Amma Thanasanti's Dharma Talks
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Amma Thanasanti
Amma Ṭhanasanti is a California born spiritual teacher dedicated to serving all beings. Since she first encountered the Dharma in 1979, she has been committed to awakening. As a former Buddhist nun of 26 years, she combines the precision and rigor of the Ajahn Chah Forest Tradition, compassion, pure awareness practices and a passion for wholeness. Amma has been teaching intensive meditation retreats in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia since 1995. She invites an openness to pause and inquire into the truth of the present moment, integrating what is liberating at the core of our human condition.
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2011-07-02
4 Noble Truths & Practice
2012-01-01
A New Day a New Beginning - Guided Meditation
2009-06-01
A Pilgrimage as Practice
2014-06-21
Age Sickness and Death
2012-01-08
Aggregates
2011-06-22
Aggregates - Discussion
2011-06-22
Aggregates - Guided Meditation - Sitting
2011-06-22
Aggregates - Guided Meditation- Standing
2011-06-22
Aggregates - Introduction
2012-10-21
All Pervasive Awareness
2012-01-29
All Pervasive Metta
2012-01-29
All Pervasive Metta - Q&A
2012-11-10
Alms & the forest tradition
2011-06-26
Annata and Connectivity
2012-10-31
Are You For Real
2012-07-12
Attachment, Letting Go, & Fear
2012-07-12
Attachment, Letting Go, & Fear - Q&A
2012-10-12
Awakening Joy
2012-04-22
Awakening Truth - About Monastic Life
2014-06-21
Awareness
2013-08-05
Awareness - Guided Meditation
2014-05-24
Bahiya and Buddhas Blessing
2014-05-24
Bahiya and Buddhas Blessings - Q&A
2012-09-22
Balance
2012-09-15
Balance - Conference call (neutral feeling)
2012-09-22
Balance - Q&A
2011-03-05
Balance and Awareness - Guided Meditation
2010-10-30
Balance, Alignment & Attention - Guided Meditation
2012-04-20
Basic Badness
2012-04-20
Basic Badness - Q&A Session
2012-10-13
Beginning
2010-05-02
Being Bodies
2012-07-23
Being with what is
2012-07-23
Being with what is - Q&A
2012-11-18
Beyond Insufficiency
2012-11-06
Beyond Us and Them
2012-11-06
Beyond Us and Them - Q&A
2012-12-31
Big View, Big Mind - Guided Meditation
2010-10-29
Blessings, challenges and new model
2010-10-29
Blessings, challenges and new model - Q&A Session
2014-06-21
Body & Metta
2013-08-03
Body & Metta - Guided Meditation
2013-02-02
Body and Safety
2013-02-02
Body and Safety - Q&A
2010-12-29
Body Awareness - Guided Meditation
2012-02-11
Body Awareness - Guided Meditation
2011-07-02
Body Awareness - Guided Meditation
2012-12-28
Body scan - Guided Meditation
2011-01-01
Brahma Viharas in Daily Life
2016-03-27
Breaking the Cycle
2011-12-30
Breath - Guided Meditation
2011-07-02
Breath Awareness - Guided Meditation
2010-03-13
Breath Meditation
2014-05-08
Bringing Truth, Wisdom, and Love into the World
2010-03-28
Buddhism in the Body
2014-05-31
Bullsh** to compost - Kalama
2012-07-27
Calm & Renewal
2014-06-25
Cessation & Q&A
2012-03-16
Choices around suffering
2012-03-16
Choices around suffering - Q&A Session
2011-12-23
Christmas Reflections
2011-12-23
Christmas Reflections - Q&A
2012-06-02
Closing Remarks
2014-04-13
Closing Talk
2010-03-30
Community as Path
2013-10-27
Community as Practice 1
2013-10-27
Community as Practice 2
2011-07-03
Community as Refuge
2011-07-03
Community as Refuge - Q&A
2010-12-30
Compassion - Guided Meditation
2010-05-11
Compassion and Attention
2009-09-07
Compassion and Insight with Emotions
2013-12-29
Compassion and wisdom - Guided Meditation
2014-06-23
Composting - Against the Stream Santa Monica, CA
2013-08-08
Connected Path
2012-01-09
Connected View
2012-01-09
Connected View - Q&A Session
2011-07-02
Contact & Vedana - Guided Meditation
2016-03-12
Contact and Feeling
2011-12-29
Courage in Awakening
2016-03-26
Craving
2014-05-07
Craving & End of Craving
2014-07-14
Craving & end of craving
2012-08-25
Cultivating Joy - Guided Meditation
2012-11-20
Cultivation and Letting G0
2013-03-23
Curiosity and Awakening
2012-09-15
Daily Life Practice
2012-09-15
Daily Life Practice - Q&A
2013-02-01
Dana Sila & Bhavana - Intro
2013-02-01
Dana Sila & Bhavana - Part 1
2013-02-01
Dana Sila & Bhavana - Part 2
2009-08-11
Dana, Sila and Bhavana
2010-05-19
Death and Beyond
2010-05-19
Death and Beyond - Q&A Session
2011-12-31
Dhamma Dialogue, with Terry Ray
2013-01-26
Dharma of Dishwashing
2013-01-26
Dharma of Dishwashing - Q&A
2011-05-29
Dharma Talk
2011-07-02
Discussion
2012-10-13
Discussion
2012-06-02
Discussion on Embodiment
2012-04-22
Discussion, with Terry Ray
2011-03-06
Discussion/Q&A
2011-03-13
Discussion/Q&A
2010-05-11
Dismantling Who I am
2012-10-13
Earth walking & breathing
2013-02-23
Effort and Effortlessness
2013-02-23
Effort and Effortlessness - Q&A
2010-09-25
Eight Fold Path
2010-09-25
Eight Fold Path - Q&A Session
2013-01-16
Eight fold path & American dream
2012-10-21
Eight Fold Path in Our World
2009-09-11
Embodied Truths
2009-09-11
Embodied Truths - Q&A
2010-03-02
Embracing Fear, Aggression and Sexuality on the Path to Awakening
2012-11-10
Embracing the refuges & precepts
2013-01-21
Emotional Intelligence (January Talk)
2012-09-28
Emotional Intelligence (September Talk)
2013-02-02
Empathy and Social Skills
2011-12-26
Emptiness - Emotions, Expectation & Occupy
2011-12-26
Emptiness - Emotions, Expectation & Occupy - Q&A
2012-05-26
Ending Suffering
2012-05-26
Ending Suffering - Q&A
2013-08-08
Equanimity - Guided Meditation
2011-01-01
Equanimity: The Earth and The Body - Guided Meditation
2012-03-19
Essential Reflections - Dasa Dhamma Sutta
2010-12-30
Extending Metta - Guided Meditation
2013-12-28
Facets of wisdom: 1st and 2nd noble truths
2012-07-13
Fear: Dharma Dialogue - Vinny and Amma
2012-12-29
Feelings/Mind Objects - Guided Meditation
2014-04-11
First Evening Dharma Talk
2014-09-03
First talk of the retreat
2012-12-30
Forgiveness - Guided Meditation
2013-12-30
Forgiveness - Guided Meditation
2014-12-01
Forgiveness & Gratitude
2014-12-01
Forgiveness & Gratitude - Guided Meditation
2014-12-01
Forgiveness and Gratitude - Guided Meditation (GM)
2014-12-02
Forgiveness and Gratitude Talk
2012-02-19
Form Emerging from the Formless
2012-02-19
Form Emerging from the Formless - Q&A
2012-07-27
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Contemplating Body
2012-08-31
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Contemplating Feeling
2012-09-28
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Contemplating Mind & Hindrances
2012-09-28
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - GM Working with Mind
2012-08-31
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Guided Meditation on Feeling
2012-09-28
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Q&A Contemplating Mind & Hindrances
2012-07-27
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Q&A for Contemplating Body
2012-08-31
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Q&A on Feeling & Metta
2012-09-28
Foundations of Mindfulness Series - Steve on Metta
2012-10-12
Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Connecting to Body - Guided Meditation
2012-10-12
Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Joy of Breathing - Guided Meditation
2012-10-12
Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Joy of Eating - Guided Meditation
2012-10-12
Four Foundations of Mindfulness - Sublime Abodes - Guided Meditation
2013-12-29
Four foundations, Seven factors
2010-07-17
Four Noble Truths
2011-06-29
Four Noble Truths - Guided Meditation
2013-08-04
Four Noble Truths - Guided Meditation
2011-06-29
Four Noble Truths - Intro
2010-07-17
Four Noble Truths - Q&A Session
2011-06-29
Four Noble Truths - Q&A Session
2010-03-28
Four Noble Truths in the the Body
2011-07-15
Four Noble Truths, Asalha
2012-08-25
Framing and Discussion
2012-01-15
Freedom from Fear
2012-01-15
Freedom from Fear - Q&A
2009-09-13
From Muck to Freedom in Daily Life
2009-09-13
From Muck to Freedom in Daily Life - Q&A
2009-10-19
Generosity
2015-09-22
Getting a handle on "I am"
2010-12-31
Giving & Receiving Compassion - Guided Meditation
2014-04-13
Global Metta and the Web of Life
2010-09-04
Going Forth
2010-12-11
Going Forth
2010-09-04
Going Forth - Q&A Session
2010-12-18
Gradual Path and Trauma Tools
2010-08-14
Gratification, Danger and Escape
2010-08-14
Gratification, Danger and Escape - Q&A Session
2011-11-22
Gratitude
2010-11-21
Gratitude - Full Moon Vigil
2011-11-22
Gratitude - Q&A
2012-09-10
Grief
2010-05-01
Guided Body Meditation
2010-05-01
Guided Breath Meditation as Internal Massage
2010-05-05
Guided Forgiveness Meditation
2010-03-28
Guided Meditation
2011-06-26
Guided Meditation - Awareness
2011-06-26
Guided Meditation - Body, Breath, Mind
2010-05-03
Guided Meditation Noticing Pleasant & Unpleasant
2010-05-02
Guided Meditation Staying with the Breath
2010-05-05
Guided Meditation Unfolding in Awareness
2010-05-03
Guided Meditation Working with Pleasant & Unpleasant
2010-05-06
Guided Metta Meditation
2010-05-04
Guided Sound of Silence Meditation
2010-05-01
Guided Standing Meditation
2010-05-04
Guided Third Foundation Meditation
2010-05-01
Guided Walking Meditation Instructions
2014-04-15
Harvard Divinity School - Q&A
2012-12-16
Healing and processing the Connecticut Tragedy - Discussion
2012-12-16
Healing and processing the Connecticut Tragedy - Guided Meditation
2011-06-24
Heart Break and Letting Go - Dhamma dialogue
2012-12-28
Heart wood of spiritual life
2013-01-05
Highest Happiness
2011-06-15
Hindrances - Discussion - Q&A
2011-06-15
Hindrances - Guided Meditation
2012-12-29
Hindrances - Guided Meditation
2011-06-15
Hindrances - Introduction
2013-08-05
ID on Open
2012-07-03
Independence
2012-04-22
Individuation & Anatta
2012-04-22
Individuation & Anatta - Q&A Session
2013-03-09
Integral Awakening
2013-03-09
Integral Awakening - Q&A
2014-09-08
Integrative path
2015-04-05
Interactive Inquiry Series - Noble Eightfold Path
2012-08-16
Intro & Dharma Dialogue
2012-08-25
Intro and Guided Meditation on Four Noble Truths
2010-09-23
Intro to Meditation
2010-09-23
Intro to Meditation - Guided Meditation - Balance, Alignment and Relaxation
2010-04-30
Introduction
2011-03-13
Introduction
2009-10-18
Introduction
2010-12-28
Introduction & Precepts
2010-03-28
Introduction and Standing
2010-05-05
Introduction to Forgiveness - Guilt vs Remorse
2011-06-26
Introduction to Insight Dialogue
2010-03-13
Introduction to Joy
2010-10-30
Introduction to Meditation
2012-12-27
Introduction to Meditation Refuges & Precepts
2010-05-03
Introduction to Second Foundation
2010-05-04
Introduction to Third Foundation
2010-03-13
Joy of Awakening Talk
2009-08-12
Joy of Monastic Life
2011-06-13
Joys and Challenges of Sangha
2011-06-13
Joys and Challenges of Sangha - Q&A Session
2010-05-11
Just This Moment
2012-10-06
Karma
2012-10-06
Karma - Q&A
2010-01-01
Karuna-Compassion
2014-08-11
Khandas for practice
2010-12-29
Kindness
2010-10-30
Kinds of Joy
2015-09-20
Knowing what you need
2010-03-05
Lay and Monastic Practice
2010-10-27
Leaps of Faith
2010-10-27
Leaps of Faith - Q&A Session
2012-12-30
Letting Go
2013-02-16
Letting go of an insane world
2013-02-16
Letting go of an insane world - Q&A
2014-07-14
Level 1 - Body Guided Meditation (part 2b)
2014-07-12
Level 1 - Breath Guided Meditation (part 1b)
2014-07-12
Level 1 - Overview of meditation (part 1a)
2014-07-14
Level 1 - Overview of meditation (part 2a)
2014-07-14
Level 1 - Q&A (part 2c)
2014-07-12
Level 1 - Short post-GM talk (part 1c)
2014-07-26
Level 2 - Guided Meditation Pleasant Feeling (Part 1b)
2014-08-02
Level 2 - Neutral Feeling (Part 2)
2014-07-26
Level 2 - Power of using vedana as frame of reference (Part 1a)
2014-08-23
Level 3 - (Part 3a)
2014-08-23
Level 3 - Guided Meditation 4NT standing and sitting (Part 3b)
2014-08-16
Level 3 - Guided Meditation Desire, aversion, tiredness (Part 2b)
2014-08-09
Level 3 - Mind Objects and standing (Part 1b)
2014-08-16
Level 3 - Mindstates (Part 2a)
2014-08-09
Level 3 - Working w/ Mental Formations Overview (Part 1a)
2013-08-08
Love Sex and Awakening in the Here and Now
2010-12-17
Love Sex and Awakening Part 2
2010-09-10
Love, Sex, Awakening
2010-09-10
Love, Sex, Awakening - Q&A Session
2012-06-02
Loving Kindness - Guided Meditation
2011-07-02
Loving Kindness - Guided Meditation
2011-03-13
Loving Kindness at Work - Guided Meditation
2012-04-22
Maintaining Balance
2010-03-29
Managing the Gap - Places Where Meditation Doesn't Reach
2010-12-29
Metta - Guided Meditation
2012-01-02
Metta - Guided Meditation
2012-02-12
Metta & All Pervasive Mind - Guided Meditation
2012-12-28
Metta and body - Guided Meditation
2009-12-31
Metta as Mindfulness
2010-01-02
Metta-Karuna
2009-12-31
Metta-Kindness
2014-01-01
Metta, closing - Guided Meditation
2010-03-13
Mind Like the Sky
2014-04-11
Mindfulness
2012-08-31
Mindfulness at Work
2015-09-21
Mindfulness, hindrances and development
2012-01-01
Mountain Wind Sky - Guided Meditation
2014-06-25
Mountain, Wind, Sky & Love
2010-12-31
Mudita - Guided Meditation
2010-01-01
Mudita-Joy
2011-11-07
Navigating No Mans Land
2011-11-07
Navigating No Mans Land - Q&A
2012-12-28
No blame/breath - Guided Meditation
2014-04-17
NY Dharma Punx with Q&A
2014-06-18
Oakland Against The Stream - Q&A
2010-05-05
Obstacles & Skillful Means on the Path
2010-05-11
On Anger
2012-07-22
On Choices - A Dharma Dialogue
2013-10-01
One Year To Live
2016-06-01
Open to all-pervasive awareness
2012-11-21
Out of the Cycle of Suffering
2016-03-05
Overview of Dependant Origination
2016-05-28
Overview of Dependent Origination
2010-05-11
Path in Daily Life
2012-06-10
Path, Vision and Community
2012-11-10
Path: Classical and Post-Modern
2012-12-31
Path: Classical and Post-Modern
2009-10-22
Patience
2012-11-23
Persistence
2013-12-28
Playing with pain - Guided Meditation
2011-12-31
Playing with Pain - Talk and Guided Meditation
2012-05-06
Possibility of Being Awake
2012-05-06
Possibility of Being Awake - Q&A
2012-08-18
Practice as part of everything
2012-08-18
Practice as part of everything - Q&A
2012-02-12
Practice in Daily Life with Aura Glaser - Q&A
2012-10-21
Practice in Our Daily Life
2009-10-19
Practicing with Generosity
2009-10-22
Practicing with Patience
2009-10-22
Practicing with Renunciation
2009-10-24
Practicing with Truthfulness
2009-10-20
Practicing with Virtue
2011-07-02
Precepts
2015-09-19
Precious Human Birth
2014-03-31
Progressive Path
2014-03-31
Progressive Path - Q&A
2010-10-30
Q&A
2012-11-11
Q&A
2014-04-12
Q&A
2010-01-01
Q&A
2010-01-02
Q&A
2010-05-02
Q&A 1
2010-05-05
Q&A 2
2012-08-16
Q&A and Closure
2012-08-23
Q&A and Guided Meditation
2011-03-05
Q&A SELF and self
2011-05-29
Q&A Session
2012-01-01
Question & Answer Session, with Terry Ray
2010-03-05
Questions and Answers
2010-03-28
Questions and Answers
2010-03-13
Questions and Answers
2013-03-10
Radical Aliveness - Guided Meditation - Part 1
2013-03-10
Radical Aliveness - Guided Meditation - Part 2
2013-03-10
Radical Aliveness - Intro on Refuge and Precepts
2012-11-22
Radical Freedom
2011-07-02
Reaction - Guided Meditation
2010-09-01
Rebellion, passivity and Non violence
2011-03-06
Reflection
2012-11-19
Reflections on Gratitude
2013-01-16
Reflections on Hindrances and Aggregates
2013-01-16
Reflections on Hindrances and Aggregates - Q&A
2012-09-30
Refuge & Devotion - Devotion & Discernment
2012-09-30
Refuge & Devotion - Refuge
2010-03-25
Relative and Absolute
2016-05-29
Relax
2012-04-22
Relaxation - Guided Meditation
2010-10-30
Relaxing into Body, Sitting & Breath - Guided Meditation
2014-04-11
Relaxing into Stillness
2009-10-21
Renunciation
2010-09-10
Resolving Stress
2010-09-10
Resolving Stress - Discussion
2010-09-10
Resolving Stress - Meditation
2010-08-06
Resolving Trauma
2010-08-06
Resolving Trauma - Q&A Session
2011-12-18
Return of Light
2011-12-18
Return of Light - Q&A
2010-05-11
Right Intention
2010-12-04
Right Speech, Right Conflict
2010-05-06
Satipathana Sutta Fourth Foundation
2010-05-02
Satipathana Sutta Overview & First Foundation
2010-05-04
Satipathana Sutta Second & Third Foundations
2010-07-24
Second Noble Truth
2010-07-24
Second Noble Truth - Q&A Session
2010-09-11
Sept. 11 - Perception
2010-09-11
Sept. 11 - Perception - Q&A Session
2014-09-07
Shelter from the storm
2010-06-25
Sila as Dana
2010-06-25
Sila as Dana - Q&A Session
2011-03-13
Sitting - Guided Meditation
2016-05-30
Sitting Instruction
2010-10-30
Sitting Meditation - Guided Meditation
2012-11-10
Sitting meditation - part 1
2012-11-11
Sitting meditation - part 1
2012-11-11
Sitting meditation - part 2
2012-11-10
Sitting meditation - part 3
2012-11-11
Sitting meditation - part 3
2012-11-10
Sitting meditation - part 4
2012-12-31
Skilled Meditator
2012-02-11
Skillfulness & Spaciousness
2014-04-12
Sky Guided Meditation
2012-08-25
Standing and Big Mind - Guided Meditation
2014-04-11
Standing Meditation
2010-10-30
Standing Meditation - Guided Meditation
2009-12-31
Standing-Sitting with the Body in Mind
2013-08-04
Stop Trying - Guided Meditation
2013-03-30
Strength
2013-03-30
Strength - Q&A
2012-12-30
Suffering & Non-Suffering - Guided Meditation
2011-11-29
Surrender to Love
2011-11-29
Surrender to Love - Q&A
2010-05-11
Taming the Tigers
2013-01-16
Ten subjects
2013-01-16
Ten subjects - Q&A
2012-06-10
Tethered to Goodness
2012-06-10
Tethered to Goodness - Q&A
2013-02-17
Textures of Love
2013-02-17
Textures of Love - Q&A
2013-12-30
The arising of the self, transcendence in nature, love, sex and awakening, lett…
2010-01-03
The Art of Happiness
2012-11-10
The bear story
2010-12-31
The Faces of Joy
2010-12-30
The Faces of Suffering
2013-08-06
The Importance of Attachment
2013-01-08
The IP Happiness
2012-07-29
The Kingpin of Desire
2012-07-29
The Kingpin of Desire - Q&A
2013-12-21
The Light of the World
2010-05-06
The Path in a New Paradigm
2010-05-11
The Path of Joy
2010-05-11
The Peace of Letting Go
2011-11-02
The Root of Longing
2011-01-01
The un-Fabricated Mind - Guided Meditation
2012-11-11
The vision of Awakening Truth
2010-05-01
The Way Out Is In
2016-05-30
The Web of Craving
2010-10-30
The World as a Monastery
2012-08-02
Tribute to Dad - An Intellectual Entrepreneur
2009-08-22
Trusting the Dharma
2009-10-24
Truthfulness
2012-04-23
Union of Compassion and Wisdom
2012-04-23
Union of Compassion and Wisdom - Q&A Session
2013-12-15
Union of Wisdom and Compassion - Letting Love In
2013-12-15
Union of Wisdom and Compassion - Who knows
2013-12-14
Union of Wisdom and Compassion - Wisdom knowing body
2010-01-02
Upekkha-Equanimity
2014-06-25
Vedana - Guided Meditation
2011-03-05
Vedana (Feelings) - Guided Meditation
2009-10-20
Virtue
2014-09-05
Vision and Focus
2013-03-27
Wake up, Grow up, and Clean Up
2011-03-13
Walking - Guided Meditation
2010-05-03
Warriors for Truth
2014-04-26
We Are Not Alone
2014-04-12
Web of Life
2010-05-11
What are the Priorities
2014-06-24
What do we long for?
2014-06-24
What do we long for? - Q&A
2011-11-30
What is it all About
2011-11-30
What is it all About - Q&A
2012-11-23
What is Needed Now
2012-11-10
What is the love we surrender to
2012-01-01
When Everyone Wins
2010-03-13
Why Awakening Truth
2013-12-27
Why here now? To rest in awareness itself
2010-11-01
Working with Difficulties
2010-11-01
Working with Difficulties - Q&A Session
2013-12-29
Working with pain/difficult - Guided Meditation
2012-08-16
Working WIth Things That Arise-Guided Meditation
2012-08-23
Working With Trauma
2011-01-02
Worldwide Metta - Guided Meditation
2016-05-31
You're not screwed
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Select one of Amma Thanasanti's 29 retreats
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2009-10-18
Bringing the Perfections into Daily Life
2009-12-31
Brahma Vihara Retreat
2010-03-13
The Joy of Awakening - Daylong Retreat
2010-03-28
Buddhism in the Body - Daylong Retreat
2010-04-30
Four Foundations of Mindfulness
2010-10-30
Joy of Awakening
2010-12-28
New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas
2011-03-05
Contact and the Aggregates
2011-03-13
Mindfulness at Work
2011-07-02
Four Noble Truths Retreat
2011-12-28
Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go
2012-02-11
Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012
2012-04-22
Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness
2012-06-02
Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness
2012-07-27
Foundations of Mindfulness Series
2012-07-27
TiE at Innovation Pavilion
2012-08-16
Working with Things that Arise, a 3-day Series
2012-10-13
Awakening Joy Day Long Retreat
2012-11-10
Surrender to Love Retreat - Nov 2012
2012-11-18
Porthole to Pure Presence - Nov, 2012
2012-12-27
New Year Retreat 2013 - Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal & Letting Go
2013-08-02
Love, Sexuality and Awakening Retreat
2013-12-26
New Year's Retreat 2014 - Radical Aliveness Through Awareness
2014-04-10
Awakening In Our Times
2014-06-21
Awareness, Body and Metta, Age Sickness and Death
2014-07-12
Class on Three Levels of Meditation
2014-09-02
Portal to Pure Presence Retreat
2015-09-18
Portal To Pure Presence
2015-09-18
Portal to Pure Presence
2015-09-20
Knowing what you need
53:42
Dealing with the human form and its physical, emotional needs requires care and discernment. Two instructions- observe what is arising and go where you feel comfortable. How do you know when to observe and when to be proactive?
Shakti Vihara
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Portal To Pure Presence
2015-09-19
Precious Human Birth
48:06
First talk of the retreat. The range of human experience includes choices based on greed, hatred and confusion or non green, non hatred and non confusion. There are many fortunate conditions that give someone faculties to hear to Dhamma, contemplate, practice a gradual path of awakening. Yet there are times when the path changes suddenly and we can feel groundless. Both the gradual and sudden aspects of the path are part of what we develop and realize as part of understanding the preciousness of our human birth.
Shakti Vihara
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Portal to Pure Presence
2015-05-23
Love Sex, and Awakening
46:35
Ajahn (Amma) Thanasanti's personal journey and interest in the topic. Believing enlightenment is where everyone loves me. Various kinds of suffering. The way that Dipa Ma's life was an inspiration. The hunger to connect and the way that love and sex can be used for connection. Sex as life force. Separation and dissolving into pleasure vs dissolving into emptiness. Love and sex addiction underlying other addictions. The difference between mind states that resolve with observation and those that need engagement. Attachment theory. Pleasure evokes lack. Making use of the complexity.
Shakti Vihara (Against The Stream / Dharma Punx New York)
