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Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts

Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage

Dhamma Talks, Chanting, Precepts and Meditation with Ajahn Dhammasiha and other experienced Senior Buddhist Monks in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. Recorded at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane, Australia. Our website: https://www.dhammagiri.net Our Youtube Channel, including regular live streams on the weekend "Dhammatalks at Dhammagiri": https://www.youtube.com/@dhammatalksatdhammagiri8724 Our email Newsletter: https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter Our Spotify

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00:21:54

Long-Term Minimum Effort vs Short-Term Heroic Effort...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/10/16

During an all-night meditation, or during a retreat period, we tend to exert maximum effort. However, no one can maintain maximum effort for a very long time. Unfortunately, once we can't maintain the high level anymore, we often end up relaxing too much. Unfortunately, it's much easier and faster to regress in our bhāvanā, than to quickly progress. So we may end up losing hard earned 3 months of progress within just one week of carelessness.Therefore, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to look

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00:42:12

Animals in Buddhism | Kindness and Respect to Animals...

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2025/10/12

Right after the end of the rains retreat period, the Dhammagiri monks had been invited to visit the iconic Australia Zoo. Ajahn Dhammasiha uses the occasion to share reflections on Dhamma teachings about animals. Of all the major religions, Buddhism has the clearest and most impactful teachings about showing compassion and loving kindness to animals. For example, the first precept to abstain from killing refers to animals just as to humans. As a follower of the Buddha, we should never intentionally

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00:46:18

Inviting Feedback | Constructive Criticism | Pavarana...

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2025/10/06

Dhamma talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha on occasion of Pavarana Full Moon. It is important to be able to receive feedback on our actions. We can learn much from constructive criticism, if it is done with good will, by knowledgeable persons. Is is so difficult to see one's own weaknesses and shortcomings, but quite easy to recognize them in others. Consequently, feedback and criticism based on loving kindness, compassion & thorough knowledge of the Buddha's teaching and discipline can be an

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00:32:22

Be Aware, Don't React and Let Go | Buddhist Guided...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/09/29

In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to simply be aware of what we experience in the present moment. Observing, knowing, being mindful of what is, without trying to change the experience, without trying to achieve or attain anything. However, though we are aware and mindful, we do not 'engage' with what we observe. We don't react, we don't take it up, we see it as impemanent and not me, not mine, not self. Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our

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00:26:28

Crisis Intervention: Remembering the Buddha |...

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2025/09/26

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the benefits of Buddhānussati, recollecting the Buddha. This meditation object can be particular helpful if we're finding ourselves overwhelmed by emotions. Reciting "Iti pi so..." or "Buddho" loudly, and totally focussing the mind on the Buddha, can cut through strong defilements or emotional turmoil, and bring our mind back to a more wholesome state. Ajahn also answers a question on ānāpānasati (mindfulness of the breath):What to do when the

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00:35:24

Wrong Direction: Desire, Anger, Confusion, Fear |...

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2025/09/22

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the 4 'Agati', the 4 wrong courses of action: Chanda-Gāmini = Going in Direction of DesireDosa-Gāmini = Going in Direction of AversionMoha-Gāmini = Going in Direction of ConfusionBhaya-Gāmini = Going in Direction of FearIf we move in the direction of lust, anger, delusion and anxiety, we're moving in the wrong direction: Not away from suffering, but into more and more suffering. If we're influenced by the 4 Agati, we will not be able to make the right

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00:24:31

Devoted to Persuit of Pleasure | Loving Kindness as...

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2025/09/19

Amazingly, the Buddha stated in Pāsādika Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya/Long Discourses #29) that his followers are devoted to the persuit of happiness. However, it has to be qualified what kind of happiness we're after:We're not persuing happiness based on evil and unwholesome actionsWe're not persuing pleasures of the senses However, we are devoted to persue the joy, rapture and bliss of samādhi/jhānaAjahn Dhammasiha points out that mettā/loving-kindness is for many meditators the easiest way to

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00:30:14

Mindfulness in Daily Life | Sati | Satipatthana |...

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2025/09/15

Ajahn Dhammasiha shares reflections how to cultivate mindfulness (Sati) in daily life. He points out the importance of being aware/mindful of our intentions, as intention (cetana) is what creates karma. We also have to be mindful of our emotions and feelings (3rd & 2nd Satipaṭṭhāna/Foundation of Mindfulness). Pleasant and unpleasant feeling (vedanā) is the primary motivator for all our actions. Finally, it's so important to develop mindfulness of our body, re-connecting with out body, feeling

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00:27:08

BAD Meditation: It actually Teaches Us a Lot |...

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2025/09/12

What we consider a 'bad' meditation session, e.g. the mind can't settle down and is struggling with strong emotions like anger, lust and anxiety, can be very useful to gain insight into our own character. Rather than being upset with ourselves thinking 'I can't really meditate'; or becoming frustrated and demotivated; we investigate the obstructions to gain insight and understanding into our own character and the working of our mind. Once we've identified them, we can

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00:39:08

Emptiness: Not Getting More, But Getting More Empty |...

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2025/09/08

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about one of the most profound aspects of the Buddha's teaching: Emptiness (Sunyata / Suññatā) On the most profound level, Emptiness means empty of Self, Me, Mine and I. An enlightend person, an arahant, has seen through and abandoned all delusions of I, me, mine and self. The Stream-Enterer (Sotāpanna, first of four stages of Awakening) has abandoned the delusion of Sakkāya-Diṭṭhi (Entity-View), he is empty of any view or doctrine of Self, though he still has thoughts

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00:26:30

Intro to Breath Meditation | Guided Buddhist...

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2025/09/05

Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us through a Buddhist meditation on Mindfulness of the In and Out Breath (ānāpānasati). He specially emphasizes the following points: 1. Feeling the whole physical body with every breath. 2. Calming and relaxing all bodily tensions with every breath. 3. Enjoying the meditation. Developing feelings of gladness, rapture and bliss with every breath. 4. Brightening the mind with every breath. 5. Though we're calm, we're not going to sleep. Becoming more aware, more

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00:24:39

4 Noble Truths in Daily Life | Applying Buddha's...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/09/01

Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked how to apply the Buddha's teaching of Four Noble Truths in our daily life. The 4 Noble Truths are a core teaching of the Buddha, that is acknowledged as fundmental in all Buddhist traditions, including Therevada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. These thruths do not constitute a philosophical thought excercise, but are directly applicable to our experience of pain, disappointment and suffering. They show us a practical method in the Noble Eightfold Path to completely extricate

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00:31:40

Mindfulness of Breathing: All 16 Steps | Breath...

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2025/08/29

Mindfulness of the In-and-Out-Breath, Ānāpānasati, was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. He has given us very comprehensive and detailed instructions how to develop this form of meditation. However, many meditators, often even those practising regularly for many years, are not fully aware, or at least do not really apply, the instructions as provided by the Buddha. To encourage everyone to receive the full results of their Breath Meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha goes through all 16

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00:32:41

New to Buddhism - How to Start | Ajahn Dhammasiha |...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/08/25

Ajahn Dhammasiha responds to a question by someone just getting started in their Dhamma practise. Ajahn talks about karma, generosity and kindness; and the future results of our karma. He mentions rebirth, the fact that our mind doesn't just vanish at death, but will connect with a new body in one of the different realms of existence, according to our karma and attachments. Ajahn recommends to go back to what the Buddha himself actually taught, and explains that in the oldest part of the

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00:31:27

Abandoning Ill Will | Using Loving Kindness & Wisdom...

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2025/08/22

Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked for advice to overcome ill will. Ajahn talks about the two fundamental approaches:Developing Loving Kindness, Compassion and Forgiveness to strengthen the opposite qualities in our mindUsing wisdom to contemplate and understand anger. For instance, if we're mindful, we can notice that ill will actually feels bad, and that we ourselves are the first 'victim' of our anger.Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify

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00:29:58

Transforming Pain from Loss of Loved Ones into...

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2025/08/18

Ajahn Dhammasiha explains the emotion of Saṃvega = Spiritual Shock/Spiritual Urgency. When we encounter Dukkha/Pain/Loss/Disappointment, the resulting sadness can make our heart dark and depressed. However, it's also possible to turn the pain we experience into a powerful motivation to practise the Buddha Dhamma with even more commitment and dedication, to ultimately free our heart from all suffering in the experience of the Deathless/Nibbāna.⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify

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00:13:13

Seeing Things as They Truly Are | Vipassana Insight |...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/08/15

SHORT TALK 13 MINAjahn Dhammasiha encourages us to dedicate more attention to the quality of passive observation, rather than always being involved with doing things. We have to watch, observe, simply see how conditions unfold without interfering, in order to develop vipassana (insight).Yathābhūta Ñāṇadassana means seeing things as they really are, without distorting. We have to see the impermanent as impermanent, rather than distorting our perception towards permanence, in order to develop

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00:39:16

Dhamma is Beautiful in the Beginning, Middle, and End...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/08/11

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the meaning of: 'Ādi-kalyānam, majjhe-kalyānam, pariyosāna-kalyānam' (Beautiful in the Beginning, Beautiful in the Middle, Beautiful in the End), one of the unique qualities of the Buddha-Dhamma. He also reponds to a question about the most senior monk disciple of the Buddha, Ven Aññā-Kondañña, and how he got his name. Finally, Ajahn offers some reflections on the question which parts of the Dhamma are most important to humanity right now in our current global

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00:24:18

Loving Kindness: Benefits & Supportive Reflections |...

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts ·

2025/08/08

Loving kindness is simply the intention of unconditional good will to all beings, without any distinction. Ajahn Dhammasiha explains benefits of a well established practice of loving kindness ('Mettā'). When we experience benefits of our metta practice (for instance healthy, peaceful sleep and waking up happily), they are the most powerful motivation to continue to develop our loving kindness even further.Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify

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00:22:46

Good Karma Brightens our Mind like Stars Illuminate...

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2025/08/05

Sometimes our mind may feel a bit dark, or frustated, or sad. If we can arouse the energy to do some act of kindness, some simple act of generosity or sharing, it will shine like a little star and illuminate our mind. As we accumulate more and more acts of good karma (puñña), we make our mind brighter and brighter, until it's illuminated like the star-spangled night sky. ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Spotify

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