Abhayagiri Talks

Ajahn Ñāṇiko discusses the passage of time, patient endurance and humility, among other subjects.

Ajahn Pasanno discusses the core of the teachings and the practice.

Ajahn Ñāṇiko describes baseline samadhi as developing mindfulness of feelings, moods and thoughts with more distance and clarity. We see their impermanent nature and they don’t have the same power as before.

As the community transitions at the close of the winter retreat, Ajahn Pasanno urges us to consider what matters most in our practice. He discusses clarity and integrity.

Ajahn Ñāṇiko discusses spiritual and worldly pleasant and unpleasant feeling.

Ajahn Pasanno notes how the Buddha’s teachings frequently return to the fundamentals of the practice: virtue, concentration and wisdom. When these foundations are solid, then the heart is able to see clearly and free itself.

Ajahn Pasanno describes how the Buddha’s teachings of the path to liberation are both simple and intricate.

Ajahn Ñāṇiko reflects on the difficulty of practice, dukkha, and purification of the mind. This talk was offered on March 13, 2021 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

Ajahn Pasanno asks how do we respond to the limitations of existence? He suggests a balance of discipline and training, kindness and compassion. Within all of these responses are the stillness and knowing.

Ajahn Pasanno reads Ajahn Chah’s talk “Reading the Natural mind,” an informal talk given after the evening chanting during the rains retreat of 1978.