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These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.… Read the rest

These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.… Read the rest

These short recordings are from the 2012 Tisarana Residential Retreat. Almost all of them take place before a formal sitting meditation session. So you may enjoy playing these before one of your own sits at home.… Read the rest

From a past Tisarana Residential Retreat: Ajahn Vīradhammo speaks about what it means to be part of the Lay Buddhist Saṅgha. This requires a deep commitment, responsibility, and aspiration to follow the path laid out by the Buddha for the full realization of enlightenment. This entails the duty of living by the 5 precepts, creating a foundation of generosity, developing a formal meditation practice, and developing a life of inner contemplation.… Read the rest

This is from a Friday night talk at the Ottawa Buddhist Society. Ajahn Vīradhammo speaks about the practice in general and the value of living a spiritual life. He develops the theme of muditā (gladness) and explores how we can bring joy into our lives. In general we are learning to develop a whole set of skills that ultimately brings us peace and happiness. And learning to be patient, as well as developing awareness and non-grasping are some of the most important skills we can learn to do this.… Read the rest

This is a recording of Tisarana’s 2014 Kathina. In this traditional Kathina ceremony the laity offers the Tisarana monks who have stayed together for the three month rains retreat, gifts of robe cloth and other requisites.

If you are interested in hearing Luang Por Pasanno’s talk: Don’t Settle For Just Happiness, please advance 40 minutes into the recording (where he begins giving this talk). Luang Por Pasanno explains how to use happiness as a basis for real peace and unshakeability, rather than using Dhamma practice only for the sake of finding happiness.… Read the rest

Luang Por Vīradhammo discusses how to work with a mind obsessed with outward conditions and social experiences. By using the perception of all conditions being in awareness we can release our outward going tendencies.… Read the rest