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
Far From the Madding Crowd, Ayya Medhanandi
How well are we spending our time? Do we endlessly cling to all that perpetuates suffering? Death will have no holiday. So what will free us from the tyranny of death? Be courageous enough to see wha…
00:21:08 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
At the Shrine of the Awakened, Ayya Medhanandi
What is spiritual beauty? Kindness, forgiveness, unconditional love? Can we sustain a hallowed inner space that will not be degraded by unkind thoughts? When noble virtue protects the heart at its in…
00:35:52 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
Just Practise Kindness, Ayya Medhanandi
Every moment of right mindfulness is a gift of pure attention, clarity and discovering the true origin of our pain. Applying the alchemy of kindness and compassion towards ourselves and others, we br…
00:31:13 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
When the Trees Wither and the Leaves Fall, Ayya Medhanandi
Sometimes we feel torn apart by life and unable to cope. Healing may be slow to come but our meditation practice can enhance that process. If we contemplate the fearsome winds of life in such a way t…
00:30:11 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
Saving Grace, Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha offers us an extraordinary medicine – the medicine of Truth. No one can take it for us nor can we take it for anyone else. And we discover it through our own wisdom, love, and compassion. …
00:23:04 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
The Good News, Ayya Medhanandi
Are we able to sit with a quiet mind and know the fragrance of silence? All of us are familiar with the stressful impacts of relentless thought and reactivity on our well-being. The good news is that…
00:26:37 |
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Through the Eye of the Needle, Ayya Medhanandi
We may travel to the most beautiful setting, and yet if there is no silence on the inside, how can we find peace? But to empty and purify the mind, we enter a sacred space, and we taste only sacredne…
00:45:55 |
Fri 04 Nov 2022
Lifetime Vow, Ayya Medhanandi
To vow for life: not to compromise our faith, our virtue, or our goodness – even in a moment of terror – is a powerful spiritual ally. Not cowering nor retaliating even in a hopeless-feeling-moment, …
00:41:18 |
Sun 30 Oct 2022
What Obstructs the Dhamma Eye, Ayya Medhanandi
We all experience some pain, mental, physical or both. And we work with pain both in the body and in the mind until it is exhausted. This is how we care for the mind, healing its sickness and remov…
00:25:10 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
True Space Mission, Ayya Medhanandi
Our mission is to find truth by turning inward to the space of the heart. We may think we know why we are here on this earth but we can only really know when we enter the sanctuary of this inner spac…
00:23:26 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Contemplation: A Special Friend of Mindfulness, Ayya Medhanandi
Practice deepens when we are present here and now, able to intuitively understand and contemplate our experience rather than knowing it through concepts. We refine mindfulness with wisdom, receive th…
00:38:29 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
Mind Like A Satellite – Respect, Extraordinary Mindfulness, and Wisdom, Ayya Medhanandi
A mind weeded of impurities is a field of stillness and wisdom where our suffering melts away. How does this happen? We study the mind and apply four facets of an extraordinary proactive mindfulness:…
00:38:29 |
Sun 02 Oct 2022
Invite the Miraculous, Ayya Medhanandi
In the face of horrific suffering, how can we abide in the ground of love, protected from every kind of pain? True path effort – inspired courage leaning on virtue – ardently works its way into the h…
00:26:50 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Barefoot and Empty-Handed, Ayya Medhanandi
Developing awakened wisdom is an organic process, the unbinding of all problems that leads to indestructible peace and harmlessness. We undertake and persevere through training the mind so that we ca…
00:40:42 |
Fri 09 Sep 2022
By Love Alone, Ayya Medhanandi
Patience, humility, and compassion serve as the mind’s compass to enlightened wisdom and unconditional love. Breath by breath, we triumph over hateful feelings until the pain of others becomes unbear…
00:23:39 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
Why Do Beings Live In Hate?, Ayya Medhanandi
Has there ever been a time when the world was not filled with fear and violence? Millenia ago just as now, humans have been bound in a cycle of delusion, fear, and harm. The way out is within us – le…
00:29:38 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
Niagara Falls, Ayya Medhanandi
How can we sharpen awareness of thoughts that gush forth in the mind like Niagara Falls? Observe them gently, not clinging and with diligent focus. Our present moment awareness and unstoppable attent…
00:13:46 |
Sat 13 Aug 2022
In the Domain of No Fear, Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha himself touched the Truth with his own mind. And so can we. It’s a purifying, intimate process - internal, invisible and crossing many intersections. At each one, we patiently examine the …
00:18:34 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Redemption, Ayya Medhanandi
How can we be free of anger? To cross a river, walk over it. From a burning house, escape. So too, when your heart is on fire, stay present, forgiving and compassionate. Balance and cleanse the mind …
00:30:54 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Courage, Kindness, and Freedom – Ancient Verses of Arahant Rohini, Ayya Medhanandi
In the world of Arahant Rohini, the same forces of violence, greed, and delusion we face now were at play. She encourages us to sustain faith in the Dhamma, using its special weapons to counter the e…
00:25:35 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
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