Classic accounts of pilgrimages on foot to the Buddhist holy places of India, Nepal and Tibet read by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott. Three books: Rude Awakenings, Great Patient One and In My Teacher’s Footsteps, read by the authors as a weekly offering during the COVID times.
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As a monk, I bring a strong commitment, along with the renunciate flavor, to the classic Buddhist teachings. I play with ideas, with humor and a current way of expressing the teachings, but I don't dilute them. Sitting in a field of fifty to eighty people really starts my mind sparking. Since I don't prepare my talks ahead of time, I find myself listening to what I'm saying along with everyone else. This leaves a lot of room for the Dhamma to come up. Just having eighty people listening to m ...
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Talking about some mindful shit
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Ajahn Sucitto: Connecting inner and outer through parami
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Ajahn Sucitto: Kathina talk - What is all this for?
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(Cittaviveka)By Ajahn Sucitto
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Ajahn Sucitto: Sovereignity as a Dhamma practice
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(On the road) Offered at the kathina at Tisarana Buddhist Monastery in Perth, CanadaBy Ajahn Sucitto
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(On the road) 00:29 Q1 Could you talk about working with distraction? 07:27 Q2 Karma and the end of karma. 27:48 Q3 What carries on [when we die]?What doesn’t carry on? 33:52 Q4 Could you recommend a book or a source that discusses this [the phases of transition]? 45:36 Q5 What is the difference between awareness and consciousness? 50:42 Q6 So when…
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(On the road) Citta freed is warm and bright (Offered in Bethany, near Toronto.)By Ajahn Sucitto
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(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions) The original questions were live. They have been précised and read by a third person. Q1 A woman asks: I have a sister who's in a care home and lives far away. She's younger than I and I feel a degree of responsibility and want to help her. It's been discovered there's been some theft from her bank account which she …
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Ajahn Sucitto: Citta and the aggregates
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(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions) Questions are précised: 01:17 Q1 You mentioned during meditation to start with breathing out. I noticed in my own practice that I don't fully breathe out. In fact breathing out intentionally is more exhausting. How can I be more balanced? 12:27 Q2 I have a mental pattern with deep roots, obsessing over details like t…
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Ajahn Sucitto: Cultivating the energy of breathing
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(Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT))By Ajahn Sucitto
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Ajahn Sucitto: Doing, not-doing – entering causality
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Ajahn Sucitto: GM - Tuning into the stream of good will.
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Giving Merit to a Broken Heart part 2
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Giving Merit to a Broken Heart - Ajahn Sucitto
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Learning to listen to the body and give attention to what is useful to feed our hearts good nutrition.
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Three Reflections of a Renunciant | Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi speaks on the three themes the Buddha said should be reflected upon by "one who has gone forth" in Sutta 101 of the Anguttara Nikāya. A relevant teaching for all practitioners, this talk was given at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, California, in 2007. An accompanying article may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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The Buddha’s Birth | Ajahn Jayasāro Reads Grevel Lindop
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Few have told the story of the Buddha's life as well as Grevel Lindop in his poem, "Touching the Earth". Ajahn Jayasāro's reading of an excerpt from the epic infuses the story of the Bodhisatta's birth with faith come from of a life of practice. A PDF of the full poem can be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Living with Luangta Maha Boowa | Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano
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Ajahn Dick Sīlaratano reflects on his training under Luangta Maha Boowa, one of the most respected teachers of the twentieth-century Thailand. An accompanying article can be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.By www.fourthmessenger.org
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Right View Comes First | Ajahn Ṭhānissaro
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Ajahn Ṭhānissaro reviews the Four Noble Truths as the categorical teaching of the Buddha—true and always beneficial. He describes the duties that enable us to fully understand and comprehend them and how the three characteristics—Dukkha, Anicca, Anatta—are used in support of these duties and this understanding. An accompanying article can be found …
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The Complete Path of Practice | Ajahn Anan Akiñcano
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Renowned Thai Forest meditation master and disciple of the late Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Anan Akiñcano is known for his ability to teach the Dhamma on many levels, from the mundane to the super-mundane. This talk, translated by long-time disciple Ajahn Kalyano, gives a sweeping summary of the entire path of Buddhist practice, from the early stages of medi…
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Ayya Anandabodhi, the senior teacher at Aloka Vihara Monastery, speaks about understanding the First Noble Truth as attachment to the five aggregates of clinging. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.By www.fourthmessenger.org
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Engaging the 16 Steps of Breath Meditation | Ajahn Pasanno
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A monk of over forty years, Ajahn Pasanno is the most senior ordained disciple of Ajahn Chah in the United States. He helped found Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in Redwood Valley, California, where he currently resides. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Ordained for nearly forty years, Ajahn Candasiri is the most senior sīladhārā nun of the Ajahn Chah Thai Forest Lineage. After helping found Chithurst and Amaravati monasteries in England, she moved to Milntuim Hermitage in Scotland where she now resides. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Ordained for over forty years, Ajahn Sucitto trained under Ven. Ajahn Sumedho in the lineage of the Thai forest master, Ven. Ajahn Chah. He was part of the group that established Cittaviveka, Chithurst Forest Monastery, in England. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Becoming:Why Public Speaking is More Terrifying than Worldwide Nuclear Destruction | Ajahn Amaro
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Ordained for over forty years, Ajahn Amaro trained under Ven. Ajahn Sumedho in the lineage of the Thai forest master, Ven. Ajahn Chah. He helped found Abhayagiri Monastery in California and is the current abbot of Amaravati Monastery in the UK. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Three Years of Wandering | Tan Pamutto with Ajahn Sona
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In 2015, after seven years in various monasteries, 'Tahn' Pamutto began a period of ascetic wandering practice and came to the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Over the next three years, he often dwelt in the forest and ate almsfood placed in his bowl, living up to some of the most rigorous forest monk practices. He traveled constantly by f…
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The Eight Worldly Concerns | Ven. Thubten Chodron
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Ven. Thubten Chodron, abbess of Sravasti Abbey in Newport, WA, went forth over forty years ago. Here she reflects on the eight "worldly winds" described by the Buddha and elaborated on by her teacher, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.…
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Ajahn Sona is a first-wave Western Theravada ordained monk and the Abbot of Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery (‘Birken’). More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger.org.By www.fourthmessenger.org
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Buddhist Cosmology | Ajahn Brahmali
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From ideas of cosmic cycles to descriptions of the solar system, the model of the universe put forward in the suttas corresponds to a surprising degree with modern understanding. In his essay, Ajahn Brahmali investigates the implications of these unlikely parallels. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourthmessenger…
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Kisa Gotami & the Buddha’s Deep Compassion towards Women | Ayya Santussika
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Ayya Santussika, in residence at Karuna Buddhist Vihara (Compassion Monastery), spent five years as an anagarika (eight-precept nun), then ordained as a samaneri (ten-precept nun) in 2010 and as a bhikkhuni (311 rules) in 2012 at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https://www.fourth…
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Liberation through Kindness | Venerable Canda
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Ven. Canda went forth as a Buddhist nun in Burma in 2006 and subsequently took full ordination with Ajahn Brahm. She founded the Anukampa Bhikkhuni project in England, which aims to create a monastic home for bhikkhunis. To support their vision, visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/. More information and monastic teachings may be found at https…
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Lessons from the Kalama Sutta | Ajahn Ṭhānissaro
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The Kalama Sutta is most famous for its encouragement not to place total trust in traditions and texts, but it also encourages you not to place total trust in your sense of reason and preferences. So where can you place your trust? This talk focuses on the dilemma posed by the sutta's recommendations, and the way in proposes out of the dilemma. Mor…
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Ordained for over forty years, Ajahn Sucitto trained under Ven. Ajahn Sumedho in the lineage of the Thai forest master, Ven. Ajahn Chah. He was part of the group that established Cittaviveka, Chithurst Forest Monastery, in England.By www.fourthmessenger.org
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Map: Tibet Return Extras: Chapter Notes Photos:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8By Nick Scott
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Map: Dolma La, Lake Manasarovar Extras: Chapter Notes Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, 21,22,23,24,25By Nick Scott
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Map: Kora Extras: Chapter Notes Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Chapter 7. The Spiritual and the Profane
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Map: Western Kingdoms Extras: Chapter Notes Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Chapter 6. Dealing with Disappointment
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Map: Western Tibet Extras: Chapter Notes Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Map: Borders Extras: Chapter Notes Photos:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Chapter 4.The Joy of Being on the Path
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Map: Humla Extras: Chapter Notes, Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21By Nick Scott
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Map: Nepal Extras: Chapter Notes, Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Maps: Morocco, Atlas Mountains Extras: Chapter Notes Photos: 1,2,3,4,5,6, 7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Map: Ireland & Britain Extras: Photo, Chapter NotesBy Nick Scott
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Extras: Cover, About the Cover, Chapter Notes,By Nick Scott
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By Ajahn Sucitto & Nick Scott
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Listen to Paula talk about her experience with dying, recovery from addiction, and finances. #MindfulFemale #MindfulMale #Recovery #PaulaLangguthRyan #MindfulRecoveries
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Anthony De Mello ~ Rediscovery of Life
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A full retreat lead by Anthony De Mello about finding happiness and spiritual awakening.
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Scott Jennings: Felon to Serial Entrepreneur
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(Listen to what Scott has done with his life using spiritual principles and actions. Not only has he changed his life, but the lives of thousands of other people. Listen to his secrets and dominate. (Please be advised the audio is a little rough). #Worlddominationa #Inmatetoentrepreneur #Recovery #Attitude #PrisonReform Please donate so we can keep…
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