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
We Are the Mandala, Ayya Medhanandi
Pure present moment awareness reveals what we are not; and thereby, what we truly are. Investigate and question all thoughts you see circling in the mind – fearful or fanciful, liked or not. Know the…
00:24:06 |
Fri 29 Nov 2024
A Noble Heart, Ayya Medhanandi
We can't think our way to awakening. How then can we ennoble the heart? Practising right resort will purify the mind with present moment awareness. We give truth a voice, a prevailing knowing reinfor…
00:18:44 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
A Path of Prudent Happiness, Ayya Medhanandi
On this path of awakening into the vast frontier of the mind, we discover the treasure of our inheritance from the Buddha, directing ourselves with the compass of compassionate wisdom. This journey i…
00:28:36 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Give Up What Destroys You, Ayya Medhanandi
Harmlessness is a gift to ourselves and to others. The child of courage and the mother of true peace, it relies on core practices of virtue and nonviolence. To abandon anger and its retinue of hatre…
00:23:01 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
What is Dhamma?, Ayya Medhanandi
The Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching, guides us to a moral awakening, a realization of ultimate truth. We have forever searched for eternal peace in the world of fleeting promises where happiness never …
00:17:25 |
Sun 03 Nov 2024
Leave Your Shoes At The Door, Ayya Medhanandi
Let faith be our foundation for a mindfulness that never tires of examining how we are within us. We may eat well, dress well, and look good but what is the real state of the mind? Day by day, findin…
00:18:07 |
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Go To The Roots of Trees, Ayya Medhanandi
Whether we live as laity or in a monastery, there is a sacred path open for all to explore. Yet few would brave its fierce tests. How we train and incline the mind will naturally determine our spirit…
00:15:52 |
Fri 18 Oct 2024
The Art of Harmlessness, Ayya Medhanandi
We humans share this journey of birth, old age, sickness and death. Sometimes we succumb to fear or sorrow; sometimes we are exhausted or disoriented as if lost on a perilous path. Seeing the univers…
00:23:02 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Navigating the Inner Sea, Ayya Medhanandi
We are on a miraculous voyage in the fragile vessel of a body that ultimately dies. This is the Noble Truth of our suffering. To unravel its mystery and rescue ourselves, we must navigate the inner s…
00:19:03 |
Fri 04 Oct 2024
Noble Rescue, Ayya Medhanandi
How can we rescue ourselves from the obstacles to our happiness? We must not disregard the power of awareness in the present moment to vanquish suffering. For in this very moment is everything we nee…
00:24:26 |
Sat 28 Sep 2024
The Winds of Change, Ayya Medhanandi
We are on a mountain with a tremendous view. Let the breath speak to us. Stay present and watch both the joy and the suffering. We investigate wisely and patiently like a parent whose child may obje…
00:33:03 |
Sat 21 Sep 2024
A Raft to Nibbana, Ayya Medhanandi
What else is there to do in this life but know the truth of what we are and deepen in wisdom and compassion. Our spiritual map leads us out of the darkness to a purity and clarity of understanding. H…
00:29:12 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
And Then Your Heart Will Shine, Ayya Medhanandi
How can we tread the path of nonviolence that rises above anger, blame, and mistrust? Try choosing compassion, kindness and forgiveness. For inner peace is nowhere to be found if not within your own …
00:19:06 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Give Ear to Silence, Ayya Medhanandi
Listen to the interior silence with audacious selfless attention and see how pure awareness catapults us into a dynamic intuitive presence. We connect to the Dhamma without obstructions. Silence is f…
00:17:01 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
The Four Noble Truths in Action, Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha realized a state of pure awakened consciousness. We try to emulate his moral excellence by turning inward to bring the mind to silence. We relinquish habitual unwholesome and harmful thoug…
00:23:12 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
The Joy Will Come, Ayya Medhanandi
Joy can come with wise reflection and a pepper of difference. I learned this standing in town with my alms bowl as a mendicant nun one morning. Living for the sake of what is highest within us, we c…
00:26:49 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Knowing Godness, Ayya Medhanandi
Was the Buddha a Buddhist? The Buddha was fully awakened, having realized the truth beyond convention, beyond worldly identities. We want that – to fully awaken; and to understand our experience at i…
00:15:06 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Why Do We Have To Be Human?, Ayya Medhanandi
Meditation is a renewable resource. “Why do we have to be human? O not because happiness exists – but because being in this Dharma realm means so much.” Our spiritual work reveals how we must hold th…
00:17:51 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Love Wisdom More Than Life, Ayya Medhanandi
To bring the mind to peace, we must learn about all that makes it unpeaceful, unquiet. We learn how to guide ourselves to abide in wholesome states of mind, how to prevent dark and unskilfull states …
00:08:05 |
Sat 20 Jul 2024
Grow in the Master’s Way, Ayya Medhanandi
All conditions of this world have the nature to change: the earth, weather, governments, work, health, leisure, family, friendships and so forth. We observe these variations and consider the most cri…
00:32:20 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
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