Body Sweeping | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Kayagatasati
We're often too much in our heads. Body Sweeping is a technique to bring our awareness back into the body. We move our mindfulness gently throughout our physical body: We try to feel and experience ev...
17 Mar 202132min
AJAHN NYANADIPO | Keep Going | Buddhist Talk at Dhammagiri | Magha Puja
Ajahn Nyanadipo is the abbot of Bodhipala Monastery near Adelaide. Originally from New Zealand, he came to Australia to ordain at Buddha Bodhivana Monastery, Warburton, while still in his late teenage...
5 Mar 202128min
AJAHN NYANADIPO | Developing Parami on Magha Full Moon Day | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Nyanadipo is the abbot of Bodhipala Monastery near Adelaide. Originally from New Zealand, he came to Australia to ordain at Buddha Bodhivana Monastery, Warburton, while still in his late teenage...
2 Mar 20217min
BUDDHIST PALI CHANTING: Paritta Recitation Magha Full Moon/Offering of Forest Cloth at Dhammagiri
On occasion of offering Forest Cloth at Magha Puja Full Moon, the Sangha at Dhammagiri recites 'Paritta'. These auspicious, protective verses of profound Dhamma-meaning are in 'Pali', the language spo...
28 Feb 202118min
Compassion vs Empathy
Empathy is the ability to imagine the feelings, emotions and views of others; to be able to perceive the situation from their perspective, almost as if we're experiencing or sharing their emotions. Bu...
19 Feb 202128min
Compassion: 'May All Beings be Free from Suffering' | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Karuṇā, 'Compassion', is the heartfelt wish for all beings to be free from suffering. It is one of the 'Brahmavihāras', the 'Divine Abodes', which the mind can use as an internal dwelling place in me...
17 Feb 202132min
Ajahn Chah Teaching Torture
Asked what meditation technique he's teaching, Ajahn Chah once famously answered: “I'm teaching torture” ('toroman' in Thai) Of course, this is not meant literally, as someone with profound insight ...
22 Jan 202126min
"Pain in the Disguise of Pleasure" - Ven Sivali's Birth Story
Ven Sīvali was one of the 80 'Great Disciples' of the Buddha. Due to his extraordinary good karma, he would always receive almsfood and requisites in abundance, even more than the Buddha himself. Cons...
18 Des 202033min
