Meditation Retreat Archive - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

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These are talks given during a meditation retreat uploaded to the Amaravati online audio collection. These talks are dhamma talks or guided meditation that were given during these retreats.

Episode Date
Day 1a – Talk – Understanding the Precepts
Dec 07, 2024
Day 1b – GM – Basic Meditation Instruction
Dec 07, 2024
Day 2a – Talk – ‘Just as Rivers’ — The Blessing Chanting
Dec 07, 2024
Day 2b – GM – When the Mind Wanders Around
Dec 07, 2024
Day 2c – Q&A (1)
Dec 07, 2024
Day 2d – GM – Allowing, Resting, Being Open and Relaxed
Dec 07, 2024
Day 2e – Talk – Peace or No Peace
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3a – Q&A (2) Taming the Inner Critic
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3b – IN – Walking Meditation
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3c – Talk – Gratitude and Forgiveness
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3d – Q&A (3)
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3e – Talk – Committed to Doing Good
Dec 07, 2024
Day 3d – Talk – Closing Comments
Oct 12, 2023
Day 3c – Questions and Answers
Oct 12, 2023
Day 3b – GM – Contemplating Endings
Oct 12, 2023
Day 3a – GM – Experiences that Arise and Cease
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2f – Questions and Answers
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2e – Talk – That Which Knows Irritation is Not Irritated
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2d – Talk – In This Body, with This Mind
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2c – Talk – Present Moment Awareness
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2b – GM – Attuning to the Silence
Oct 12, 2023
Day 2a – GM – Resting in Awareness
Oct 12, 2023
Day 1b – GM – Thoughts, Sensations and Feelings
Oct 12, 2023
Day 1a – Talk – Reflection on the Eight Precepts
Oct 12, 2023
Day 9b – QA – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 9a – GM – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 8c – Talk – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 8b – QA – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 8a – GM – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 7c – Talk – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 7b – QA – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 7a – GM – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 6c – Talk – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 6b – QA – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 6a – GM – Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 5b – QA – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 5a – GM – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 4c – Talk – Ajahn Jew (Thai Language)
Aug 08, 2023
Day 4b – QA – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 4a – GM – Ajahn Jew (Thai Language)
Aug 08, 2023
Day 3c – Talk – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 3b – GM – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 3a – GM – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 2c – Dhamma Talk – Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 2b – QA – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 2a – Guided Meditation – Ajahn Amaro
Aug 08, 2023
Day 1 – Opening Talk – Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Jew
Aug 08, 2023
Day 6 – Q&A
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5f – Q&A
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5e – Talk – Aspects of Death Contemplation
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5d – GM – Death Contemplation
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5c – Q&A
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5b – Talk – Some Ways of Playing with Practice
Jul 14, 2023
Day 5a – Guided Meditation
Jul 14, 2023
Day 4e – Talk – The Nine Eyes of Insight
Jul 14, 2023
Day 4d – Q&A
Jul 14, 2023
Day 4c – Dhamma Reflection
Jul 14, 2023
Day 4b – Q&A
Jul 14, 2023
Day 4a – Talk – Emotions and Relationships
Jul 14, 2023
Day 3g – Talk – Sound of Silence
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3f – Q&A
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3e – Talk – What is the World
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3d – GM – Who Am I
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3c – Dhamma Reflection
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3b – Q&A
Jul 13, 2023
Day 3a – Talk – Using Ch’an and Zen Methods
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2f – Talk – Three Kinds of Craving
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2e – Q&A
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2d – IN – Walking Meditation
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2c – Talk – Aspects of Vipassana
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2b – Q&A
Jul 13, 2023
Day 2a – Talk – The Five Khandas and the Three Characteristics
Jul 13, 2023
Day 1d – Q&A
Jul 12, 2023
Day 1c – Talk – Opening Reflections
Jul 12, 2023
Day 1b – Instructions & GM
Jul 12, 2023
Day 1a – General Guidance
Jul 12, 2023
Day 1 – Talk – Four Noble Truths and Dependent Origination
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2a – GM – Balancing Energy and Relaxation
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2b – IN – Walking Meditation
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2c – GM – Present Moment Awareness of Body and Mind
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2d – Talk – Avoiding Second Arrow (Dependent Origination)
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2e – IN – Right Attitude in Meditation
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2f – GM – Awareness of Spaciousness
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2g – Questions and Answers
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3a – GM – Reflection of Three Characteristics on Five Aggregates
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3b – IN – Continuity of Formal and Informal Practice
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3c – GM – Reflection of Four Noble Truths in this World
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3d – Talk – Dhamma as the True Refuge
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3e – GM – Sharing of Blessing
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3f – GM – Exit Points from Cycle of Dependent Origination
Nov 27, 2021
Day 3g – Questions and Answers
Nov 27, 2021
Day 2b – Talk – Eightfold Path
Oct 25, 2021
Day 1a – GM – Noticing Feeling Right Now
Oct 25, 2021
Day 1b – Talk – Refuges and Precepts
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2a – GM – Being Here and Now
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2c – GM – Body Sweeping
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2d – IN – Walking Meditation
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2e – IN – Mindfulness of Breathing
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2f – IN – Establishing Inner Peace
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2g – IN – Standing Meditation
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2h – Questions and Answers
Oct 25, 2021
Day 2i – Talk – Liberate Ourselves from the World
Oct 25, 2021
Day 3a – GM – Dhamma Practice and Contemplation
Oct 25, 2021
Day 3b – Talk – Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Oct 25, 2021
Day 3c – GM – Four Elements of the Body
Oct 25, 2021
Day 3d – Questions and Answers
Oct 25, 2021
Day 3e – GM – Sharing of Blessing
Oct 25, 2021
Day 1a – Talk – Orientation Talk
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1b – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1c – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1c – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1d – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1d – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1e – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 2a – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 2b – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 2c – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 2d – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 3a – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 3b – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 3c – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 3d – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 3e – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 4a – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 4b – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 4c – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 4d – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 4e – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 5a – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 5b – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 5c – Talk – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 5d – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 5e – GM – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 6a – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 6b – GM – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 6c – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 6d – GM – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 6e – QA – Knowing, Emptiness, and the Radiant Mind
Aug 08, 2020
Day 1 – Talk – Refuges and Precepts
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2a – GM – Letting Go of the Struggle
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2b – IN – How to Meditate
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2c – GM – Breathing In, Breathing Out
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2d – IN – Walking Meditation
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2e – IN – It’s All Right
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2f – IN – Standing Meditation
Feb 15, 2020
Day 2g – Talk – The Three Characteristics
Feb 15, 2020
Day 3a – GM – The Dhamma is Here and Now
Feb 15, 2020
Day 3b – Talk – The Five Focuses of Identity
Feb 15, 2020
Day 3c – GM – At Ease with the Five Khandhas
Feb 15, 2020
Day 3d – Questions and Answers
Feb 15, 2020
Day 3e – Talk – The Four Immeasurables
Feb 15, 2020
Day 4a – GM – The Dhamma is Here and Now
Feb 15, 2020
Day 4b – IN – Stay with Your Experience
Feb 15, 2020
Day 4c – Talk – Silently Witnessing
Feb 15, 2020
Day 4d – Talk – Bhāvacakka – The Wheel of Life
Feb 15, 2020
Day 5 – GM – Supporting Each Other
Feb 15, 2020
Day 1 – Talk – This Endeavour to Investigate
Jan 21, 2020
Day 2a – Talk – Mindfulness, Awareness, Consciousness
Jan 21, 2020
Day 2b – Talk – The Samadhi of Vipassana
Jan 21, 2020
Day 3a – Talk – Awareness Aware of Awareness
Jan 21, 2020
Day 3b – Talk – Behind Thoughts is the Silence
Jan 21, 2020
Day 4a – Talk – Take Your Stand with the Awareness
Jan 21, 2020
Day 4b – QA – The 6th Element
Jan 21, 2020
Day 5a – Talk – Human Made Fetters
Jan 21, 2020
Day 5b – QA – Mindfulness Is the Highest Form of Meditation
Jan 21, 2020
Day 6a – Talk – The Underlying Embrace of Metta Is Always There
Jan 21, 2020
Day 6b – QA – Gratitude, Patience and a Toddler on the Path
Jan 21, 2020
Day 7a – Talk – Awareness Is Not an Object
Jan 21, 2020
Day 7b – QA – The Ultimate Sound Is Silence
Jan 21, 2020
Day 8a – Talk – Adapt to Change with Wisdom
Jan 21, 2020
Day 8b – QA – Intuitive Intelligence Is Not Personal
Jan 21, 2020
Day 9a – Talk – Home Is Where We Can Relax
Jan 21, 2020
Day 9b – QA – Exploring Dualistic Conditioning
Jan 21, 2020
Booking Retreats in 2020: Some improvements to the booking process
Sep 23, 2019
For your Diaries – Open Retreat led by Luang Por Sumedho to be held in May 2020 (cancelled)
Aug 06, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 47 Wording from Khun Da, The Organizer Team and Last Blessing from Ajahn
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 46 Last Chanting and Dhamma Talk Session 19
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 45 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 44 Session 18
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 43 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 42 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 41 Session 17
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 39 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 38 Session 16
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 37 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 36 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 35 Session 15
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 34 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 33 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 32 Session 14
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 31 Session 13
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 30 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 29 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 28 Session 12
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 27 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 26 Session 11
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 25 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 24 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 23 Session 10
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 22 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 17 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 21 Session 9
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 20 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 19 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 18 Session 8
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 16 Session 7
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 15 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 14 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 13 Session 6
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 12 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 11 Session 5
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 10 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 09 Q&A
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 08 Session 4
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 07 Session 3 Sitting and Walking Meditation Instruction
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 06 Morning Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 05 Session 2
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 04 Evening Chanting
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 03 Session 1
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 02 Instruction from Ajahn Amaro + Praparit
Aug 05, 2019
Pu Chai Sai 10 Day Retreat – 01 Retreat Instruction
Aug 05, 2019
Day 10 – Reflection – A New World Arising
May 16, 2018
Day 9a – Questions and Answers
May 16, 2018
Day 8b – Talk – One, Two, Three, Four, and Five
May 16, 2018
Day 8a – Reflection – Freedom From Becoming
May 16, 2018
Day 7b – Talk – 5th Precept – Keeping the Reptile Brain Fenced In
May 16, 2018
Day 7a – Reflection – Travelling in Harmony
May 16, 2018
Day 6b – Talk – 4th Precept – It’s OK to Stop
May 16, 2018
Day 6a – Reflection – The Sound of Silence
May 16, 2018
Day 5b – Talk – 3rd Precept – Ajahn Chah in the USA
May 16, 2018
Day 5a – Reflection – Changing Weather, Perceptions, and Moods
May 16, 2018
Day 4d – Talk – 2nd Precept – In This Moment Nothing Is Lacking
May 16, 2018
Day 4c – GM – You Still Have to Drive
May 16, 2018
Day 4b – Qestions and Answers
May 16, 2018
Day 4a – Reflection – Arising and Passing Away is Ownerless
May 16, 2018
Day 3d – Talk – 1st Precept – The Importance of Attention
May 16, 2018
Day 3c – Reflection – Compassion for the Body
May 16, 2018
Day 3b – Reflection – The Heart Delights in Freedom
May 16, 2018
Day 3a – Reflection – Finding a Balance Between Attention and ‘Fall Out’
May 16, 2018
Day 2f – Talk – Ten Steps to Wellbeing and Enlightenment
May 16, 2018
Day 2e – GM – Endless Patience
May 16, 2018
Day 2d – Instruction – You Can Suffer in Any posture
May 16, 2018
Day 2c – Reflection – ‘Self Talk’ – What Do You Say to Yourself
May 16, 2018
Day 2b – Talk – Meeting Body and Breath in the Present
May 16, 2018
Day 2a – GM – This Body, Mind, Space, and Moment
May 16, 2018
Day 1 – Talk – An Introduction
May 16, 2018
Day 3b – Talk – The Doer and the Observer
May 12, 2018
Day 3a – Talk – Seeing Beyond Suffering
May 12, 2018
Day 2e – Talk – The Importance of the Right View
May 12, 2018
Day 2d – Talk – Keep Doing Good
May 12, 2018
Day 2c – Talk – From Sleepiness to One-pointedness
May 12, 2018
Day 2b – GM – Four Kinds of Breath
May 12, 2018
Day 2a – GM – Honouring the Triple Gem
May 12, 2018
Day 1 – Talk – An Answer to the Three Questions
May 12, 2018
Day 4f – GM – Metta Meditation
Jan 03, 2018
Day 4e – Talk – Dedicating this Practice to Others
Jan 03, 2018
Day 4d – Instruction – Healing the Wounds
Jan 03, 2018
Day 4c – GM – Metta Meditation
Jan 03, 2018
Day 4b – Talk – Qualities that Support Our Practice
Jan 03, 2018
Day 4a – Story – Milarepa and His Demons
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3f – Talk – A Light in the Dark Place
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3e – Instruction – A Removal of Distractive Thoughts
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3d – Story – The Buddha’s Teaching to Bahiya
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3c – Talk – The Six Sense Doors
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3b – Reflection – A Sense of Gratitude
Jan 03, 2018
Day 3a – GM – Observing the Four Elements
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2f – Talk – What’s Impermanent is Impersonal
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2e – Reflection – Everything is Dhamma
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2d – Instruction – Let it Be
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2c – GM – The Felt Sense of Being Here
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2b – GM – A Rhythym of the Breath
Jan 03, 2018
Day 2a – GM – Two Aspects of the Present Experience
Jan 03, 2018
Day 1b – GM – Moving an Attention Through the Body Parts
Jan 03, 2018
Day 1a – Talk – Refuges and Precepts
Jan 03, 2018
Day 10 – GM – Appreciation of the Inner Presence
Nov 29, 2017
Day 9b – Talk and Reading – Dependent Origination
Nov 29, 2017
Day 9a – GM – Only Here and Now
Nov 29, 2017
Day 8c – Questions and Answers
Nov 29, 2017
Day 8b – Questions and Answers
Nov 29, 2017
Day 8a – GM – Looking at the Mind
Nov 29, 2017
Day 7b – Talk – The First Noble Truth
Nov 29, 2017
Day 7a – GM – Awareness of What’s Here and Now
Nov 29, 2017
Day 6b – Reading – Ajahn Sumedho (Ant. Vol. 4)
Nov 29, 2017
Day 6a – Questions and Answers
Nov 29, 2017
Day 5c – Talk – Non-attachment with Humor
Nov 29, 2017
Day 5b – Talk – Taking Refuge in the Dhamma
Nov 29, 2017
Day 5a – GM – The Weather of Mind and Body
Nov 29, 2017
Day 4c – Talk – Letting Go of Me, Myself, and My Blind Program
Nov 28, 2017
Day 4b – GM – Broader Vision of the Present Moment
Nov 28, 2017
Day 4a – GM – The Aid for the Reactive Mind
Nov 28, 2017
Day 3c – Talk – A Drop of Loving Presence
Nov 28, 2017
Day 3b – Questions and Answers
Nov 27, 2017
Day 3a – GM – Here and Now is Passing Away
Nov 27, 2017
Day 2d – Talk – Aspiration of the Awakened Heart
Nov 27, 2017
Day 2c – GM – One Moment of Mindfulness
Nov 27, 2017
Day 2b – Instruction – Staying in the Present Moment
Nov 27, 2017
Day 2a – Talk – Rock, Sand, Water, and then Nothing
Nov 27, 2017
Day 1 – Talk – Five Precepts Offer Freedom to Numberless of Beings
Nov 27, 2017
Community Practice Done Skillfully
Oct 06, 2017
Day 10 – Morning Reflection: This Looks Like a Good Path to Take
Jul 30, 2017