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The Buddha's teaching on Anattā (Non-Self) is not meant to establish a doctrine or philosophy. It's not meant for mental gymnastics, to think about it in a purley intellectual manner, or to argue about it. Instead, it's meant as a meditation object, a tool to be used for contemplation, in order to free our hearts from identification, attachment and suffering. When we contemplate form,...

Anattā / Not-Self is one of the more difficult, even challenging aspects of the Dhamma. Even long term Buddhists often feel uncertain or even confused what exactly is meant by anattā. If there's uncertainty on profound aspects of Dhamma, a wise approach is to go back to what exactly the Buddha has said himself about the topic. In the 'Anatta-lakkhaṇa-sutta' (Discourse on the Characteri...

Ajahn Dhammasiha points out the benefits of developing all four 'Brahmavihāras': 1. Mettā = Loving Kindness 2. Karuṇā = Compassion 3. Muditā = Sympathetic Joy 4. Upekkhā = Equanimity Developed togther, these four 'Appamañña-Vihāras' (= Limitless/Boundless/Infinite Abidings) support each other and provide many synergies. Ajahn explains which of the 4 to use depending on either the e...

Mettā is unconditional, non-judgemental friendliness to all beings. Without distinction or discrimination, without any expectations or demands, without any preconditions: Whether they like us or hate us Whether they respond to our mettā or not Whether they are cute or ugly Whether they or of similar background as we ourselves or of a different race, colour, class, nationality, language... We striv...

Meditators often complain that they just can't stop thinking in their meditation. However, thoughts are not really the problem. The problem is only unwholesome or sensual thoughts. We first have to learn to think only good, beneficial, wholesome thoughts, like Loving Kindness, before we can stop thinking. Learning to think more wholesome is the basic practice we have to start with. Only once w...

We all know that the Buddha teaches Karma and Rebirth. However, unless we have special psychic powers, we have to admit that we do not know for sure what happens after death. We take it on faith in the Buddha that consciousness continues after death, and attaches to a new body in a new rebirth according to our karma. But we usually do not know it from our own experince, as we usually can't rem...

Buddhist Pāli Chanting of the very first Sutta in the Suttanipāta: "The Serpent" / "Uragasutta". Snakes regularly have to shed their old skin, as it becomes too restrictive for their growing body. In the wilderness, one can sometimes find this old, worn out skin, left behind by the snake. The Buddha uses this process as a simile for a monk who abandons a particular mental defil...

Often we're not experiencing rapture and bliss in our meditation, but lots of challenges, painful memories, fears, and pain. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with us. Only a person with a mind already very pure from advanced practice in previous lives will be able to sit down and quickly attain bliss and samādhi. Due to the weakness of their defilements, these individulas (like...

On Āsāḷhā Full Moon, the Buddha taught his first formal discourse, the "Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta" ("Discourse on Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma") In his Dhamma Talk, Ajahn Dhammasiha goes through the essential content of this very famous Sutta, namely the Four Noble Truths. He tries to elicit answers from the audience 😉, to make sure that everyone knows the basic mea...

The Buddha's teaching on the Four Noble Truths are eminently practical. They are not just a theory or mental gymnastics, but they are directly applicable to our life with it's pains and pleasures, it's disappointments and tribulations. They can be experienced right here and now in our own conscious experience. In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to observe with mi...

The Buddha mentions the Middle Way (Majjhimā Paṭipadā) right in the beginning of his very first formal discourse, the Sutta on "Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma" (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta). If he mentions the Middle Way first, even before introducing the 4 Noble Truths, it's obviously really important. Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to investigate any issues we encounter in l...

The annual three months 'Rains Retreat' period ('Vassa') abserved by the monks and nuns is also an excellent opportunity for the lay community to enhance their level of effort and commitment in their Dhamma practice. Ajahn Dhammasiha discusses a wide range of options to increase one's 'bhāvanā' (mental cultivation), e.g.: - Coming more regurlarly to the monastery - Offe...

Many times the Buddha explains how the mind can unify in Samādhi via the following steps: Gladness (pāmojja) Rapture (pīti) Tranquility (passaddhi) Bliss (sukha) Unification of Mind (samādhi) Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to put effort in meditation not just into sitting in a certain posture for a certain amount of time, but predominently make an effort to arouse gladness through training our per...

Ajahn Dhammasiha was invited to share some Dhamma at Bandar Uttama Buddhist Society (BUBS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He talks about the Noble Eightfold Path, one of the most fundamental teachings of the Buddha, that is known and acknowledged as essential in all Buddhist traditions, including Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism. In fact, the Noble Eightfold Path is already included in the first discourse...

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On occasion of Ajahn Chah's birthday on 18th June, we publish a Patitta chanting at Wat Pah Nanachat, recorded by Ajahn Dhammasiha during his last visit there. Wat Pah Nanachat was established by Ajahn Chah in 1975 as a monastery specially dedicated for the training of foreign (non-Thai) monks. Ajahn Sumedho served as the first abbot. This recording took place as part of New Year Celebrations...

A Dhammatalk about recollecting the Sangha, one of the 6 recollection that the Buddha frequently encourages to develop: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN11_12.html Our Podcast on our own Dhammagiri Website, no need for any special app, just listen in any browser: ⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/podcast⁠ More about Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage: ⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/news⁠ Our Youtube Channe...

Ajahn Dhammasiha joins the Vesak Full Moon prgram at Amaravati. We chant the 'Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta', the first formal teaching of the Buddha after his attainment of supreme awakening, 'Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma'. Ajahn Amaro is leading the recitation, with the whole monastic community of some 40 monks, nuns, male and female anagārikas joining, plus many of the la...

English Translation starts at 11:05 0:00 LPT Thai:Growing in our Dhamma Practice by supporting the Buddha Sasana 11:05 Aj M Engl Trsl:English Translation by Ajahn Moshe 21:20 LPT ThaiLPT about his practice as young monk, when his teacher encouraged him to meditate longer by meditating together with him. Luang Por Tongdaeng Varapañño is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He wa...

Luang Por Tongdaeng Varapañño is the abbot of Wat Doi Phra Jao Ton Luang near Chiang Mai. He was born in Sakon Nakhon Province in the Northeast of Thailand in August 1954. At the young age of 13 he ordained as a novice with Luang Por Wan Uttamo. Some time later, he trained in the monastery of Luang Por Waen, Wat Doi Mae Pang. After his full ordination as a bhikkhu, Luang Por Tongdaeng's most impor...