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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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Sep 13, 2025

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Episodes

Thanissara: The Buddha's Path For Our Times. 07.03.2018

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The cultivation of the path of awakening in the midst of intensity.

Thanissara: Taking the Practice to Mordor: Yong Oh and Thanissara (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 25.11.2017

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The power of Chanda (wholesome motivation); Reclamation of Heart in Our Times.

Thanissara: Morning Instructions, Day 7: Jeanie Daskais (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 24.11.2017

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Sacred Activism, The Heart Sutra & Standing Rock (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22.11.2017

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Aligning with the living intelligence of the heart.

Thanissara: Morning Instruction Day 3: Wise Reflection (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 20.11.2017

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Cultivating Samadhi Noticing non suffering

Thanissara: Development of the Path 19.11.2017

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Training of Ethics Dimensions of "knowing" Unshakeable deliverance of Heat

Thanissara: Morning, part 2 - intro to dyad then sharing discussion 04.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Morning, part 1 - Introduction - chanting - dharma talk 04.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Afternoon, part 3 - closing Namo Kuan Shr Yin Pu Sa chant and brief dedication of merit 04.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Afternoon, part 2 - dharma talk - sharing triad - dharma talk 04.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center)

Thanissara: Afternoon, part 1 - recorded thich nhat hanh chant - poem - dharma talk 04.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center)

Thanissara: TBIF: on The Mula Sutta - q+a 03.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center) The recording of the Q+A follows the study of the Mula Sutta which is freely available here: http://nyi.dharmaseed.org/admin/talks/talk/47371/

Thanissara: TBIF: on The Mula Sutta: Through the Portal of Self into the Non-Dual Heart 03.11.2017

(New York Insight Meditation Center) The Mula Sutta is a profound teaching that in ten lines condenses the journey from separative consciousness to the non dual heart. Thanissara will explore the process of unfolding this journey as it moves through the dissolution of discordant and isolating narratives to deepening trust in intuitive awareness informed by the living Dharma.

Kittisaro, Thanissara: Like A Still Forest Pool 30.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The response and the way are intertwined inconceivably. Leaving the retreat.

Thanissara: From Separate Consciousness To Seamless Reality 27.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Refuge, reclamation, and response in our times of planetary emergency.

Thanissara: Coursing The Depths Of The Mystery. 20.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Heart Sutra. Beyond division. The intimacy of all things.

Thanissara: Dukkha and Beyond: A Vital Practice 13.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Meeting what is. Knowing dukkha, seeing how it is generated. Release from identification. Working with deep sankhara, primary patterning.

Thanissara: The Immensity Of Awareness 12.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided meditation on a graduated process of insight. . Hui Neng's awakening gatha, Buddha's teaching to Bahiya

Thanissara: Disturbance is the Path. 05.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Balance and samatha (calm) and vipassana (insight). The hindrances and beyond.

Thanissara: Samadhi - the three streams of energy 04.10.2017

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Breath, jhana factors, kaya sankhara, citta sankhara, vaci sankhara, calming body, uplifting heart/mind, stilling thought

Thanissara: Reflections on Refuge 30.10.2016

(San Francisco Insight Meditation Community)

Thanissara: Compassion - A Vital Motivation for Our Times 15.08.2016

(Gaia House) Beyond self obsession. Cultivating heart within the relational field. Supporting a sustainable world. A deadly situation turned around by the power of compassion.

Thanissara: Deconstructing the House of Self 13.08.2016

(Gaia House) A teaching for an open mind: The Four Noble Truths. Practice within four domains of experience to free the mind. Realization of the unconditioned, peace, nibbana.

Thanissara: Difficulty as Opportunity 11.08.2016

(Gaia House) Calm as ground for insight. Disturbance is the path. What hinders can awaken. Emptying reactivity to painful feeling.

Thanissara: Empty Hands 09.08.2016

(Gaia House) Cultivating path activity. Samadhi, inner refuge. First Foundation of Mindfulness. Putting down the burden.

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