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Ayyā Medhānandī

Dhamma Talks by Ayya Medhanandi and Others at Sati Saraniya Hermitage in Perth, Ontario, Canada

Religion & Spirituality Buddhism
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
27 minutes
Episodes
262
Years Active
2004 - 2025
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In the Name of Wisdom, Ayya Medhanandi

In the Name of Wisdom, Ayya Medhanandi

What does it mean to be noble? As a daughter of the Buddha, I learn that no name, title, degree or pedigree can confer true wisdom, authority or respect; nor do opinion, tradition or entitlement best…
00:14:16  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024
What Is Refuge in Buddha?, Ayya Medhanandi

What Is Refuge in Buddha?, Ayya Medhanandi

Stay true to seeing with wisdom and be compassionate to yourself – then, gradually to all beings. Preserve, treasure, grow and rejoice in the moral fabric of your true nature and know its incomparabl…
00:29:28  |   Sun 04 Feb 2024
The Buddha’s Positioning System – BPS, Ayya Medhanandi

The Buddha’s Positioning System – BPS, Ayya Medhanandi

The Buddha gives us a flawless positioning system that will guide us to the coordinates of Truth. That ultimate refuge and peace is not to be known anywhere but in the sanctuary of our own heart. To …
00:25:16  |   Sun 28 Jan 2024
The Ocean Cares for Each Wave, Ayya Medhanandi

The Ocean Cares for Each Wave, Ayya Medhanandi

Though we may feel lost in the world, on the path of purification we find secure refuge and blessings shower down upon us. It is by the power of our own mind that we bring forth what is resplendent i…
00:24:04  |   Sat 20 Jan 2024
Give Peace a Chance – Meditation Reflections, Ayya Medhanandi

Give Peace a Chance – Meditation Reflections, Ayya Medhanandi

With selfless awareness, we radiate good-will, that quality of loving-kindness, inwardly and to all beings, even to those who are indifferent or hostile, or to those who cause harm. This is the Buddh…
00:18:30  |   Sun 14 Jan 2024
A Jet Plane to Nibbana, Ayya Medhanandi

A Jet Plane to Nibbana, Ayya Medhanandi

Across millenia, the Buddha speaks of his awakening – teaching us how to take refuge, how to be fearless, how to walk the Middle Way, how to understand suffering, and how to know what to trust. Fear …
00:23:09  |   Sat 06 Jan 2024
On A Path We Trust, Ayya Medhanandi

On A Path We Trust, Ayya Medhanandi

Let us not serve the false, fierce tyranny of fear – withering, unworthy, not to be clung to, and not who we are. By emptying the mind of fearful thoughts, we stop clinging to anything of the world –…
00:30:28  |   Sat 30 Dec 2023
The Face of Holiness, Ayya Medhanandi

The Face of Holiness, Ayya Medhanandi

Through the lens of Truth, mindful and attentive, we pierce anger, sorrow, fear and complacency. We are on the cusp of realizing who we are. Clear present awareness leads us inwards. We are on track …
00:31:30  |   Sat 23 Dec 2023
Stay In Your Lane, Ayya Medhanandi

Stay In Your Lane, Ayya Medhanandi

When the inner fires flare, stay in your lane – aware, present and know – even if you are on fire, you can still the inner turbulence and sustain peace. Resist wandering to the past or future; resist…
00:24:03  |   Sat 16 Dec 2023
Chrysalis of the Monarch, Ayya Medhanandi

Chrysalis of the Monarch, Ayya Medhanandi

We are searching for the Unconditioned and the way to fulfill our highest potential as spiritual beings. Our journey of awakening simulates the monarch butterfly's miraculous flight. Freed from its c…
00:15:17  |   Sat 09 Dec 2023
Trust the Journey Itself, Ayya Medhanandi

Trust the Journey Itself, Ayya Medhanandi

The core teachings of the Buddha offer us a ready escape from the hells of hatred and hostility. Though the heart is perturbed, we reach deeply into our core to connect to that aquifer of Dhamma with…
00:32:24  |   Sat 02 Dec 2023
Measureless Liberation of Mind, Ayya Medhanandi

Measureless Liberation of Mind, Ayya Medhanandi

Nature is begging us to wake up especially when we find ourselves at the mercy of fear arising like a ghost in the dead of night. What will protect us from these intruders? At the moment of ambush, c…
00:15:48  |   Sat 25 Nov 2023
When You Get Close to the Sun, Ayya Medhanandi

When You Get Close to the Sun, Ayya Medhanandi

What can protect us from the repercussions of negative and unwholesome mind states? Begin the journey, the archeology of our own heart. It’s a total cleansing. Like a mountain climber, we ascend the …
00:19:43  |   Sat 18 Nov 2023
Patience is Love, Ayya Medhanandi

Patience is Love, Ayya Medhanandi

Patience is love, a faith both fearless and true. How can we know and embody that? How can we value each moment and care for it, patiently turning the mind away from the world to the peace within us …
00:25:54  |   Sat 11 Nov 2023
Truth and Reconciliation, Ayya Medhanandi

Truth and Reconciliation, Ayya Medhanandi

Can we face what we most fear and touch the well-spring of goodness, kindness and compassion within us? The first step towards Truth is taking responsibility for our own actions, intentions, and thei…
Sat 04 Nov 2023
What Is The Solution?, Ayya Medhanandi

What Is The Solution?, Ayya Medhanandi

The Buddha said it simply. The awakened mind is the best solution. The mind-heart needs happiness to be well and to extend that well-being to others. So we tune inward, listen, meditate and resolve t…
00:25:51  |   Sat 28 Oct 2023
Ice Melts, Ayya Medhanandi

Ice Melts, Ayya Medhanandi

We carry the seed of awakening. And yet we are so blind. Can we learn to see through the clouds of delusion, greed and hatefulness? Do we have the resolve and patience to begin and the humility and f…
00:28:53  |   Sat 21 Oct 2023
When the Mind Sees Itself, Ayya Medhanandi

When the Mind Sees Itself, Ayya Medhanandi

How long must we wander misguided in life? To courageously seek Truth, extract all impurity from the mind under the scrutiny of the Wisdom Eye – silent, watchful, fully aware, and dedicated to inner …
00:29:39  |   Sat 14 Oct 2023
Who Do You Think You Are?, Ayya Medhanandi

Who Do You Think You Are?, Ayya Medhanandi

Not-clinging spreads very fast, very far. Its fuel power is letting go attachment to ‘self’; to selfishness and the inversion of the mind into a cocoon of self-concern – which is spiritual death. The…
00:21:45  |   Sat 07 Oct 2023
Under the Canopy of Dhamma, Ayya Medhanandi

Under the Canopy of Dhamma, Ayya Medhanandi

Where is safety in a world burning with greed, hatred, fear and violence? It is within us. Under the protective canopy of Dhamma, with unshakeable faith in the Buddha's awakening, we purify the heart…
00:17:17  |   Sat 30 Sep 2023
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