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given at Dhammadharini
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2017-06-06
Balancing the Mind in Meditation
48:48
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Ayya Sobhana
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After her 6 week retreat at Dhammadharini, Ayya Sobhana shares guidelines for working with cittanupasana (contemplation of mental factors) and how to balance the mind factors that may come up in metta meditation. She also links the contemplation of the elements as tools to balancing the mind. |
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2017-05-30
Sense Restraint as Part of the Gradual Training
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Ayya Suvijjana
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Ayya Suvijjana talks about the first aspect of the gradual training given by the Buddha: sense restraint (indiya samvara). She reads from the Samyutta Nikaya 48.52 about the request from en elder monk (Mallika) for the Buddha's teaching in brief. |
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2017-03-07
Why the 5 Aggregates are a Summery of Suffering
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Ayya Sobhana
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This is a review of how clinging to the five aggregates is a summary of suffering and, in particular, why consciousness can be a key as to whether we are hooked in the system or not. Using examples from neuroscience Ayya Sobhana explains how before knowing the Dhamma we are much more reactive to 'the slings and arrow of outrageous fortune', but through practice we can become more equanimous and calm and can receive the experience of life without being disturbed by it. |
Tuesday Night Dhamma 2017 - The Five Aggregates
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2017-02-26
Ayya Dhira on Ayya Khema: Path to Ordination and Becoming a Teacher
48:32
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Ayya Dhira
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This is the third of four special Dhammadharini events celebrating the yearlong 2600th anniversary of Bhikkhuni Sangha, with a focus on the Arahant Bhikkhuni Mahapajapati Gotami, as the pathbreaker, leader, and mentor of the early women's sangha. In this talk Ayya Dhira from Germany gives a history of Ayya Khema also from Germany. |
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2017-02-26
Reflection on Patacari: From Sorrow to Freedom
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Ayya Sobhana
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This is the third of four special Dhammadharini events celebrating the yearlong 2600th anniversary of Bhikkhuni Sangha, with a focus on the Arahant Bhikkhuni Mahapajapati Gotami, as the pathbreaker, leader, and mentor of the early women's sangha. This was a Seminar on the Leadership of Women in Buddhism. |
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2017-01-24
The Joy of Renunciation
51:58
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Ayya Sobhana
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This talk was offered during the Tuesday night meditation. It talks about what questions to ask to use renunciation as a practice whether a monastic or in lay life. |
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