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Yoniso Manasikara - Wise Attention
Tan Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle, WA offered a zoom retreat on this topic in January 2022. He gave three Dhamma talks....

Sanghamitta
Jan 30, 202210 min read
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Craving, Taking Up and Existence
Revised April 27, 2021 How to end suffering by ending craving. The Four Noble Truths are a summary of the Buddha's teachings. The second...

Sanghamitta
Dec 21, 20216 min read
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Finding Joy in the Wholesome
Bhikkhu Bodhi gave a wonderful Dhamma talk on how to arouse joy in our meditation practice. This article is a summary of that talk. When...

Sanghamitta
Sep 15, 20214 min read
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Recollection of the Devas
One of the 40 objects of meditation given by the Buddha = Recollection of the Devas. Ajahn Punnadhammo noticed a parallelism between the...

Sanghamitta
Aug 31, 20212 min read
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Samadhi/Anatta/Citta Retreat with Ajahn Punnadhammo
Ajahn Punnadhammo offered a retreat in Canmore Aug 21 - 23, 2020. His first Dhamma talk was on removing the hindrances to reveal the...

Sanghamitta
Aug 21, 20211 min read
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The Noble Eightfold Path - with the nuns of Aloka Vihara
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 Three of the nuns from Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Ahimsa and Ayya Niyyanika are giving a...

Sanghamitta
Aug 13, 20211 min read
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The Four Protective Meditations
Ayya Santacitta of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery offered this weekend retreat. The four protective meditations are: 1. Contemplation of...

Sanghamitta
Jun 17, 20214 min read
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Three Paths to Jhana
Revised April 15, 2021 This essay is based on a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Brahm. Jhanas are the peaceful bliss states that hone our...

Sanghamitta
Apr 14, 20214 min read
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Walking Meditation
This video starts with arm movement meditation for those confined to a wheel chair. Then the Thai Forest tradition of walking meditation...

Sanghamitta
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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The Death Café Menu
Questions to ask yourself before you are on your deathbed or if you are on your deathbed. What do you want your life to be like when you...

Sanghamitta
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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Dependent Origination
In this video, Sanghamitta attempts to give a simplified explanation of Dependent Origination, the Buddha's schema of causality. The...

Sanghamitta
Feb 19, 20214 min read
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The Four Spiritual Powers -the Iddhipadas
These are also known as the Four Bases of Success. They are: 1. Desire 2. Energy 3. Mind 4. Investigation The Buddha gives a very clear...

Sanghamitta
May 24, 20203 min read
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