Ajahn Punnadhammo’s Dharma Talks – Iii

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.

2015-09-26 Studying Buddhism 40:06 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-09-19 Meditation in Action 40:17 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-09-12 Equanimity 41:49 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-09-05 Right Effort 39:58 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-08-29 Dependent Origination 37:37 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-08-22 Why Do We Meditate? 39:16 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-08-15 Sankhara 29:03 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-08-08 The Five Hindrances 42:02 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-08-01 The Four Noble Truths 46:28 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-07-25 Kamma 2 26:15 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-07-18 Reflections on Vastness 35:45 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-07-11 The World Is The Mind 38:52 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-07-04 What is Mind? 35:34 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-06-30 Loving Kindness 40:15 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-06-27 Peace of Mind 22:54 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-06-20 Happiness 27:23 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-06-01 The Buddha in Tavatimsa Heaven 43:45 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-30 Guided Meditation on the Formless Abidings 29:50 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-30 Voidness and the Formless 27:54 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-26 Intro to Vipassana 36:00 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-23 Samadhi and Transcendence 31:11 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-09 The Four Iddhipada 26:26 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-05-02 Impermanence 34:10 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-04-28 Introduction to Meditation 31:36 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-04-25 Difficulties in Meditation 47:04 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-03-21 The Four Postures 39:01 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-03-14 Samsara 40:02 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-03-07 The Path in Daily Life 32:37 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-02-28 Cognitive Series 32:39 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-02-21 Samatha Meditation 43:08 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-02-14 Second Discourse of The Buddha 41:37 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-02-07 Sati, “Recollectedness” 40:31 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-01-31 True or Counterfeit Dhamma 34:46 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-01-24 The Buddha – Who He Was 47:32 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2015-01-17 Kamma and the Result of Kamma 43:52 Download Listen Arrow River Forest Hermitage

2014-12-14 The Divine Abodes 66:24 Download Listen Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2014-12-13 Workshop – The Divine Abodes 4:24:22 Listen to tracks Show 3 Tracks  Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-12-14 Workshop – Anatta 2:40:58 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-12-13 The Ten Fetters and Four Stages 1:15:29 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2013-05-12 Closing Ceremony 67:27 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-11 Guided Meditation on Emptiness 42:40 Download Listen Based on the Cula-Sunnata Sutta. Finding emptiness through selective non-attention Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-10 Dependent Origination 56:06 Download Listen The dependent origination in relation to theory and practice. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-09 Morning Instructions 7:30 Download Listen Brief instructions for Vipassana Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-08 The Fire Sermon 50:32 Download Listen The Fire Sermon: Putting out the fires of samsara Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-07 Questions and Answers 1:23:54 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-07 Vipassana Basic Instruction 22:38 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-06 Anatta 54:11 Download Listen The Buddha’s Second Sermon and Further Reflections on Not-Self Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-05 Morning Instructions 52:14 Download Listen Basic instructions for mindfulness and breathing Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2013-05-04 Turning The Wheel Of Dhamma 67:02 Download Listen The Buddha’s first sermon – the Four Noble Truths Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts: Monastic Retreat

2012-12-08 Workshop: Exploring Inner Space 2:49:32 Listen to tracks Show 6 Tracks  Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-07 Finding Freedom Through Emptiness 1:19:46 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2012-12-07 Graded contemplations from ordinary to great stillness 26:37 Download Listen Guided Meditation Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-10 Workshop: Satipatthana Sutta 4:10:13 Listen to tracks Show 4 Tracks  Common Ground Meditation Center

2011-12-09 Rectification of Names: Precise Use of Dhamma Language 1:10:29 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-05-08 Chanting and Morning Reflection 47:48 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2010-05-07 Chanting and Talk: The Three Characteristics – Samsara’s Kaleidoscope 62:40 Download Listen Dukka – Subjective and objective. Anicca – of various scales. Anatta – by analysis and synthesis Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2010-05-03 Samatha – Vipassana 46:13 Download Listen The two principle kinds of meditation. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2010-05-02 Chanting 3:21 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2010-02-15 Kamma and Rebirth 1:18:22 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-12-12 Breath Meditation Instruction 10:41 Download Listen Retreat Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-12-12 Knowing, Anatta and Right View 29:46 Download Listen Retreat Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-12-12 Mindfulness of Emotion 13:45 Download Listen Retreat Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-12-12 Vipassana Meditation Instruction 9:10 Download Listen Retreat Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-12-11 Happiness is an Enlightenment Factor 48:08 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-06-26 Time and Place 64:44 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-12-12 Change is Here to Stay 1:16:59 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-06-01 Buddhism and the Environment 1:10:58 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2008-05-07 Nothing Doing – Evening Dharma Talk 60:07 Download Listen Being instead of doing. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Entering the Sacred: Monastic Retreat

2008-05-04 Evening Dharma Talk 7:30 PM 48:49 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Entering the Sacred: Monastic Retreat

2007-12-16 Wisdom and Kindness 66:14 Download Listen Guest Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2007-05-02 AM Reflections – Settling Into The Now 31:37 Download Listen Seeing the movement of the mind and lerning to settle into now Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2007-04-30 Small Tools With Big Results 50:09 Download Listen Ajahn explains Summata and Anata – the emptiness of all phenomena and the emptiness of being. He explains how each of the five aggregates is not self, that nothing exists without cause and condition Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2007-04-29 AM Morning Reflections – Residing In The Present 49:58 Download Listen In these morning reflections Ajahn points us to the present moment through guided meditation Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2007-04-27 Simplicity And Purity 50:25 Download Listen This talk is about a place in practice that is easeful, simple and leads to purification – being present with objects of consciousness and not being fooled or pulled in by them Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2006-12-10 The Path of Transcendence 1:13:45 Download Listen Dharma Talk Common Ground Meditation Center

2006-06-13 Stop Thinking 48:07 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2006-06-12 Formless Abidings 40:28 Download Listen Guided meditation on the four formless states through progressive simplification. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2006-06-07 Finding The Faith To Practice Metta 36:15 Download Listen The importance of Faith (Saddha) in overcoming obstacles to Loving-Kindness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Metta Weekend

2006-06-05 Benefits Of The Brahma Viharas 42:22 Download Listen Examination of the Brahma Viharas as a development of unbounded consciousness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Metta Weekend

2006-06-03 The Four Brahma Viharas 57:40 Download Listen Introductory look at the Four Divine Abodes (Lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.) Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Metta Weekend

2005-04-27 Nothing Doing 48:51 Download Listen Meditation practice as a process of continual simplification, the ideal being to do nothing at all. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2004-04-24 Guided Meditation: It Only Hurts When I Exist 42:13 Download Listen Extradinatory exploration of the “creating of me.” Returning to present moment experience, emptiness and impermanence. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2004-04-21 Balance In Meditation: The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:57 Download Listen Developing the seven factors of enlightenment to overcome imbalances in meditation mind states. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Monastic Retreat

2004-04-20 Guided Meditation: The Five Aggregates & Emptiness 24:17 Download Listen Contemplation of the Five Khandas in relation to emptiness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2004-04-18 Dukkha, Clear Awareness, Contentment 39:48 Download Listen Balancing mindfulness (sati) with Sampajanna (clear awareness), developing contentment with open clear awareness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

2001-05-14 Leading Inwards Or Onwards? 65:41 Download Listen Recollection of the Triple Gem. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Buddhist Contemplation

1999-03-13 Practicing Dhamma In Daily Life 61:22 Download Listen morality, mental training and wisdom are the keys to a happy life Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1999-03-10 Overcoming The Hindrances 52:17 Download Listen a description of the chief defilements, and strategies for dealing with them Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1998-04-17 Meditation & Daily Life 63:01 Download Listen carrying the retreat experience forward into the life Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center