Bhante Bodhidhamma’s Dharma Talks

Bhante Bodhidhamma, as lay person practiced at Throssel Hole Zen Priory in north England, later with Sayadaw U Janaka in Burma and at various places with Sayadaw U Pandita.​ ​He ​ ordained in ​1986 and spent 8 years in Sri Lanka, returning to UK in 1998. He was the resident teacher at Gaia House, UK, 2001-2004. In 2007, he founded Satipanya Buddhist Retreat on the borders of Wales., devoted to vipassana in the tradition of the Mahasi Sayadaw. ​

2019-05-16 Karma 50:39 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2019-05-15 The Five Aggregates 41:00 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2017-01-08 How I became a Buddhist, then and monk and then a Dhamma Teacher 1:23:02 Download Listen Autobio on Bhante’s 70th Birthday Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2016-05-01 Buddha Day Address 37:03 Download Listen What was the mindset of the Bodhisatta when he left his family and what made him carry on? date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2016-02-01 The Need for Sangha, Community and Q’s about Ordinary Daily Life 50:04 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2016-01-01 What is vedana and where does it fit in? 40:14 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-06-01 Ethics Not-self and Liberation 66:15 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-05-01 Buddha Day Address May 2015 44:15 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-04-01 Love and All That 44:55 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-03-01 Deconstruction 44:15 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-02-01 The Three Characteristics 50:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2015-01-01 Mae Chee Kaew and Resolutions 41:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-12-01 The Prognosis is Very Good 51:42 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-11-01 Talk at the Re-opening of the Golden Buddha Centre in Totnes 55:22 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-10-01 Dependent Origination and the Quality of Right Awareness 53:05 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-09-01 Intro Talk to Bodycare 51:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-08-01 Comments on a Statement by Mae Chee Kaew 45:05 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-07-01 Kamma and Free Will 51:09 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-06-10 Reiki 48:03 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-06-01 No Inherent Being 51:26 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-05-01 Refinement,Sublimation and the Eightfold Path 49:31 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-04-01 Daily Life Reinforced 51:11 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-03-01 Kamma Revisited 43:47 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-02-01 Basics for Meditation 51:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-01-15 Q&A Detachment Engagement Motivation Devotion 64:21 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2014-01-01 Contol and Loss of Power 51:43 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2013-12-20 Christmas Talk re the Path 47:03 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2013-05-01 Talk to the European Teachers Meeting How I came to establish a non-community 25:00 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2013-04-01 An Attempt to Understand the teaching of Not-Self 49:56 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2013-03-01 How to critique the Dhamma and Buddha 42:21 Download Listen

2013-02-01 Right Relationship 42:39 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2013-01-01 Importance of Resolution plus 45:47 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-12-20 Christmas Talk re the Path 47:03 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-08-01 Retreats : Attachment : Children and Suffering 28:12 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-07-01 Monks : Daily Life : Not-Self 57:18 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-06-01 Mindfulness : Time 63:33 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-05-01 Q.&A session: Family Distractions : Selfish to Meditate : Negative Emotions : Suffering on Identification 38:11 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-04-01 Right Relationship 42:39 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-02-01 The Body and the Discourse on How to Establish Right Awareness 50:14 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2012-01-01 Happiness 60:38 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat Attached Files: Towards Well-Being (PDF)

2011-10-01 The Body as Meditative Object 36:32 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2011-09-01 The Problem of Identity 29:08 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2011-08-01 Talk at Opening of centre in Ghent 41:33 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2011-07-01 Hope to Inspire 43:19 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2011-06-01 New Year Revision of Buddhadhamma Theory and Practice 56:08 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2011-05-20 8. Living Life according to the Dhamma 58:50 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-19 7. The Law of Kamma 41:48 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-18 6. The Ethical Psychology of the Buddha 43:39 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-17 5. The Seven Factors of Awakening 38:46 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-16 4. The Hindrances The Psychotherapy of Vipassana 53:53 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-15 3. The Mahasi Technique 48:59 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-14 2. Right Awareness Intro to Vipassana 28:34 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2011-05-13 1. Starting a Retreat 4:43 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi 9 Day Retreat

2010-12-01 The Karma Concerning Liberation 44:55 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-11-01 The Kamma of Liberation 43:24 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-10-01 Importance of Metta 24 min 24:38 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-09-01 Questions and Answers A Dolly Mixture 48:35 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-08-01 Subliminal Inclinations, Defilements and Hindrances 55:00 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-07-01 Why we need a technique 29:58 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-06-01 Why noting without stop 7:08 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-05-13 The Buddha’s World View 47:16 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-12 The Refuges, Precepts, and Spiritual Faculties 52:49 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-10 Tendencies, Defilements and Hindrances 46:37 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-09 Technique Mahasi Vipassana Interview 57:07 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-08 Overview of BuddhaDhamma 47:48 Download Listen Gaia House

2010-05-08 Definition and Purpose of Awareness 30:34 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-07 Opening Talk for Mahasi Retreat 1:18:25 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2010-05-01 The Body and the Three Characteristics 36:03 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-04-01 Impulsive or Spontaneous 47:02 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-03-01 Not-Self Indulgence and all 50:53 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-02-01 The Principles and Problems of Vipassana 35:55 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2010-01-01 All Around the Houses 48:20 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-10-01 Encouragement October 09 41:43 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-08-15 The practice and the pitfalls of metta, goodwill practice 32:28 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-08-01 Dukkha Unsatisfactoriness et al 50:49 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-07-15 Revising the principles of vipassana 43:19 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-07-01 Why didn’t the Buddha return to lay life 57:39 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-06-15 Q & A Rebirth Identification Emotions etc. 38:41 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-06-01 There is no separation between vipassana and ordinary daily life 53:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-05-15 The Sufferings of the Pleasure Syndrome 49:32 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-05-15 The Development of Virtue 51:28 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-14 The Liberation Psychology of the Buddha 50:54 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-13 The Factors of Awakening 46:28 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-12 The Hindrances Part 2 47:40 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-11 The Hindrances 47:28 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-10 Mahasi Techniques 67:37 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-09 Buddha and the Eight Fold Path 60:30 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-08 Overview of the Buddhadamma 47:48 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-08 Standing Meditation 51:22 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-08 Techniques, Mental and Physical States, the Three Characteristics 30:52 Download Listen Gaia House :  Mahasi Retreat

2009-05-01 The Mahasi Method 48:21 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-04-15 Equanimity – Foundation of all Virtue 48:04 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-04-01 Metta, Applied and Sustained Thought, Buddhamind 45:38 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-03-15 Daily Rythms; Fetters, Hindrances and Inclinations; Rebirth 62:00 Download Listen date estimated Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-03-01 Buddha Day Address with Refuges and Precepts 34:41 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-02-15 Vipassana and or Therapy 50:37 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-02-01 Samatha-Vipassana 51:55 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-01-15 Practice in Ordinary Daily Life 69:15 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2009-01-01 Dignity and the Qualities of a Ruler 48:56 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-12-01 Towards a whole life practice 47:56 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-11-01 There is no reason for being! 54:08 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-10-01 The problem lies in the looking 43:27 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-09-01 The Gratification, the Danger and the Escape 43:05 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-08-01 The Buddha’s Quest – A Public Talk 25:06 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-07-01 Revising the principles of vipassana 43:18 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-06-01 Faith and the Spiritual Life 59:29 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-05-01 Enthusiam and other questions 54:34 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-04-01 Karma, Dependent Origination, Virtue and Liberation 43:05 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-03-01 Metta: Developing Goodwil 56:41 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-02-01 Samatha and – or Vipassana 51:52 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2008-01-01 How Vipassana relates to Daily Life 57:40 Download Listen Satipanya Buddhist Retreat

2007-07-22 The Seven Factors of Awakening 40:42 Download Listen A description of the Seven Factors and how they balance each other. The overarching importance of the Factor of Awareness is stressed. Gaia House :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

2007-07-21 The Practice as a Whole 36:55 Download Listen The Seven Factors of Awakening are put into the perspective of the practice of Vipassana as a whole. Gaia House :  The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

2006-05-07 What We Have Faith In 1:10:37 Download Listen Gaia House :  Faith and Commitment

2006-05-06 Reflections on Faith 1:11:01 Download Listen Gaia House :  Faith and Commitment

2005-10-30 The Illimitables And A Contemplative Exercise 57:22 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-28 Some Indications Of The Buddha’s Character – Life And Teachings And Parinibbana 61:06 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-23 What Did The Awakening Consists Of? 64:49 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-20 The Erotic, Romantic, Love, Boredom And Celibacy 51:36 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-16 Dullness, Lethargy, Restlessness And Pain 62:34 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-14 From The Great Renunciation To The Awakening Of The Buddha 65:10 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-10-06 Body Contemplations And Healing Exercise 56:43 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  October 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-09-28 Questions And Answers 49:04 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  September 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-09-24 The Birth Of The Buddha To The Great Renunciation 49:34 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  September 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-09-12 Turning The Perfections Inward 51:31 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  September 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2005-09-05 The Buddha’s Previous Lives To Last Rebirth 44:36 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Forest Refuge :  September 2005 at IMS – Forest Refuge

2001-01-10 Mental Development; Samadhi 20:39 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-09 Right Understanding 20:26 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-08 Positive Morality; Parami 22:27 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-07 Sila 20:23 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-06 Kamma 21:24 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-05 2nd Noble Truth & Wheel of Dependent Origination 20:18 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-04 Second Noble Truth and Talk on Desire 20:30 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-03 The Three Characteristics 16:54 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-02 Conditioned States 20:13 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-01-01 First Noble Truth & Talk on Dukkha 38:05 Download Listen Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat