Ajahn Punnadhammo’s Dharma Talks – I

Ajahn Punnadhammo has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1979 and was ordained in Thailand in the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah (novice ordination Feb. 1991, higher ordination Feb. 1992). Between 1990 and 1995 he was based at Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand. Punnadhammo is a Canadian, born Michael Dominskyj in Toronto in 1955. He began studying the Dhamma under Kema Ananda, the founder and first teacher at the Arrow River Center.

2019-08-24 Strange Corners (includes guided meditation) 57:52 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-08-17 A Human Rebirth 29:29 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-08-10 The Three Refuges 30:37 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-08-04 Challenges In Meditation 29:18 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-08-03 Developing Samadhi 32:33 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-07-27 Attachment to Views 32:56 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-07-20 Meditation – What and Why? 28:29 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-07-13 Understanding Our Inner Life 36:07 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-07-06 Some Aspects of Equanimity 32:52 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-06-29 The Nature of Samadhi 47:01 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-06-22 Mind and World 35:22 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-06-01 What is the Abhidhamma 40:38 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-05-25 Samma Vayama – Right Effort 40:31 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-05-18 The Foot-Print Jataka 21:47 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-05-11 Early Buddhist World-View 39:05 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-05-04 Sammaditthi – Right View 47:13 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-05-01 A Cheerful Spring Message 35:03 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-04-27 Finding the Heart of Emptiness 28:51 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-04-21 The Five Aggregates 69:52 Download Listen The emptiness of the five khandas and how to work with them Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2019-04-20 Entry Into The Formless 46:59 Download Listen Guided meditation through the formless abodes. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2019-04-19 Exploring Emptiness 56:43 Download Listen Looking at the teachings of not-self and emptiness from various angels. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2019-04-18 Basic Instruction 47:52 Download Listen Introduction to vipassana practice Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2019-04-17 Two Approaches To knowing 41:28 Download Listen Looking at the mind from either the subjective or objective side Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2019-04-14 Contemplation Of Brahma Beings 45:10 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-04-07 Contemplation of the Devas 40:21 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-04-03 Meditation on the Body 40:08 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-31 The Lower Three Fetters 34:02 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-24 Ignorance 38:24 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-17 Holding Lightly 29:58 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-10 Ethics – The Five Precepts 35:19 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-06 See Things According To Reality 31:22 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-03-03 Shades of Dukkha 33:14 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-02-17 The Elephant’s Footprint 33:13 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-02-10 A Practical Teaching 41:18 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-02-06 It’s Ultimately Simple 33:23 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-02-03 Karuna 31:00 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-01-27 Conceit 28:49 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-01-20 The Brahmajala Sutta 41:42 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-01-13 Characteristics Of The Dhamma 34:24 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-01-06 Volition – Cetana 30:54 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2019-01-02 What is Real? What is True? 37:54 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-12-31 The Story of Matanga 31:42 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-12-30 The Nature of Time 35:48 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-12-23 Vedana – The Aggregate of Feeling 30:27 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-12-16 The Transcendental Element in Buddhism 36:32 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-12-09 To Be Fully Awake 29:00 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-11-25 Stations of Rebirth 54:15 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-11-18 Dukkha Revisited 43:28 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-11-11 Defilements and War 43:27 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-11-07 The Delusion of Self 38:24 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-10-26 An Inquiry into the Central Buddhist Teaching of Not-Self – Talk 1:12:25 Download Listen Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2018-10-26 An Inquiry into the Central Buddhist Teaching of Not-Self – Meditation 27:46 Download Listen Common Ground Meditation Center :  Monthly Guest Dharma Talk

2018-10-20 The Layman’s Code of Conduct 25:22 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-10-13 The Basis of Ethics 27:53 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-10-06 Kamma Looking Forward 33:22 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-09-29 The Role of Happiness 27:41 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-09-22 The Big View 36:43 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-09-15 Upadana 40:46 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-09-08 The Four Iddhipada Revisited 42:57 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-09-01 Skillful Speech 34:10 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-25 Meditation in Activity 43:06 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-18 Some Issues in Buddhist Philosophy 46:03 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-12 Types of Equanimity 27:56 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-05 The Skill of Meditation 32:59 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-04 The Benefits of Meditation 35:10 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-08-03 Brief Into to Meditation 7:57 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-07-25 The Book of Tens 47:31 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-07-14 Dealing with Fear 30:04 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-07-07 Wisdom and Compassion 32:28 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-06-30 Finding a Peaceful Mind 32:28 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-06-23 The Nature of Mind 32:45 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-06-16 Right Effort 31:20 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-05-29 Vesak 2018 20:18 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-05-26 Meditation Practice Made Simple 13:05 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-05-12 Variations of Khandas 41:59 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-05-05 Nature of The Human Organism 43:12 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-04-28 Samanera Ordination 23:22 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-04-21 Iconography 1:19:40 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-04-14 Escaping The Lord Of Death 36:05 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-04-01 The Truth Of Impermanence 33:06 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-03-25 The Kamma of Thought 35:11 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-03-18 The Lens You Look Through 31:39 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-03-04 Confronting Mysteries 29:00 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-02-25 Truth 40:39 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-02-18 The Ten Questions 30:15 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-02-11 The Guardians of the World 26:21 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-02-04 The Five Hindrances 44:24 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-01-28 The Ten Fetters 43:37 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-01-22 Another Look At Dependent Origination 39:58 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-01-15 Clarifying Dukkha 32:42 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2018-01-07 Dealing With Change 30:47 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-12-31 Four Jataka Stories 42:12 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-12-24 Return of the Light 29:31 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-12-10 The Meaning & Purpose Of Life 27:33 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-12-03 Living In Society 36:29 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-11-26 How Do We Know What We Know 32:44 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-11-19 Vedana 35:46 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-11-12 The Nature Of Time 34:11 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-11-05 Depression 32:26 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2017-10-29 Halloween Stories 19:50 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage