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        2021-06-04
            'Just as the Rivers' Blessing Chant 
    
        2025-08-09
            "What do you want?": A Practice for Letting Go | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2015-10-13
            01 Letting Go: Suffering, Impermanence, Not-Self, and the Aggregates 
    
        2016-11-15
            01 Saturday Morning 
    
        2015-10-13
            02 Body Meditation 
    
        2016-11-15
            02 Introduction to Refuges & Precepts 
    
        2015-10-14
            03 Dispelling the Hindrances 
    
        2016-11-15
            03 Saturday Afternoon Dharma Talk 
    
        2016-11-15
            04 Guided Meditation 
    
        2015-10-14
            04 Methods to Understand and Work with Feeling 
    
        2016-11-15
            05 Dhamma talk - The Four Powers 
    
        2015-10-15
            05 First Feeding Your Demons Session 
    
        2016-11-15
            06 Q&A 
    
        2015-10-15
            06 Q&A and Feeding Your Demons Discussion 
    
        2016-11-15
            07 Guided Meditation 
    
        2015-10-16
            07 Second Feeding Your Demons Session 
    
        2016-11-15
            08 Dhamma talk - The Highest Blessings 
    
        2015-10-16
            08 Perception 
    
        2015-10-16
            09 Investigating Perceptions: What am I adding to this experience? 
    
        2016-11-15
            09 Q&A 
    
        2016-11-15
            10 Chant - The Highest Blessings 
    
        2015-10-16
            10 Q&A Night 
    
        2016-11-15
            11 Dhamma talk - Creating Refuge 
    
        2024-01-01
            2024 New Year's Day(long) AM Session 
    
        2024-01-01
            2024 New Year's Day(long) PM session 
    
        2025-04-19
            8 Movements Towards Peace and Happiness | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2023-12-30
            A World at War: The Practitioner's Approach 
    
        2025-10-25
            Acceptance 
    
        2024-12-28
            Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths  | Ayya Santussikā. Daylong 02/03 
    
        2024-12-28
            Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths - Daylong Retreat - 01/03 
    
        2024-12-28
            Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths | Ayya Santussikā. Daylong 03/03 
    
        2023-06-03
            Advice to Rahula 
    
        2024-04-03
            Afternoon Day 2: Impermanence Q&A 
    
        2024-04-04
            Afternoon Day 3: Q&A on Meditation (Jhanas, Precepts, Insight, Meditation, Obje… 
    
        2024-04-05
            Afternoon Day 4: Kamma, 4 Powers vs. 5 Fears 
    
        2024-04-06
            Afternoon Day 5: Transcendent Dependent Arising 
    
        2016-11-12
            Afternoon Dhamma Talk 
    
        2016-11-13
            Afternoon Dhamma Talk 
    
        2016-11-12
            Afternoon Final Dhamma Talk 
    
        2025-03-22
            Afternoon Session: Guided Meditation: Tetrad 1 + Metta 
    
        2025-09-26
            All Conditioned Things Are Impermanent -  All Things Are Not Self l KBV & CMM 
    
        2016-09-03
            Almsgiving 2016 at Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery 
    
        2024-11-16
            Am I Doing Enough in My Practice? 
    
        2021-05-08
            Anapanasati Guided Meditation 
    
        2021-05-08
            Anapanasati Guided Meditation 
    
        2022-06-06
            Anapanasati part 1 
    
        2023-06-06
            Anapanasati Part 1 
    
        2022-06-07
            Anapanasati part 2 
    
        2023-06-07
            Anapanasati Tetrad 3 and 4 -- Guided meditation 
    
        2023-07-01
            Anger: Training the Mind to Have Wholesome Mental States 
    
        2015-11-29
            Applying Dhamma to Climate Change and Keeping a Positive Mind 
    
        2023-06-10
            Appreciative Joy Guided Meditation 
    
        2022-06-04
            Arahants 
    
        2024-07-20
            Asalha Puja - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | Part 2 of 3 
    
        2024-07-20
            Asalha Puja - Practice | Part 3 of 3 
    
        2024-07-20
            AsalhaPuja - Adhitthana | Part 1 of 3 
    
        2023-01-14
            Attachments - How to Avoid Entanglement 
    
        2021-05-29
            Attitude, Non-Self, and the Story of Venerable Channa 
    
        2014-04-25
            Ayya Santussika on Fear 
    
        2014-04-25
            Ayya Santussika on Fear - Q&A 
    
        2014-04-24
            Ayya Santussika on Habits 
    
        2014-04-24
            Ayya Santussika on Habits - Q&A 
    
        2025-06-15
            Be the Dhamma, See through the Sense of Self 
    
        2023-03-25
            Being A Good Friend To Ourselves 
    
        2023-02-04
            Being Consistently Kind (Part 1) 
    
        2023-02-04
            Being Consistently Kind (Part 2) 
    
        2023-02-04
            Being Consistently Kind (Part 3) 
    
        2024-02-03
            Birthday Reflection 
    
        2021-04-24
            Blessing 
    
        2025-06-08
            Body Contemplation (33 Parts!?) 
    
        2021-06-09
            Body Deconstruction (Asubha) Guided Meditation 
    
        2025-06-11
            Body Meditation and Chi Gong 
    
        2023-05-21
            Boundaries (Daylong Retreat | Evening Session 
    
        2023-05-21
            Boundaries (Daylong Retreat) - Morning Session 
    
        2017-10-16
            Brahma Viharas (guided meditation) 
    
        2023-05-16
            Brahma-viharas 
    
        2025-07-04
            Brahmavihara Meditation 
    
        2021-04-04
            Brahmaviharas Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-04-04
            Brahmaviharas meditation 
    
        2025-06-08
            Breakthrough Defilement Killers 
    
        2020-07-11
            Breath Energy Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-03-21
            Breath/Divine Abidings meditation 
    
        2023-06-02
            Brief intro 
    
        2020-08-08
            Buddhanusati Dhamma Talk 
    
        2020-08-08
            Buddhanusati Dhamma Talk 
    
        2020-08-08
            Buddhanusati Guided Meditation 
    
        2020-08-08
            Buddhanusati Guided Meditation 
    
        2025-06-10
            Building up the Awakening Factors 
    
        2021-07-26
            Calling the Devas (Chanting) 
    
        2024-07-13
            Calm and Insight 
    
        2024-06-13
            Calming the body, calming the mind 
    
        2024-02-17
            Caring Attention 
    
        2023-06-12
            Changing 
    
        2024-02-25
            Changing - Part One 
    
        2024-02-24
            Changing - Part Two 
    
        2023-06-06
            Changing those Deep Patterns 
    
        2023-06-24
            Chanting the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta 
    
        2023-06-26
            Chanting the Fire Sermon 
    
        2024-06-11
            Choosing Mudita 
    
        2025-08-02
            Click Back and Click Up: Seeing Suffering with Wisdom 
    
        2015-12-12
            Climate Dhamma 
    
        2021-07-17
            Closing and Blessing from Three Ayyas 
    
        2025-06-04
            Closing Guided Meditation and Dhamma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2021-06-10
            Closing Homage in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-06-10
            Closing Homage in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2025-03-26
            Closing Session: Maintaining Joy in a Chaotic World 
    
        2025-06-16
            Coming Out of Crazyland: Three Characteristics Practice and Beyond 
    
        2021-05-01
            Compassion 
    
        2024-06-11
            Compassion 
    
        2023-05-25
            Compassion and Boundaries  (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2021-05-01
            Compassion Dhamma Talk 
    
        2016-11-15
            Complete Recording of Daylong 
    
        2023-07-29
            Contemplations on Ultimate Peace and Loving-Kindness 
    
        2024-06-08
            Cooling the Mind, Making it Firm 
    
        2023-12-16
            Course Correction to Nibanna 
    
        2020-07-25
            Craving, Indulgence, Suppression & Renunciation 
    
        2017-06-17
            Cultivating Confidence in the Triple Gem 
    
        2025-02-01
            Daylong Part 2: Who's Content in this World? | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2025-02-01
            Daylong Part 3: Too Content to Have Urgency? Try Giving Up a Kidney | Ayya Sant… 
    
        2025-02-01
            Daylong Retreat part 1: Contentment on a Scale from 1 to 10 | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2020-05-16
            Dealing with fear and uncertainty 
    
        2017-06-14
            Death and Dying on the Noble Eightfold Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2023-06-09
            Developing Immersion Further 
    
        2024-02-17
            Developing Resilience and Avoiding Despair 
    
        2024-04-20
            Developing The Pāramīs: Generosity | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2024-06-12
            Developing Upekkha 
    
        2023-06-13
            Developing Wisdom 
    
        2023-03-18
            Dhamma and Gender Identity 
    
        2020-03-21
            Dhamma discussion - Using change to develop wisdom 
    
        2020-09-27
            Dhamma talk and Q&A 
    
        2025-09-06
            Diamonds, Lightening and Open Sores: Working with Anger and Resentment | Ayya S… 
    
        2024-06-15
            Disassembling and Reassembling the Body 
    
        2025-07-01
            Disentangling from Self 
    
        2021-05-15
            Disgust 
    
        2023-06-27
            DN 26 | Discourse on the World Ruler 
    
        2025-09-13
            Don't Bend With the Trend: From Politics to Euthanasia 
    
        2024-09-14
            Don't Let the Mind Be Gloomy 
    
        2023-03-04
            Doubt - The Fifth Hindrance 
    
        2025-06-08
            Dropping in for Contemplation 
    
        2024-06-09
            Dropping What Binds Us 
    
        2013-10-05
            Earth Care Dhamma 
    
        2023-06-03
            Earth Meditation 
    
        2024-06-13
            Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space 
    
        2025-02-08
            East Bay Dhamma  - Dhammapada Verses 9 to 20 
    
        2025-05-10
            East Bay Dhamma -- Dhammapada Verses 44-59 
    
        2025-01-12
            East Bay Dhamma DHAMMAPADA 1- 8 
    
        2025-03-08
            East Bay Dhamma--Dhammapada Verses 21-27 | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2025-06-15
            Energizing the Awakening Factors using the Chakras 
    
        2025-06-10
            Energy without Striving 
    
        2019-02-05
            Engaged Brahmaviharas 
    
        2019-02-05
            Engaged Buddhism 
    
        2023-06-12
            Equanimity Meditation 
    
        2016-07-07
            Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts 
    
        2023-06-10
            Evening Chanting 
    
        2024-04-04
            Evening Chanting Day 3: 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection 
    
        2024-04-05
            Evening Chanting Day 4: May I Abide in Well-being 
    
        2021-06-10
            Evening Chanting in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2024-04-03
            Evening Day 2 Chanting: Homage to the Triple Gem 
    
        2024-04-03
            Evening Day 2: Perception of Suffering as Happiness 
    
        2024-04-04
            Evening Day 3: Seeing Not-Self as Self, Discussion on Rebirth 
    
        2024-04-05
            Evening Day 4: Seeing the Un-beautiful as Beautiful 
    
        2024-04-06
            Evening Day 5: Cankisutta Practice Q&A 
    
        2024-04-02
            Evening Opening: Vipallāsa Sutta 
    
        2025-03-25
            Evening Session: Advice to Rahul (MN62) 
    
        2025-03-22
            Evening Session: Anapanasati Tetrad 2 + Metta 
    
        2025-03-22
            Evening Session: Guided Meditation 
    
        2025-03-23
            Evening Session: Tetrad 3 + Compassion 
    
        2025-03-24
            Evening Session: Tetrad 4 + Equanimity 
    
        2021-05-31
            Every Good Blessing 
    
        2012-09-25
            Facing Our Biggest Fears 
    
        2022-04-16
            Facing Sadness, Grief and Anxiety 
    
        2022-01-15
            Fear 
    
        2022-01-22
            Fearless 
    
        2024-06-16
            Feeling - Morning Reflection 
    
        2024-07-27
            Feeling Our Way Through 
    
        2022-06-25
            Feelings the Second of the Five Khandas 
    
        2024-06-12
            Finding Your Own Inspiration 
    
        2023-06-05
            Fire Meditation 
    
        2023-01-07
            First Steps on the Buddhas Path 
    
        2025-06-14
            Five Elements Meditation: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space 
    
        2021-07-03
            Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection (Chant Along) 
    
        2023-05-14
            Five Unavoidable Situations 
    
        2014-04-28
            Flowing Grace 
    
        2021-07-03
            Following Our Likes and Dislikes 
    
        2020-07-18
            Forgiveness 
    
        2022-06-18
            Form the First of the Five Khandas 
    
        2023-06-26
            Four Suttas on What Can and What Can Not be Done 
    
        2025-01-04
            Framing Feedback Fearlessly and Other Instructions From the Buddha 
    
        2025-06-11
            Freedom from the First Two Fetters 
    
        2024-11-09
            From Ignorance to Freedom and Safety | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2025-06-09
            Fueling and Starving the Hindrances and Awakening Factors 
    
        2024-06-29
            Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 1 of 3 
    
        2024-06-29
            Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 2 of 3 
    
        2024-06-29
            Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 3 of 3 
    
        2024-01-06
            Gratitude Practice According to the Buddha 
    
        2021-07-10
            Guided Anapanasati Meditation 
    
        2021-07-10
            Guided Anapanasati Meditation 
    
        2021-07-03
            Guided Anapanasati Meditation With Reflection on Likes and Dislikes 
    
        2021-06-07
            Guided Brahmaviharas Meditation 
    
        2023-05-14
            Guided Breathing Meditation 
    
        2021-08-21
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2021-08-14
            Guided Meditation 
    
        2021-07-24
            Guided Meditation - Breath, Pleasure, Loving-Kindness 
    
        2021-08-07
            Guided Meditation - Letting Go Into Curiosity and Kindness 
    
        2024-08-24
            Guided Meditation On Inspiration 
    
        2025-06-18
            Guided Meditation using Mindfulness of Breathing and the 7 Awakening Factors 
    
        2021-07-17
            Guided Meditation with Listening 
    
        2021-06-26
            Guided Meditation With Loving-Kindness 
    
        2021-05-22
            Guided Metta Meditation 
    
        2023-06-08
            Guided Metta Meditation 
    
        2024-06-16
            Guided Mindfulness of Feeling 
    
        2025-06-07
            Guided Tour of the 5 Hindrances and 7 Awakening Factors 
    
        2024-02-10
            Guiding Your Practice 
    
        2013-09-10
            Habits towards Nibbana 
    
        2023-07-22
            Happiness 
    
        2011-02-18
            Happiness No Matter What 
    
        2024-01-27
            Harmless Thinking Part One 
    
        2024-01-27
            Harmless Thinking Part Two 
    
        2023-06-04
            Highest Blessings 
    
        2024-08-17
            How Do We Get the Mind to Settle? 
    
        2025-06-13
            How the Practice Ripens in Letting Go 
    
        2023-04-01
            How to Apply the Dhamma When We Feel We Don't Fit In 
    
        2024-01-13
            How to Put it Down 
    
        2023-11-25
            How to Relate to Multiple Teachers in our Practice 
    
        2014-04-13
            How Words Create Our Future 
    
        2025-05-10
            If You See Something Say Something: Skillful Praise and Criticism | Ayya Santus… 
    
        2024-06-10
            Immersion through Metta 
    
        2023-04-30
            Implementing The Brahmaviharas In Your Practice 
    
        2020-07-18
            In-and-out breathing guided meditation Part I 
    
        2021-02-20
            Inclining Towards Nibbana 
    
        2024-08-24
            Inspiration and Investigation 
    
        2025-04-12
            Inspring Teachers and Inspiring Students | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2023-06-23
            Intro & Simile of the Mountain 
    
        2025-06-12
            Intuiting Your Way into Joy and Tranquility 
    
        2022-02-19
            Investigation of Dhamma 
    
        2022-02-05
            Kamma 
    
        2021-07-24
            Kamma and Confidence 
    
        2016-02-21
            Kamma and the Khandas 
    
        2021-06-26
            Kamma and Why It's Hard for Westerners to Understand 
    
        2024-06-11
            Karuna - compassion - is not about "suffering with" others 
    
        2022-10-07
            Kindfulness of Breathing Guided Meditation 
    
        2022-06-07
            Kindness 
    
        2021-06-08
            Kindness and Discrimination 
    
        2021-06-19
            Kindness Towards the Body Guided Meditation 
    
        2024-08-03
            Kindness, Fearlessness and Stillness 
    
        2017-10-03
            Kisa Gotami: Buddha's Deep Compassion Toward Women 
    
        2020-10-03
            Let Nature Teach You 
    
        2025-06-09
            Letting Go of Resentment - Bringing in Loving-Kindness 
    
        2023-05-14
            Letting Go of the Unwholesome 
    
        2023-04-15
            Liberation of Mind by Loving Kindness - AM session 
    
        2023-04-15
            Liberation of Mind by Loving Kindness Daylong PM session 
    
        2023-06-10
            Life Conditions Supporting Samadhi 
    
        2021-05-29
            Lightly Guided Meditation 
    
        2021-07-17
            Listening 
    
        2020-10-31
            Living Our Values 
    
        2014-04-20
            Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 
    
        2023-06-09
            Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation 
    
        2025-08-02
            LovingandLettingGo 
    
        2022-06-06
            Luminous Mind 
    
        2023-06-06
            Making a Wish and With Cunda on Purity 
    
        2024-06-09
            Making Loving Kindness Our Basis and Vehicle 
    
        2021-05-22
            May All Obstacles Be Removed 
    
        2024-04-13
            Medicines for the Mind 
    
        2019-02-05
            Meditating on the Brahmaviharas 
    
        2021-07-31
            Meditation Basics (ATM Cash) 
    
        2025-06-09
            Meditation on Loving-Kindness 
    
        2023-06-04
            Meditation on Water 
    
        2025-03-08
            Meditation Vacation| Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2021-07-31
            Meditation with Body Contemplation 
    
        2025-10-04
            Meeting Hatred with Love and Compassion 
    
        2023-07-15
            Meghiya Sutta & Humility 
    
        2023-05-25
            Metta and Karuna: Unlimited Kindness and Compassion  (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2023-05-15
            Metta Meditation 
    
        2024-06-19
            Metta Meditation 
    
        2021-05-15
            Metta Sutta Chant (The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness) 
    
        2025-06-12
            Mid-retreat Q&A 
    
        2014-11-02
            Mindfulness and Climate Action : 5 
    
        2024-05-07
            Mindfulness of Breathing Lite (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2025-06-02
            Mindfulness of Breathing: Body, Feelings, Mind and Dhamma (Retreat at Spirit Ro… 
    
        2024-06-15
            Mindfulness of Feeling 
    
        2020-05-16
            Mindfulness of in-and-out breathing meditation 
    
        2024-06-15
            Mindfulness of the Body Morning Reflection 
    
        2024-06-14
            Mindfulness of the Body Techniques 
    
        2022-06-12
            More Love Less Attachment 
    
        2020-09-27
            Morning chanting and guided meditation 
    
        2024-04-05
            Morning Chanting and Meditation Day 4 
    
        2021-06-07
            Morning Chanting in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-06-06
            Morning Chanting in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2024-04-03
            Morning Class Day 2: "Impermanence" as Permanence 
    
        2024-04-03
            Morning Day 2: Homage and Meditation 
    
        2024-04-04
            Morning Day 3: Guided Meditation - Breath and Metta in 4 Quarters 
    
        2024-04-05
            Morning Day 4: Meditation / Contemplation of Non-Self 
    
        2024-04-06
            Morning Day 5: Anapanasati Meditation with Guidance 
    
        2024-04-06
            Morning Day 5: Q&A Meditation Instruction and Everything Else 
    
        2024-04-07
            Morning Day 6: Brahmavihara Meditation, Practice Q&A, Refuges and Precepts 
    
        2024-04-07
            Morning Day 6: Chanting and Meditation 
    
        2016-11-12
            Morning Dhamma Talk 
    
        2016-11-13
            Morning Dhamma Talk 
    
        2022-06-04
            Morning Reflection: The Burden 
    
        2025-03-22
            Morning Session: Anapanasati Tetrad 1 + Metta 
    
        2025-03-25
            Morning Session: Guided Meditation - Brahma Viharas 
    
        2025-03-23
            Morning Session: Guided Meditation - Tetrad 1 + 2 + Mudita 
    
        2025-03-24
            Morning Session: Guided Meditation - Tetrads 1, 2 + 3 
    
        2025-03-23
            Morning Session: The Best Kinds of Joy 
    
        2024-03-30
            Nekkhama and the Elements of Escape 
    
        2024-03-30
            Nekkhama in the Material World 
    
        2024-03-31
            Nekkhama Within Intention 
    
        2025-01-01
            New Year's Daylong Part 1 of 2 - Thus Should You Train 
    
        2025-01-01
            New Year's Daylong Part 2 of 2 
    
        2025-06-07
            Nibbana Biofuel: The Causes for Awakening 
    
        2025-06-16
            No Further than the Shore - Ajahn Chah 
    
        2023-05-12
            Noble Disciples Introduction 
    
        2017-09-09
            Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 1 
    
        2017-09-09
            Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 2 
    
        2020-03-28
            Noble Truths meditation 
    
        2025-06-13
            Not Like It Says in the Books 
    
        2011-01-05
            Nothing At All to Worry About 
    
        2025-09-27
            Nothing to Accomplish - Except Building A Kuti, Two Monasteries, and Realizing … 
    
        2024-06-17
            Observing an Aspect of Mind 
    
        2024-06-18
            Observing the  Five Hindrances as an Aspect of Dhamma 
    
        2024-06-18
            Observing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment as an Aspect of Dhamma 
    
        2012-02-29
            One Auspicious Day 
    
        2011-06-07
            One Earth Sangha 
    
        2025-03-21
            Opening Session: Settling In 
    
        2024-08-31
            Opening the Dhamma Eye 
    
        2025-01-11
            Opening to the Training, Generosity and Unconditional Love 
    
        2024-05-10
            Opening Up Our Potential (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2022-06-05
            Ordinary and Exceptional 
    
        2025-08-23
            Overcoming Dukkha with Dhamma 
    
        2025-04-06
            Overcoming Fear and Dread 
    
        2022-03-19
            Patience 
    
        2024-03-24
            Patience—Developing the Pāramīs as a Way to Work with Aversion | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2022-12-24
            Peace on Earth and in our Hearts 
    
        2023-06-14
            Perception of Light Meditation 
    
        2022-07-02
            Perception the Third of the Five Khandas 
    
        2024-06-17
            Perceptions, Thoughts, Feelings 
    
        2023-05-13
            Powers 
    
        2025-07-12
            Practice in the Worst of Times : Lessons from Maha Gosananda 
    
        2022-04-09
            Practicing During Crisis 
    
        2016-07-24
            Practicing for Our Own Welfare and the Welfare of Others 
    
        2020-03-28
            Present with suffering discussion 
    
        2024-06-12
            Present with the Cycle of Feeling and Letting Go 
    
        2022-04-23
            Progressive Instruction MN 56 
    
        2021-05-08
            Projections and Stereotypes 
    
        2021-05-08
            Projections and Stereotypes 
    
        2016-11-11
            Public Talk 
    
        2016-11-14
            Public Talk at Grace Church Parish Hall 
    
        2025-02-08
            Put Your Face on the Closet Shelf - Real Change Is Letting Go of the Conditioni… 
    
        2021-08-21
            Q&A - Career Obsession, Creativity, Worldly Comparison 
    
        2021-08-14
            Q&A - Enjoyment, Fear of Impermanence, the Entertainment Industry… 
    
        2021-07-03
            Q&A - How do I work with deferring too much to others 
    
        2021-07-31
            Q&A - How is body contemplation important for meditation? 
    
        2024-06-10
            Q&A 1 
    
        2024-06-13
            Q&A 2 
    
        2024-06-16
            Q&A 3 
    
        2025-06-17
            Q&A 3 
    
        2024-06-19
            Q&A 4 
    
        2025-06-15
            Q&A Number 2 
    
        2023-12-23
            Q&A with Ajahn Anan: Relationships and Meditation Practice 
    
        2017-06-16
            Q&A with Ayya Santussika and Ayya Santacitta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2024-06-14
            Reaching the End of the World 
    
        2021-04-17
            Reading of Verses From the Dhammapada - The Self 
    
        2021-06-19
            Rebirth and Death 
    
        2024-09-28
            Reflection on Death 
    
        2022-05-21
            Reflections on Loneliness 
    
        2025-06-18
            Reflections on NIbbana and the Path 
    
        2024-12-14
            Reflections on Pilgrimage | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2021-06-25
            Reflections on Sharing Blessings in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-06-27
            Reflections on Sharing Blessings in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2023-12-02
            Reflections on the Recent Visit to Ajahn Gunha 
    
        2023-05-16
            Reflections on the Self 
    
        2024-06-19
            Reflections on the Teaching in Brief 
    
        2021-07-04
            Reflections on Universal Well-Being in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-07-09
            Reflections on Universal Well-Being in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2016-08-04
            Refrain From Killing 
    
        2020-07-04
            Relaxed, Alert, & Happy Guided Meditation 
    
        2024-06-08
            Relaxing into Retreat 
    
        2024-06-09
            Relaxing into Retreat 2 
    
        2021-04-24
            Renewal of the Heart and the World 
    
        2023-05-15
            Renunciation 
    
        2022-10-07
            Renunciation or Letting Go? and How? 
    
        2025-05-03
            Resources for the Mind | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2023-02-25
            Restlessness And Worry - The Fourth Hindrance 
    
        2024-06-20
            Retreat Closing 
    
        2016-11-12
            Retreat Introduction 
    
        2024-06-07
            Retreat Introduction 
    
        2017-06-15
            Revisiting the Noble Eightfold Path & Four Determinations (Retreat at Spirit Ro… 
    
        2024-05-09
            Right Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2022-02-12
            Right Speech: What to Say and When to Say It 
    
        2024-05-09
            Right View All the Way to Nibbana (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2021-07-10
            Right View and Sunita, feat. Rev. Heng Sure 
    
        2012-02-17
            Salutation to the Triple Gem 
    
        2021-06-08
            Salutation to the Triple Gem in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2022-01-08
            Samadhi 
    
        2025-03-15
            Sati-Sampajañña | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2023-06-09
            Sati, Samadhi, Panna and Metta 
    
        2024-06-17
            Sayings of the Dhammapada on the Mind 
    
        2021-06-09
            Seeing What is Not Beautiful as Beautiful 
    
        2021-06-24
            Self and Non-Self (Week 1) at BCBS 
    
        2021-06-29
            Self and Non-Self (Week 2) at BCBS 
    
        2021-07-06
            Self and Non-Self (Week 3) at BCBS 
    
        2021-07-13
            Self and Non-Self (Week 4) at BCBS 
    
        2021-08-21
            Self-Reflection 
    
        2021-05-22
            Self, Non-Self, and Metta 
    
        2023-06-07
            Sense Restraint, Moderation in Eating, Wakefulness 
    
        2023-05-27
            Seven Kinds of Wealth 
    
        2017-10-16
            Shame, Guilt, and Regret (Dhamma talk) 
    
        2021-07-24
            Sharing and Q&A 
    
        2024-04-27
            Sila Pāramī - Daylong Retreat Part 1 of 3 
    
        2024-04-27
            Sila Pāramī - Guided Meditation Part 2 of 3 Daylong Retreat l Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2024-04-27
            Sila Pāramī - Hiri & Ottappa - Part 1/3 Daylong Retreat l Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2023-02-18
            Sloth And Thorpor - The Third Hindrance 
    
        2023-06-25
            SN 35:28 | Burning ~ the Fire Sermon 
    
        2023-06-27
            SN 36:21 | Sivaka 
    
        2023-06-24
            SN 56:11 | Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma 
    
        2022-05-07
            Solving the Problem: Dhamma to the Rescue 
    
        2013-03-19
            Stand Strong and Love 
    
        2011-10-21
            Standing Up to Greed, Hatred and Delusion 
    
        2024-06-08
            Start Where We Are 
    
        2024-03-02
            Staying Balanced With the Help of Our Friends 
    
        2025-01-18
            Stumpy, Don't Follow Me! | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2025-06-18
            Summary of Morning Reflection on Nibbana 
    
        2015-10-04
            Sustained by Sangha 
    
        2021-02-20
            Suttas on Nibbana 
    
        2025-06-14
            Taking on Personality View Directly 
    
        2025-03-01
            Taking the Self Out of Current Affairs | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2014-07-10
            The Art and Power of Listening: to Ourselves, to Each Other, to the Dhamma and … 
    
        2023-05-13
            The Bamboo Gates 
    
        2020-07-25
            The Basis of Piti (Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2) 
    
        2024-01-12
            The Big Picture 
    
        2017-06-13
            The Body Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2023-07-08
            The Book Of Dana. Developing Positive Emotions. 
    
        2025-06-14
            The Buddha's Advice to Venerable Mahāpajāpati Still Relevant Today 
    
        2021-08-14
            The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-08-14
            The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2023-02-11
            The Challenge of Ill Will 
    
        2024-07-13
            The Crux of Delusion 
    
        2021-06-06
            The Distortion of Dukkha and Sukha 
    
        2021-04-10
            The Fetters That Fall Away at Stream Entry 
    
        2023-05-16
            The Five Powers 
    
        2022-04-30
            The Five Precepts 
    
        2021-06-22
            The Four Boundless Qualities in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2021-06-25
            The Four Boundless Qualities in Pali (Chant Along) 
    
        2017-06-17
            The Four Noble Truths - Part 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2013-07-13
            The Four Noble Truths in Action - Part 1 
    
        2013-07-13
            The Four Noble Truths in Action - Part 2 
    
        2013-07-13
            The Four Noble Truths in Action - Part 3 
    
        2013-07-13
            The Four Noble Truths in Action - Part 4 
    
        2023-06-03
            The Gradual Path in MN 39 At Assapura 
    
        2017-09-12
            The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha's Community 
    
        2023-05-15
            The Healthy Mind/An Arrow 
    
        2023-06-28
            The Highest Blessings Chant 
    
        2021-06-05
            The Highest Blessings in English (Chant Along) 
    
        2023-01-28
            The Hindrance of Sensual Desire 
    
        2019-09-03
            The Joy that leads to Enlightenment 
    
        2025-07-03
            The Key to Easing Relationships: Love, Respect and Equanimity 
    
        2024-05-11
            The Mettā Pāramī | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2024-05-11
            The Mettā Pāramī--Guided Meditation | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2017-06-13
            The Middle Way to Awakening - You can do it! (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2024-04-13
            The Pāramī of Sacca: The Real Truth | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2024-05-18
            The Pāramīs: Energy & Resolution | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2011-01-21
            The Power of Buddhist Prayer 
    
        2024-08-11
            The Qualities That Bring Joy, Happiness and Awakening 
    
        2023-04-22
            The Removal of Unwholesome Regret 
    
        2023-05-16
            The Seven Factors 
    
        2021-05-08
            The Simile of the Boat 
    
        2012-01-20
            The Simile of the Cloth 
    
        2023-05-13
            The Six Recollections 
    
        2022-10-06
            The Solid Ground of Dhamma 
    
        2024-03-09
            The Strength & Power of Our Intentions and Actions 
    
        2013-10-18
            The Two Most Important Things 
    
        2013-10-18
            The Two Most Important Things 
    
        2023-04-08
            The Twofold Assembly: Monastic and Lay ~ Love For All Beings 
    
        2022-10-08
            The Ultimate Letting Go 
    
        2022-10-08
            The Ultimate Letting Go Addendum 
    
        2025-05-17
            Thinking: When It's Helpful, When It's Harmful 
    
        2017-06-16
            This is Samsara - There's nothing wrong (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2021-08-07
            Thoughts 
    
        2024-06-18
            Three Characteristic 
    
        2025-06-17
            To Do Good for the Sake of Goodness 
    
        2014-04-20
            Today’s Climate Reality 
    
        2017-06-10
            Training for Peace 
    
        2020-06-27
            Tranquil Body and Mind Meditation 
    
        2013-09-14
            Transcending Five Fears 
    
        2023-05-21
            Truth 
    
        2023-05-06
            Understanding Rigidity 
    
        2023-05-25
            Understanding the Hindrances to Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2025-08-16
            Unreasonable Harmony 
    
        2025-05-31
            Untangling the Innter Tangle: Relationship with Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2024-06-01
            Upekkhā (Equanimity) Pāramī 
    
        2020-04-04
            Uprooting aversion and discussion 
    
        2024-05-25
            Vesak - The Buddha's passing away 
    
        2024-05-25
            Vesak Morning Session: The Buddha Coming Into the World 
    
        2024-05-25
            Vesak: Ceremony Bathing the Buddha: Letting go of what is past and opening to t… 
    
        2025-06-06
            Vital Conditions for Developing the Awakening Factors 
    
        2025-06-07
            Water for Arahant Soup 
    
        2023-06-04
            Welfare and Happiness in this Life and in Lives to Come 
    
        2025-09-20
            What Are We Really Building?: An Empty Hut, Community, Our Practice 
    
        2020-07-04
            What is and is not Dhamma 
    
        2021-08-14
            What Provokes Our Unwholesome Tendencies 
    
        2025-06-21
            What the Practice is For: Equanimity in All Situations | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2024-07-06
            What to do When Leaders are Unprincipled 
    
        2024-03-16
            What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa… 
    
        2024-03-16
            What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa… 
    
        2024-03-16
            What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa… 
    
        2025-07-19
            What You Know and What You Believe 
    
        2021-05-08
            What's the background of the Buddha statue? 
    
        2022-03-15
            When meditation and life are not going as planned 
    
        2020-07-11
            Where to put our effort 
    
        2025-06-12
            Who Do You Need to Pay and What Do You Need Them to Say? 
    
        2024-05-04
            Wisdom (Paññâ) Parami 
    
        2024-05-18
            Wisdom Power 
    
        2023-03-11
            Wise Discernment: Gender Discrimination in the Sangha 
    
        2017-06-18
            Worldly & Unworldly Pleasure & Pain (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2025-07-26
            Yes, Please Do Resuscitate: Reviving Your Practice | Ayya Santussikā 
    
        2025-06-11
            You Can Do It 
    
        2025-07-02
            You’re GOOD! Character Development for Awakening 
    
 
         
     
    
        
            
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        Select one of Ayya Santussika's 22 retreats
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        1900-01-01
            IMCB Regular Talks 
    
        2000-01-01
            Tuesday Talks 
    
        2012-01-01
            Tuesday Talks—2012 
    
        2014-04-20
            Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 
    
        2015-10-04
            A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World 
    
        2015-10-12
            Letting Go 
    
        2016-11-11
            Retreat 
    
        2016-11-14
            Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington 
    
        2017-06-13
            The Middle Way Monastic Retreat 
    
        2022-06-03
            Infusing Every Aspect of our Life with the Dhamma 
    
        2022-10-04
            Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go 
    
        2023-05-12
            Becoming a Noble Disciple: Cultivating the Mind and Life of the Ariyasāvako 
    
        2023-05-24
            Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet - A Retreat with Buddhist Nuns (252R23) - On L… 
    
        2023-06-03
            The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life 
    
        2023-06-23
            Skillful Living in a World on Fire: Grounded in the Noble Eightfold Path 
    
        2024-04-02
            Dispelling Delusion: Exploring the Vipallāsas Through Early Buddhist Poetry 
    
        2024-05-05
            With the World on Fire, Embody the Eightfold Path 
    
        2024-06-07
            Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart 
    
        2025-03-21
            Ānāpānasati: Opening to Stillness, Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity 
    
        2025-05-30
            Disentangling the Tangle: Finding Freedom in Relationship with Ourselves, Other… 
    
        2025-06-06
            Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga 
    
        2025-06-30
            Disentangling the Tangle