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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 202128min
AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 4: Breath and Seeing the Dhamma
This is the final part in a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation objec...
3 Aug 202128min
Craving = Suffering; Letting Go = End of Suffering | Ajahn Dhammasiha
We dont need to know a lot in order to understand Dhamma. It's not like studying for a PhD. No need for eleborate, sophisticated intellectual proliferation. We only have to understand one thing very d...
29 Jul 202130min
Craving = Suffering; Letting Go = End of Suffering | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
The Buddha has expounded four Noble Truths: The Noble Truth of Suffering ('Dukkha') The Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering, namely Craving ('Dukkha-Samudaya', i.e. 'Taṇhā) The Noble Truth o...
28 Jul 202130min
AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 3: The Breath and the Mind
This is the second part of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation obje...
28 Jul 202136min
Paying Attention to Feelings Inside | Ajahn Dhammasiha at Dhammgiri Forest Hermitage
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to turn our mind away from constant preoccupation with external events and distractions, and instead to pay attention what's going on inside of our mind.He uses the exam...
16 Jul 202138min
