Anukampa Podcast

In this highly interactive sutta discussion contemplates the bonds of suffering—and our escape from it. As part of her sutta reading, Ajahn Candā pays homage to the Buddha’s wisdom, noting that virtue...

6 Feb 1h 10min

This sutta discussion revolves around a central question: How we can bring qualities of the heart to our communities and enrich the societies in which we live? After reading the sutta, Ajahn Candā inv...

30 Jan 1h 9min

Before easing us into practice, Ven Candā discusses loving-kindness (mettā) as a directed thought process—it’s a skill we can develop, and the feeling of mettā naturally grows over time. Wishing well-...

17 Jan 55min

In this talk given at Northants Buddhist and Meditation Centre, Ajahn Candā speaks to the relationship between compassion and wisdom. After a short introduction, she offers a guided meditation grounde...

12 Jan 2h 3min

In this creative loving-kindness (mettā) meditation, Ajahn Candā changes the regular formula of spreading mettā based on one’s own feelings towards others, to one of developing feelings of love toward...

10 Jan 58min

Over the course of a two-day loving-kindess (mettā) retreat at Sheffield Insight, Ven Candā considers the quiet happiness that arises as the heart becomes more open. Topics covered in this Q&A include...

3 Jan 1h 16min

Ajahn Candā shares and reflects on eight factors that help wisdom develop, with discussion on topics such as moral conscience (hiri) and moral caution (otapa) and the manifold benefits of developing e...

26 Des 20251h 9min

Ven Canda leads a medtation on the topic: The Cosy House of Metta

13 Des 202557min