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Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
Dhamma Talks, Chanting, Precepts and Meditation with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Ajahn Moneyyo, 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 Our…
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Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts10 Strategies to Power Up Your Loving Kindness | Metta Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked about supportive conditions to make our Metta Meditation (Loving Kindness) stronger and more successful: Loving Kindness to Oneself!…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsWorking with Negative Mindstates and Trauma | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
In our meditation, we usually hope to find calm, happiness, bliss and enlightenment. But what we often encounter instead are all kinds of challenging and…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDon't Be Afraid! - Abandon Anxiety through Confidence in the Buddha | Ajahn Dhammasiha
The Buddha has given us the following amazing promise: "In the Dhamma well proclaimed by me thus, which is clear, open, evident, and free of patchwork, those…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsUsing the Breath to Investigate 4 Noble Truths | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Anapanasati Cattari Ariyasaccani
Ajahn Dhammasiha explains how to contemplate the Four Noble Truths ('Cattāri Ariyasaccāni') within the framework of Breath Meditation ('Ānāpāṇasati'): We start…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsThe greatest miracle of the Buddha - The Fire Sermon | Adittapariyaya Sutta | How did Buddhism start
This is the story of the Buddha's greatest miracle presented by Ajahn Moneyyo: The Fire Sermon (Adittapariyaya Sutta) and the conversion of the three Kassapa…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsMudita - Wholesome Joy to Cultivate Awakening | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddha Grants 8 Favours to Lady Visakha
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to give more importance to developing forms of wholesome joy. Like muditā, rejoicing in other beings good actions and…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsTips for New Meditators | Talk on Buddhism by Ajahn Dhammasiha at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
Ajahn Dhammasiha provides some advice for those who are just starting their meditation practice: If sitting crosslegged is too difficult, just sit on a chair…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAnattā - The Buddha's teaching on Non-Self and how to use it for insight (Vipassanā) - The second Discourse of the Buddha | The Life of the Buddha
This talk gives an overview of the Anattā-Lakkhana Sutta, the Buddha's second discourse and how we can use the Buddha's teaching on Non-Self (Anattā) to free…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsThe Life of the Buddha - The weeks after the awakening｜The story of the Buddha
After the Buddha realized awakening he remained for several weeks meditating at Bodhgaya to fathom his realization in all aspects. Hear more about how the…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsThe Life of the Buddha - The supreme awakening of the Buddha | What is Enlightenment?｜Spirituality
The account of the Buddha's awakening according to the most ancient sources, the Sutta and Vinaya Pitaka told by Ajahn Moneyyo. Hear how the Buddha was…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsThe Life of the Buddha - The Noble Search by Ajahn Moneyyo｜The spiritual quest for awakening of the Buddha
Hear about the spiritual quest for awakening of the Buddha - His noble search for peace & liberation beyond birth, ageing and death. What motivated the Buddha…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsThe Life of the Buddha - The birth of the Bodhisatta | The story of the Buddha | Early Buddhism
The story of the birth of the Bodhisatta (the being who would become the Buddha) in Lumbini told by Ajahn Moneyyo. The appearance of a Buddha, a perfectly…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsHow Buddha Found the Middle Way | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Bodhisatta Discovers Majjhima Patipada
Before his supreme awakening, the Bodhisatta tried to reach enlightenment by extreme self mortification. He becomes so emaciated and weakened that he collapses…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsVesak Guided Meditation: 'Bhagava Araham Buddho' | Buddhanussati | Recollection of the Buddha
Ajahn Dhammasiha leads a guided Buddhist meditation on the subject of Buddhānussati, recollection of the Buddha and his unique qualities. Ajahn suggests to use…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KALYANO | How Do Relics Appear? | Stupa Enshrinement Ceremony Dhammagiri | Dhamma Talk
On occasion of the consecration of our Saddhamma Cetiya and Relic Enshrinement Ceremony, Ajahn Kalyano shares the story how Buddha Relics appeared in Ajahn…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsVesak: Forgiveness from Triple Gem & Recitation of "There is One Person..." | Uniqueness of Buddha
Ajahn Dhammasiha leads our community on Vesak Day in asking forgiveness from Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha; and in reciting the passage in Anguttara Nikaya /…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsVesak: Birth of the Buddha | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha | Visakha Puja | Birth of Bodhisatta
Today is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar: Vesak / Visakha Puja, celebrating the birth, Supreme Awakening, and final Parinibbāna of the Buddha…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN ANAN | Relic Enshrinement Ceremony Dhammagiri Stupa | Dhamma Talk
Dhamma Talk by Luang Por Anan on occasion of the relic enshrinement ceremony at our Saddhamma Cetiya on the summit of Dhammagiri hill, Friday 2nd May 2025. The…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN ANAN | Practise in Line with Dhamma! | Stupa Consecration Ceremony Dhammagiri
Dhamma Talk by Luang Por Anan. English translation by Ajahn Varadhammo, abbot of Bodhisaddha Monastery, Wilton near Sydney. Venerable Ajahn Anan, abbot of Wat…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDhammagiri Stupa: How it all Started & Relic Enshrinement Ceremony | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
Ajahn Dhammasiha explains about the upcoming Inauguration and Relic Enshrinement Events for our Saddhamma Cetiya with LP Anan & LP Kalyano & LP Lai next week…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsRecollection of Sangha | Guided Meditation | Sanghanussati | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
This guided meditation prepares our mind to enjoy the full benefits of having 15 monks lead by Luang Por Anan visiting for our Stupa Relic Enshrinement…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLUANG POR LIEM: The Lightness of Letting Go | Trsl: Alex Oliver Thaniyo | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
On the occasion of Venerable Thaniyo's (Alex Oliver) passing away yesterday afternoon Thursday 24 April 2025, we're re-publishing this episode of LP Liem's…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsParitta Recitation Bodhisaddha Monastery Sima Ceremony | 80+ Monks Pali Chanting
Please Note: Spotify deletes many of our Buddhist Chanting podcasts, claiming that they are 'Music', and that pure music tracks may not be uploaded to Spotify…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsSomatic Meditation | Buddhist Guided Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Mindfulness of the Body, Kayagatasati
We live in a world dominated by screens: Mobile Cell Phones, Tablets, Laptops, TV... When we look at these screens, our mind gets 'sucked in' and flows out…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAnger in Our Mind is Worse than Dog Poo on the Carpet | Ajahn Dhammasiha
We can be so fussy about our carpet and all kinds of things we protect from dirt and clean immediately if anything spoils them. But why are we not even more…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBuddhist New Year | Songkran | Water Pouring Ceremony | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Asking Forgiveness from Triple Gem. Pouring Rinsing Water on Buddha statue and Monks hands as a sign of respect, gratitude and affection on New Year's Day in…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsHow to Deal with Our Suffering and Let Go? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a question posed by the audience: How to deal with dukkha and let it go? Dhammagiri…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCleansing the Mind: Water as Symbol of Purification | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
With Thai, Sri Lankan & Myanmar New Year coming up, including the ceremony of pouring water on Buddha statues and on the monks' hands, Ajahn Dhammasiha talks…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KARUNIKO | Q&A at Dhammagiri | 5 Spiritual Faculties & Noble 8Fold Path
During his visit to Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia, Ajahn Karuniko joined our silent afternoon meditation. After the walking meditation, he…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KARUNIKO | Power of Stupas | Buddhist Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
During his visit to Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia, Ajahn Karuniko gave a special blessing to the small Buddha statues that we will enshrine…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsJoy & Happiness in the Buddha's Teaching | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
There are different kinds of happiness, and we have to learn to mindfully distinguish them. Some kinds of joy we do not indulge in, like partying with alcohol…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsSpiritual Happiness is the Path to Enlightenment | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
As followers of the Buddha, are we devoted to the persuit of pleasure? Amazingly, and perhaps even counterintuitively, the answer is actually 'Yes"! It's not…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAll Buddhas Respect Saddhamma - So Should We! | SUTTA EXPLORATION AN 4.21 | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha reads out and discusses Anguttara Nikāya / Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Book of Fours, No 21. Shortly after his supreme awakening, the…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBuddha's Most Important Teachings: Choosing Suttas to Enshrine in Stupa | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha explains the project to enshrine ultra-long lasting ceremic tablets into our Saddhamma Stupa, inscribed with the most essential suttas. All…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGoing Beyond the 4 Elements: Contemplating Water, Wind, Fire, Earth | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhatu
When we contemplate the 4 elements of earth, water, fire and wind, we need conviction that there exists an escape beyond these elements. Without that…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsWater, Wind, Earth & Fire: Freeing the Mind from the 4 Elements | Ajahn Dhammasiha
With Cyclone Alfred and heavy flooding just having passed over Brisbane, Ajahn Dhammasiha offers reflections on the 4 elements (Cātu Mahābhūta/Dhātu). As the…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsEquanimity | Upekkha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha
Equanimity, in Pali 'Upekkhā', means letting go of likes and dislikes. Neither aversion nor attraction. The mind is even, balanced, neither attached nor…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsWhy am I not Happy? - I can't Find my Way! | Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism
Towards the end of the session, Ajahn Dhammasiha is passed a note with several existential questions: How could I find meaning in life? Why am I not happy? How…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsObserving, Knowing, Cultivating Awareness | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Our culture encourages activity, going out and doing something. We're constantly busy managing our lives, trying to control our environment, trying to…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsQ&A: Purpose of Life? Tree Spirits? Path to Wisdom? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a variety of questions from a student of University of Queensland, and from other members of the audience…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN MONEYYO | The Buddha, the Unsurpassable Teacher | Who Was the Buddha?
The Buddha didn't realize awakening only for himself and was perfect in knowledge and conduct and developed supreme purity, compassion, wisdom and liberation…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsMagha Puja - The Buddha teaches Ovadapatimokkha to 1,250 Arahants | Ajahn Dhammasiha
The occasion of Māgha Pūjā commemorates the sponteneous gathering of 1,250 awakened disciples of the Buddha (Arahants) in the Veḷuvana Monastery (Bamboo Grove…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KENG KHEMAKO | Mindfulness to Calm Emotional Turmoil | Dhammagiri | Sati
In this insightful Dhamma Talk, Ajahn Keng Khemako shares powerful teachings on how mindfulness can lead us to a deeper state of silence and inner peace…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsKeeping Precepts without Clinging to Rites & Rituals | Silabbataparamasa | Ajahn Dhammasiha
There are 10 fetters that bind us to Samsara, the repeated round of birth & death. The third of these 10 'Saṃyojana' is 'Clinging to Rites & Rituals'…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsMetta is Better: Our Loving Kindness Benefits Ourselves, Not Only Others | Ajahn Dhammasiha
RE the practice of Mettā (= Loving Kindness; Unconditional Good Will to All Beings without Distinction), Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that we should treat…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsSamatha Means Training Emotion & Feeling | Samadhi | Concentration | Ajahn Dhammasiha
One big obstruction for most meditators is incessant thinking. If we find it very difficult to calm the thinking mind, we can try a mantra meditation, like…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDevotional Faith vs Faith in Dhamma Principles | Saddha | Confidence | Conviction
The new 'Saddhamma Cetiya' at Dhammagiri will serve as a focal point to direct and develop our faculty of faith/confidence/conviction ('Saddhā'). However, it's…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KENG KHEMAKO | Training the Mind | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Keng Khemako is a Singaporean monk of the Thai Forest Tradition. He was ordained in 1987 under the recommendation of Ajahn Thanissaro. One of his main…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | Q&A: Honesty & Commitment in Dhamma Practice
Tan Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissaro talks in this Q&A session about honesty and commitment in Dhamma practice and many other topics.On 29 & 30 November 2024, Tan Ajahn…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | The Tradition of the Noble Ones | Dhammagiri
Tan Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissaro gives a Dhamma-Talk about two topics Ajahn Mun frequently reflected on: To practice the Dhamma in line with the Dhamma and to follow…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | Guided Meditation: Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapanasati) | How to meditate
Tan Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissaro is giving a guided meditation on how to practice mindfulness of breathing (Ānāpānasati) as instructed by the Buddha in the Discourse…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsImagination & Memory to Deepen Samadhi | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Meditation is subjective. It's internal, just concerned with our own internal awareness. If we simply imagine a bright light, or we remember the feeling of a…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsFeeling the Breath in the Whole Body | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha
In this guided meditation on Ānāpānasati (Mindfulness of the In and Out Breath), Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us to recognize and experience the subtle energy of…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsMorning Chanting SBS Sasanarakkha Part 01 | BUDDHIST PALI CHANTING
Listen to Part 02 on Spotify Listen to Part 02 on Apple/iTunes Morning Chanting at SBS Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary, Taiping, Malaysia. Info about…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsI Believe in Santa | Xmas Dhamma Talk | Generosity | Dana | Ajahn Dhammasiha
At Christmas time at Dhammagiri, Ajahn Dhammasiha asserts that he is a stong believer in Santa Claus. Not in the literal sense, but he believes in Santa as a…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | You can Feel the Breath not only at the Nose | Q&A Dhammagiri 02
Tan Ajahn Geoff Thānissaro answers questions of the audience at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia. At the first question about Ānāpānasati…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KENG KHEMAKO | Mindfulness & Effort in Daily Life | Dhammagiri
Tan Ajahn Keng organized Ajahn Thanissaro's visit to Australia & NZ, and accompanied and looked after him for the whole duration. Ajahn Keng Khemako is a…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBHANTE JINARATANA | Gratitude & Mudita | Buddhist Talk at Dhammagiri
During his visit to Dhammagiri, Bhante Jinaratana shared these reflections on gratitude and sympathetic joy (muditā). He also reades out a passage from Ajahn…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | Blessing Anumodana Pali Chanting | Dhammagiri Sangha
Tan Ajahn Geoff Ṭhānissaro is leading our Sangha of 8 monks here at Dhammagiri in chanting the blessing and anumodanā before the meal (rejoicing in the good…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN GEOFF THANISSARO | Live Q&A at Dhammagiri | Questions & Answers #01
Live Question and Answer Session with Tan Ajahn Geoff Thanissaro at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia. Ajahn Ṭhānissaro (Geoffrey DeGraff) is an…