The distance between where we are and where we want to be is the degree to which we suffer. Meditation helps us develop the skill to...

Revised April 27, 2021 How to end suffering by ending craving. The Four Noble Truths are a summary of the Buddha's teachings. The second...

Dec 3: In the gradual training, after sila/morality comes a focus on living simply. Sanghamitta read and recorded an article on this...

In addition to breath meditation while sitting, we can also use the other postures of the body for meditation: walking, standing and...

We can lessen our suffering by letting go of our mental anguish that accompanies all the negative emotions we experience. The calming...

Nov 2: Tonight Bhante Bodhidhaja spoke about Right Speech (Part V) and started on the topic of intoxication. We will conclude this final...

Wishing good health, happiness and peace to all beings is part of this practice. And feeling happy for someone who has met good fortune...

Wanting, the fault finding mind, restlessness and worry, dullness and doubt about what to do are the stumbling blocks on the path to...

We are where we are in life due to past causes like habits. The Buddha gave us an eight step path that leads to the end our suffering....

Oct 1: Today we continued with sila, morality by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Bodhidaja. They encouraged us to see moral behaviour as a...

Once we learn to remain mindful of the present moment for a length of time, letting go of the stumbling blocks and enhancing our joy by...

Bhikkhu Bodhi gave a wonderful Dhamma talk on how to arouse joy in our meditation practice. This article is a summary of that talk. When...

Sept 3: Sanghamitta is planning to do an extended series on The Gradual Training. Today she read out and recorded the article of that...

What is refuge in the Buddha? What can we focus our mindfulness on? What do we cling to? What are spiritual qualities? What are the...

One of the 40 objects of meditation given by the Buddha = Recollection of the Devas. Ajahn Punnadhammo noticed a parallelism between the...

Ajahn Punnadhammo offered a retreat in Canmore Aug 21 - 23, 2020. His first Dhamma talk was on removing the hindrances to reveal the...

Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 Three of the nuns from Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Ahimsa and Ayya Niyyanika are giving a...

Aug 3: Ayya Santussika of Karuna Buddhist Vihara in Bolder, CA started the evening with a guided meditation on Gladdening the Mind and...

July 6: Tonight we listened to a Dhamma talk on Patience by Ayya Medhanandi. July 13: Tonight we listened to a guided meditation by Ayyā...

Ayya Santacitta of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery offered this weekend retreat. The four protective meditations are: 1. Contemplation of...