Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts

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July 28, 2021Craving = Suffering; Letting Go = End of Suffering | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
The Buddha has expounded four Noble Truths:
The Noble Truth of Suffering ('Dukkha')

The Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering, namely Craving ('Dukkha-Samudaya', i.e. 'Taṇhā)

The Noble Truth of the End of Suffering, namely the end of craving ('Dukkha-Nirodha')

The Noble Truth of the Practice leading to the End of Suffering, namely the Noble Eightfold Path ('Dukkha-Nirodha-Gāminī-Paṭipadā', i.e. 'Ariyo-Aṭṭhangiko Maggo')
In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to observe the 1st, 2nd and partial aspects of the 3rd Noble Truth directly in our own experience while meditating.
We use the breath as primary object to focus our attention. Then we mindfully observe how craving pulls our mind away from the breath, with the result that we loose the peace, calm and joy, and experience suffering.
On the other hand, when we can let go of craving, we can return to the breath, re-establish calm, and the suffering caused by thinking and other distractions comes to an end.

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31 min
July 28, 2021 AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 3: The Breath and the Mind
This is the second part of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. It can be cultivated both for samatha/samādhi and for insight/vipassana. The Buddha has given us highly detailed instructions how to develp mindfulness of the breath. The most extensive one is found at Anapanasati-Sutta, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 118:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlIn this talk Ajahn Moneyyo explains the instructions of cultivating the breath to develop mindfulness of the mind/heart ('citta'):Training yourself to experience the mental formations while breathing in and outTraining yourself to calm the mental formations while breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience the mind/heart while breathing in and outTraining yourself to unify the mind/heart while breathing in and outTraining yourself to liberate the mind/heart while breathing in and outwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
37 min
July 26, 2021 Dhammahall Opening at Dhammagiri: Use it to Develop Noble Eightfold Path
Our Dhammahall renovation project has been completed just in time for the annual Rains Retreat ('Vassa'). We celebrate the re-opening on Āsāḷhā Full Moon, the day commemorating the first formal discourse of the Buddha, the Dhammacakkappavattana- Sutta ('Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma').In this famous teaching, the Buddha expounds the Middle Way ('Majjima-Paṭipadā') and the Four Noble Truths. And what is the 'Middle Way' the Buddha discovered? It is exactly this Noble Eightfold Path, namely:Right ViewRight IntentionRight CommunicationRight ActionRight LivelihoodRight EffortRight MindfulnessRight ConcentrationAjahn Dhammasiha reminds us that the Dhammahall is not an end in itself. We didn't renovate it just to look beautiful, or simply to be more comfortable.The real purpose of the Dhammahall and all other facilities at Dhammagiri is to help us developing the Noble Eightfold Path.That's the whole point of all our projects, that's what we have to keep in mind when we use our facilities, that's what we strive to do in the Rains Retreat starting today:Cultivation of the Noble Eightfold Path. www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive.
38 min
July 20, 2021 Faith Conquers Fear | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha quotes an amazing promise the Buddha has given us:"In the Dhamma well proclaimed by me thus, which is clear, open, evident, and free of patchwork, those who have sufficient faith in me, sufficient affection for me, are all going to be reborn in heaven."
(The Buddha, Majjima Nikāya/Middle Length Discourses, #22 'Alagaddāpama Sutta'/'The Simile of the Snake')Just a sufficent amount of conviction and affection to the Buddha will already garuantee us rebirth as a deva (divine being/angel) in a heavenly world. If we contemplate that, then even the ultimate fear of death will not be able to conquer our heart.Endless, relentless coverage of pandemic deaths, infections, mutations and so on, generates huge amounts of fear and anxiety. We need to uplift our mind with faith and other wholesome qulities to overcome that anxiety. When we keep our mind bright and fearless, we strengthen our immune system, and continue living life with joy and confidence.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
25 min
July 16, 2021 Paying Attention to Feelings Inside | Ajahn Dhammasiha at Dhammgiri Forest Hermitage
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to turn our mind away from constant preoccupation with external events and distractions, and instead to pay attention what's going on inside of our mind.He uses the example of the pleasant and unpleasant feelings we experience right now:The wordly, sensual pleasant feeling of just having eaten a really nice meal.The spiritual pleasant feeling of making good Karma ('Puñña') through generosity, and from experiencing the emotion of faith/confidence in the Triple Gem; and from developing virtue and samādhi.The worldy painful feeling of having lost a love one recently.The spiritual painful feeling ('Saṃvega') of experiencing impermanence, and yearning for the final release from sickness, death and all suffering through the relaization of Nibbāna.Next, we gradually substitute the worldly sense of loss with the spiritual urgency to realize the escape from all impermanent phenomena. And we replace the worldly pleasant feelings with the spiritual happiness from Dāna, Virtue and Meditation.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive.
39 min
July 14, 2021Directing the Mind Inside | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri
We are far too occupied with external events: She said this, he did that, politics, social media, and so on... Our mind gets constantly pulled outside into the world.
In meditation, however, we direct the mind inside. We turn our attention to internal experience:
What do we feel?

What emotions do we experience?

Can we directly experience our physical body?
Once we become aware of our physical body and our internal feelings, thoughts, and emotions, we start to understand where they come from, what are the causes and conditions for them to arise.
Once we understand where they come from, we are able to abandon the harmful ones, and to cultivate the beneficial ones.

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37 min
July 14, 2021 Hemavata Sutta Recitation - Sutta Nipāta #153 | Ajahn Moneyyo | Buddhist Pali Chanting
Ajahn Moneyyo recites the Hemavata Sutta (Sutta Nipāta Verses 153-180) at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage. The chanting is in the Pāli, the original language of the Buddha, as preserved in the Canon of the Theravāda tradition. On a full moon night the two Yakkhas (Spirits) Hemavata and Sātāgira meet. Sātāgira is already inspired by the Buddha and wants to convince Hemavata to go to visit the Buddha together.A dialog in verse unfolds in which Hemavata coss-questions Sātāgira about the noble conduct and inner qualities of the Buddha. Sātāgira can inspire the other Yakkha to go to visit the Buddha, and Hemavata then asks the Buddha a series of profound questions.At the end of their dialog Hemavata and Sātāgira take refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, together with a great retinue of Yakkhas. A english translation of the Sutta can be read here:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_9.htmlwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
6 min
July 12, 2021 AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2: Happiness and Rapture
This is the second part of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. It can be cultivated both for samatha/samādhi and for insight/vipassana. The Buddha has given us highly detailed instructions how to develp mindfulness of the breath. The most extensive one is found at Anapanasati-Sutta, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 118:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlIn this talk Ajahn Moneyyo explains the instructions of cultivating the breath to develop mindfulness of feelings ('vedanā'):Training yourself to gladden the mind breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience rapture breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience happiness breathing in and outPart one of this series can be listened to here:https://castbox.fm/episode/AJAHN-MONEYYO%3A-Mindfulness-of-Breathing-Part-1%3A-Knowing-the-Breath-%26-Body-id2744970-id402050941?country=auwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
39 min
July 08, 2021 Contemplating Dukkha (Suffering) without Anxiety or Feeling Down | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Whenever our insight meditation makes us feeling down or anxious, we:Mindfully recognize that we have not yet reached the intended result of the meditationInstead, the intended result is dispassion, letting go, and ultimately the experinece of complete release from all DukkhaWe remind ourselves that there exists this state of complete freedom from old age, sickness and death, Nibbāna, and that it can be realizedWe change to a more uplifting meditation object, like Loving Kindness, Breath Meditation or Buddhānussati, to build up a stronger basis of SamādhiBased on that samādhi and resulting rapture, happiness, and clarity of mindfulness, we return to our contemplation of Dukkha joyfully and without fearwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
28 min
July 06, 2021 AJAHN MONEYYO: Mindfulness of Breathing Part 1: Knowing the Breath & Body
This is the first of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. It can be cultivated both for samatha/samādhi and for insight/vipassana. THe Buddha has given us highly detailed instructions how to develp mindfulness of the breath, the most extensive one is found at Anapanasati-Sutta, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 118:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlKnowing the breath as long or shortTraining yourself to experience the whole body while breathing in and outTraining yourself to calm the bodily formations while breathing in and outwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive
57 min