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Metta Forest Monastery: Thanissaro Bhikkhu's most recent Dharma talks

Dharma practice is medicine for the mind -- something particularly needed in a culture like ours that actively creates mental illness in training us to be busy producers and avid consumers. As individuals, we become healthier through our Dharma practice, which in turn helps bring sanity to our society at large. Giving dharma talks offers me the opportunity to express gratitude for my Thai teachers -- Ajahn Fuang Jotiko and Ajahn Suwat Suvaco -- in appreciation of the many years they spent training me, which came with the understanding that the teachings continue past me. Giving dharma talks also pushes me to articulate what I haven''t yet verbalized to myself in English. This in turn enriches my own practice. When you help a wide variety of people deal with their issues, it helps you practice with yours.When giving a talk, I try to remain true to three things: my training, my study of the early Buddhist texts, and the needs of my listeners. The challenge is to find the point where

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Episodes

  1. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Present Moment is Not the Goal

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) There’s a common understanding that the purpose of meditation is to fully arrive in the present moment. However, the Buddha taught people to focus on the present moment not as a goal, but as a place where work is to be done to go beyond the present....

  2. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Right View Comes First

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) Thanissaro Bhikkhu reviews the Four Noble Truths as the categorical teaching of the Buddha - true and always beneficial. He describes the duties that enable us to fully understand and comprehend them and how the three characteristics - Dukkha…

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  3. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Karma of Now

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  4. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Refuge

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) Thanissaro Bhikkhu speaks about the meaning of refuge in practice. As we strive for wisdom, purity and compassion; develop mindfulness in order to have a solid state of concentration; and strive to fit into the dharma rather than the other way…

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  5. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 6

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  6. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 5

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  7. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 4

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  8. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 3

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  9. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 2

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  10. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Discussing the Maps - Part 1

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  11. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Maps to Awakening

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society) This recording provides an introduction to the maps.

  12. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Introduction

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society) Thanissaro gives some introductory points for the weekend.

  13. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Opening Meditation

    (Bellingham Insight Meditation Society)

  14. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: In the Elephant’s Footprint

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  15. Shaila Catherine: Mahakaccana: Clarifying the Most Cryptic Teachings

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) Shaila Catherine concluded our lecture series on the Great Disciples, with a talk about the Venerable Mahakaccana. He was a monk famous for explaining difficult and perplexing teachings. The Buddha sometimes gave brief teachings that left the...

  16. Ayya Santussika: Kisa Gotami: Buddha's Deep Compassion Toward Women

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) In this fourth talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Ayya Santussika, tells the life story of two enlightened, fully ordained nuns. In fact, there were quite a few of enlightened, fully ordained nuns at the Buddha's time. The...

  17. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Ananda:The Man with the Questions

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) In this second talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, talks about the contributions by Ananda to the Dharma. Because of his incredible memory, what we know in the Pali Canon today came mostly from Ananda's...

  18. Shaila Catherine: Angulimala: An Ethical Transformation

    (Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) In this first talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Shaila Catherine, tells the life story of Angulimala and his transformation from notorious robber and murdered to a peaceful, compassionate, truthful, and awakened monk. It…

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  19. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Dharma Talk - Exhortation

    (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)

  20. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Guided Meditation

    (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)

  21. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Opening Talk with Guided Meditation

    (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)

  22. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: What is Insight--and What Good Is It?

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  23. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Art and Study of Practice

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  24. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Lessons from the Kalama Sutta

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) The Kalama Sutta is most famous for its encouragement not to place total trust in traditions and texts, but it also encourages you not to place total trust in your sense of reason and preferences. So where can you place your trust? This talk focuses on the...

  25. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Selves & Not-Self, Part III

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) One in a series of 3 talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more...

  26. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Selves and Not-Self, Part II

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) One in a series of 3 Talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more...

  27. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Selves & Not-Self, Part I

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) One in a series of 3 talks: The Buddha viewed perceptions of self and not-self as a form of karma, or action. Thus the question is not, “Do I have a self?” or “What is my true self?” Instead, it is “When is it skillful to perceive a self, and when is it more...

  28. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Noble Wealth

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) The inner quialities that provide wealth for the mind - a sense of freedom and security - regardless of outside conditions.

  29. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Paradox of Becoming

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  30. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Karma: Free To Do The Right Thing

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  31. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Appropriate Attention: A Healthy Ego

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  32. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Mindfulness: Pulling Out Of The Narratives

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  33. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Mindfulness: Walking Meditation: Stillness In Motion

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  34. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Mindfulness: Equanimity Isn'T Apathy

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  35. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Body: Seeing With The Body

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  36. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Appropriate Attention: The Regularity Of The Dhamma

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  37. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Appropriate Attention: Duties In The Present

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  38. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Appropriate Attention: Appropriate Attention

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  39. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Death: A Refuge From Death

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  40. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Mindfulness: Mindfulness Defined

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  41. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Suffering: Our Sense Of Self

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  42. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Suffering: The Wheel Of Dhamma

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  43. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Karma: The Rhythm Of Karma

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  44. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: The Body: The World Of The Body

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  45. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Committee Mind: Informing The Whole Committee

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  46. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Disruptive Emotions: Mange In The Mind

    (Metta Forest Monastery)

  47. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Talk And Q&A 2

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.

  48. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Final Talk And Q&A.

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.

  49. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Guided Meditation

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.

  50. Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Morning Talk And Q&A

    (New York Insight Meditation Center) The Buddha's teachings on Karma provide a necessary foundation for understanding how meditation works to develop tranquility and insight.

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Dharma practice is medicine for the mind -- something particularly needed in a culture like ours that actively creates mental illness in training us to be busy producers and avid consumers. As individuals, we become healthier through our Dharma practice, which in turn helps bring sanity to our society at large. Giving dharma talks offers me the opportunity to express gratitude for my Thai teachers -- Ajahn Fuang Jotiko and Ajahn Suwat Suvaco -- in appreciation of the many years they spent training me, which came with the understanding that the teachings continue past me. Giving dharma talks also pushes me to articulate what I haven''t yet verbalized to myself in English. This in turn enriches my own practice. When you help a wide variety of people deal with their issues, it helps you practice with yours.When giving a talk, I try to remain true to three things: my training, my study of the early Buddhist texts, and the needs of my listeners. The challenge is to find the point where

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