Podcast – Tisarana Buddhist Monastery
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Three Dukkhas
A talk based around the three types of dukkha—dukkha vedana (the feeling of dukkha), dukkha sacca (the truth of dukkha), and dukkha lakkhana (the characteristic of dukkha).
Four Brahma-vihara’s
Memory can be like that, we can plug into goodness. Memory is important to understand, and how it works, like in the practices of metta meditation. [We use it] to bring up associations that are wholesome and skillful.
Metta Meditation
Bring up the image of someone whom it's easy to feel affection for. On the in-breath bring the image of them into your heart. On the out-breath wish, "May you be well."
Body Meditation
Quite often we carry a lot of tension in our eyes and our face. So, to become conscious of that can be an interesting exercise. Get in touch with this awareness which isn't looking for anything special.
Practice As a Craft
In the texts the Buddha would often give analogies which related to craft. So you have the musician tuning his instrument, the fletcher straightening his arrow, a carpenter working with a piece of wood- these are the images of craft. So, if there's th
Attachment to Idealism
Quite often we don't reflect on the reality of our hearts and minds. We tend to overlay it with our idealism.
February 2011 Retreat- Discomfort
Physical discomfort is what you have to be aware of. Discomfort makes you restless, so the resistance to discomfort is what you have to get in touch with.
February 2011 Retreat- Guided Meditation
A guided meditation given during a retreat in February, 2011.
February 2011 Retreat- Back to Basics
There's something about not being too complex and just coming back to the basic principles.
Q & A: Anger and Weightlessness
Ajahn conducts a question and answer session. There is one question about anger and one question about weightlessness.