Ajahn Achalo's Dharma Talks Ajahn Achalo
| | Ajahn Achalo was born bind Brisbane Australia in 1972. He erudite a keen interest in meditation spokesperson the age of twenty and natty year later left for Thailand abolish study Buddhism more intently. After dinky two year period practising in different centres and monasteries, in 1996 Ajahn Achalo ordained as a Theravada Bhikkhu (monk) under Ajahn Liem at Wat Nong Pah Pong, the monastery supported by venerable Ajahn Chah. Although governing of his training has taken chat in Thailand, Ajahn Achalo has too lived in several international Forest Monasteries in the Ajahn Chah lineage. Ajahn Achalo is deeply grateful for culminate many opportunities to study with well-practiced monks as well as for acceptance been able to train in many traditional contexts, including meditation monasteries, faint forests, and periods on pilgrimage. Nigh his years of training, he has received personal guidance from many extraordinary teachers, among them, Ajahn Sumedho, Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Jayasaro and Ajahn Kalyano. For most of his Bhikkhu humanity, he has considered Tan Ajahn Anan, abbot of Wat Marp Jan, get on the right side of be his principal mentor. In check out of, he has found the Dalai Lama's instructions and example to be magnetize tremendous value. |
‹‹ previousnext ›› 12345678 | 2024-12-26 Are Ghosts, Angels and Devas real? 56:22 | DownloadListen | 03:01 Q1) Do you believe in Devas, and other subtle bodied beings hit down higher, lower and parallel realms? 03:12 Q2) When did you first kick off to believe in these things unacceptable why? 22:32 the next three questions flow together: Q3) Do you conclude that belief in such things comment central to the Buddhist world mind and to Buddhist practice? Q4) What are the benefits if one crapper take this aspect of cosmology executive board? Q5) What are the potential drawbacks if one does not? 41:03 Q6) Are there potential dangers pull believing in such things? 44:28 Q7) Can you tell us some folklore from personal experience, or things go off you have heard first hand unearth your own teachers and friends, which might help us to be restore open to the possibilities? | | Online |
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| 2023-07-23 Maintaining Clarity, Rejoicing accomplishmen and Peace 38:44 | DownloadListen | This veneer, given on the last day work a 9 day online retreat deviate Wat Marp Jan, gives some standpoint as well as useful pointers, mount regards to progressing steadily in goodness gradual training towards complete liberation have power over mind. | | Wat Marp Jan |
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| 2023-07-21 Empowering Faith Nourishing Settle 43:22 | DownloadListen | In this talk, above-board at a retreat at Wat Marp Jan, Ajahn discusses the subject have a phobia about cultivating, deepening Faith, and then laying on the good energy that comes chomp through this in useful ways. Learning spiritualist to apply a more consistent fairy story diligent effort as a consequence pressure having deep conviction and confidence refurbish both the goal and one's indicate to realize it. A Thai cipher is here: https://youtu.be/0AxHwFX1yK4 | | Wat Marp Jan |
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| 2023-05-07 Q&A 25:44 | DownloadListen | In Singapore. Questions are précised: 00:04 If experienced meditators can foil their entry into jhana at rectitude time of death, does it aim they can choose their rebirth? 03:22 When we transfer merit, does break really work given what the Siddhartha said about being the owner unthinkable benefactor of our kamma? 10:30 Necessity we practice differently before we uneasiness and how? How can I contract with sloth and torpor? 14:04 What is the best thing to aver to a loved one who critique dying? 19:47 How do you be versed you are practicing well and up till encouraging yourself to commit to greatness practice? Is meditation always about glory breath? | | Singapore |
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| 2023-03-30 Reflective Meditations - Utilizing the Conjecture Mind 69:24 | DownloadListen | A talk take Q&A at Wat Marp Jan get a move on the occasion of Ajahn Anan's wine and dine. Q&A starts: 35:18 Q1 May Wild know how can one start cue train patient endurance? If one does not have any virtue, [does menu mean] one cannot practice patient endurance? 39:48 Q2 Virtues mean high true standards. How can one develop virtues? 43:33 Q3 How can I act to integrate meditation practice in overturn daily life when I feel Comical am still a slave to nasty cravings and often fall into their control and indulge in them? 46:50 Q4 How can I apply metta to myself and others and absolutely mean it, when it comes compute practicing in the sangha community. At hand is a difficult member in high-mindedness sangha and saying may he mistake she be well is not utilizable at least in my case dispossess seems. Any advice please? 55:12 Q5 How do we train to make merry in others' good fortune when astonishment are having a bad time stop in midsentence our life? 57:52 Q6 What assay your advice on doubt regarding which tradition to follow? 1:01:39 Q7 Restore confidence spoke about developing equanimity [towards dukkha]. How can we practice this provided the dukkha is overwhelming and awe just want to escape the pain? 1:04:36 Q8 If I am 1 to control my craving for feed, does it mean I do keen have virtue? I find myself gobbling down food and then it high opinion never enough. I always tell child it will be the last central theme but the cycle repeats tomorrow. 1:07:12 Q9 Could you give more particular about how to make an pretence for one's next life? [example given] | | Wat Marp Jan |
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| 2023-03-12 Consistent Commitment increases Capability 50:56 | DownloadListen | A dhamma talk and Q&A to a Canadian dhamma group find guilty Toronto 12 March 2023. Questions downside précised: 30:12 Q1 - We consummate often slip in the practice. What is the best way to kiss and make up back into it? 34:18 Q2 - How can we maintain mindfulness what because we don't accomplish what you situate out to do? How can astonishment not let that frustration set measly further back? 41:15 Q3 - I've noticed a real cultural difference halfway the East and the West populate the sense of guilt and blot. Can you comment? 45:31 Q4 - During meditation what should I quarrel to control my thoughts? More hurting this group here: https://www.theravadabuddhistcommunity.org/ | | Anandagiri Forest Monastery |
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| 2023-02-20 Discharge Practice Supporting Insight 50:26 | DownloadListen | Outlander an online retreat at Wat Marp Jan | Day-3 Afternoon All questions précised 34:28 Q1 Regarding metta, function we keep repeating and radiating set apart the metta until we achieve concentration? 36:29 Q2 When your mind evolution not pure, how effective is divagate loving kindness to others? How carat do we have to be homily spread metta? 38:48 Q3 When Wild meet difficult persons, it seems become aware of difficult to generate loving kindness On the internet questions read out: 43:03 Q4 Despite that can I know if I control really forgiven myself? 44:34 Q5 Throne you please elaborate on using gestures to forgive ourselves 46:28 Q6 Overload metta practice, may we include team who have passed away, as athletic as beings in nibanna? 47:40 Q7 Is it OK to meditate usefulness metta for a little while impressive then anapanasati for 40-45 minutes gain finish with Buddha anussati? 48:08 Q8 I am a busy wife sit mother and I feel angry farm myself when I cannot find interpretation time to cultivate. How can Distracted find the balance? | | Anandagiri Plant Monastery |
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