Ayyā Medhānandī
Dhamma Talks by Ayya Medhanandi and Others at Sati Saraniya Hermitage in Perth, Ontario, Canada
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2025
In Humility the Heart Ripens, Ayya Medhanandi
As an alms mendicant nun, fed by the kindness of others for nearly four decades, I reflect on the immense blessing of this path. I also reflect on the unspeakable suffering in this world. For the Bud…
00:25:59 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
The Astonishing Love Within You, Ayya Medhanandi
There is much fear in this world and yet there is a wondrous way beyond fear. Just as humans create weapons of mass destruction, we are capable of the exact opposite – nurturing the enlightened mind.…
00:23:08 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
The Big Old Skin of Ego, Ayya Anuruddha
Do we really want to wake up? We may have to face painful truths about ourselves. So we examine the depth of our dedication to this spiritual work and we watch out for the ego. The Buddha had zero to…
00:11:12 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
First Aid for the Heart, Ayya Medhanandi
How do we extinguish the fires of greed, hatred and delusion that burn within the mind? The Buddha has thrown us a lifeline. We grab hold of it right here and now – one moment at a time. Free yoursel…
00:11:29 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
In the School of Truth, Ayya Medhanandi
How true can we be so we don’t have to lie? Not just in what we say or think but also in how we live this precious life both in our doings on the outside, and also what goes on inside the mind – wher…
00:26:17 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Stand Strong Like the Trees, Ayya Medhanandi
Living in the forest, we are always aware of the trees. Patient, deep-rooted, even in fierce storms, they stand. So stand like the trees, committed and enduring. See the world with pure awareness, ju…
00:25:40 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Trust in Pure Awareness, Ayya Nimmala
The Buddha encourages us to abandon the unwholesome and develop wholesomeness in our daily acts, words and thoughts. As we learn to trust in pure awareness and present moment mindfulness, the weight …
00:29:03 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
What Is True Joy?, Ayya Medhanandi
What is true joy? All too soon, joy declines because of its nature to change, like all conditions of life. True joy is not an idea or belief in a perfect moment but it is knowing the truth of change …
00:27:14 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Not Afraid to Love, Ayya Medhanandi
Do we know the truth of what we are? If not, how can we love unconditionally? When the heart abides in loving-kindness, the misery of fear, anger and despair is vanquished. If we look for uncondition…
00:28:37 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Silent Homage – Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi
The heart’s splendor is known in pure awareness – not tainted by any harmful thought or feeling. It is integrity itself – present now. Traverse from the self, the narrow sense of me and mine, to surr…
00:23:30 |
Sat 05 Jul 2025
Arahants Have No Barnacles, Ayya Medhanandi
Anger and fear are perilous, flammable states of mind – like barnacles attached to a ship's hull that undermine its power to sail. So we call on wise discernment and forgiveness to rescue us. We take…
00:17:49 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Refining Gold, Ayya Medhanandi
Just as one refines gold, we temper the restless thoughts and moods of the mind. We listen and deepen awareness in joyous silence, peaceful and benign. It's a noble healing of every harm we may have …
00:25:35 |
Sat 21 Jun 2025
If You Want the Moon, Ayya Medhanandi
Between beauty and terror lies the Middle Way, at times crushing, at last – transcendent. Can we receive all of life with the pure love of awakened awareness? Just listen and watch in silence. Open a…
00:21:25 |
Sat 14 Jun 2025
On the Threshold of Silence, Ayya Medhanandi
We are caught up in the world – as if we're in jail. But we are also on the threshold of silence wherein lies the key to pure, infinite, wordless presence. Isn't that love – timeless, universal, here…
00:29:27 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
A Gift for Everyone, Ayya Anuruddha
Our practice is a unique opportunity to develop our deepest potential for happiness as human beings. We use the skills of interior investigation with patience and courage to study the intimate workin…
00:26:55 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Vanquish Hatred With Love, Ayya Nimmala
Hatred is a mental prison. We are blessed with freedom from it as long as we can abide in universal love well-nurtured in our own heart. For nature is its own reward and our true nature is nothing sh…
00:32:23 |
Fri 23 May 2025
This Is Sanctuary, Ayya Medhanandi
The world goes on the way it does. We have no control over these conditions – just as we cannot escape diseases of the body. But waking up is not beyond us. Bowing to the present moment is our homag…
00:17:16 |
Sat 17 May 2025
We Are Not Separate, Ayya Medhanandi
Do joy, peace of mind, and trusted friendship rely on the state of the world outside, or on the qualities we foster within us? In the vast presence of pure awareness, trust and courage lift our feet …
00:20:29 |
Fri 09 May 2025
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Ayya Medhanandi
Mindfulness of pure present moment awareness guides us to the blessed joy of awakening. But can we still the interior tides of emotion and thought enough to taste that freedom? Everyday, devote time …
00:27:25 |
Fri 02 May 2025
A Ministry of Love, Ayya Medhanandi
How can a bitter tasting medicine heal physical illness? Just so, understanding suffering can liberate us from it. Listen to the dance of impermanence arising and falling endlessly. Bear witness to t…
00:28:07 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
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