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
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2015-09-19 Meditation in Action 40:17
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2015-09-12 Equanimity 41:49
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2015-09-05 Right Effort 39:58
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2015-08-29 Dependent Origination 37:37
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2015-08-22 Why Do We Meditate? 39:16
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2015-08-15 Sankhara 29:03
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2015-08-08 The Five Hindrances 42:02
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2015-08-01 The Four Noble Truths 46:28
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2015-07-25 Kamma 2 26:15
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2015-07-18 Reflections on Vastness 35:45
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2015-07-11 The World Is The Mind 38:52
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2015-07-04 What is Mind? 35:34
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2015-06-30 Loving Kindness 40:15
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2015-06-27 Peace of Mind 22:54
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2015-06-20 Happiness 27:23
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2015-06-01 The Buddha in Tavatimsa Heaven 43:45
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2015-05-30 Guided Meditation on the Formless Abidings 29:50
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2015-05-30 Voidness and the Formless 27:54
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2015-05-26 Intro to Vipassana 36:00
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2015-05-23 Samadhi and Transcendence 31:11
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2015-05-09 The Four Iddhipada 26:26
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2015-05-02 Impermanence 34:10
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2015-04-28 Introduction to Meditation 31:36
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2015-04-25 Difficulties in Meditation 47:04
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2015-03-21 The Four Postures 39:01
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2015-03-14 Samsara 40:02
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2015-03-07 The Path in Daily Life 32:37
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2015-02-28 Cognitive Series 32:39
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2015-02-21 Samatha Meditation 43:08
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2015-02-14 Second Discourse of The Buddha 41:37
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2015-02-07 Sati, “Recollectedness” 40:31
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2015-01-31 True or Counterfeit Dhamma 34:46
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2015-01-24 The Buddha – Who He Was 47:32
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2015-01-17 Kamma and the Result of Kamma 43:52
Arrow River Forest Hermitage
2014-12-14 The Divine Abodes 66:24
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2014-12-13 Workshop – The Divine Abodes 4:24:22
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2013-12-14 Workshop – Anatta 2:40:58
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2013-12-13 The Ten Fetters and Four Stages 1:15:29
Guest Dharma Talk
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2013-05-12 Closing Ceremony 67:27
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2013-05-11 Guided Meditation on Emptiness 42:40
Based on the Cula-Sunnata Sutta. Finding emptiness through selective non-attention
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2013-05-10 Dependent Origination 56:06
The dependent origination in relation to theory and practice.
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2013-05-09 Morning Instructions 7:30
Brief instructions for Vipassana
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2013-05-08 The Fire Sermon 50:32
The Fire Sermon: Putting out the fires of samsara
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2013-05-07 Questions and Answers 1:23:54
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2013-05-07 Vipassana Basic Instruction 22:38
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2013-05-06 Anatta 54:11
The Buddha’s Second Sermon and Further Reflections on Not-Self
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2013-05-05 Morning Instructions 52:14
Basic instructions for mindfulness and breathing
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2013-05-04 Turning The Wheel Of Dhamma 67:02
The Buddha’s first sermon – the Four Noble Truths
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2012-12-08 Workshop: Exploring Inner Space 2:49:32
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2012-12-07 Finding Freedom Through Emptiness 1:19:46
Guest Dharma Talk
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2012-12-07 Graded contemplations from ordinary to great stillness 26:37
Guided Meditation
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2011-12-10 Workshop: Satipatthana Sutta 4:10:13
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2011-12-09 Rectification of Names: Precise Use of Dhamma Language 1:10:29
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2010-05-08 Chanting and Morning Reflection 47:48
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2010-05-07 Chanting and Talk: The Three Characteristics – Samsara’s Kaleidoscope 62:40
Dukka – Subjective and objective. Anicca – of various scales. Anatta – by analysis and synthesis
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2010-05-03 Samatha – Vipassana 46:13
The two principle kinds of meditation.
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2010-05-02 Chanting 3:21
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2010-02-15 Kamma and Rebirth 1:18:22
Guest Dharma Talk
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2009-12-12 Breath Meditation Instruction 10:41
Retreat Dharma Talk
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2009-12-12 Knowing, Anatta and Right View 29:46
Retreat Dharma Talk
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2009-12-12 Mindfulness of Emotion 13:45
Retreat Dharma Talk
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2009-12-12 Vipassana Meditation Instruction 9:10
Retreat Dharma Talk
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2009-12-11 Happiness is an Enlightenment Factor 48:08
Guest Dharma Talk
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2009-06-26 Time and Place 64:44
Guest Dharma Talk
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2008-12-12 Change is Here to Stay 1:16:59
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2008-06-01 Buddhism and the Environment 1:10:58
Guest Dharma Talk
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2008-05-07 Nothing Doing – Evening Dharma Talk 60:07
Being instead of doing.
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2008-05-04 Evening Dharma Talk 7:30 PM 48:49
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2007-12-16 Wisdom and Kindness 66:14
Guest Dharma Talk
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2007-05-02 AM Reflections – Settling Into The Now 31:37
Seeing the movement of the mind and lerning to settle into now
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2007-04-30 Small Tools With Big Results 50:09
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
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2007-04-29 AM Morning Reflections – Residing In The Present 49:58
In these morning reflections Ajahn points us to the present moment through guided meditation
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2007-04-27 Simplicity And Purity 50:25
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
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2006-12-10 The Path of Transcendence 1:13:45
Dharma Talk
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2006-06-13 Stop Thinking 48:07
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2006-06-12 Formless Abidings 40:28
Guided meditation on the four formless states through progressive simplification.
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2006-06-07 Finding The Faith To Practice Metta 36:15
The importance of Faith (Saddha) in overcoming obstacles to Loving-Kindness.
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2006-06-05 Benefits Of The Brahma Viharas 42:22
Examination of the Brahma Viharas as a development of unbounded consciousness.
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2006-06-03 The Four Brahma Viharas 57:40
Introductory look at the Four Divine Abodes (Lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.)
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2005-04-27 Nothing Doing 48:51
Meditation practice as a process of continual simplification, the ideal being to do nothing at all.
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2004-04-24 Guided Meditation: It Only Hurts When I Exist 42:13
Extradinatory exploration of the “creating of me.” Returning to present moment experience, emptiness and impermanence.
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2004-04-21 Balance In Meditation: The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment 57:57
Developing the seven factors of enlightenment to overcome imbalances in meditation mind states.
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2004-04-20 Guided Meditation: The Five Aggregates & Emptiness 24:17
Contemplation of the Five Khandas in relation to emptiness.
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2004-04-18 Dukkha, Clear Awareness, Contentment 39:48
Balancing mindfulness (sati) with Sampajanna (clear awareness), developing contentment with open clear awareness.
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2001-05-14 Leading Inwards Or Onwards? 65:41
Recollection of the Triple Gem.
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1999-03-13 Practicing Dhamma In Daily Life 61:22
morality, mental training and wisdom are the keys to a happy life
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1999-03-10 Overcoming The Hindrances 52:17
a description of the chief defilements, and strategies for dealing with them
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1998-04-17 Meditation & Daily Life 63:01
carrying the retreat experience forward into the life
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