Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
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Dhammatalks, Chanting, Precepts, and Meditation with Ajahn Dhammasiha and other Experienced Senior Buddhist Monks in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Recorded at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia.
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6h ago
This is the ceremony of taking refuge in the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, followed by taking of the FIVE precepts.
We do this ceremony at Dhammagiri:
Every Saturday morning 07.30 am
On the Sundays closest to the full moon at 09.00 am
Requesting Triple Refuge & FIVE Precepts
Mayaṃ Bhante, tisaraṇena saha pañca-sīlāni yācāma.
Dutiyampi, mayaṃ Bhante tisaraṇena saha pañca-sīlāni yācāma.
Tatiyampi, Mayaṃ Bhante tisaraṇena saha pañca-sīlāni yācāma.
(English trsl., not chanted during session:
"Venerable Sir,
we request the Triple Refuge
together with the 5 precepts.
For the seco ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
6h ago
This is the ceremony of taking refuge in the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, followed by taking of the EIGHT precepts.
We do this ceremony at Dhammagiri:
Every Saturday morning 07.30 am
On the Sundays closest to the full moon at 09.00 am
Requesting Triple Refuge & 8 Precepts
Mayaṃ Bhante, tisaraṇena saha aṭṭha-sīlāni yācāma.
Dutiyampi, mayaṃ Bhante tisaraṇena saha aṭṭha-sīlāni yācāma.
Tatiyampi, Mayaṃ Bhante tisaraṇena saha aṭṭha-sīlāni yācāma.
(English trsl., not chanted during session:
"Venerable Sir,
we request the Triple Refuge
together with the 8 precepts.
For the second ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
3d ago
When cultivating bhāvanā (meditation), naturally we have to be mindful of and focussed upon our meditation object; for instance 'Buddho', or the breath, or mettā; and so on...
However, if we try to exclusively focus only on the meditation object with all we've got, the effort quickly becomes ineffective, or even couterproductive.
Instead, while meditating, we always have to check out:
How our mind relates to the meditation object
How the mind relates to the process of meditating
How the mind feels while meditating
What effect meditation has on our mind: Do unwholesome states diminish, and who ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
6d ago
Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to the question how Karuṇā (Compassion) differs from Mettā (Loving Kindness).
Compassion is the wish for all beings to be free from pain and suffering in any form.
Loving Kindness is the wish for all beings to be happy and well.
Though both belong to the 4 'Divine Abidings' (4 Brahmaviharas), and are closely related, in actual experience they feel quite distinct when developing them:
Developing compassion retains a stronger awareness of suffering. It can be easier to 'switch' from developing compassion (which is a form of samatha/calmness meditation) to developing in ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
1w ago
Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to connect with nature, and to contemplate the 4 Great Elements externally as we experience them in the natural environment.
Earth Element (Hardness, Rocks, Stones, Sand, Feeling the Ground while Walking or Sitting)
Water Element (Wet soil or grass or sand or beach; Ocean; Rain; Streams/Rivers)
Fire/Heat Element (Sunshine, warm air, warm breeze)
Wind Element/Energy Movement (Wind, Energy of Rocks and Trees, 'Chi')
It's difficult to contemplate only in the abstract, something that we don't really feel or experience.
Once we can clearly feel and perceive these el ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
1w ago
Ven Jinaratana There offers guidance how we can experience and contemplate the four elements ('Cātu-mahā-bhūtikā') in in our own bodies.
Paṭhavī-dhātu = Earth Element /Solidity
Āpo-dhātu = Water Element / Liquidity
Tejo-dhātu = Fire Element / Heat (or lack of heat, i.e. cold)
Vāyo-dhātu = Wind Element (energy movement)
Bhante Jinaratana was born in Toronto, Canada. He became interested in meditation as a student at the University of Toronto, and began attending intensive retreats in 2002. After graduating with an H.B.Sc. (neuroscience, mathematics) in 2004, he taught English for a year in Na ..read more
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2w ago
In this sutta, the Buddha compares the work of a goldsmith to the work of a meditator trying to purify their mind.
Both have to pay attention to 3 qualities at the appropriate time, without overdoing any of them:
Calming the mind with samādhi / cooling the gold in the smelter
Arousing the mind with energetic effort / heating the gold
Looking on with equanimity / observing the gold with equanimity
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2w ago
Bhante Jinaratana explains how we can starve the 5 hindrances ('anāhāra pañca-nīvaraṇa') in order to gradually weaken and overcome their obstructive influence on our mental development. Like all sankhāras, the five hindrances are conditioned, i.e. they depend on some form of nutriment for their existence. If we reduce the nutriment that's feeding the hindrances, they will become weaker and weaker, allowing our samādhi and wisdom faculty to overcome and finally completey eradicate them.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Bhante Jinaratana was born in Toronto, Canada. He became interested in meditation as a uni ..read more
Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts
3w ago
Ajahn Thee Sabbajayanto shares his experience of arriving in Australia at age 16 for school and further studies.
He didn't know any English, and had to start learning it by 'being thrown in at the deep end'. Naturally, it wasn't easy, and although he liked Australia a lot, he had to work very hard to adjust to a language and culture very different from Thailand.
After school, he finished flight school and became a fully licensed commercial pilot, and could have applied for permanent residency in Australia. However, by that stage he decided that he really wants to be a Buddhist monk, and he r ..read more
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3w ago
On occasion of Easter, Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about a subject that is common to virtually all religions: Loving Kindness.
Loving Kindness, in Pali known as 'Mettā', is the intention of unconditional good will to all beings without exeception or discrimination.
Whatever religion, or no religion at all, whatever race or nationality or sex or age or colour, whether they like us or hate us, the Buddha urges to have loving kindness to absolutely all beings, without exception, without expecting anything in return, without them having to fulfill any conditions for receiving our loving kindness.
We al ..read more