Impermanence 'Anicca' | Short Reflections by Ajahn Dhammasiha
After the meditation session, Ajahn Dhammasīha offers a few short reflections on impermanence ('anicca').We can contemplate the unreliable, inconstant nature of all conditioned phenomena both external...
5 Loka 20218min
Mantra: 'Bhagava-Araham-Buddho-Buddho-Araham-Bhagava' EdAmp
Ajahn Dhammasiha describes how we can deepen our 'Recollection of the Buddha' ('Buddhānussati'), using the mantra:"Bhagavā-Arahaṃ-Buddho-Buddho-Arahaṃ-Bhagavā".A bell will sound louder, longer and mor...
28 Syys 202131min
Dhammagiri Beauty Parlor | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
When we want our body to look more beautiful, we can go to the beauty parlor to look better with a new hairdo, manicure and make up. But at the same time, we all know that the mind is much more import...
31 Elo 202133min
Truthful without Compromise: 4th Buddhist Precept | Ajahn Dhammasiha
On the first Full Moon in the Rains Retreat, Ajahn Dhammasiha reminds of the crucial importance of the 4th Buddhist Precept:Musāvādā veramaṇi sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmiI commit to the training-rule to abs...
26 Elo 202128min
"Not to Kill any Living Being" - The First Buddhist Precept | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha
On the first Full Moon Day of this year's Rains Retreat, Ajahn Dhammasiha dedicates his Dhamma Talk to the first Buddhist precept:"Pāṇātipātā veramaṇi sikkhāpdaṃ samādiyāmi"."I undertake the training-...
23 Elo 202153min
There's More to Life than just being Alive - Lockdown Anxiety about 1st Precept
Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked about lockdown-anxiety regarding the first Buddhist precept, namely to abstain from killing any living beings. Are we breaking the first precept if we inadvertently infect so...
13 Elo 202139min
Blessing, Anumodana and Sharing Merits at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage | Buddhist Pali Chanting
Every day at mealtime, after the almsoffering, the monks at Dhammagiri chant a Buddhist Blessing. The recitation is in Pali, the language spoken by the Buddha himself, as recorded in the oldest part o...
11 Elo 20218min
HOW we Live our Life is more important than How LONG | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha quotes Dhammapada Verse #110, where the Buddha makes it very clear that the length of our life is not the most important thing. Instead, the most important thing is the quality of our...
10 Elo 202128min
