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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 PodcastsHow to Develop Gratitude | Kataññu Katavedi | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a question how we can develop gratitude methodically. Being grateful (Kataññū Katavedī) has been praised by the Buddha as…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBuddhist Triple Refuge & 5 Precepts Ceremony | Tisarana | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
This is the ceremony of taking refuge in the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, followed by taking of the FIVE precepts. We do this ceremony at…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBuddhist Triple Refuge & 8 Precepts Ceremony | Tisarana | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
This is the ceremony of taking refuge in the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, followed by taking of the EIGHT precepts. We do this ceremony at…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDon't Obsess about your Meditation Object | Cittanupassana | Mindful of Mind | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
When cultivating bhāvanā (meditation), naturally we have to be mindful of and focussed upon our meditation object; for instance 'Buddho', or the breath, or…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCompassion 'Karuna': What's the Difference to Loving Kindness 'Metta'? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to the question how Karuṇā (Compassion) differs from Mettā (Loving Kindness). Compassion is the wish for all beings to be free from…
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts4 Elements in Nature | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddhism
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to connect with nature, and to contemplate the 4 Great Elements externally as we experience them in the natural environment…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBHANTE JINARATANA | Contemplating 4 Elements in the Body | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
Ven Jinaratana Thera offers guidance how we can experience and contemplate the four elements ('Cātu-mahā-bhūtikā') in in our own bodies. Paṭhavī-dhātu = Earth…
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts3 Things Meditators Must Pay Attention To | Ajahn Dhammasiha | SUTTA EXPLORATION AN 3s #103
In 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBHANTE JINARATANA | Starving the Hindrances | Dhammagiri | Buddhist Dhamma Talk on Panca Nivarana
Ven Jinaratana Thera explains how we can starve the 5 hindrances ('anāhāra pañca-nīvaraṇa') in order to gradually weaken and overcome their obstructive…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN SABBAJAYANTO | How I Became a Buddhist Monk | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Thee
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLoving Kindness Supported by Generosity & Virtue | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
On occasion of Easter, Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about a subject that is common to virtually all religions: Loving Kindness. Loving Kindness, in Pali known as…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCraving for Existence & Non-Existence | Bhava Tanha Vibhava Tanha | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsOverindulgence | Q&A with Students from UQ | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
For our Full Moon Program, a student group from University of Queensland ('UQBUDS') has joined with many interesting questions. Subjects brought up include…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsStudy, Practice, Realization | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism
Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked about: Pariyatti = Study Paṭipatti = Practice Pativeda = Realization He offers reflections on this subject with an emphasis on the…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsMemories of Ven. Nyanavimala | Dhamma Reflection by Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsNot Me, Not Mine: Better Let Go | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Teaching Dhammagiri
After the meditation session, Ajahn Dhammasiha offers reflections on the realationship of Samatha/Samādhi (Calmness/Concentration) & Vipassana (Insight). After…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsEntertainments: To Watch or Not to Watch? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN VAJIRO | Motivation & Discipline in Daily Dhamma Practice | Dhammagiri
Luang Por Vajiro is asked how one can maintain motivation in one's daily Dhamma practice, without getting distracted by the numerous duties, responsibilities…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN VAJIRO | Contemplating Pain | Buddhist Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN VAJIRO | Magha Puja: Working together in Harmony | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
On 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN VAJIRO | Right Attitude for Dhamma Practice | Dhammagiri
Luang Por Vajiro talks about 'Mindfulness of Breathing' (Ānāpāṇasati), and responds to questions from the audience, during his visit to Dhammagiri Forest…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsSupreme Confidence | SUTTA EXPLORATION | AN Fours #34 | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsPower of Symbols | Tiratana | Taking Refuge in Triple Gem | Ajahn Dhammasiha
One 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsPurifying Our Heart to Benefit Others | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
The 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsResults of Karma | Causes for Long Life, Health, Beauty etc | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Celebrating Chinese/Vietnamese New Year, everyone is usually hoping for good luck, health, long life, beauty, success and happiness for the new year. However…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAbandon Suffering: Gradually, Step by Step | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Singapore Wat Palelai
Sunday 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDependent Origination: Not Thinking, but Cessation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
The 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCareer vs Dhamma Practice | Q&A Young Adults DAYWA Singapore | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Lively Question and Answer session with Young Working Adults (DAYWA) in Singapore, Wat Palelai. Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a range of questions: How to…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGuided Meditation | The Breath in the Present Moment | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Anapanasati
A guided Meditation for practicing mindfulness of breathing. More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGuided Meditation | Compassion to All Beings and Yourself | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Karuna
A guided meditation to develop compassion (Karunā). More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel…
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Mettā - Loving Kindness - Q&A with group from Singapore | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net/news Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN KEVALI | Meditation in Daily Life | Dhamma Discussion at Dhammagiri
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsWalking Meditation trains us to meditate in daily life | Samadhi | Mindfulness | Ajahn Dhammasiha
More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: https://www.dhammagiri.net Our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our Podcasts on…
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Mind Freed from 5 Hindrances Unifies in Samadhi | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsNew Year's Eve Paritta Chanting | Wat Pah Nanachat | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Auspicious 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLetting Go of Guilt by Resolving to Do Better in Future | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
Many struggle with feelings of guilt. Some even berate themselves, self-criticize, and continue to beat themselves down until they loose all self esteem and…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsEvening Puja at Wat Doi Phra Jao | Luang Por Tong Daeng & Sangha | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Evening 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsContemplating Impermanence to Realize Freedom | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Mindfully observing impermanence ('anicca') of all conditioned phenomena, whether loved ones, material objects, or our own mindstates, thoughts and emotions…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsImpermanence 'Anicca' | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
A 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCan One Purify Old, Bad Karma? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri
Is 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsHow to Attain Jhana? Abandon 5 Hindrances! | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Buddhism
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLetting Go of Thoughts about the Future | Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn 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?…
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts4 Things Needed for Journey to Next Rebirth | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Ajahn 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN VARADHAMMO | Rejoicing in Goodness | Robe Offering Ceremony Dhammagiri
Ajahn Varadhammo is the abbot of Bodhisaddha Monastery, Wilton near Sydney. He has kindly accepted our invitation to our robe offering ceremony in the Kathina…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGUIDED MEDITATION | Start Meditating by Counting Your Blessings | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
10 min short Guided Meditation. Before we focus on our main meditation object, Ajahn Dhammasiha recommends that we quickly recollect blessings and good fortune…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsBuddha is Freed From 10 Things | Sutta Exploration | AN 10s #81 | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Sutta Study with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Anguttara Nikāya, Book of Tens, No 81, 'Bahuna'. Reading from the English translation by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi: "Numerical…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGUIDED MEDITATION | "Like Water Rolling off a Lotus Leaf" | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha
10 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAsking for Feeback | Pavarana | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma
On the full moon in October, the monks complete their annual 3-months Rains Retreat with the 'Pavāraṇā Ceremony': They invite constructive criticism from each…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCount Your Blessings | Buddhism | Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
On 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 Buddhist PodcastsOh Dear, We've been HACKED! | Dhammagiri | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha
We'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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts4 Elements: Contemplating Loss of Loved Ones | Dhamma Talk | Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha
At 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDiligence | Appamada | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri
The 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…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsCompassion Prevents Our Heart to Sink or Harden | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhism | Dhammagiri
As we witness so much suffering, war, calamities and atrocities due to our exposure to media, there's a danger that our heart responds by: Sinking: We may…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsJust Observing? | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Dhammasiha enquires from a newcomer to Dhammagiri if there's anything he'd like to ask or discuss. He answers: "Not really, I''m just observing!" Ajahn…
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts3 Principles for Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhamma Talk on Buddhism
Ajahn Dhammasiha explains 3 principles that provide the foundation for smooth and steady progress in our meditation practice: Grounding our awareness in the…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsDhamma Practice in Daily Life | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Q&A in Singapore
Ajahn Dhammasiha opens with some short introductary comments on essential points how to integrate Dhamma practice and daily life into one holistic form of…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsAJAHN MONEYYO | How to Make the Mind Uninflammable | Dhammagiri | Fire Sermon
In the "Fire Sermon" (Adittapariyaya Sutta) the Buddha is teaching 1000 former fire worshipping ascetics that our five senses, the mind and the sense objects…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsGuided Meditation: Empty of Self or Belonging to Self | Anatta | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us through a meditation on Not-Self. We use the breath a anchor, and then contemplate all distracting thoughts, images, worries…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLoving Kindness: 3 Things to Get it Going | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
(1) We start by developing Loving Kindness just to one being, whoever we find most easy. Even an animal like a cat or cute puppy will do. Then we have to keep…
Dhammagiri Buddhist PodcastsLetting Go Doesn't Mean Forgetting | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
A family has come to share merits with their mother/grandmother/great-grandmother, who they lost a few days ago, at the age of 96 years. In the Dhamma…