These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.

These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.

These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.

These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.

From a past Tisarana Residential Retreat: Ajahn VÄ«radhammo speaks about what it means to be part of the Lay Buddhist Saá¹…gha. This requires a deep commitment, responsibility, and aspiration to follow the path laid out by the Buddha for the full realizat

This is from a Friday night talk at the Ottawa Buddhist Society. Ajahn Vīradhammo speaks about the practice in general and the value of living a spiritual life. He develops the theme of muditā (gladness) and explores how we can bring joy into our lives.

This is a recording of Tisarana's 2014 Kathina. In this traditional Kathina ceremony the laity offers the Tisarana monks who have stayed together for the three month rains retreat, gifts of robe cloth and other requisites. If you are interested in hearin

Luang Por VÄ«radhammo discusses how to work with a mind obsessed with outward conditions and social experiences. By using the perception of all conditions being in awareness we can release our outward going tendencies.

At the Ottawa Buddhist Society's Day of Mindfulness held on July 4th, 2014, Ajahn VÄ«radhammo begins a talk about how he works with anticipation and then moves on to answering several questions on Dhamma.

The practices of Buddhism have a two fold nature. The first is as an actor, the area of our active life: morality, generosity, social responsibility, relations to others, etc.. And the second is as a witness, the area of our contemplative life: witnessing