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Dharma Talks in English
2025-06-07 A simple short refuge mantra is offered 3:20
Ajahn Sucitto
Buddhaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāmi Dhammaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāmi Sanghaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāami {To the Buddha I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbana To the Dhamma I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbana To the Sangha I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbana}
Dhamma Stream Online Sessions

2025-06-07 Liberating the Sense of Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:44
Emily Horn
In this talk, Emily explores the Buddha’s teachings on the Liberating Insights and the Three Characteristics. She explains how suffering and impermanence shape our experience of self—sometimes making it feel solid and fixed, other times more open and fluid. By working skillfully with the hindrances, we can loosen our grip on a rigid sense of self and allow it to move with greater freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Intuitive Wisdom and Embodied Love

2025-06-07 Guided Tour of the 5 Hindrances and 7 Awakening Factors 42:27
Ayya Santussika
After establishing mindfulness and scanning through the body, this guided meditation addresses the 5 hindrances and describes a natural progression through the 7 Factors of Awakening.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-07 Instructions 22:17
Gavin Milne
Reflections around inquiry practice - including the 'view' of parts as a compassionate response for our times.
Gaia House Trusting the Strong and Tender Heart (online)

2025-06-07 Guided Meditation - RAIN as Support for Attuned Awareness 43:21
Gavin Milne
Gaia House Trusting the Strong and Tender Heart (online)

2025-06-07 Exploring Ideas & Themes for Practice 53:28
Juha Penttilä
This recording also includes walking meditation instructions from Monica Antunes.
Gaia House The Eye of the Heart

2025-06-07 Water for Arahant Soup 32:44
Ayya Santussika
"A mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics, acquiring great and abundant good qualities." This reflection points out several ways that virtue supports us in our practice, as the "water for arahant soup".
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-07 Morning Instructions: Grounding in the Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:44
Erin Selover
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Intuitive Wisdom and Embodied Love

2025-06-06 Vital Conditions for Developing the Awakening Factors 18:42
Ayya Santussika
Beginning this two week retreat with the encouraging words of the Buddha from two discourses: SN 46.1 The Himalaya and AN 9.1 Awakening.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-06 Guided meditation: Affectionate breathing 41:30
Christiane Wolf
Options for “warming up” mindfulness of breath practice with somatic practices and inclining to kindness
Big Bear Retreat Center Deep Belonging

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