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Thanissara's most recent Dharma talks (Dharma Seed)

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Thanissara, from London, was a monastic for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally for over 35 years. She is co-founder of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat, South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha, California, and Chattanooga Insight, Tennessee. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from the Karuna Institute UK and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Guide to Engaged Buddhism, author of Time To Stand Up, An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth, and several books of poetry.

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Thanissara: Change of Lineage: Entering the Dharma Stream (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 28.11.2024 45:10

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Undoing the engine of samsara through the four noble truths, the peaceful is ever timelessly present - a bow is a perfect approach to life because it allows us to pause and listen to another pulse - the pulse of the living Dharma.

Thanissara: The Inner Meditation Practice of Kuan Yin (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27.11.2024 54:18

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Non-separative consciousness, beyond the walls of the mind, all is resident in one awareness, compassion as depth listening.

Thanissara: The Dharma of Engaging These Times 04.12.2023 1:36:59

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Guided Quan Yin Compassion Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 25.11.2023 31:42

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Suffusing the world with healing light

Thanissara: Dharma Talk: Beyond Separative Consciousness in These Times (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 24.11.2023 53:09

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Beyond the walls of the mind. Power of clear intention. The unique potential within humanity

Thanissara: Dharma Talk: The Taste of Peace (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 20.11.2023 49:55

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Ever present peace. Entering the stream of the Dharma. Essential potential within obstructions.

Thanissara: Where to Now? Mindfulness in the Apocalypse 15.03.2023 56:52

(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara: Kuan Yin Bowing Practice Mantra: Namo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa 25.11.2022 9:51

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Recording of the mantra: https://app.box.com/s/9j75m0lh4h1exbexuz8nwkqejvvn3ymt

Thanissara: Return to Earth: Dharma in Times of Dismemberment 24.11.2022 53:57

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) From separative consciousness to participatory beings within the sacred web of life rooted in Bodhicitta.

Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara: Accessing Peace through Letting Be (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22.11.2022 47:03

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Finding a Balance Within Letting go and Engaging.

Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara: Reverence: Opening the Door to the Deathless (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22.11.2022 31:19

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections around Dukkha and its cause, the two fundamental roots, and the importance of contemplating change. Guest/dust simile and noticing that which never changes.

Thanissara: Breath Meditation: Steps to Shift out of Suffering 20.11.2022 46:07

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Balance and the cultivation of a contemplative mind supported by Jhana factors.

Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux, Gullu Singh, Kittisaro, Thanissara: Samadhi: Cultivating a Gathered Heart & Mind 19.11.2022 56:13

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Steps on Anapanasati: Mindfulness of Breath

Thanissara: Cultivating the Four Wise Efforts: Nurturing the Wholesome, Embracing Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 13.11.2022 2:12

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Samadhi: Training, Benefits, Healing, Pitfalls (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 13.11.2022 1:21:36

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Anapanasati Sutta, generating wellbeing, subtle energetic healing, ground of insight.

Thanissara, William Edelglass: Exploring Dharma Practice and Right Action in an Age of Climate Change 05.06.2022 1:31:48

(Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)

Kittisaro, Thanissara: Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27.11.2021 1:30:02

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony

Thanissara: Transforming Unwholesome Karma Through Compassion 26.11.2021 45:23

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The mutability of karma. An act of beauty in a war zone. Moments of connection with wildlife. Compassion meditation for ancestors, those in our near relational field, future generations, and all beings.

Thanissara: The Power of Dharma in Groundless Times. 25.11.2021 53:04

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The danger and opportunity in the dying of an old world. The curriculum of decolonizing internally & externally. The reclamation of an ensouled world. Dharma practice as essential for navigating the shifts of consciousness needed for radical re-orientation within a moment of evolutionary potential.

Thanissara: Yin Meditation - Depth receptivity to internal experience. 24.11.2021 29:55

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Moving from goal to source. This is how it is now. Contemplation within the frame of the 4 Noble Truths.

Thanissara: Inner Peace is Not Apart from Activism 23.11.2021 53:12

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The gift of the 4 Noble Truths in meeting the challenge of these times. A transmission of courage from Ajahn Chah. The profound impact of the Buddha's engagement with the world.

Thanissara: Monday Night Dharma Talk - Climate Code Red: A Needed Shift to Meet These Times 08.11.2021 57:47

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Kittisaro, Thanissara: Sunday Afternoon Session 06.12.2020 43:55

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Kittisaro, Thanissara: Sunday Morning Session 06.12.2020 2:39:59

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Kittisaro, Thanissara: Saturday Afternoon Session 05.12.2020 1:47:22

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)