Ajahn Viradhammo gives a short talk followed by a brief guided meditation. He reflects on the conditioned nature of sense experience and the arising of emotional states and personality. He also reflects on the Buddhas teaching regarding conventional reality and transcendent reality, knowing the stream of consciousness. This is the seventh talk from the 2014 Peterborough Retreat.… Read the rest
For the evening Dhamma talk, Ajahn Viradhammo answers questions about dealing with difficult emotions, the story line, fear, anxiety, and suggests how to not provide fuel for the unwholesome. This is the eighth talk from the 2014 Peterborough Retreat .… Read the rest
For the closing talk Ajahn Viradhammo Reflects on object of meditation and characteristic meditation as well as the skillful means of using ritual and chanting in our practice. This is the ninth and final talk from the 2014 Peterborough Retreat.… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo gives a guided mediation and opens the retreat offering the 8 precepts. This is the first talk from the Peterborough Retreat in 2014.… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo gives a short talk and guided meditation speaking about the five khandas and using the three principals of presence, non-anticipation, and non-resistance to support being watchful and available. This is the second talk from the Peterborough Retreat in 2014.… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo gives a brief talk about the third foundation of mindfulness, knowing mind states as opposed to being preoccupied by them. This is the third talk from the 2014 Peterborough Retreat.… Read the rest
The skill of a contemplative. Using Perception of anicca (as change), anatta, and dukkha for awakening. This is the fourth talk from the 2014 Peterborough Retreat.… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo. Ottawa Buddhist Society Fall Retreat in Arnprior (Seventeenth Talk).… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo. Ottawa Buddhist Society Fall Retreat in Arnprior (Eighteenth Talk).… Read the rest
Ajahn Viradhammo. Ottawa Buddhist Society Fall Retreat in Arnprior (Nineteenth Talk).… Read the rest
