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We Will Arrive – Beating a Path to Awakening, Ayya Medhanandi
How can we beat a path to awakening? Meditate and develop deep, wise insight, training like a spiritual athlete in this new millenium. Like clearing …
4 years, 4 months ago
A Generosity of Presence: Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi
When we remember to empty out all the distraction, all the movement, all the roughness of life, nameless, formless, without identity - we touch the s…
4 years, 4 months ago
What Will Heal Us, Ayya Medhanandi
Discover the riches of the Noble Eightfold Path again and again. See into the depths of the mind by rightly remembering and using the Buddha's guidan…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Novice With An Empty Bowl, Ayya Medhanandi
A humble novice with his bowl empty exemplifies where true riches lie in this world. Meditating deep in the unchartered borders within, gain those ri…
4 years, 5 months ago
We Are Stronger Than We Know, Ayya Medhanandi
Practice wise attention, train in right view, and see things as they are. Touch the fires of trauma and rise from their ashes. Attend to ancient hurt…
4 years, 5 months ago
Opinions, Ayya Medhanandi
Are you watching your breath or watching your opinions? It is not enough to just watch the breath; you must reflect closely on what is arising. Come …
4 years, 5 months ago
An Island Beyond Which We Cannot Go, Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha gives us lessons in emptiness. We are compelled to trust so completely to be able to truly receive these teachings, surrendering to the Dh…
4 years, 6 months ago
Gatekeeper Mindfulness, Ayya Medhanandi
When we clear the mind of obstacles, we gain a special skill in developing mental stillness and samadhi. Mindfulness is the gatekeeper enabling the b…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fictitious Noodles: The Fake News of Old Fears, Ayya Medhanandi
What are we doing on this planet? How do we cope with feelings of fear? Can we observe wisely and penetrate through the fictions of the mind? To aba…
4 years, 6 months ago
Holding the Lotus to the Rock, Ayya Medhanandi
Sariputta said (SN 21.1): “There is nothing in the world with whose change there would arise in me sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, and despair.”…
4 years, 6 months ago