Podcast – Tisarana Buddhist Monastery
Latest Episodes
Zoom Dhamma Talk from 6th June 2020 (MP3 recording)
Ajahn Viradhammo offers some Dhamma reflections on the theme of uncertainty.… Read the rest
Zoom Teaching from 20th June 2020 (MP3 recording)
Ajahn Viradhammo gives some Dhamma reflections on the topic of letting go and non-desire.… Read the rest
Zoom Meeting 19th June 2020 (MP3 recording)
Ajahn Viradhammo offers some reflections on Dhamma. He talks about bringing our desires into awareness so that we can let them go. … Read the rest
The Fifth Precept
Ajahn Viradhammo answers questions at the Pak Chong retreat. These include; How do I stop drinking alcohol? Are there any studies about what happens to the brain after many years of meditation? How do I practice ‘choice-less awareness’?
Free Will?
Tan Khemako answers questions from the retreatants including; What are the qualities of Enlightenment? Do we ever make decisions? What are the four foundations of mindfulness and the seven factors of awakening?
Sadhu Sadhu ‘sadu’!
Ajahn Viradhammo talks about the four heavenly messengers: the old person, the sick person, the corpse, and the sadu (religious seeker). He recommends that we frequently reflect on these because they will rouse in us a sense of urgency to search for t...
The Five Khandas
Tan Khemako reflects on the five khandas that constitute a ‘human being’, often talked about by the Buddha. Tan Khemako talks about how they feature in the Four Noble Truths teaching, and how we can learn to recognize them in our present moment experi...
Investigation or Ice Cream Cones
On Asalha Puja Ajahn Viradhammo reflects on the word ‘practice’, used nowadays by many monastics and lay meditators to refer to our cultivation of the Path. He suggests the terms investigation, reflection,
Thought is Natural
Ajahn Viradhammo answers some more questions during the retreat. He reflects on the pali term Sotāpanna in respect to the first three fetters, and the disadvantage of simply repressing thoughts with a meditation technique.
Zoom Dhamma Talk – 29th May 2020
Luang Por Viradhammo offers some Dhamma reflections via a Zoom meeting on the subject of doubt, the fifth hindrance to samadhi and also the third fetter to stream-entry. … Read the rest