The path to freedom | EN | Bhante Sujato*
How does the mind work? Often we don't understand, and we create problems for ourselves and others. But it IS possible to develop wisdom and to be free! In Buddhism it is done by developing samatha an...
31 Loka 202451min
What is jhana and samadhi | EN | Bhante Sujato
Jhana has become popular, but often dumbed down. So then it helps to have an overview of how aspects of the path fits together. Jhana means oneness and illumination, and is described as having five f...
30 Loka 202442min
The four bases of mental power | EN | Bhante Sujato
When coming to a retreat, you give up a lot for a few days − there is maybe a desire or a longing for freedom. And just that is the first of 'The four bases of mental power' (iddhi pada), this wish or...
29 Loka 202438min
How the Buddha learned to meditate | EN | Bhante Sujato*
This talk is about the process the Buddha went through learning to meditate, starting with an experiences he had as a child, which teachers he met and learned from and how he was conditioned by other ...
28 Loka 202451min
Metta meditation | EN | Bhante Sujato
Metta meditation is the practice to develop the mind in such a way that this feeling of metta, this most exalted of human potentials, becomes a reality. And when this feeling starts to spark, which sa...
27 Loka 20241h 23min
Mindfulness meditation | EN | Bhante Sujato
Mindfulness is not really meditation, but can be used as a type of meditation where we simply are aware of what is happening in your body and mind. You start to notice what is happening: thoughts, fee...
26 Loka 202426min
How to practise after a retreat | EN | Venerable Canda
After a retreat, how can we continue our practice, how can we transfer our skills to our daily lives? At this retreat at Venabu a whole toolkit was given: right approach to mediation, what happiness a...
28 Huhti 202456min
Wisdom − what it is, when will it arrise and how | EN | Ajahn Nitho*
Ajahn Nitho describes in this talk what wisdom is according to the teaching of the Buddha. He also reads out a short parable describing when wisdom will arrise in a person − independent of gender, bod...
27 Huhti 202431min
