Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts

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Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts episodes

August 29, 2024 AJAHN AMARO | How to Judge Progress in my Dhamma Practice | Q&A Dhammagiri
Question & Answer session with Ajahn Amaro on the occasion of his first Australia visit at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Queensland, Brisbane.
Ajahn Amaro is the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, UK.
Born in England in 1956, Ven. Ajahn Amaro received a BSc. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of London. Spiritual searching led him to Thailand, where he went to Wat Pah Nanachat, a Forest Tradition monastery established for Western disciples of Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, who ordained him as a bhikkhu in 1979. Soon afterwards he returned to England and joined Ajahn Sumedho at the newly established Chithurst Monastery. He resided for many years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, making trips to California every year during the 1990s.
In June 1996 he established Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he was co-Abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010.
He then returned to Amaravati to become Abbot of this large monastic community.
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37 min
August 27, 2024 The Mind Like Fire Unbound | Fire Gone Out as Simile for Nibbana in Buddhism | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Although Nibbāna is beyond all description and can not possibly comprehended by the thinking mind through language and concepts, the Buddha still used various similes to convey some idea to us what Nirvāṇa is all about.
In particular, many times he compared the eperience of Nibbāna to a fire gone out.
However, there's a big problem with that simile nowadays:
Our current understanding how fire functions is very different from the theory of fire in ancient India. In our time, after a fire has gone out, we simply regard it as non-existant.
But that would be a serious misunderstanding regarding the experience of Nibbāna. The statement that an enlightened person after death doesn't exist anymore has been explicitely rejected by the Buddha as not applicable (of course, to state that he exists is just as inapplicable).
In ancient India, fire was regarded as 'clinging' to the fuel dependent on which it burns. When the fire goes out (e.g. through exhaustion of its fuel), the fire is released and enters a non-manifest state. Indian's at the time of the Buddha would not see an extinguished fire as non-existant.
Instead, they believed an extinguished fire is simply freed from its entrapment to the fuel, and has entered a state in which it can't be defined or described.
As Ajahn Geoff Thanissaro will visit Dhammagiri end of November, Ajahn Dhammasiha uses the opportunity to introduce us to an excellent essay of Ajaan Ṭhānissaro on exactly this subject:
"The Mind Like Fire unbound"

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August 23, 2024 Breath without I-Making & Mine-Making | GUIDED BUDDHIST MEDITATION | Ajahn Dhammasiha
In this short guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to be aware of the breath, but also to be aware of not turning our meditation into an excercise of I-Making and Mine-Making ('Ahaṃ-Kāra' & 'Mamaṃ-Kāra').

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August 22, 2024 Blessing Anumodana | Ajahn Amaro & Dhammagiri Sangha | Sharing Merits
Ajahn Amaro, Ajahn Dhammasiha and Ajahn Moneyyo recite the traditional Pali verses for sharing good karma with departed relatives, expressing their anumodanā (rejoicing) for all the kind support they received during Ajahn Amaros visit, and sending blessings to all beings.

English Translation:

As all the water in the streams
is flowing to the boundless sea,
Just likewise all your offerings
are flowing to the spirit world.

And all you wish for and desire
shall soon and safely be attained;
May wholesome wishes be fulfilled
just like the moon at full-moon night
just like a jewel sparkling bright.

May all distress come to an end,
may all desease be quickly healed,
May all your problems be resolved,
may you live long and happily.

When someone's always honouring
the elders worthy of respect,
Then they will grow in these four things:
long life, strength, beauty, happiness.

'They gave to me, they cared for me,
they were my relatives and friends';
Give offerings to departed ones
remembering what they've done for you!

No crying or lamenting helps;
your sadness and your grief is of
No benefit to those you love,
it will not do them any good.

But all the offerings that you give
to the community of monks
Will reach your Loved Ones instantly
and bring them long-term happiness.

Your relatives, who've passed away, have now received
your loving homage, and your lofty offerings.
Your food and requisites give strength to all the monks -
you've made a huge amount of wholesome karma now!

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August 20, 2024 Not Mine, Not Me, Not Self | Anatta | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Buddhist Dhamma Talk
Ajahn Dhammasiha quotes from the 2nd formal discourse of the Buddha, the Anattalakkana Sutta (Discourse on the Not-Self Characteristic):
"N'etaṃ mama, N'eso'ham'asmi, Na me so atta'ti"
This is not mine, this is not me, this is not my self."
Ajahn offers reflections and similes how we can contemplate these instructions of the Buddha to reduce and ultimately abandon 'I-Making' & 'Mine-Making', to free our heart from all clinging.

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38 min
August 15, 2024Samatha & Vipassana: Develop Both! | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
The Buddha encouraged us to cultivate both aspects of meditation:
Samatha: Calm, tranquility, samādhi, concentration, blissful unification of the heart

Vipassana: Insight, investigation, analysing, wisdom
Ajahn Dhammasiha shares some reflections on this theme, emphasizing the importance of joy and happiness in our meditative practice.

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22 min
August 12, 2024 AJAHN ACHALO | Beach & Meditation | Good Karma Brightens the Mind | Q&A at Dhammagiri
Q&A with Ajahn Achalo on an occasion when he was visiting Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage in his home town, Brisbane.
He shares his memories of his first experiences of inner calm on the beach while listening to the waves and answers questions about the benefit of apirations and rituals and how merit (good actions) can brighten our mind.
More teachings by Ajahn Achalo can be found on his website and YouTube channel:
www.peacebeyondsuffering.org
https://www.youtube.com/@AjahnAchalo
Ajahn Achalo was born in Brisbane Australia in 1972. He developed a keen interest in meditation at the age of twenty and a year later left for Thailand to study Buddhism more intently. After a two year period practising in various centres and monasteries, in 1996 Ajahn Achalo ordained as a Theravada Bhikkhu (monk) under Ajahn Liem at Wat Nong Pah Pong, the monastery founded by venerable Ajahn Chah. Although most of his training has taken place in Thailand, Ajahn Achalo has also lived in several international Forest Monasteries in the Ajahn Chah lineage.
During his years of training, he has received personal guidance from many remarkable teachers, among them, Ajahn Sumedho, Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Jayasaro and Ajahn Kalyano.
For most of his Bhikkhu life, he has considered Tan Ajahn Anan, abbot of Wat Marp Jan, to be his principal mentor.
Ajahn Achalo is the founding abbot of Anandagiri Forest Monastery, Phetchabun, Thailand.

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Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser:
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39 min
August 08, 2024 AJAHN AMARO | Triple Refuge and Precepts Ceremony | Dhammagiri
During his visit at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage in Brisbane, Australia, Ven. Ajahn Amaro is leading our community in taking the Triple Refuge (Tisaraṇa Gamana), and the 5 or 8 precepts.

Ajahn Amaro is the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, UK.
Born in England in 1956, Ven. Ajahn Amaro received a BSc. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of London. Spiritual searching led him to Thailand, where he went to Wat Pah Nanachat, a Forest Tradition monastery established for Western disciples of Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, who ordained him as a bhikkhu in 1979. Soon afterwards he returned to England and joined Ajahn Sumedho at the newly established Chithurst Monastery. He resided for many years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, making trips to California every year during the 1990s.
In June 1996 he established Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he was co-Abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010.
He then returned to Amaravati to become Abbot of this large monastic community.

By the way, our Spotify Playlists are here:
⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/user/8z4dmrysnbbnjtz9f0wzjgcre⁠⁠

Our Podcast is also available on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser:
https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast

More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage:
https://www.dhammagiri.net/news

Our Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724

Our email Newsletter:
https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter

Our Podcasts on Spotify:
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Our Podcasts on Apple/itunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dhammagiri-buddhist-podcasts/id1534539834

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August 05, 2024 Two Kinds of People... | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha
There are two kind of people:
Some that visit a Buddhist monastery, and some that don't.
Among those that visit a Buddhist Monastery, there are to kinds of people...

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August 01, 2024 AJAHN AMARO | Guided Meditation | Awakened Awareness | Dhammagiri
A short Guided Meditation by Ajahn Amaro during his stay at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia.
Ajahn Amaro is the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near London, UK, the largest Western monastery in the lineage of Ajahn Chah.
Born in England in 1956, Ven. Ajahn Amaro received a BSc. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of London. Spiritual searching led him to Thailand, where he went to Wat Pah Nanachat, a Forest Tradition monastery established for Western disciples of Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, who ordained him as a bhikkhu in 1979. Soon afterwards he returned to England and joined Ajahn Sumedho at the newly established Chithurst Monastery. He resided for many years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, making trips to California every year during the 1990s.
In June 1996 he established Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he was co-Abbot with Ajahn Pasanno until 2010.
In 2010, he was invited to return to Amaravati, to become the successor of Luang Por Sumedho as abbot of this large monastic community. He was appointed an official 'Upajjhāya' (preceptor), with the authority to formally ordain Buddhist monks, and has since ordained and trained a large group of monks and nuns as his direct disciples.

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