A guided meditation by Ajahn VÄ«radhammo, structured around using listening as the primary object of awareness.

In this talk given on a Saturday afternoon, Ajahn VÄ«radhammo offers a few reflections on how to relate to one's memories in a useful way.

The Buddha said "Dear Rohatissa, you're not going to find the end of the world, by traveling physically".  That's when he said that the arising of the world, the ceasing of the world, and the path leading to the ceasing of the world, is right within this

If I have a sense of the goal, then everything else that I do - Sīla, Samādhi, and Pañña - should fit in.  If I don't have a sense of what I think the Buddha might have realized, and I do practices that don't have that aim in mind, and aren't informe

The first element that the Buddha would emphasize was Generosity.  And all these elements, that he recommended, or pointed to, were ways of doing, rather than just positions, philosophical positions, or moral positions, which were simply intellectually t

Meditation is a very part of the training we do, and as monks, that's one of the strong words that we have, that of training, training in body speech, and mind.  And as human beings we can train.  We not just the victims of karma, or the victims of gene

Sleep is a very attractive thing, and there can be a lot of aversion to not being able to take that posture, and develop the endurance to look at that.  And it's very much a part of our forest tradition to not just go with that which is comfortable, to b

I was with Joseph in Thailand, he was "Pabbakaro" then, we were young and very intense, and dedicated to the practice.  And I think Ajahn Chah was fascinated by us, because we were so eccentric, and so intense, and we all thought too much.  He was inter

If you think the popular perception that "my glass is half full", or "my glass is half-empty", that's a perception, isn't it?  Somebody might say "it's better to be an optimist," but then what about the case where you're about to cross the desert, and yo

So, here we are.  Just a warning to everyone, this is about as good as it gets.  I was just thinking this morning about how we have a community thats very diligent, we get along with each other, we all have kutis, and there are no deer flies.  We have