Contentment, Full Body Awareness, Knowing Right Measure when Eating, Wakefulness | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about steps in the Buddha's 'Gradual Training' that lead on from fully established virtue to the develpment of samādhi. Sense Restraint / Indriya-saṃvara Contentment / Santuṭṭhi...
8 Des 202547min
Dispassion, Cessation & Letting Go to Underlie All Dhamma Practice | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Viraga Nirodha Patinissagga
In the last Tetrad of Ānāpānasati, the last four steps of Breath Meditation, the Buddha teaches us to breathe in and out focussing on: Anicca - ImpermanenceVirāga - Fading Away of Passion = Dispassion...
5 Des 202526min
TAN JAYADHAMMA | Guided Meditation | 'Tuning In' | 6 Sense Spheres, 5 Hindrances, Distractive Thoughts
Tan Jayadhamma has stayed at Dhammagiri for 7 months, spending the vassa (rains retreat) 2025 with us. Just before leaving, he kindly offered this comprehensive guided meditation as a parting gift. Hi...
1 Des 202556min
TAN JAYADHAMMA | Tuning In | Balance in Meditative Practice | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri
Tan Jayadhamma has stayed at Dhammagiri for 7 months, spending the vassa (rains retreat) 2025 with us. Just before leaving, he kindly offered these reflections on balance in practice, based on the Soṇ...
28 Nov 202537min
Calm and Insight: Advice to New Meditator | New to Meditation | Samatha & Vipassana | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha provides advice to a newcomer to meditation. Although it was his first time visiting Dhammagiri, and only the second attempt in his life to practice formal meditation, he had sat thro...
24 Nov 202526min
AJAHN NANDIYO | Disenchantment Leading to Peace | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
In this Dhamma discussion, Ajahn Nandiyo first shares some of his personal experiences at Bodhinyanarama Monastery, NZ, and in Thailand & Australia. Then he responds to a question about internal peace...
21 Nov 202554min
AJAHN NANDIYO | Guided Meditation | Knowing, Not Owning or Controlling | Vipassana | Insight
After the Saturday morning Refuge and Precepts Ceremony, Ajahn Nandiyo guided a short meditation session. He encourages us to be in the witness position, to know and observe conditions, rather than tr...
17 Nov 202518min
The Fire Sermon | Third Teaching of the Buddha | Adittapariyaya Sutta | Ajahn Dhammasiha
The 'Discourse on Burning', also known as 'Fire Semon', is considered the third formal discourse of the Buddha. It is distinguished by the highest reported number of attainments: 1,000 monks attained...
14 Nov 202547min
