conditioned, i.e. they depend on some form of nutriment for their existence. If we reduce the nutriment that's feeding the hindrances, they will become weaker and weaker, allowing our samādhi and wisdom faculty to overcome and finally completey eradicate them. ABO...
AJAHN SABBAJAYANTO | How I Became a Buddhist Monk | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Thee
April 04, 2024 09:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBAjahn Thee Sabbajayanto shares his experience of arriving in Australia at age 16 for school and further studies. He didn't know any English, and had to start learning it by 'being thrown in at the deep end'. Naturally, it wasn't easy, and although he liked Australia a lot, he had to work very hard to adjust to a language and culture very different from Thailand. After school, he finished flight school and became a fully licensed commercial pilot, and could have applied for permanent reside...
Loving Kindness Supported by Generosity & Virtue | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
April 02, 2024 00:10 - 45 minutes - 42 MBOn occasion of Easter, Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about a subject that is common to virtually all religions: Loving Kindness. Loving Kindness, in Pali known as 'Mettā', is the intention of unconditional good will to all beings without exeception or discrimination. Whatever religion, or no religion at all, whatever race or nationality or sex or age or colour, whether they like us or hate us, the Buddha urges to have loving kindness to absolutely all beings, without exception, without expecting ...
Craving for Existence & Non-Existence | Bhava Tanha Vibhava Tanha | Ajahn Dhammasiha
March 28, 2024 23:10 - 28 minutes - 51.4 MBAjahn Dhammasiha responds to a question on the meaning of Bhava Taṇhā & Vibhava Taṇhā. In the four Noble Truths, the Buddha explains three forms of craving (taṇhā): Sensual Craving (Kāma Taṇhā) Carving for Existence/Being/Becoming (Bhava Taṇhā) Craving for Annihilation/Non Existence (Vibhava Taṇhā) Craving is the cause of suffering, so we have to abandon all three types of craving to realize freedom from death and dukkha. Ajahn Dhammasiha offers some reflections especially on the meani...
Overindulgence | Q&A with Students from UQ | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
March 25, 2024 21:44 - 1 hour - 111 MBFor our Full Moon Program, a student group from University of Queensland ('UQBUDS') has joined with many interesting questions. Subjects brought up include: Anxiety about Uncertainty Overindulgence 'Good' attachements? Benefits of Samatha and Vipassana How can we always feel happy? Helping others to improve themselves by Dhamma practice Teaching meditation to elderly, frail patients in nursing home Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special ...
Study, Practice, Realization | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism
March 21, 2024 22:50 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBAjahn Dhammasiha is asked about: Pariyatti = Study Paṭipatti = Practice Pativeda = Realization He offers reflections on this subject with an emphasis on the real meaning of 'study' as encouraged by the Buddha: Not just learning and intellectually proliferating about concepts/perceptions, but to find the meaning of the terms the Buddha is using in one's own conscious experience. The Dhamma is about our body and mind, it's about our feelings & emotions, our happiness and suffering. We hav...
Memories of Ven. Nyanavimala | Dhamma Reflection by Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
March 18, 2024 22:45 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBAjahn Dhammasiha shares fond memories of one of his personal spiritual heros, who has strongly influenced his approach to Dhamma practice right at the start of his monastic life in Sri Lanka. He provides some background info about Ven. Nyanavimala, one of the early Western Buddhist monks, who lived in Sri Lanka for +50 years from the mid 1950ies. When he passed away in 2006, he was the most senior Westen monk in the world with more than 50 'vassa' (rains retreats). Ven Ñāṇavimala was well ...
Not Me, Not Mine: Better Let Go | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Teaching Dhammagiri
March 14, 2024 22:48 - 29 minutes - 53.4 MBAfter the meditation session, Ajahn Dhammasiha offers reflections on the realationship of Samatha/Samādhi (Calmness/Concentration) & Vipassana (Insight). After the samatha meditation has weakened the mental hindrances, and suffused our mind with joy and brightness, we can develop insight by simply obesrving phenomena as they truly are. If we are not distorting our experience of feelings, emotions, thoughts and perceptions due to delusion, but observe them as they really are, we recognize t...
Entertainments: To Watch or Not to Watch? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
March 11, 2024 21:40 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBAjahn Dhammasiha is asked about the rules prohibiting shows, entertainments and music for monks and nuns; and how that would relate to lay life. What to do if we come back after a hard days work, and are feeling very tired - is it fine to indulge in just watching Youtube or TV, or doing online games simply to relax? Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagir...
AJAHN VAJIRO | Motivation & Discipline in Daily Dhamma Practice | Dhammagiri
March 07, 2024 21:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBLuang Por Vajiro is asked how one can maintain motivation in one's daily Dhamma practice, without getting distracted by the numerous duties, responsibilities and issues inherent in lay life. Luang Por also responds to a variety of other questions. One particular interesting reflection he offers is about our urge to make others happy. On closer reflection, wanting to make others happy may not be as selfless as it superficially appears. Sometimes the true motivation is actually discontent w...
AJAHN VAJIRO | Contemplating Pain | Buddhist Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
March 04, 2024 09:02 - 15 minutes - 28.2 MBAjahn Vajiro is asked what to do when we experience pain in the body while meditating: Should we pay attention to the pain, or should we just change posture to be comfortable again? From that, a lively Dhamma discussion develops about different approaches to contemplate pain to deepen our understanding of 'vedanā', so that we can overcome aversion, attachement and identification with feelings. Ven. Ajahn Vajiro was born in Malaysia in 1953 and has been a Buddhist monk for over 40 years. I...
AJAHN VAJIRO | Magha Puja: Working together in Harmony | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
February 29, 2024 22:43 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBOn the occasion of Māgha Puja 2024, Ajahn Vajiro shares from his experience living with Ajahn Chah in the early 1980ies. Luang Por Chah put strong emphasis on the Sangha doing work together, to maintain harmony in the community. Regular daily ooperation establishes the concord so essential for the long term stability of the Sangha. Ajahn also discusses the topic of 'nutriment' (āhāra), providing insightful relflections on the four kinds of nutriment expounded by the Buddha. Our Podcast is...
AJAHN VAJIRO | Right Attitude for Dhamma Practice | Dhammagiri
February 26, 2024 22:34 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBLuang Por Vajiro talks about 'Mindfulness of Breathing' (Ānāpāṇasati), and responds to questions from the audience, during his visit to Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage. Ven. Ajahn Vajiro was born in Malaysia in 1953 and has been a Buddhist monk for over 40 years. In 1979, he met Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho when they made a visit to Hampstead Vihara in Oakenholt, England. He received higher ordination from Ajahn Chah personally in Thailand in 1980 at Wat Nong Pah Pong. After helping with the...
Supreme Confidence | SUTTA EXPLORATION | AN Fours #34 | Ajahn Dhammasiha
February 22, 2024 21:00 - 26 minutes - 48.8 MBAjahn Dhammasiha presents a short teaching of the Buddha explaining that Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha are supreme, and that those with faith/conviction in what is supreme will receive supreme results. Anguttara Nikāya/Numerical Discourses, Book of Fours, 'Aggappasāda Sutta'/'Supreme Confidence Discourse' Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermita...
Power of Symbols | Tiratana | Taking Refuge in Triple Gem | Ajahn Dhammasiha
February 20, 2024 00:09 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBOne of the most eagerly anticipated fashion events of 2024 is going to take place during our Magha Puja Event at Dhammagiri 😉: We're launching our free distribution Dhammagiri T-Shirt! Ajahn Dhammasiha gives a little sneak preview of the shirt, and talks about the meaning of the Tiratana symbol that's printed on it. The top of the symbol represents the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha. Below that (the little triangular structures sticking out to the sides) is a 'Vajira', the Th...
Purifying Our Heart to Benefit Others | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
February 16, 2024 08:21 - 17 minutes - 32.3 MBThe best thing we can possibly do for the benefit of all other beings is to free our heart from greed, hatred and delusion, and realize Nibbāna. When we are generous, we generate good karma for ourselves, and at the same time others receive material benefits from our gifts. When we keep precepts, we protect ourselves from creating bad karma, and we give the gift to fearlessness to countless beings. Whenever we reduce toxic emotions like anger or greed, we become less likely to harm anyone...
Results of Karma | Causes for Long Life, Health, Beauty etc | Ajahn Dhammasiha
February 12, 2024 22:59 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBCelebrating Chinese/Vietnamese New Year, everyone is usually hoping for good luck, health, long life, beauty, success and happiness for the new year. However, can we really achieve these things by means of blessings, auspicious times, fortune telling, and so on? The Buddha strongly encouraged us not to depend on 'auspicious objects' / 'blessings' / 'good fortune'. Instead, he encourages us to rely on KARMA. Karma (Pāli: Kamma) means action. It is our intentional actions that generate karma...
Abandon Suffering: Gradually, Step by Step | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Singapore Wat Palelai
February 08, 2024 23:49 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBSunday evening Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha during his visit to Singapore at Wat Palelai. We can all relate to the problem of suffering, as we all know the experience of pain, frustration and hurt in our own heart. That's why the Buddha's teaching is timeless and universal. So is his analysis that the deep cause of suffering is craving (tanhā), which we can also experience directly ourselves in our mind. If we abandon craving, we can free our heart from all suffering, including old age...
Dependent Origination: Not Thinking, but Cessation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
February 06, 2024 11:04 - 42 minutes - 58 MBThe final goal of our practice, release, is not something that can be described in words, as it lies beyond the range of thoughts, perceptions and concepts. In fact, the final goal is to experience the complete cessation of thoughts and all other conditioned phenomena. Consequently, the teachings of the Buddha are are not the final goal itself. Instead, they are simply tools to guide us towards this final goal. They have to be used as a raft, helping us to cross the ocean of Saṃsāra and rea...
Career vs Dhamma Practice | Q&A Young Adults DAYWA Singapore | Ajahn Dhammasiha
February 01, 2024 07:13 - 1 hour - 97.9 MBLively Question and Answer session with Young Working Adults (DAYWA) in Singapore, Wat Palelai. Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a range of questions: How to balance ambition and Dhamma practice? Dealing with Loneliness Is Travel good or bad for Progress in Dhamma? 3rd Precept in the context of Internet and Dating Apps Present Moment Awareness vs Planning/Thinking ... Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: ...
Guided Meditation | The Breath in the Present Moment | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Anapanasati
January 28, 2024 21:50 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBA guided Meditation for practicing mindfulness of breathing. More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834...
Guided Meditation | Compassion to All Beings and Yourself | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Karuna
January 23, 2024 22:27 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MBA guided meditation to develop compassion (Karunā). More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 .
Mettā - Loving Kindness - Q&A with group from Singapore | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
January 15, 2024 22:49 - 1 hour - 111 MBMore about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834 .
AJAHN KEVALI | Meditation in Daily Life | Dhamma Discussion at Dhammagiri
January 11, 2024 08:30 - 54 minutes - 100 MBAjahn Kevali has just returned to resume his abbotship of Wat Pah Nanachat after his one year sabbatical. We're using the occasion to publish a Dhamma discussion he has had with our community at Dhammagiri some time ago, and which ended up being the most viewed video on our Youtube channel. However, it has never been published on our podcast, and to prevent our podcast listeners to miss out on this much appreciated talk, we make it available now. Our Podcast is also available on our ow...
Walking Meditation trains us to meditate in daily life | Samadhi | Mindfulness | Ajahn Dhammasiha
January 08, 2024 04:42 - 5 minutes - 9.6 MBMore about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our Podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SHWfWEGkO8OAtSWNJlqyD Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834
Mind Freed from 5 Hindrances Unifies in Samadhi | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
January 04, 2024 01:45 - 25 minutes - 45.9 MBAjahn Dhammasiha explains that 'attaining' samādhi is not just a questions of technique or sitting a lot. The crucial factor is the suspension of the 5 hindrances: Sensual Desire Ill Will/Aversion Laziness/Sleepiness Restlessness & Remorse Doubt We have to consistently work against these 5 hindrances, in our formal meditation as well as in daily life, to weaken them to such an extend that our heart can experience the rapture and bliss resulting from their abandonment. www.dhammagiri.n...
New Year's Eve Paritta Chanting | Wat Pah Nanachat | Ajahn Dhammasiha
December 31, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 45.4 MBAuspicious and protective Paritta Chanting at midnight of last year's new year's eve, at Wat Pah Nanachat, Ajahn Chah's monastery for Western monks. This paritta is recited by a very large sangha, including many Western & Thai senior monks, who were attending the Sima opening cermony. As it's sounds powerful and sonorous, we're republishing it today, to get you into the new year with lots of Dhamma inspiration. https://www.dhammagiri.net .
Letting Go of Guilt by Resolving to Do Better in Future | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
December 28, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBMany struggle with feelings of guilt. Some even berate themselves, self-criticize, and continue to beat themselves down until they loose all self esteem and start hating themselves due to unskilfull, harmful actions they have done. But that serves no benefit to anyone: It doesnt help the person we may have harmed It's bad for ourselves It's of no use to anyone at all. Ajahn Dhammasiha explains what the Buddha advised us to do if we have committed harm: First, we have to recognize if w...
Evening Puja at Wat Doi Phra Jao | Luang Por Tong Daeng & Sangha | Ajahn Dhammasiha
December 24, 2023 22:00 - 45 minutes - 83.9 MBEvening chanting on the Quarter Moon Day at Wat Phra Jao Ton Luang, Luang Por Tongdang's monastery near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Ajahn Dhammasiha is visiting, and Luang Por Tong Daeng (Tan Chao Khun Phrarajvachirakhun) has kindly granted permission for the evening chanting to be recorded and published on our podcast. After paying respects and reciting homage to the Buddha, the sangha of about 20 monks chants the traditional Thai evening chanting, the exhaultation of the noble qualities of Bud...
Be Like Santa Claus - Give Everything Away! | Christmas | Xmas | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
December 22, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 48.3 MBAjahn Dhammasiha encourages us to "be a good Santa". A good Santa Claus will give all the gifts to the kids. A bad Santa may cheat and keep the most expensive presents for himself. Similarly, our task as followers of the Sakyan Sage is to not hold back, but to give absolutely everything away. Not literally giving away, but letting go of absolutely everything: Whether it's material objects, or relationships, loved ones, or our own feelings, emotions, thoughts, views, intentions, consciou...
Contemplating Impermanence to Realize Freedom | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
December 18, 2023 23:46 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBMindfully observing impermanence ('anicca') of all conditioned phenomena, whether loved ones, material objects, or our own mindstates, thoughts and emotions, can be challenging, even frightening. Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that the aim of contemplating impermanence is not to get sad or frustated, or to resign oneself to the inevitable loss of everything dear. The real aim of our meditation is to completely let go, and thus to experience what is beyond all impermanent phenomena: The Dea...
Santa Meditation - Empty the Heavy Sack! | Guided Meditation | Xmas | Christmas | Ajahn Dhammasiha
December 15, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBIn this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha uses Santa Claus as a metaphor for the process of emptying the mind. Santa's job is to give gifts to all the kids for Christmas. He's working very hard to fulfill this task, travelling on his sleigh carrying a very big and heavy sack with all the presents. Similarly, our mind is carrying around the heavy load of all kinds of different emotions, feelings, moods, worries, desires, hopes, concerns, phantasies, images, thoughts... and so on. Wh...
Impermanence 'Anicca' | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
December 11, 2023 23:33 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBA family came to share merits with their father/grandfather, who they lost 3 months ago. Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the process of rebirth. He explains how we can contemplate the impermanence of all conditioned phenomena, and develop insight to let go of attachment. Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net...
Can One Purify Old, Bad Karma? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri
December 07, 2023 23:43 - 23 minutes - 43.2 MBIs there a way to overcome the negative consequences of bad karma we may have committed in the past, even in previous lifes? Is karma related to causality? Do I make much bad karma by having angry thoughts? Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to these and related questions. Our Podcast is also on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Yout...
How to Attain Jhana? Abandon 5 Hindrances! | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddhism
December 04, 2023 22:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBAjahn Dhammasiha is asked: "What's the process to develop Jhāna?" He explains that it's not so much a particular technique or method that will lead to the attainment of jhāna (full 'absorption' samādhi/'concentration' ), but that we have to gradually weaken the 5 hindrances (5 Nīvaraṇā): Sensual Desire Ill Will / Aversion Laziness / Sleepiness / 'Sloth & Torpor' Restlessness & Remorse Doubt If these 5 hindrances are very strong, whatever technique or method we're using in our formal m...
Letting Go of Thoughts about the Future | Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
November 30, 2023 23:28 - 25 minutes - 46.6 MBAjahn Dhammasiha responds to a question of a retreatant at Dhammagiri: How can we stop worrying about the future when we try to settle our mind in meditation? Ajahn describes several approaches and reflections we can apply to weaken the hold such thoughts have on our mind. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtu...
4 Things Needed for Journey to Next Rebirth | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
November 27, 2023 23:14 - 31 minutes - 57.3 MBAjahn Dhammasiha provides a simile for the process of rebirth: Intercontinental Air Travel. When we travel to a distant, exotic country, before we take off at the airport, we better make sure that we have all the essentials with us: Flight Ticket 🎫✈️ Visa 🛂 Credit Card💳 Knowledge 🎓 Similar, for the journey to the next life, which we all will have to travel one day, we better check we've got the following four: Faith / Confidence in Triple Gem. Our 'Flight Ticket' to make our mind ris...
Paritta Recitation | Robe Offering Ceremony | Auspicious Protective Chanting | Dhammagiri
November 23, 2023 12:15 - 22 minutes - 42.1 MBAt our Robe Offering Ceremony at Dhammagiri, our Sangha of 7 Buddhist monks recites 'Paritta'. These auspicious protective verses are believed to ward off misfortune, protect from various dangers, and bestow blessings on all those listening. Paritta verses have been recited in Pali, the language of the Buddha, for more than 2,000 years. The most important ones are still in their original form, as originally spoken by the Buddha himself some 2,500 years ago. Ajahn Saengchai Ratananyano from...
AJAHN VARADHAMMO | Rejoicing in Goodness | Robe Offering Ceremony Dhammagiri
November 20, 2023 22:10 - 24 minutes - 44.5 MBAjahn Varadhammo is the abbot of Bodhisaddha Monastery, Wilton near Sydney. He has kindly accepted our invitation to our robe offering ceremony in the Kathina month here at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage. Ajahn Varadhammo is a disciple of Tan Ajahn Anan of Wat Marp Jan, Thailand. He has trained with Tan Ajahn Anan for more than 10 years, until he was invited to lead the establishment of Bodhisaddha monastery. Even now, he keeps in close contact with his teacher, visiting him regularly, and oft...
GUIDED MEDITATION | Start Meditating by Counting Your Blessings | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
November 15, 2023 21:52 - 10 minutes - 18.4 MB10 min short Guided Meditation. Before we focus on our main meditation object, Ajahn Dhammasiha recommends that we quickly recollect blessings and good fortune we have received. Even if we're going through a really rough patch right now, we can always find some good things, if we look carefully. For instance, just being born as a human being, at a time when the teaching of the Buddha is still available, is already like winning the jackpot at lottery, if we consider how rarely Buddhas arise...
Buddha is Freed From 10 Things | Sutta Exploration | AN 10s #81 | Ajahn Dhammasiha
November 12, 2023 22:00 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBSutta Study with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Anguttara Nikāya, Book of Tens, No 81, 'Bahuna'. Reading from the English translation by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi: "Numerical Discourses of the Buddha", page 1440 The Tathagata describes himself as freed from 10 things: 1. Form (Rūpa) 2. Feeling (Vedanā) 3. Perception (Saññā) 4. Intention/Will/Volition (Sankhārā) 5. Consciousness (Viññāṇaṃ) (These are the 5 Groups of Clinging - Pañcupādānakkhandhā) 6. Birth (Jāti) 7. Aging (Jarā) 8. Death (Maraṇaṃ) 9. Sufferi...
GUIDED MEDITATION | "Like Water Rolling off a Lotus Leaf" | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha
November 07, 2023 23:09 - 10 minutes - 18.3 MB10 min short guided Buddhist meditation. The Buddha used the Lotus in many similes. One amazing quality of the Lotus flowers and leaves is that they are totally water repellent. Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to let all the various disturbing thoughts, worries, memories, images, feelings and emotions bubbling up in our meditation simply run off of our heart like water of a lotus leaf. Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: http...
Asking for Feeback | Pavarana | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma
November 01, 2023 23:54 - 26 minutes - 47.6 MBOn the full moon in October, the monks complete their annual 3-months Rains Retreat with the 'Pavāraṇā Ceremony': They invite constructive criticism from each other regarding anything heard, seen or suspected that one may have done or said against the rules of discipline ('Vinaya') laid down by the Buddha. It is difficult to see one's own weak points, because delusion tends to hide our own shortcomings from ourselves. Therefore, external input can be extremely helpful for improving onesel...
Count Your Blessings | Buddhism | Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
October 30, 2023 10:02 - 33 minutes - 62 MBOn Mahapavāraṇā Full Moon, which ends the annual Rains Retreat period for Buddhist monks, Ajahn Dhammasiha reflects on the many blessings we receive here at Dhammagiri. It is rare to be born as a human being. It is rare to be born when the teaching of the Buddha is available It is rare to have a Forest Monastery like Dhammagiri, with such excellent conditions for meditative practice ... Reflecting on all the good things we can be grateful for doesn't mean denying all the bad things happ...
Oh Dear, We've been HACKED! | Dhammagiri | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha
October 26, 2023 21:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MBWe're worried about getting hacked, or becoming victims of identity theft. Nefarious actors may scoop up all our private data after getting access to our computer or online accounts in a 'hack'. However, compared to a hacker getting into our email our bank account, it is far worse that our mind has been 'hacked' by Mara. Defilements, craving, ignorance and delusion have managed to gain access to our mind, and are now executing their neferious activity. Like a firewall can help us to ward ...
4 Elements: Contemplating Loss of Loved Ones | Dhamma Talk | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha
October 23, 2023 21:36 - 41 minutes - 76.1 MBAt the moment of death, the person doesn't vanish into nothingness. What really happens is that what we call 'consciousness' or 'mind' seprates from the body, and then is 'reborn', i.e. connects to a new body due to craving and attachment, depending on the karma one has created in the last as well as previous lifes. In fact, we can already notice how consciousness' ability o control the 4 material elements that constitute our body gradually weakens: Earth Water Fire Wind As we age, th...
Diligence | Appamada | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri
October 19, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 67 MBThe Buddha stated that he doesn't see any other Dhamma that is so conducive to the arising of wholesome mindstates, and to the abandonment of unwholesome mindstates, as 'Appamāda'. We can translate 'Appamāda' as diligence, heedfulness, carefulness, earnestness. It has such a poowerful positive aspect on our meditative development, because we're cultivating virtually all wholesome qualities while we're practising diligence. They are all included in 'appamāda'. In the following, Ajahn Dham...