Guided Meditation: Empty of Self or Belonging to Self | Anatta | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us through a meditation on Not-Self. We use the breath a anchor, and then contemplate all distracting thoughts, images, worries, anxieties and so on that arise in our mind as:...
1 Okt 202312min
Loving Kindness: 3 Things to Get it Going | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
(1) We start by developing Loving Kindness just to one being, whoever we find most easy. Even an animal like a cat or cute puppy will do. Then we have to keep on going until we actually FEEL somthing....
15 Sep 202330min
Letting Go Doesn't Mean Forgetting | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
A family has come to share merits with their mother/grandmother/great-grandmother, who they lost a few days ago, at the age of 96 years. In the Dhamma discussion, Ajahn Dhammasiha explains that 'Lett...
12 Sep 202332min
Verses of Sharing and Aspiration | Dhammagiri Sunday Afternoon Merit Sharing | Buddhist Chanting in English
This is a new stereo recording of the chanting we do at the end of every Sunday afternoon session at 5.00 pm, called "Verses of Sharing and Aspiration" You can find it in the Amaravati Chaning Book on...
5 Sep 20233min
Not-Self: Contemplating Anatta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
The Buddha's teaching on Anattā (Non-Self) is not meant to establish a doctrine or philosophy. It's not meant for mental gymnastics, to think about it in a purley intellectual manner, or to argue abou...
31 Aug 202334min
Anatta: Not-Self | 2nd Teaching of the Buddha | Dhammagiri | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Anattā / Not-Self is one of the more difficult, even challenging aspects of the Dhamma. Even long term Buddhists often feel uncertain or even confused what exactly is meant by anattā. If there's unce...
28 Aug 202352min
Developing All 4 Divine Abodes: Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out the benefits of developing all four 'Brahmavihāras': 1. Mettā = Loving Kindness 2. Karuṇā = Compassion 3. Muditā = Sympathetic Joy 4. Upekkhā = Equanimity Developed t...
25 Aug 202338min
Loving Kindness Metta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Talk on Buddhism at Dhammagiri
Mettā is unconditional, non-judgemental friendliness to all beings. Without distinction or discrimination, without any expectations or demands, without any preconditions: Whether they like us or ha...
21 Aug 202337min
