Ayya Santacitta’s Dharma Talks – Part Ii

Santacitta Bhikkhuni trained as a nun in England & Asia from 1993 until 2009, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002, she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. She co-founded Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in Northern California in 2009 and is committed to our planet as a living being. Santacitta Bhikkhuni stammt aus Österreich and begann ihre Nonnenausbildung 1993 in England & Asien, vor allem in der Traditionslinie von Ajahn Chah. Seit 2002 empfängt sie auch Unterweisungen in der Traditionslinie von Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Sie ist Mitbegründerin von Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in Kalifornien und unserem Planeten als lebendes Wesen verpflichtet.

2020-01-05 The Simile of the Mountain or Good Compost for Evolution 32:29 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-04 What is Panna (Wisdom)? 23:09 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-03 Put the Fearful Mind in the Cradle of Loving Kindness 34:59 Download Listen Guided Meditation New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2020-01-01 Ready to Give Up for Real? 22:27 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-12-30 Meditation on the Five Indriya 17:16 Download Listen Guided Meditation New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-12-29 The Five Indriya ~ A Simple Roadmap to Liberation 35:05 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-12-08 Vulnerability & Transmission 39:50 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-23 Gratitude is not Politeness 19:05 Download Listen San Francisco Insight (SFI) Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-17 Complete Balance ~ Complete Contact 38:51 Download Listen San Francisco Dharma Collective Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-13 Metta for Our Times ~ Hopefree & Engaged 57:53 Download Listen Guided Meditation III Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-11 Metta for Our Times ~ Hopefree & Engaged 53:12 Download Listen Guided Meditation II Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-11-10 Metta for Our Times ~ Hopefree & Engaged 29:24 Download Listen Guided Meditation I Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-20 Feminine Perspectives in Buddhism 26:27 Download Listen Sacramento Insight Meditation

2019-09-16 The Elements & Being OK with Uncertainty 32:58 Download Listen Guided Meditation Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-16 Four Supports for Letting Go 48:54 Download Listen Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-09-14 Turning Upright What Had Been Turned Upside Down 30:31 Download Listen Dharma Zephyr Insight Meditation Community

2019-08-31 “The Brahmavihara and Anatta” – A practice for our times of transition 33:16 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2019-08-30 What Does Master Gotama Live For? 14:01 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-29 Knowledge & Vision 15:56 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-28 Temporary Liberation of the Mind 21:33 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-25 Working with the Hindrances 17:41 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-24 Mindfulness & Clear Comprehension ~ Sati & Sampajanna 16:37 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-19 How Does Liberation Come About? 22:47 Download Listen at San Francisco Dharma Collective Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-08-16 Harnessing Our Energy to Meet the Moment 28:42 Download Listen Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2019-08-16 Informed by Experience 36:40 Download Listen Guided Meditation Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2019-08-11 Sincerity of the Heart 10:32 Download Listen Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2019-07-27 Sanity and How to Let Go of Distortions 26:51 Download Listen Sacramento Insight Meditation

2019-06-24 What Do You Live For? 20:11 Download Listen Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 The Seven Factors of Awakening & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 40:03 Download Listen Guided Meditation Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 This Could Be my Last Breath 34:06 Download Listen Guided Meditation Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 Creating a Sense of Urgency through Contemplation of Mortality 18:22 Download Listen Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-24 Vulnerability & the Liberating Power of the Seven Factors of Awakening 27:50 Download Listen Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-23 The Brahmavihara & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 35:09 Download Listen Guided Meditation Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-22 Meditation of the Elements & Temporary Liberation of the Mind 40:48 Download Listen Guided Meditation Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-22 Turned Upside Down 33:14 Download Listen (The Vipallasa) Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-21 Starving the Hindrances & Feeding the Factors of Awakening 37:38 Download Listen Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-20 Self Compassion 46:04 Download Listen at wtm.the breath project.org Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-18 Seven Factors of Awakening ~ an Overview 32:16 Download Listen Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community

2019-06-12 Impermanence & the Five Subjects of Frequent Recollection 41:46 Download Listen Guided Meditation Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-06-09 Seven Factors of Awakening & Cultivation of Refuge 29:26 Download Listen Guided Meditation Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-06-09 Correcting Distortions of Mind 21:12 Download Listen Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-06-08 Untangling the Web of Assumptions 44:20 Download Listen Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2019-05-09 Meditating on the Seven Factors and Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:56 Download Listen Guided meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Treasures

2019-05-07 Beginning at the Beginning (Retreat at Spirit rock) 36:15 Download Listen Practicing with the Seven Factors of Awakening Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Treasures

2019-05-06 Setting the Tone–Getting Started (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:55 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Seven Treasures

2019-01-04 Closing Talk with Ven Dhammadipa and Ayya Anandabodhi 50:50 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-01-03 Samma Samadhi – Preparation for Insight 27:56 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-01-01 Right Effort – Regardless of How Things Work Out or Don’t 31:37 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2018-12-29 Right Speech as a Mindtraining 28:27 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2018-12-29 Metta Immeasurable 44:28 Download Listen Guided Meditation New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2018-12-28 The Noble Eightfold Path Isn’t a Straight Line 33:20 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2018-09-22 Four Universal Tones of Empathy (The Four Bhramavihara) 22:47 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-08-25 OKness & the Four Noble Truths 33:13 Download Listen Sacramento Insight Meditation

2018-05-05 Building the Raft – Day 1 – Question and Answer period 43:45 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-05-05 Building the Raft – Day 1 – (Reflection/Talk) “A Foundation for Insight” 44:26 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2018-04-11 There In The Middleness 41:24 Download Listen Engaging with the practice from a place of stability and openness. When you have gone too far, change direction. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-10 Sense Of Urgency 43:29 Download Listen Guided meditation on death. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-10 Right Concentration/Stability/Collectedness 34:22 Download Listen The function of unifying the other mental factors in the task of cognition, in combination with Right View. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-09 Being The Knowing 40:06 Download Listen Guided meditation on awareness of awareness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-07 Right Action 47:46 Download Listen It is impossible to separate meditation from the ethical foundation that makes it possible. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-06 Right Speech 37:10 Download Listen The ultimate purpose is not so much ethical as spiritual – an aid to mental purification. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-05 What Is Right Thought/Intention? 1:43:12 Download Listen Transforming habitual tendencies with right thought, based on right view and supported by right effort and mindfulness. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-04 Mindfulness Of Body 45:17 Download Listen Guided meditation on mindfulness of the body. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-04-04 Four Postures For Meditation 34:07 Download Listen Guidance on mindful sitting, walking, standing and lying down. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Middle Way ~ Finding Our Natural Resting Place: Monastic Retreat

2018-01-04 Reclaiming Our Life 22:21 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-01-03 Working with the Five Aggregates 17:48 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-01-01 The Five Aggregates of Clinging 48:36 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2018-01-01 Open To The Vastness 27:58 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-30 How to Develop Wisdom? 17:12 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-29 The Three Characteristics ~ Structure of Experience 42:43 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-28 Opening Reflection on Simplicity and Letting Go 23:59 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat at Applegate Jesuit RC, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-12-09 Map of the Practice and Q&A 1:11:53 Download Listen Dharma Talk and Q&A Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-08-13 Taking Refuge in Open Awareness, Taking Refuge in Buddha 22:20 Download Listen Guided Meditation Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2017-08-13 Tapping Into the Power of Refuge 36:34 Download Listen Mountain Stream Meditation Center

2017-07-23 Taste of Nibbana 25:51 Download Listen Against the Stream

2017-07-22 Loosing Fear of Formations 39:51 Download Listen Against the Stream

2017-06-18 We Have a Choice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 36:07 Download Listen End of retreat reflection Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-17 Escaping into Reality (Spirit Rock Retreat) 36:51 Download Listen Seven Stages of Insight & Seven Factors of Enlightenment Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-16 Temporary Liberation of Mind Through the Four Brhamaviharas (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:36 Download Listen A Guided Meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-15 Question & Answer Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 65:37 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-15 Death is Inevitable (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:33 Download Listen Guided meditation on Death Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-14 Body-Feeling-Mind States (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:53 Download Listen A guided meditation on the first three foundations of mindfulness. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-14 Five Opportunities for Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 22:08 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-13 Two Kinds of Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:49 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-05-27 Responding Versus Reacting 42:09 Download Listen This is the morning talk by Ayya Santacitta, from the monastic daylong program, Entering the Heart of Practice with Ayya Anandabhodi and Isabelita Papa (Qigong). Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2017-05-20 Three Tenets for a Happy Life 23:26 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-05-10 Vesak Reflection 10:25 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-05-07 End of Retreat Reflection 11:25 Download Listen SBMG Retreat, Applegate, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-05-05 Seven Facets for Cultivating the Mind 34:27 Download Listen SBMG Retreat, Applegate, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-05-05 The Five Hindrances ~ a Template for Waking Up 29:15 Download Listen SBMG Retreat at Applegate, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-05-04 First Foundation of Mindfulness ~ Body 47:07 Download Listen Guided Meditation SBMG Retreat at Applegate, CA Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2017-01-06 End of Retreat Reflection 15:40 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-05 Resting the Monkeymind 23:43 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-04 Returning to Simplicity 38:48 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-03 Resting as Awareness 41:22 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2017-01-01 Transforming Conventional Tendencies into Supports for Awakening 39:26 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-31 Greetings to the Natural World ~ Words Before All Else 10:49 Download Listen Words of Giving Thanks from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Nation of Upstate New York and Canada Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-31 Maranasati ~ Contemplation of Death 38:40 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-30 It Is Possible 21:31 Download Listen Reflection on Right Effort Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-12-29 No Mud No Lotus 46:10 Download Listen Working with the Five Hindrances Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)