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Retreat Dharma Talks

Finding Refuge

What does it mean to take Refuge? How do we deepen our refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha? What does that mean in our practice and in our daily life?

2026-10-23 (7 days) Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

  
2026-10-24 Body Scan Meditation 10:01
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi instructs on how to conduct a body scan meditation to bring awareness to different parts of the body.
2026-10-24 Standing Meditation 21:12
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi leads a guided standing meditation that brings awareness to the body and expresses gratitude for its support of our practice.
2026-10-24 The Liberating Path 43:53
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi explains how following the Noble Eightfold Path leads to the liberation of the heart, with an emphasis on Right Effort.
2026-10-25 Making Room in the Heart for the Wholesome 22:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi and leads a meditation on liberating the heart center through cultivating metta.
2026-10-25 Breathing with the Trees Meditation 8:43
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi leads a breathing meditation using the analogy of trees in a forest.
2026-10-25 Finding Our Inner Refuge 44:10
Ayya Anandabodhi
Ayya Anandabodhi explains how taking refuge in the Triple Gem of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha can be seen in light of taking refuge in the mind’s natural capacity for awareness, the teachings on impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and non-self evident in our current bodies and minds, and the wisdom that motivates us to keep practicing in the face of hardship.
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