Ayya Santacitta’s Dharma Talks – Part Iii

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.

2016-12-28 First Foundation of Mindfulness ~ Bodyparts 41:26 Download Listen Guided Meditation Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2016-09-03 Almsgiving 2016 at Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery 8:15 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2016-07-16 Sharing the Blessings of our Practice 31:35 Download Listen A short sitting, closing talk and blessing chant from the daylong – Listening to Natural Law – on July 16, 2016 Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-07-16 Familiarizing Oneself with the Way Things Are 1:13:48 Download Listen Dhamma reflection with Ayya Santacitta followed by a standing meditation with Ayya Anandabodhi. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2016-05-14 How to Cultivate Wisdom 31:55 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-13 Samadhi-A Pleasant Abiding Here and Now 39:24 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-11 The 3 Refuges as Support for Practice 37:59 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-11 Taking Refuge in the Way Things Are. 41:03 Download Listen Morning Instructions Day Two Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-05-10 Tuning the Instrument of the Body 58:58 Download Listen Guided Meditation Day 2 Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Taking Refuge In What Is True

2016-01-02 Being Awareness – Guided Meditation 15:29 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-31 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness – Guided Meditation 45:37 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-29 What Is Dukkha? 45:59 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-28 Bodycontemplation – Guided Meditation 51:04 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-12-28 Counting Our Blessings – Guided Meditation 34:05 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center)

2015-11-28 The Skill of Gratitude 25:48 Download Listen This talk is from – Giving Thanks – a daylong at Spirit Rock on Saturday, November 28th with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta. On this Thanksgiving weekend, celebrating the great flow of gratitude and generosity that is sustaining life in every moment Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-11-28 Gratitude for the Web of Life – a guided sitting meditation 41:03 Download Listen This talk is from – Giving Thanks – a daylong at Spirit Rock on Saturday, November 28th with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta. On this Thanksgiving weekend, celebrating the great flow of gratitude and generosity that is sustaining life in every moment Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-09-26 Equanimity 47:00 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2015-08-22 The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness and the Four Iddhipada 42:00 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat

2015-08-22 The Simplicity of the First Three Foundations of Mindfulness 44:52 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat

2015-08-21 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: An Overview 24:20 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat

2015-06-20 Motivation 20:01 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-06-20 Heart Opening 36:46 Download Listen Guided Meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2015-04-29 The Heart-wish and the Four Iddhipada 35:33 Download Listen Sincere motivation channels our energy into four universal patterns of spiritual power Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Listening to Natural Law: Monastic Retreat

2015-04-27 Maranasati – Mindfulness Of Death 58:07 Download Listen Guided meditation on three primary themes, each divided into three sub themes Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Listening to Natural Law: Monastic Retreat

2015-04-26 Escaping Into Reality 28:00 Download Listen Feeling and the the four hallucinations of perception Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Listening to Natural Law: Monastic Retreat

2015-04-26 Elements and Feelings 56:40 Download Listen Guided meditation on the four elements and three kinds of feelings Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Listening to Natural Law: Monastic Retreat

2015-04-25 The Four Elements 45:21 Download Listen Guided meditation on the four elements; earth, water, fire and air Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Listening to Natural Law: Monastic Retreat

2015-01-03 The Five Aggregates of Clinging 19:15 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Insight Retreat Center

2014-12-30 Right Thought 48:02 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Insight Retreat Center

2014-12-28 Refuge 20:29 Download Listen New Year’s Retreat Insight Retreat Center

2014-11-15 Steady In Transition 20:13 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2014-10-04 Meeting What Is 22:39 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-31 Never Turn Away 27:40 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-08-16 Meditation on the Four Elements 28:07 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2014-07-20 On Meditation 45:20 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Marin Sangha)

2014-07-19 Transformation of Regret 22:34 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2014-05-31 Aligning Ourselves 17:49 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2014-05-14 Distraction = Destruction 18:31 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat – Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-13 Self-Secret 16:15 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat – Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-13 A Template for Experience 23:31 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat – Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-12 The Transforming Power of The Factors of Awakening 41:48 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat – Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-11 Mother of Wisdom 21:01 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat – Listening to Natural Law

2014-05-09 The Five Indriya 42:48 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2014-04-13 How Words Create Our Future 26:01 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2014-01-04 Strive on with Diligence – Guided Meditation 18:42 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2014-01-03 Seven Treasures 22:29 Download Listen Reflection on the Seven Factors of Enlightenment Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2014-01-01 Wisdom and the Four Hallucinations 6:29 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-31 The Fire of Transformation 45:40 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-30 Seeing in a Bigger Context – Guided Meditation 39:12 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-29 Knowing Phenomena, Being Awareness – Guided Meditation 41:51 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-28 What We Bring to Experience 44:46 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-28 Inner and Outer Renunciation – Guided Meditation 40:54 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year Retreat

2013-12-07 Growing Up & Waking Up 31:56 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2013-11-29 The Capacity to Feel 45:50 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-10-13 The Eight Worldly Winds 35:03 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-10-11 If it’s in the way, it’s the Way 39:21 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-10-05 Earth Care Dhamma 1:32:04 Download Listen with Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Jayati, Ayya Santussika Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2013-09-14 Practicing in Times of Big Changes 34:50 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Hartford Street Zen Center) In collection One Earth Sangha

2013-09-08 Wisdom or Knowledge? 32:18 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2013-08-23 Turn Towards It 40:02 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Berkeley Buddhist Monastery)

2013-08-11 Stop Running 26:54 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-08-11 Arriving and Settling: A guided meditation 48:35 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-07-14 Planet Earth as Divine Messenger 52:07 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Marin Sangha) In collection One Earth Sangha

2013-07-12 Learning from Climate Change 42:00 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery In collection One Earth Sangha

2013-07-07 What Meditation Can Do For “You” 43:21 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Alameda Sangha)

2013-05-24 The Three Refuges 9:42 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-04-07 The Four Noble Truths 32:58 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2013-01-02 Compost and Fertile Ground 39:16 Download Listen Insight Retreat Center :  New Year’s Retreat

2013-01-01 How We Meet Experience 41:43 Download Listen Insight Retreat Center :  New Year’s Retreat

2012-12-29 Staying Open 31:03 Download Listen Insight Retreat Center :  New Year’s Retreat

2012-12-28 Being With What Is 12:10 Download Listen Insight Retreat Center :  New Year’s Retreat

2012-11-24 Being Benevolence, Intro and Guided Meditation 45:15 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-11-09 Gratitude 44:59 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-08-01 Creative Despair – Learning from Everything 36:24 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-07-13 Three Levels of Renunciation 31:50 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-07-08 What Is Inner Strength? 44:38 Download Listen Guided Meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2012-06-22 Habits of Mind 53:46 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-04-14 Eight Worldly Winds 41:34 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-11 World Map Of The Practice 43:45 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-11 Guided Meditation – How We Create Our World 55:11 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-09 Working With Feelings 54:58 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-08 Three Characteristics Of Life 47:46 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-07 Preparation For Insight 49:40 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  Wisdom and Compassion Are the Gifts of Mindfulness: Monastic Retreat

2012-04-06 Equanimity 55:36 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-03-01 Reflections on the Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award Ceremony 51:11 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2012-01-03 The Mind of Non-Grasping 31:36 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2012-01-01 The Seven Awakening Factors and Renunciation 30:11 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2011-12-01 Meeting Life with Lovingkindness 47:13 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-09-25 Start Where You Are 65:48 Download Listen Talk + Q&A Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-07-08 Renunciation as an Opportunity 36:19 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-07-03 Keep Going, a talk from a daylong called “Why Do I Meditate” 53:42 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-07-03 Resting in Awareness – Guided Meditation 3:50 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-07-01 The Power of Restraint 37:25 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Berkeley Buddhist Monastery)

2011-06-08 Working with Doubt 37:09 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-06-01 On Intention or What We Bring to a Situation 38:18 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2011-06-01 Befriending Uncertainty 52:33 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2011-05-26 ‘The Four Heavenly Messengers” 31:57 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  ‘The Marriage of Being and Doing’: Monastic Retreat with the Saranaloka Nuns

2011-01-03 A Summary of the Path 36:42 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-02 Contemplation of Mind 28:07 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2011-01-01 Resting in Awareness 41:06 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2010-12-31 The Seven Factors of Enlightenment 18:29 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2010-12-29 Gateway to Reality 50:56 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year’s Retreat

2010-07-18 The Bigger Picture 36:48 Download Listen New York Insight Meditation Center

2010-06-25 Faith 26:24 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2010-05-09 Renunciation & Courage 35:27 Download Listen A talk from a daylong retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2010-01-10 Who Am I? Guided Meditation 47:25 Download Listen Who Am I? Guided Meditation. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2009-12-31 Breaking Through 10:08 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2009-03-11 Arising and Passing Away 38:10 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center :  The Heart of Wisdom: Monastic Retreat

2009-02-17 Guided Meditation 24:32 Download Listen Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley