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Ayya Dhammadīpā's Dharma Talks
Ayya Dhammadīpā
I aspire to offer teachings that are encouraging, that support people to discover how they are an expression of Dhamma. I'm particularly interested in the interplay between stilling and settling the mind, and opening to greater kindness and generosity of heart.
2020-06-21 Investigation of the Breath 50:14
a guided meditation given as part of the Third Sunday program with the Aloka Vihara community that usually meets at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery. June 2020
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery
2020-06-21 Kamma Matters 46:38
This is a talk on karma, the 5 precepts, right speech, Black Lives Matter, and the #MeToo movement.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery
2020-06-21 Four Elements in Every Cell of the Body 21:04
A guided meditation given as part of the Third Sunday program hosted by San Francisco Dharma Collective.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery
2020-06-21 Know the Right Time for Right Speech 28:49
This talk was given as part of the Third Sunday program hosted by San Francisco Dharma Collective.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery
2020-06-09 The Four Foundations Are a Complete Support (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12:17
Contemplation of dhammas, 7 factors of awakening, bringing all the foundations of mindfulness to bear on the Path
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns
2020-06-08 Immeasurable Metta for Nourishing the Heart (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:40
Guided meditation on radiating metta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns
2020-06-07 Feelings at the Six Sense Gates 49:42
Guided meditation on vedana (feeling tone) as it is experienced with sense contact
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns
2020-06-05 Fully Embodied Breath (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:53
Detailed posture instructions, whole body awareness, in and out breath.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns
2020-05-23 Wondrous Feeling 42:58
Exploring how mindfulness and investigation of feeling tone is woven into many frameworks of practice given by the Buddha - the 5 aggregates, the 4 foundations of mindfulness, the 12 fold chain of causation, the 4 Noble Truths.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery
2020-04-18 This is The Whole World's Problem 32:35
why and how the Dhamma addresses anxiety about survival, six sense functions, seven awakening factors, Bojjhanga paritta, parenting, pandemic
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

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