https://files.satisaraniya.ca/audio/talks/2024/Ayya_Medhanandi_Taming_of_the_Shrewd_2024.mp3Download Audio File My personal identity was dismantled on the full moon of March, 1988. That was the day I donned the robes of a Buddhist alms-mendicant nun. I’d been practising intensive meditation at the Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma)...

How to transcend the small view of ignorance and delusion? We must cross over these false boundaries and delve into the depths at the heart of our hearts. We discover what truly matters in trying so hard to gain wisdom. It’s a question of...

The Ratana Sutta chant, Verses on the Treasures of the Dhamma: Visakha, the Buddha’s devotee, reflects on her generosity to the Sangha: “When I remember it, I shall be glad. When I am glad, I shall be happy. When my mind is happy, my...

At dusk, our home grown stupa alight after a memorial to dear friend Martin Edge. We chant, breathe, reflect and renew our trust. Listening to the sky touching earth and its echo in the mind dissolving within itself. Ayyā Medhānandī reflects on pure internal...