Podcast – Tisarana Buddhist Monastery

Podcast – Tisarana Buddhist Monastery


Latest Episodes

This Is a Good Life
November 08, 2015

Following Venerable Khema's Bhikkhu Ordination Luang Por Vīradhammo explains how this path of being a Buddhist monk and living within a Saṅgha provides an excellent condition for growth, maturity, learning new skills,

A Tradition of Expertise
November 01, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo explores how we learn by engaging with and accepting the way reality is presenting itself to us. We thereby become more competent in whatever it is we are applying ourselves to.

Caught by the Color of Experience
October 25, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo uses the theme of color to explore how we are confused by the sense or color of our mental impressions. To free ourselves from this delusion, we learn how to use discernment to give ourselves an edge on the knowing quality of our exper...

The Willingness to Awaken to Discontent
October 18, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo explains how we can use discernment to awaken to the Noble Truth of suffering. Ajahn uses the pali word lakkhana (mark or characteristic) as a way to understand the role discernment plays in exploring discontent.

The Buddha as a Car Mechanic
October 11, 2015

The Buddha is likened to the role of a car mechanic rather than being in the role of an abstract theoretician. A car mechanic explores the problem, realizes what is broken, fixes it, and then might teach someone what was done from that very real basis ...

One Size Does Not Fit All – Q & A
October 04, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo answers questions from the laity during an informal tea time session at Tisarana. Themes include letting go, ego development, navigating though sense distractions, developing paramis, generosity, self-thinking, present moment awareness,

The Smell of Donuts
September 27, 2015

A talk by Luang Por Viradhammo: Our minds are stimulated by so many experiences that we are not given enough space to reflect on the nature of Dhamma. We are consistently being drawn outward by our tendency to move toward external experience and may fi...

Submitting to the Reality of the Egg
September 20, 2015

Luang Por Viradhammo speaks about the need to harmonize with our experience of reality rather than fighting against this reality, wanting it to be different, believing that is it different, or trying to force it to be other than what it is.

Two Perceptions
September 13, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo addresses how the Buddha's teachings speak of two perceptions: the conventional and the transcendent.

Self Reflection
September 06, 2015

Ajahn Viradhammo gives advice on how to develop the skill of self reflection.