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Ayya Medhanandi's Dharma Talks
Ayya Medhanandi
Ayyā Medhānandī Bhikkhunī, is the founder and guiding teacher of Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage, a Canadian forest monastery for women in the Theravāda tradition. The daughter of Eastern European refugees who emigrated to Montreal after World War II, she began a spiritual quest in childhood that led her to India, Burma, England, New Zealand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and finally, back to Canada.
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2016-08-14 Reading: Sayadaw U Pandita – Mother Hen 12:16
Satipanna Insight Meditation Toronto (SIMT) Retreat
Sati Saraniya Hermitage
2016-08-13 Reading: Therigatha – Venerable Subha Bhikkhuni’s Poem 9:42
Satipanna Insight Meditation Toronto (SIMT) Retreat
Sati Saraniya Hermitage
2016-07-16 Across the River of Pain 28:03
We long to be free from this wandering, to go beyond all suffering. The body is our raft to cross from one side of the river of pain to the other. And there we leave the raft. But we don’t leave it until we cross, until we realize the Deathless – when no one ‘dies’ but we know the death of greed, of anger, of delusion. As we cross, we end the pain, grief, rage, vulnerability, fear – every form of distress. And where we were once inflamed by these troubles, they give way to the infinitudes of love and compassion.
Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community
2016-03-30 The Power of Metta 54:12
The practice of metta bhavana leads to liberation and has 11 benefits 1) One sleep well; 2) One awakens happily; 3) One does not have bad dreams; 4) One is pleasing to human beings; 5) One is pleasing to spirits; 6) One is protected by dieties; 7) One is not injured by fire, poison or weapons; 8) One's mind quickly becomes concentrated; 9) One's facial complexion is serene; 10) One dies unconfused; and 11) If one does not penetrate further, one fares on to the Brahma world. AN 11:15
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2016-03-29 Morning Instructions 15:44
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2016-03-28 Collection of the Buddha's Suttas 43:23
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2016-03-27 Morning Reflection 14:13
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2016-03-26 Evening Chanting 4:27
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2016-03-26 Gatekeeper Mindfulness 43:44
When the mind is cleared of obstacles, we gain a special skill in developing samadhi. Mindfulness is the gatekeeper enabling the burning away of the defilements. There in the clear, stilled, stabilized mind of unfabricated, primordial purity, the factors of awakening arise. No where else in the world but within this seclusion of mind can we find our true home and realize our Buddha nature.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Finding Inner Peace: Monastic Retreat
2015-12-20 Peace Without Fear - Seven Lights to Freedom 29:18
The Buddha teaches us about seven lights to gain true freedom. They are none other than the factors of enlightenment. Three are dynamic skills that deeply cleanse the mind. In turn, these give rise to four 'septic friendly' brightening agents that lead us to inner wisdom. We learn how to practice forgiveness and compassion, and how to awaken to a selfless benevolence - an unassailable joy, peace and complete freedom of heart.
Sati Saraniya Hermitage

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