Ayya Santussika’s Dharma Talks

Ayya Santussika, in residence at Karuna Buddhist Vihara (Compassion Monastery), spent five years as an anagarika (eight-precept nun), then ordained as a samaneri (ten-precept nun) in 2010 and as a bhikkhuni (311 rules) in 2012 at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles.

2021-05-08 Anapanasati Guided Meditation 31:56 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-08 Projections and Stereotypes 21:23 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-01 Compassion Dhamma Talk 27:08 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-10-31 Living Our Values 1:38:44 Download Listen Meditation, Dhamma talk and Q&A Insight Meditation Center

2020-10-03 Let Nature Teach You 1:57:01 Download Listen Meditation, Dhamma talk and Q&A Insight Meditation Center

2020-09-27 Morning chanting and guided meditation 1:17:03 Download Listen AM of Directing the Mind, Cooling the Heart daylong Portland Friends of the Dhamma

2020-09-27 Dhamma talk and Q&A 2:21:06 Download Listen PM of Directing the Mind, Cooling the Heart daylong Portland Friends of the Dhamma

2020-08-08 Buddhanusati Dhamma Talk 19:05 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-08-08 Buddhanusati Guided Meditation 31:10 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-25 Craving, Indulgence, Suppression & Renunciation 20:25 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-25 The Basis of Piti (Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2) 36:44 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-18 Forgiveness 19:57 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-18 In-and-out breathing guided meditation Part I 29:43 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-11 Where to put our effort 20:21 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-11 Breath Energy Guided Meditation 39:12 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-04 What is and is not Dhamma 18:17 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-07-04 Relaxed, Alert, & Happy Guided Meditation 35:16 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-06-27 Tranquil Body and Mind Meditation 30:05 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-05-16 Dealing with fear and uncertainty 23:06 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-05-16 Mindfulness of in-and-out breathing meditation 29:19 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-04-04 Uprooting aversion and discussion 1:14:15 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-04-04 Brahmaviharas meditation 35:20 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-28 Present with suffering discussion 1:28:30 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-28 Noble Truths meditation 25:29 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-21 Dhamma discussion – Using change to develop wisdom 1:24:26 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2020-03-21 Breath/Divine Abidings meditation 29:38 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2019-09-03 The Joy that leads to Enlightenment 37:35 Download Listen Ayya Santussika describes the Six Recollections taught by the Buddha and how they may benefit our meditation and practice. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley

2019-02-05 Engaged Brahmaviharas 48:55 Download Listen Ayya Santussika presents the first talk in a speaker series on The Engaged Buddhist. Here she speaks on the role that each of the four Brahmaviharas play to help and guide us in our engaged actions, whatever they be, to promote wholesome and beneficial outcomes. She discusses lovingkindness, joy in the good fortune of others, compassion and equanimity as well as the near and far enemies of these qualities. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley In collection Engaged Buddhism

2019-02-05 Meditating on the Brahmaviharas 29:05 Download Listen A guided meditation on practicing the Brahmaviharas. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley In collection Engaged Buddhism

2017-10-16 Brahma Viharas (guided meditation) 44:17 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2017-10-16 Shame, Guilt, and Regret (Dhamma talk) 40:36 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2017-10-03 Kisa Gotami: Buddha’s Deep Compassion Toward Women 40:55 Download Listen In this fourth talk in a lecture series on the Great Disciples, the speaker, Ayya Santussika, tells the life story of two enlightened, fully ordained nuns. In fact, there were quite a few of enlightened, fully ordained nuns at the Buddha’s time. The speaker also discusses how we can find the key to our own happiness in these nuns’ stories, such as letting go, calming the mind, and realizing complete freedom from suffering. Finally, Ayya Santussika describes the Buddha’s tremendous compassion for women. In his teachings, the Buddha acknowledged sufferings that were specific to women that are still relevant today. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley In collection The Great Disciples: People and Personalities in the Buddha’s Community

2017-09-09 Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 2 35:53 Download Listen First of a series of 9 day-longs, offered by Eastbay Dhamma. This is the afternoon session on the theme of Right View. Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2017-09-09 Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 1 41:44 Download Listen First of a series of 9 day-longs, offered by Eastbay Dhamma. This is the morning session on the theme of Right View. Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2017-06-18 Worldly & Unworldly Pleasure & Pain (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12:52 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-17 The Four Noble Truths – Part 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 30:01 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-17 Cultivating Confidence in the Triple Gem (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:02 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-16 Q&A with Ayya Santussika and Ayya Santacitta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-16 This is Samsara – There’s nothing wrong (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-15 Revisiting the Noble Eightfold Path & Four Determinations (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:11 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-14 Death and Dying on the Noble Eightfold Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:59 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-13 The Body Breathing (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:52 Download Listen Breath – Breath Energy – Four Elements Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-13 The Middle Way to Awakening – You can do it! (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 17:16 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Middle Way Monastic Retreat

2017-06-10 Training for Peace 35:59 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2016-11-15 11 Dhamma talk – Creating Refuge 6:00 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 10 Chant – The Highest Blessings 4:24 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 09 Q&A 18:25 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 08 Dhamma talk – The Highest Blessings 23:07 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 07 Guided Meditation 21:22 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 06 Q&A 8:32 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 05 Dhamma talk – The Four Powers 22:25 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 04 Guided Meditation 11:29 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 03 Saturday Afternoon Dharma Talk 33:59 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 02 Introduction to Refuges & Precepts 10:47 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 01 Saturday Morning 46:37 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-15 Complete Recording of Daylong 2:32:50 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-14 Public Talk at Grace Church Parish Hall 1:50 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington

2016-11-13 Afternoon Dhamma Talk 57:42 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-13 Morning Dhamma Talk 44:13 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-12 Afternoon Final Dhamma Talk 8:14 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-12 Afternoon Dhamma Talk 33:59 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-12 Morning Dhamma Talk 20:25 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-12 Retreat Introduction 46:37 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-11-11 Public Talk 1:13:21 Download Listen Bellingham Insight Meditation Society :  Retreat

2016-09-03 Almsgiving 2016 at Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery 11:04 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2016-08-04 Refrain From Killing 68:12 Download Listen Ayya Santussika gave the fifth talk in a six-week series titled “Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts.” She takes an in-depth look at the first precept: refraining from killing. She explores harming, how to live a life of non-harming, and facing difficult situations non-violently. Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley In collection Ethics, Action and the Five Precepts

2016-07-24 Practicing for Our Own Welfare and the Welfare of Others 44:43 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2016-02-21 Kamma and the Khandas 41:39 Download Listen at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2015-12-12 Climate Dhamma 19:58 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2015-11-29 Applying Dhamma to Climate Change and Keeping a Positive Mind 43:44 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2015-10-16 10 Q&A Night 54:53 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-16 09 Investigating Perceptions: What am I adding to this experience? 18:14 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-16 08 Perception 54:04 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-16 07 Second Feeding Your Demons Session 19:45 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-15 06 Q&A and Feeding Your Demons Discussion 35:15 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-15 05 First Feeding Your Demons Session 27:51 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-14 04 Methods to Understand and Work with Feeling 58:44 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-14 03 Dispelling the Hindrances 2:02 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-13 02 Body Meditation 50:50 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-13 01 Letting Go: Suffering, Impermanence, Not-Self, and the Aggregates 1:14:43 Download Listen Karuna Buddhist Vihara :  Letting Go

2015-10-04 Sustained by Sangha 26:06 Download Listen It is through taking action together that we wield power and experience relief, especially as we expand our notion of sangha beyond the usual boundaries, to all faiths, to all people taking action in accordance with our shared values of compassion, justice and peace. And we bring our own quintessential flavor, our Buddhist practice, our confidence in the Dharma and our commitment to face the way things actually are. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Day of Connection: Sustainable Practice for a Sustainable World

2014-07-10 The Art and Power of Listening: to Ourselves, to Each Other, to the Dhamma and to the Earth 58:09 Download Listen Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley :  IMCB Regular Talks

2014-04-28 Flowing Grace 13:55 Download Listen Shakti Vihara

2014-04-25 Ayya Santussika on Fear 28:15 Download Listen Shakti Vihara

2014-04-25 Ayya Santussika on Fear – Q&A 21:04 Download Listen Shakti Vihara

2014-04-24 Ayya Santussika on Habits 27:14 Download Listen Shakti Vihara

2014-04-24 Ayya Santussika on Habits – Q&A 8:27 Download Listen Shakti Vihara

2014-04-20 Today’s Climate Reality 27:36 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration In collection Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration

2014-04-13 How Words Create Our Future 20:56 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Mindfulness Care Center)

2013-10-18 The Two Most Important Things 1:10:37 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2013-10-18 The Two Most Important Things 1:10:37 Download Listen Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

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

2013-09-14 Transcending Five Fears 1:35:19 Download Listen at Little Bangkok Sangha Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2013-09-10 Habits towards Nibbana 1:44:59 Download Listen at BIA in Bangkok Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2013-07-13 The Four Noble Truths in Action – Part 1 1:28:50 Download Listen Insight Santa Cruz

2013-07-13 The Four Noble Truths in Action – Part 2 59:12 Download Listen Insight Santa Cruz

2013-07-13 The Four Noble Truths in Action – Part 3 54:47 Download Listen Insight Santa Cruz

2013-07-13 The Four Noble Truths in Action – Part 4 1:21:11 Download Listen Insight Santa Cruz

2013-03-19 Stand Strong and Love 49:54 Download Listen Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley :  Tuesday Talks

2012-09-25 Facing Our Biggest Fears 41:06 Download Listen This talk explores an ancient Tibetan method to confront your fear and turn it into an ally. She reviews the method from Lama Tsultrim book “Feeding your demons” in the context of the first three of the four noble truths. search words: four noble truths, feeding your demons, fear, anxiety, gratitude, change your brain Insight Meditation South Bay – Silicon Valley :  Tuesday Talks—2012

2012-02-29 One Auspicious Day 41:38 Download Listen at San Jose Insight Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2012-02-17 Salutation to the Triple Gem 62:34 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2012-01-20 The Simile of the Cloth 59:00 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2011-10-21 Standing Up to Greed, Hatred and Delusion 55:49 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2011-02-18 Happiness No Matter What 40:59 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2011-01-21 The Power of Buddhist Prayer 36:10 Download Listen Insight Meditation Center

2011-01-05 Nothing At All to Worry About 39:22 Download Listen at San Jose Insight Karuna Buddhist Vihara