Ajahn Vīradhammo speaks about Kalyāna-Mitta (spiritual friendship) , his time in Thailand, and the Thai Forest Tradition. He continues with explaining the Four Noble Truths, craving and cessation.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo focuses on developing a good posture, in a chair, while walking, etc. He then spends the majority of the talk answering meditation questions from retreatants at the Hockley Valley Retreat.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo speaks about devotion, faith and wisdom. He also speaks about trusting the knowing quality of awareness rather than attaching to our thoughts.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo helps us understand consciousness and then reads from the biography of Luang Por Chah and later the biography of Luang Por Liem (Ajahn Chah’s successor).… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo begins this Dhamma talks by answering written questions from the retreatants on the Hockley Valley Retreat. He then goes on to speak at length on several Dhamma themes including perception, cessation, and the notions of identification.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo gives a guided meditation using body scanning and explores various themes focusing on the experiences we have of our body.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo analyzes the morning chanting that is done on a daily basis beginning with an examination of dukkha and the grasping of the five khandas (form, feeling, perception, mental formations and consciousness).… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo gives advice on how to use the horizontal posture to meditate. He further develops the analogy of riding a bicycle to explain how we learn to balance the mind with the hindrances that arise during our practice.… Read the rest
Ajahn Vīradhammo begins the retreat at Hockley Valley with a 25 minute talk and a 15 minute guided meditation. Please note that these talks and guided meditations will be distributed sequentiality on each Saturday and Sunday over the next 8 weeks.… Read the rest
On Āsālḷhā Pūjā (the night before entering the communal rains retreat), Ajahn Vīradhammo expounds upon the purpose of communal life and explains how we use the perception of change to understand our experiences.… Read the rest
