In his last talk for some time at NBM, Bhante Mudito reflects on how we use our time: skillful practices (gratitude, kindness, service) vs unskillful (anger, lazy habits). Drawing on experiences from his younger days, and from the last two years at Newbury, he illustrates how cultivating certain actions and attitudes can have a beneficial effect, even during difficult and challenging times.

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk before the guided meditation. The intention of this guided meditation is to be happy to be here with the present moment, as it is. Content with it as it is. No other place we would rather be than just here in the present moment.

For those who wish to skip to the meditation, it begins roughly around 30:50. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk before the guided meditation. The intention of this guided meditation is develop joy with someone's positive qualities (including ourselves). 

For those who wish to skip to the meditation, it begins roughly around 35:26. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk before the guided meditation. The intention of this guided meditation is be a give a gift of being a best friend to ourselves and to other beings. 

For those who wish to skip to the meditation, it begins roughly around 39:30. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk before the guided meditation. The theme of this guided meditation is "listening". The intention is to listen of the sounds that we are aware of, no need to choose sounds. No need to work out what the sound is, or describe it. 

For those who wish to skip to the meditation, it begins roughly around 21:17. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk about the delusion - one of the 3 unwholesome roots. Delusion can be defined as not seeing reality as it is, and is the opposite of right view or wisdom. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a talk about Right Speech, using the Buddha's simile of how every person who is born is born with an axe in their mouth! Right speech is the third factor of the Noble Eightfold path. It is supported by right view, right intention, right effort and right mindfulness. Ajahn then explains the four kinds of wrong speech: lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and gossip; and how to develop right speech. 

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