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
The Miracle of Compassion in Buddhism - Short Reflection by Ajahn Dhammasiha
Compassion ('Karuṇā') has the miraculous, transformative power to uplift our mind, keep it bright and whoesome and confident, and raise it above the pain and distress we experience when we witness int...
12 Aug 20207min
Breath and 4th Satipatthana | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Anapanasati & 4th Foundation of Mindfulness
The Buddha explained that Mindfulness of In and Out Breath (Ānāpāṇasati) can develop all 4 Satipaṭṭhāna (Foundations of Mindfulness). In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha uses the instructions...
11 Aug 202028min
Essential Teachings of the Buddha: 'Not-Self' (Anattā) - Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha points out that the Buddha did not teach Not-Self to establish a theory or philosophy. The Buddha is not concerned with theorizing or arguing about philosophical views. His one and on...
7 Aug 202044min
Not Me, Not Mine, Not I, Not Self | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
On the first Full Moon Practice Day in this year's rains retreat at Dhammagiri, Ajahn Dhammasiha leads a guided meditation on the theme of 'Not-Self' ('Anattā'). In the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta, the Budd...
4 Aug 202025min
