Anukampa Podcast

Ven Canda gives a Dhamma talk on the topic of connected to life through the five elements. 

Ven Canda gives talk on freeing the mind with samatha and vipassana and Q & A.

Ven Canda leads meditation on the topic of metta for the six senses.

Guided meditation with Ven Canda on the topic of meeting yourself as you are.

Ven Canda gives Dhamma talk on how to free the mind through samatha and vipassana.

Weekend retreat: Raising our happiness levels. Ven Canda gives a Dhamma talk and leads a guided meditation on the topic "Why don't you want to be happy".

Ven Canda leads Sutta Discussion on thoughts that lead to Nibbana (MN19).

Ven Canda lead a guided meditation.

In this highly interactive sutta discussion contemplates the bonds of suffering—and our escape from it. As part of her sutta reading, Ajahn Candā pays homage to the Buddha’s wisdom, noting that virtue is the foundation of true happiness. She also explains how pure love is an action, rather than a sentiment. A variety of questions from participants enriches Ven Candā’s reflections on uprooting the...

This sutta discussion revolves around a central question: How we can bring qualities of the heart to our communities and enrich the societies in which we live? After reading the sutta, Ajahn Candā invites open discussion, which includes reflections on ways that gentleness, kindness, and strong determination fit into our practice of the Noble Eightfold Path. [ 0:00 ] Introduction [ 2:30 ] Sutta rea...

Before easing us into practice, Ven Candā discusses loving-kindness (mettā) as a directed thought process—it’s a skill we can develop, and the feeling of mettā naturally grows over time. Wishing well-being for ourselves is foundational to loving-kindness, so this meditation focuses on aligning our best intentions with cultivating mettā for ourselves. [ 0:00 ] Intro [ 5:55 ] Loving-kindness meditat...

In this talk given at Northants Buddhist and Meditation Centre, Ajahn Candā speaks to the relationship between compassion and wisdom. After a short introduction, she offers a guided meditation grounded in embodied awareness. Then during the Dhamma talk, Ajahn Candā busts the myth that empathic compassion leads to sorrow, noting how compassion is a sublime abiding that motivates us to alleviate suf...

In this creative loving-kindness (mettā) meditation, Ajahn Candā changes the regular formula of spreading mettā based on one’s own feelings towards others, to one of developing feelings of love towards others based on their present situation, encouraging us to explore how love may subtly change when directed towards those who are doing well or experiencing hardship.

Over the course of a two-day loving-kindess (mettā) retreat at Sheffield Insight, Ven Candā considers the quiet happiness that arises as the heart becomes more open. Topics covered in this Q&A include sustaining attention during loving-kindness meditation and understanding degrees of dukkha. This session ends with a guided meditation aimed at cultivating boundless friendliness towards ourselve...

Ajahn Candā shares and reflects on eight factors that help wisdom develop, with discussion on topics such as moral conscience (hiri) and moral caution (otapa) and the manifold benefits of developing each factor (even when they reveal areas for more work!). The final discussion includes questions on being with family for the holidays and the relationship between wisdom and action. [ 0:00 ] What is...

Ven Canda leads a medtation on the topic: The Cosy House of Metta

Ven Canda leads meditation on the subject:  Befriending Ourselves With Compassion

Ven Canda leads a guided meditation on the topic "Daring to forgive".

Ven Candā begins this session with an introductory reflection on the benefits of an expansive mind of love for absorbing difficult emotions and experiences. She then leads a guided meditation for the cultivation of loving awareness of one’s own body and loving-kindness directed towards a loved one. In the last 10 minutes, participants share their meditation experiences and Ven Candā offers a few f...

In honour of her first preceptor's birthday, Venerable Candā shares not one but two Pali chants on loving-kindness to spread goodwill and blessings to all listeners and to all beings.

In this session, the second part of a half-day retreat given at Anukampa Grove, Ven Candā spends 40 minutes answering questions from retreatants, then closes the retreat with a soft, 30-minute loving-kindness meditation. [ 0:00 ] Introduction [ 1:58 ] The importance of silence [ 8:53 ] Unnecessary speech [ 13:58 ] “Letting be” meditation [ 18:10 ] Will taking 8 precepts bring deep meditation faste...

In this session given as part of a half-day retreat at Anukampa Grove, Ven Candā gives a brief talk on giving the mind a break and settling into the present, away from the unhelpful influences of past and future. She provides tips on topics such as knowing what the present moment feels like, following the present into our emotional world, and staying present in daily life. The talk is followed by...

After introducing the session’s meditation subject, Ven Candā leads participants in a guided meditation focusing on the world of emotions, leading us in offering loving acceptance to whatever we become aware of in that space, and ending by spreading loving-kindness to fellow emotional beings across the realms. [ 0:00 ] Getting in touch with emotions [ 5:38 ] Guided meditation [ 44:44 ] Ending refl...

Dhamma talk, guided meditation and Q & A with Ven Canda.

In this heartfelt talk, Bhante Sujato discusses misogyny and patriarchy in Buddhist communities and institutions, describing his own reckoning after witnessing reactions to the 2009 bhikkhuni ordination and his subsequent explorations on the topic. He shows how misogyny goes against core Buddhist principles by investigating the first six factors of the Noble Eightfold Path through the lens of gend...