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Aruna Ratanagiri Dhamma Talks

by Aruna Ratanagiri

Mostly Dhamma talks given by Ajahns Munindo, Abhinando, Punnyo at Aruna Ratanagiri, Harnham Buddhist Monastery - a monastery of the Theravada Buddhist Forest Tradition - in Northumberland, UK.

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Episodes

  1. Success Calls For Commitment

    Dhammapada verse 155, renunciation, youth, medicine, foundation, story, wealthy parents, education, poor, unshakeable realisation, fundamental principle, building a house, Ajahn Chah, visiting the West, going without to develop, affluence, option fatigue, overwhelmed, anxiety, entitlement,...

  2. Intentional Appreciation

    Dhammapada 163, goodness, benefit, overwhelm, evolution, Ajahn Sucitto, fault finding, neurobiologists, easy to criticise, politics, discriminative intelligence, whole body-mind, Ajahn Chah quote, Ajahn Thate, consciousness, brain, primary organ, guided meditation, dhammakatha.org, aliveness,...

  3. It Is What You Are, Not What You Look Like: Ajahn Chah Memorial

    Wat Pah Pong, monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, honouring, defining teaching style, parents, frustration, comfortable, fierce, warm-heartedness, relatability, icon, human being, Ajahn Amaro, over-sleeping, eat little, eat more, ideal, idealistic, attentiveness, lost in doubt, ‘I’ve been there’…

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  4. The Special Relevance Of Compassion

    New Year’s Eve, various teachings, Kalama Sutta, relevant, Magadhi, throwing a tantrum, cold-hearted conceptual analysis, Kisa Gotami, totally identified in our heads, approximations, anger, wimpish, ineffectual, transformative power, strength, wisdom, meditation, cultivate compassion, flavour of...

  5. Reintegrating Rather Than Relinquishing

    New Moon, Uposatha Day, Dhammapada verse 132, external, internal, happy being, frightened self, foe, right and left hands fighting, festive season, collective insanity, equanimous evaluation, emotionally loaded, judgement, discipled attention, embodied mindfulness, conscious composure, work...

  6. Seeing Humility As A Safety Net

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Mahamangala Sutta, blessings, auspiciousness, protections, imperturbability, worldly winds, lokadhamma, nivata, humility, self references, false humility, hubris, limited being, our least, overshadowing, wholesome aspirations, betrayed, heart-broken, asking…

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  7. Susceptible To Seeing Anew

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Skilful means, Ajahn Chah, Everything Is Teachings Us, learning, bored, disillusionment, positive, inherently limited, purification, 5 spiritual faculties, spiritual competence, trust in true principles, law of gravity, consciousness, motivation, preferences,...

  8. Outshining The Sorrow

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Positivity, communication, 4 Divine Abidings, well-wishing, empathy, equanimity, generosity, self-centred, gratitude, warm-hearted, 5 ways of dealing with distractions, sorrow, compassion, struggle, may I be free from struggling, self-care, Ajahn Chah,...

  9. Nekkhamma And Option Fatigue

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Transformative potential, trust, meditation, patience, compost, frustration, casual gratification, appointed as abbot, training monastery, resistance, teachers, boredom, terrible-twos, boundaries, indecisive, renunciation, setting limitations, nekkhamma…

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  10. This New Religious Paradigm

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Kathina ceremony, dhamma talk, food, chanting, hungry, gifts, most important, true principles, benefit, blessings, Mahamangala Sutta, deva, auspicious, runes, virtue, anxiety, spiritual faculties, integrity, sila, precepts, beauty, transformation, remorse…

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  11. Balancing of Wisdom and Compassion

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Mahayana, Theravada, ‘Trusting In The Heart’, suffering, the Middle Way, first teachings, Four Noble Truths, Pancavaggi bhikkhus, spiritual faculties, complicit, self-loathing, overwhelmed, nourished, Brahma Viharas, open-hearted state, samadhi, intoxicated,...

  12. The Positivity Of Denied Dukkha

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Results, Dhammapada 119, 120, growing up, fruit trees, creative, obstructions, denied dukkha, maranasati, mortality, trauma, traumatised, psychotherapy, damaged goods, cleaning your teeth, spiritual faculties, reintegrated, coping strategy, Chinese medicine,...

  13. The Three Greats

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Feeling challenged, failing, addictions, distraction, avoidance, dislike, hatred, megalomaniacal, disappointment, rage, progress, Dhammapada verse, 103, spiritual faculties, conquering delusion, Tathagata, sensitivity, aliveness, mindfulness, resilience,...

  14. Right Determination

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Transforming virtues, generosity, loneliness, good fortune, determination, strength, competence, reserve, foot and mouth disease, addhittana parami, panidhana, Dipankara Buddha, stickability, staying-power, sustaining capacity, modesty, smoking, ritual...

  15. Readying Ourselves For Life

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) The Discourse on the Turning of the Law, Four Noble Truths, foundation, advanced spiritual abilities, insight, preparation, spiritual faculties, human intelligence, comfort, the great matter, ‘what is this all about’, unshakeable, great doubt, rewire thinking,...

  16. The Doorway Of Generosity

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Disinclination to teach, Brahma, unawakened state, but a little dust in their eyes, dana parami, transforming virtues, foundational, meditation, wisdom, supportive conditions, conceptual understanding, transformative understanding, relationship, kalyanamitta,...

  17. The Actual Newness Of Each Moment

    (keywords) (slightly edited version) Present moment awareness, past, future, resentment, forgiveness, aspirations, unique, newness, freshness, beginning again, soul, essence, endurance, ultimate transformer, cultivating competence, Thai language, great faith, great doubt, great endurance, formal...

  18. On Humility

    Talk given in 2024

  19. The World On Fire

    Talk given in 2024

  20. An Avoidable Conflagration

    Talk given in 2024

  21. The Saying No Practice

    Talk given in 2024

  22. Q: How Can I Be Sure

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  23. Q: Though I Am Practising Hard, I Seem To Be Going Backwards

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  24. Q: How To Deal With Feeling Misunderstood?

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  25. Q: A Contemplation On The 5 Spiritual Faculties?

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  26. Q: A Contemplative Perspective On Compulsive Stress Eating

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  27. Q: What Precautions To take To Protect The Opening Heart?

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  28. Q: Can You Recommend Ways Of Letting Go Of Painful Rejections?

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  29. Q: Isn’t It Selfish To Be Cultivating Contentment?

    From Q&A on dhammakatha.org, given in 2024

  30. 10 Minute 'Aligning' Meditation

    Guided meditation given in 2024

  31. 5 Minute 'Aligning' Meditation

    Guided meditation given in 2024

  32. The Open-Hearted State

    Talk given in 2023

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Mostly Dhamma talks given by Ajahns Munindo, Abhinando, Punnyo at Aruna Ratanagiri, Harnham Buddhist Monastery - a monastery of the Theravada Buddhist Forest Tradition - in Northumberland, UK.

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Mostly Dhamma talks given by Ajahns Munindo, Abhinando, Punnyo at Aruna Ratanagiri, Harnham Buddhist Monastery - a monastery of the Theravada Buddhist Forest Tradition - in Northumberland, UK.

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