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- Good Karma & Precepts as Foundation for Meditation - Ajahn DhammasihaTo successfully train the mind in silent meditation, we have to first establish a foundation in good karma (puñña), virtue (sīla), sense restraint (indriya-saṃvara), and contentment (santuṭṭhi). Only with that foundation is our heart bright, light, radient and happy enough to really enjoy solitude and long periods of internal focus.www.castbox.fm/ch/2744970www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks40 min
- 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 encourages us to become fully aware of our mind while we're watching the breath, as the Buddha described in the third tetrad on Ānāpāṇasati:
- We train ourselves to breathe in and out experiencing the mind
- We train ourselves to breathe in and out exceedingly delighting the mind
- We train ourselves to breathe in and out unifying the mind
- We train ourselves to breathe in and out liberating the mind
In other words, the breath serves as anchor for our awareness, but the main object we're attending to is the quality of out mind. We're observing the mind while it's meditating on the breath. And we're gently cultivating the moods and emotions that are helpful and beneficial for our mind, and that support progress in our meditation.More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage:
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35 min - We train ourselves to breathe in and out experiencing the mind
- Cruising on the road to Samadhi - Ajahn DhammadharoA guided meditation on how to avoid obstructions and stay on the path to develop Samadhi by Ajahn Dhammadharo.30 min
- Mettā, the Buddha's Teaching on Loving Kindness - Ajahn DhammasihaJust like the sun on a beautiful sunny day dispells all darkness, gloom and cold; similarly Mettā, unconditional good will to all beings, can lighten and brighten our hear, and give a rich source of inner happiness.www.castbox.fm/ch/2744970www.dhammagiri.org.awww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks36 min
- Finding an inner Sanctuary - Ajahn DhammadharoA Dhamma-Reflection/Guided Meditation by Ajahn Dhammadharo32 min
- The beauty of the Dhamma - Ajahn DhammadharoA short reflection by Ajahn Dhammadharo about the beauty of the Dhamma, the Teaching of the Buddha.24 min
- Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension - Ajahn DhammadharoA short explanaition about the difference of Mindfulness (Sati) and Clear Comprehension (Sampajañña).www.castbox.fm/ch/2744970www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks14 min
- Mettā Loving Kindness and 3rd Satipaṭṭhāna - Ajahn DhammasihaLoving Kindness (Mettā), the intention of unconditional, non-judgemental good will to all beings without exception, is generally considered a meditation object mostly to develop samādhi (concentration), and not really suitable for developing insight (vipassana).However, in his reflections Ajahn Dhammasiha provides some pointers how we can practise the Third Foundation of Mindfulness (3rd Satipaṭṭhāna), Contemplation of Mind (Cittānupassanā), while developing Loving Kindness:We mindfully observe if the emotion of Mettā is present throughout our daily life ("Sadosaṃ/vītadosaṃ cittan'ti pajānāti"). We carefully observe how our Mettā changes depending on the conditions we encounter. For instance, if someone treats us in an unfriendly way, our Mettā becomes weaker, or may even turn into irritation. Thus we can observe "phenomena of arising and passing away in regard to mindstates" ("Samudaya-vaya-dhammānupassī vā cittasmiṃ viharati") while trying to sustain the emotion of Loving Kindness throughout the day.www.castbox.fm/ch/2744970www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks32 min
- 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 universe is included.
Mettā, Loving Kindness, is the intention of unconditional good will to everyone. Non-judgemental, loving friendliness to all living beings.
However, it is often easier to develop Mettā gradually, starting with one being we find most easy to wish well. For instance, an aunty or uncle we really like, or even an animal we know, like a cute cat or dog or puppy or kitten.
(But it should be a real being, still alive, not a departed or imaginary being.)We use the formula:
- "In gladness and in safety, may you be at ease!"
and repeat it silently in our mind, just like a mantra, while we think of and direct our good will to the person or animal we have choosen.
However, the words are only meant as a technique to arouse the feeling, the emotion of unconditional friedliness to all conscious beings. The main task is to get the emotion, the feeling going in our heart. Not just thinking about, but actually feeling, experiencing Mettā. It may manifest as some pleasant warmth, or a feeling like the chest opening up, or like a beautiful golden light, or just like a general sense of well being.
Once we feel what the words of our mantra mean, then we can quite easily direct this emotion to more and more beings, making sure that we also include ourselves. Finally, we radiate Mettā in all directions, and imagine that our good will extends throughout the universe, suffusing all beings with our loving kindness.
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44 min - Dhamma Happiness vs Worldly Happiness - Ajahn DhammasihaThere are two different kinds of happiness, worldly of connected with Dhamma. We can experiencewordly pleasant feeling based on sensual indulgence, or based on acquiring material possessions. However, this coarse wordly happiness is often accompanied with negative side effects, one has to increase dosage to get the same 'kick' again, and in any case it's very impermanent.On the other hand, we can experience a superior, more sublime happiness based on Dhamma, e.g. the joy of generosity, the clear conscience from keeping precepts, the ease resulting from sense restraint, and the bliss of samādhi and insight. This Dhamma happiness is not dependent on anything external, we will take it with us even beyond death to the next life, and ultimately it will lead us to the supreme happiness of Nibbāna.www.castbox.fm/ch/2744970www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.vimeo.com/dhammatalks24 min
About Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
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Dhamma Talks, Chanting, Precepts and Meditation
with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Ajahn Moneyyo,
and other experienced Senior Buddhist Monks
in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah.
Recorded at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage,
Brisbane, Australia.
Our website:
https://www.dhammagiri.net
Our Youtube Channel,
including regular live streams on the weekend
"Dhammatalks at Dhammagiri":
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