Tisarana Buddhist Monastery

By Tisarana Buddhist Monastery

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Andrew Posner
 Jan 12, 2021
Ajahn V and Tan Khemako are wise, funny, and kind. This is a must listen for any Buddhist practitioner.

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Dhamma talks by Ajahn Viradhammo at Tisarana Buddhist Monastery. In the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Sumedho, and Amaravati Monastery.

Episode Date
Practicing when your Attention is Like the Weather
Feb 19, 2021
How to Disempower Difficult Mind States through Contrasts
Feb 05, 2021
Let Go of Self-criticism by Trusting in Change
Jan 22, 2021
Investigating how Opinions Underlie Uncertainty
Jan 15, 2021
Opening the Heart in Difficult Times
Jan 08, 2021
Trust in Awareness
Jan 01, 2021
Question and Answer: How to Investigate the Root of Fear
Dec 25, 2020
Mindfulness, Metta, and Self View
Dec 18, 2020
Achieving Peace Through Observing Non-equanimity
Dec 11, 2020
Don’t be Fooled by the Illusion of Self
Dec 04, 2020
Peaceful Coexistence with all Mind States
Nov 27, 2020
Knowing Opinions as Uncertain is Liberating
Nov 20, 2020
Training in Equanimity
Nov 13, 2020
Witnessing versus Attaching to Views and Opinions
Nov 06, 2020
The Trap of Intellectualism
Oct 30, 2020
What Will the Mind Think Next?
Oct 23, 2020
Touching the Transcendent via the Brahmaviharas
Oct 16, 2020
Floor it With Thought
Oct 09, 2020
The 3 Magicians
Oct 02, 2020
Is this the Truth?
Sep 30, 2020
The Deva Realms
Sep 11, 2020
Die Before You Die
Aug 21, 2020
Zoom Dhamma talk recorded on 3rd July 2020
Aug 14, 2020
Zoom Session recording (MP3) from 24th July 2020
Aug 07, 2020
Zoom Dhamma Talk from 6th June 2020 (MP3 recording)
Jul 31, 2020
Zoom Teaching from 20th June 2020 (MP3 recording)
Jul 24, 2020
The Fifth Precept
Jul 10, 2020
Free Will?
Jul 03, 2020
Sadhu Sadhu ‘sadu’!
Jun 26, 2020
The Five Khandas
Jun 19, 2020
Investigation or Ice Cream Cones
Jun 12, 2020
Thought is Natural
Jun 05, 2020
Zoom Dhamma Talk – 29th May 2020
Jun 01, 2020
You Turkey!
May 29, 2020
Zoom Dhamma Talk – 22 May 2020
May 23, 2020
The Mind Knowing the Mind
May 22, 2020
Tiger Balm Heart
May 15, 2020
OBS Friday Evening Zoom Meet with Ajahn Viradhammo May 08
May 12, 2020
The Beautiful Dhamma
May 08, 2020
Patience WITH WISDOM
May 01, 2020
Liberation Through Suffering
Apr 24, 2020
Limited Mobility, Limitless Consciousness, Luang Por Sumedho, April 16, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
Vipassana Romances
Apr 17, 2020
Changing Climate; Solid Views
Apr 10, 2020
Happiness as a Method
Apr 03, 2020
A Gem on the Garbage Pile
Mar 27, 2020
Awareness Is Your Refuge
Mar 22, 2020
Monitoring Craving
Mar 20, 2020
A Spider in Your Shoe
Mar 13, 2020
Teatime Q&A
Mar 06, 2020
A Jewel on the Trash Heap
Feb 28, 2020
The Kevatta Sutta
Feb 21, 2020
Stream Entry
Feb 14, 2020
Investigating Thought
Feb 07, 2020
Jhana and Samadhi
Jan 31, 2020
Don’t Believe in Buddhism
Jan 24, 2020
Determination of the Heart (Vintage) (Part 1)
Jan 17, 2020
Ajahn Porcupine
Jan 17, 2020
Determination of the Heart (Vintage) (Part 2)
Jan 17, 2020
Two Kinds of Thought
Jan 10, 2020
2020: Wholesome Direction
Jan 03, 2020
Cultivating the Motivation to Meditate
Dec 27, 2019
The Mind Will Go Chicken
Dec 20, 2019
A Mind That’s Not Suffering
Dec 13, 2019
Strengthening the Capacity to be Aware
Dec 06, 2019
Skillful Uses of Time for Long-term Happiness
Nov 29, 2019
Establishing the Unestablished
Nov 22, 2019
The Response Robot
Nov 15, 2019
Don’t Confuse the Methods with the Goal
Nov 08, 2019
Deep Peace Through Witnessing Suffering
Oct 25, 2019
The Vinaya and Sexual Restraint
Oct 18, 2019
Timeless Practise
Oct 11, 2019
Awakening the Heart to Purity
Oct 04, 2019
At Ease with Bees
Sep 27, 2019
Conforming towards Freedom
Sep 20, 2019
Not Self is the Way to Happiness
Sep 13, 2019
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Sep 06, 2019
Q&A with Luang Por Sumedho
Aug 30, 2019
Tea Time with Ajahn Asoko
Aug 23, 2019
Don’t Take Anything Home With You
Aug 16, 2019
Subjectivity vs Objectivity
Aug 09, 2019
Birthday Reflection by Luang Por Sumedho: Ageing, Mindfulness & Gratitude
Jul 29, 2019
Brain Surgery and Anesthesia
Jun 28, 2019
Abandoning the Unwholesome
Jun 21, 2019
Have Faith in the Goodness of Your Actions
Jun 18, 2019
Singleness of Mind
Jun 07, 2019
A New Branch on an Old Tree
May 31, 2019
Recollecting the Buddha
May 31, 2019
When Desire Is Frustrated
May 24, 2019
A Rotten Smell in Your Mind
May 17, 2019
Changing Our Personality Is Not the Goal of Practice
May 10, 2019
The Mazarati is Already Broken
May 03, 2019
Listening to Silence
May 03, 2019
The Object of Your Own Subjectedness
Apr 25, 2019
Finding Stillness in No Thought
Apr 19, 2019
Not In This Reality
Apr 14, 2019
What Arahants Know
Apr 05, 2019
Strategies for Uplifting the Heart
Mar 29, 2019
Awareness of Change Is Refuge
Mar 22, 2019
When Is the Next Moment?
Mar 15, 2019
Samatha and Vipassana Are Not Separate Techniques
Mar 08, 2019
Learn to Die Before You Die
Mar 01, 2019
Fender Benders
Feb 22, 2019
Triggers and Foundation for Practice
Feb 15, 2019
Just Enough Friction to Get You Enlightened
Feb 08, 2019
Dukkha and the End of Dukkha
Feb 01, 2019
Releasing Drowsiness
Jan 25, 2019
Dhamma Orientation
Jan 11, 2019
You’re on Death Row, You Know
Jan 04, 2019
The Eight Worldly Winds
Dec 29, 2018
You Sit in the Fire
Dec 21, 2018
Stop
Dec 14, 2018
Renewal
Dec 07, 2018
The Field of OK-ness
Nov 23, 2018
A Reading of the Cosmos
Nov 16, 2018
The Closest Approximation to Enlightenment You Can Get
Nov 16, 2018
Half-Moon Parittas
Nov 10, 2018
Be the Knowing of Not Knowing
Nov 10, 2018
Using One’s Time
Nov 02, 2018
Bhikkhu Ordination of Amarasiri & Sirimedho – Part 3: Acceptance
Oct 26, 2018
Be the Vase
Oct 26, 2018
Bhikkhu Ordination of Amarasiri & Sirimedho – Part 2: Going Forth & Request
Oct 19, 2018
A True Refuge
Oct 19, 2018
Bhikkhu Ordination of Amarasiri & Sirimedho – Part 1: Introduction & Parittas
Oct 12, 2018
All Salads Taste the Same
Oct 12, 2018
Awakening the Mind with Metta
Oct 05, 2018
Sound and Awareness
Oct 05, 2018
Do Monks Cry?
Sep 28, 2018
A Disfactory Clockwork
Sep 28, 2018
Chocolate Cake and Death
Sep 21, 2018
The Five Niyamas
Sep 21, 2018
The Ten Perfections
Sep 14, 2018
Two Interpretations of Dependent Origination
Sep 14, 2018
A Bald Man Walking Around in Orange Robes
Sep 07, 2018
The Yuck Talk
Aug 31, 2018
Meditation on Attention
Aug 31, 2018
The Spiritual Faculty and Power of Mindfulness
Aug 24, 2018
Pol Pot Probably Loved His Dog
Aug 24, 2018
Evolution of Practice and Grief
Aug 17, 2018
Vesak Day Celebration at Tisarana
Aug 10, 2018
White Knuckle Practice
Aug 10, 2018
Am I Doing It Right?
Aug 03, 2018
Marmite Soldiers
Aug 03, 2018
Good Will Fetters
Jul 27, 2018
Stomach Aches Belong But Make Sure You Throw Out the Old Daal
Jul 27, 2018
We Can Still Train Our Minds
Jul 20, 2018
Tea Time with Ajahn Amaro
Jul 20, 2018
The Crucible
Jul 11, 2018
Truth Beyond Happiness and Dukkha
May 25, 2018
Offering & Receiving: Training in the Relational Domain
May 18, 2018
Non-attachment versus Non-preoccupation
May 11, 2018
Three Perceptions to Cultivate in Practice
May 04, 2018
If You Grow Good Fruit, Eat It!
Apr 27, 2018
Faith: The Grounds for Your Personal Monastery
Apr 26, 2018
Transpersonal: The Place of Don’t Have To
Apr 20, 2018
Relying on Your Gut Intelligence
Apr 13, 2018
What Makes a Sangha Thrive
Apr 06, 2018
Q&A: Speaking to the Silence
Mar 30, 2018
Pushing the Door that’s Already Open
Mar 23, 2018
The Joy of Undoing the Meditator
Mar 16, 2018
When You Stick Your Neck Out
Mar 09, 2018
Ironing out the Waves of the Ocean: Q & A
Mar 02, 2018
A User’s Guide to Making Determinations
Feb 23, 2018
Decisions, Choices and Firm Determination
Feb 16, 2018
Guided Meditation: Standing
Feb 09, 2018
Guided Meditation: Beyond Observing Resistance
Feb 02, 2018
Real Peace, or What Happens when Change Stops Changing
Jan 26, 2018
Guided Meditation: Focus on the Outbreath
Jan 19, 2018
Ajahn Chah Memorial Day – The Lotus and the Tumbleweed
Jan 16, 2018
A Million and One Ways to Wisdom
Jan 12, 2018
Guided Meditation on the Breath and Body Scan
Jan 10, 2018
Christmas Shopping & the Brahmaviharas
Nov 19, 2017
What’s the Point?
Nov 12, 2017
Developing Wholesome Perceptions
Nov 05, 2017
Tension & Anger
Oct 29, 2017
The Frustration of Desire
Oct 22, 2017
40 Objects of Meditation
Oct 15, 2017
What the Monastic Life Is for
Oct 08, 2017
Self View and Self Importance
Oct 01, 2017
Individuality vs Anatta
Sep 24, 2017
Stillness and the Roar of the Crowd
Sep 17, 2017
Vedana and Right View
Sep 10, 2017
The Buddha’s Project
Sep 03, 2017
Right Speech
Aug 27, 2017
A Pragmatic Way to End Suffering
Aug 20, 2017
Gratitude on Canada Day
Aug 13, 2017
The Opportunity for Contemplating Peace
Aug 06, 2017
There Is the Unconditioned
Jul 30, 2017
The Way of the World
Jul 23, 2017
I’m the First Chapter: Q & A
Jul 16, 2017
It’s Like This
Jul 09, 2017
This is A Fascinating Cave
Jul 02, 2017
There Is Another Shore
Jun 25, 2017
Discernment: Q & A
Jun 18, 2017
The Conceit of A Happy Plan
Jun 11, 2017
The Practice of Reflection
Jun 04, 2017
Refuge Is Possible
May 28, 2017
Fear and doubt and the Ten Perfections: Q & A
May 21, 2017
Star Dome Sky: Q & A
May 14, 2017
Everyman’s Ethics
May 07, 2017
Dependent Origination and the Third Noble Truth
Apr 30, 2017
The Perils of Staleness
Apr 23, 2017
Mindulness Q & A
Apr 23, 2017
The Contemplative’s Work
Apr 23, 2017
Interested in Peace
Apr 16, 2017
Beyond all Flat Tires
Apr 12, 2017
The Cards You’ve Been Dealt
Apr 09, 2017
Election Dukkha
Apr 09, 2017
Going Forth: A Year of Service
Apr 02, 2017
Playing with Dominoes
Mar 26, 2017
Moral Boundaries and the Buddhist Precepts: Q & A
Mar 19, 2017
What’s on Netflix?
Mar 12, 2017
What’s on Netflix? Guided Meditation
Mar 12, 2017
The Mind is Burning
Mar 05, 2017
Training in Non-desire
Feb 26, 2017
Beyond Duality
Feb 19, 2017
Accessing the Heart
Feb 12, 2017
Insight, Inspiration, Confidence, Doubt
Feb 12, 2017
Authentic Personal Interest
Feb 05, 2017
I’m Like a Tree: Guided Meditation
Feb 05, 2017
An Avenue of Peace
Feb 05, 2017
All Roads Lead to Rome
Jan 29, 2017
Equanimity and Indifference, Gratitude and the Heart: Q & A
Jan 29, 2017
The Quiet Space of Non-Proliferation
Jan 29, 2017
Presence without Agenda
Jan 22, 2017
The Nature of Awareness
Jan 22, 2017
Generosity, Support and the Love of Dhamma
Jan 22, 2017
Spaciousness
Jan 15, 2017
Full Conscious Presence: Guided Meditation
Jan 15, 2017
Welcoming Sankharas
Jan 08, 2017
A Knotted Carpet
Jan 08, 2017
The iPhone and the Nut-hatch
Jan 08, 2017
If You Don’t Want to Meditate, Meditate
Jan 01, 2017
How Do You Get the Hypotenuse?
Jan 01, 2017
A Recipe for Meditation
Jan 01, 2017
A Traffic Jam of Sense Consciousness
Jan 01, 2017
The Cards You’ve Been Dealt
Dec 25, 2016
The Point of Awakening
Dec 18, 2016
Siddarth’s Anagarika Going Forth and the Values of Monastic Life
Dec 11, 2016
Personality and the Bramaviharas
Dec 04, 2016
Cultural Vitality, Personality, and Parami
Nov 27, 2016
The Third Satipatthana
Nov 20, 2016
Contemplative Practice and Dependent Origination
Nov 13, 2016
The Nature of Awareness Is Goodwill
Nov 06, 2016
Awareness: The Key to the Transcendent
Oct 30, 2016
The Skill of Meditation
Oct 23, 2016
Intolerance to Nonconformity
Oct 16, 2016
The Conceit of Thought and the Opening of the Heart
Oct 09, 2016
The Island Is Not Thought
Oct 09, 2016
Choosing a Skillful Model
Oct 09, 2016
Is Harmony Reliable? (Partial Talk)
Oct 02, 2016
Coming Home: A Guided Meditation
Oct 02, 2016
The Unformed, the Unconditioned, the End
Sep 18, 2016
The Learner’s Mind
Sep 11, 2016
Making the Rocks Smooth – Ajahn Jayanto
Sep 04, 2016
Ramana Maharishi and Buddhism: Q & A
Aug 28, 2016
The Mood of the Mind
Aug 21, 2016
The Mood of the Mind: Q and A
Aug 21, 2016
The Goal or the Method
Aug 14, 2016
The Inner Workings of Self: Q & A
Aug 07, 2016
A Noble Attitude
Jul 31, 2016
The Buddha’s Jig
Jul 24, 2016
The Buddha’s Jig: Question and Answer
Jul 24, 2016
I Teach Frustration
Jul 17, 2016
Coming Back Home to Awareness
Jul 10, 2016
What Is in Awareness? What Is the Knowing?
Jul 03, 2016
Precepts and Unbiased Attention
Jun 26, 2016
The Paramitas
Jun 19, 2016
Mindfulness of the Body and the Eight Fold Path
Jun 12, 2016
Mindfulness of the Body and the Eight Fold Path – Q & A
Jun 12, 2016
Reboot Your Intentions
Jun 05, 2016
The Creation of Self in the Khandas
May 22, 2016
A Life of Insight
May 15, 2016
Perceptions, Memories, Lived Experience
May 08, 2016
Examining Motivation and Morality
May 01, 2016
A Life of Sawdust
Apr 24, 2016
Emotional Perceptions and Delusions
Apr 17, 2016
Beyond the Peaks and Valleys
Apr 10, 2016
Dealing with Aversion – Q & A
Apr 03, 2016
Dependent Origination and Reflecting on Phenomena
Mar 27, 2016
Reflecting on Right Speech
Mar 20, 2016
Wherever You Are Is Your Monastery
Mar 13, 2016
Listening for the End of Thought
Mar 06, 2016
The Mind Knowing the Mind Is the End of Suffering
Feb 28, 2016
Three Meanings of Dukkha
Feb 21, 2016
Refuge in the Thumb
Feb 14, 2016
How to Cook an Egg
Feb 07, 2016
The Vanishing of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion
Jan 31, 2016
Developing a Spacious Awareness – Q & A
Jan 24, 2016
A Winter Retreat at Tisarana
Jan 17, 2016
Coughing Belongs
Jan 17, 2016
The Middle Way of Knowing Mental Formations
Jan 10, 2016
What Is the Timeless
Jan 10, 2016
The Three Refuges
Jan 10, 2016
A New Year’s Talk: The Awakened Mind Allows and Accepts
Jan 03, 2016
Non-attachment, Non-grasping, and Finding a Balance
Dec 27, 2015
The Genesis of Preoccupation
Dec 20, 2015
Non-Anticipation, Non-Becoming, and Non-Catastrophizing
Dec 13, 2015
Letting Go and Developing
Dec 06, 2015
Noticing Endings – Q & A
Nov 29, 2015