BUDDHIST PALI CHANTING: Blessing, Anumodanā and Dedication of Offerings to Sangha
This Sunday 08 November we will conduct our yearly Robe Offering Ceremony at Dhammagiri (also on live 'Castbox' podcast 12.00 noon Brissie time).While preparing our audio setup, we did numerous trial ...
3 Nov 20206min
Loving Kindness - Radiating Universal Metta | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Dhammasiha guides a meditation on Mettā: unconditional, non-judgemental good will to all beings. This time, we're not gradually etending the range of beings, but we jump straight in, wishing we...
21 Okt 202032min
Gain & Pain, Fame & Blame - Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha offers some reflections on the 8 wordly phenomena ('Aṭṭha-loka-dhammā'):Gain and LossFame and ObscurityPraise and BlamePleasure and PainUsually we like, approve and hanker after gain,...
21 Okt 202023min
Breath, Joy and Letting Go | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Anapanasati Piti Sukha Viraga Patinissagga
Ānāpāṇasati, mindfulness of the in and out breath, is the Buddha's own favourite meditation object, and the one he has given particular detailed instructions about. One peculiar advantage is that bre...
16 Okt 202039min
The Released Mind is Unfathomable like the Ocean - Ajahn Dhammasiha
What happens after someone who has attained Nibbāna dies:Do they still exist after death?Or do they not exist?Or both?Or neither?The Buddha rejected all four options above. Instead, he explains that t...
14 Okt 202022min
Rapture & Bliss Develop Samādhi | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage
Gladness, joy, happiness, rapture and bliss are the crucial supporting factors for our mind to be able to unify in 'SamādhI' ('concentration' / 'internal unification of mind'). In this guided meditati...
6 Okt 202032min
Watching the Mind while Watching the Breath | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | 3rd Satipatthana
Often meditators are focussed so much on the meditation object, that they lose awareness of the general state of their mind, and how the mind relates to the meditation object. Ajahn Dhammasiha encour...
30 Sep 202034min
Loving Kindness - Gradually Spreading Metta | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
In this guided meditation, we develop Mettā first to only one being. We choose whoever we find most easy to wish well, and then we gradually widen the circle of beings until everyone in the whole univ...
19 Aug 202043min
