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2021-06-04
'Just as the Rivers' Blessing Chant
2025-08-09
"What do you want?": A Practice for Letting Go | Ayya Santussikā
2015-10-13
01 Letting Go: Suffering, Impermanence, Not-Self, and the Aggregates
2016-11-15
01 Saturday Morning
2015-10-13
02 Body Meditation
2016-11-15
02 Introduction to Refuges & Precepts
2015-10-14
03 Dispelling the Hindrances
2016-11-15
03 Saturday Afternoon Dharma Talk
2016-11-15
04 Guided Meditation
2015-10-14
04 Methods to Understand and Work with Feeling
2016-11-15
05 Dhamma talk - The Four Powers
2015-10-15
05 First Feeding Your Demons Session
2016-11-15
06 Q&A
2015-10-15
06 Q&A and Feeding Your Demons Discussion
2016-11-15
07 Guided Meditation
2015-10-16
07 Second Feeding Your Demons Session
2016-11-15
08 Dhamma talk - The Highest Blessings
2015-10-16
08 Perception
2015-10-16
09 Investigating Perceptions: What am I adding to this experience?
2016-11-15
09 Q&A
2016-11-15
10 Chant - The Highest Blessings
2015-10-16
10 Q&A Night
2016-11-15
11 Dhamma talk - Creating Refuge
2024-01-01
2024 New Year's Day(long) AM Session
2024-01-01
2024 New Year's Day(long) PM session
2025-04-19
8 Movements Towards Peace and Happiness | Ayya Santussikā
2025-11-08
A Comfortable Abiding
2023-12-30
A World at War: The Practitioner's Approach
2025-10-25
Acceptance
2024-12-28
Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths | Ayya Santussikā. Daylong 02/03
2024-12-28
Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths - Daylong Retreat - 01/03
2024-12-28
Actualizing the First Three Noble Truths | Ayya Santussikā. Daylong 03/03
2025-09-26
All Conditioned Things Are Impermanent - All Things Are Not Self l KBV & CMM
2024-11-16
Am I Doing Enough in My Practice?
2021-05-08
Anapanasati Guided Meditation
2021-05-08
Anapanasati Guided Meditation
2023-07-01
Anger: Training the Mind to Have Wholesome Mental States
2024-07-20
Asalha Puja - Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | Part 2 of 3
2024-07-20
Asalha Puja - Practice | Part 3 of 3
2024-07-20
AsalhaPuja - Adhitthana | Part 1 of 3
2023-01-14
Attachments - How to Avoid Entanglement
2021-05-29
Attitude, Non-Self, and the Story of Venerable Channa
2025-12-06
Balance and the Power of the Dhamma
2023-03-25
Being A Good Friend To Ourselves
2023-02-04
Being Consistently Kind (Part 1)
2023-02-04
Being Consistently Kind (Part 2)
2023-02-04
Being Consistently Kind (Part 3)
2024-02-03
Birthday Reflection
2021-04-24
Blessing
2021-06-09
Body Deconstruction (Asubha) Guided Meditation
2023-05-21
Boundaries (Daylong Retreat | Evening Session
2023-05-21
Boundaries (Daylong Retreat) - Morning Session
2021-04-04
Brahmaviharas Guided Meditation
2020-04-04
Brahmaviharas meditation
2020-07-11
Breath Energy Guided Meditation
2020-03-21
Breath/Divine Abidings meditation
2020-08-08
Buddhanusati Dhamma Talk
2020-08-08
Buddhanusati Dhamma Talk
2020-08-08
Buddhanusati Guided Meditation
2020-08-08
Buddhanusati Guided Meditation
2021-07-26
Calling the Devas (Chanting)
2024-07-13
Calm and Insight
2024-02-17
Caring Attention
2024-02-25
Changing - Part One
2024-02-24
Changing - Part Two
2025-08-02
Click Back and Click Up: Seeing Suffering with Wisdom
2021-07-17
Closing and Blessing from Three Ayyas
2021-06-10
Closing Homage in English (Chant Along)
2021-06-10
Closing Homage in Pali (Chant Along)
2021-05-01
Compassion
2021-05-01
Compassion Dhamma Talk
2016-11-15
Complete Recording of Daylong
2023-07-29
Contemplations on Ultimate Peace and Loving-Kindness
2023-12-16
Course Correction to Nibanna
2020-07-25
Craving, Indulgence, Suppression & Renunciation
2025-02-01
Daylong Part 2: Who's Content in this World? | Ayya Santussikā
2025-02-01
Daylong Part 3: Too Content to Have Urgency? Try Giving Up a Kidney | Ayya Sant…
2025-02-01
Daylong Retreat part 1: Contentment on a Scale from 1 to 10 | Ayya Santussikā
2020-05-16
Dealing with fear and uncertainty
2024-02-17
Developing Resilience and Avoiding Despair
2024-04-20
Developing The Pāramīs: Generosity | Ayya Santussikā
2023-03-18
Dhamma and Gender Identity
2020-03-21
Dhamma discussion - Using change to develop wisdom
2025-09-06
Diamonds, Lightening and Open Sores: Working with Anger and Resentment | Ayya S…
2021-05-15
Disgust
2025-09-13
Don't Bend With the Trend: From Politics to Euthanasia
2024-09-14
Don't Let the Mind Be Gloomy
2023-03-04
Doubt - The Fifth Hindrance
2013-10-05
Earth Care Dhamma
2025-02-08
East Bay Dhamma - Dhammapada Verses 9 to 20
2025-12-13
East Bay Dhamma - Dhammapada Verses 116-128
2025-04-12
East Bay Dhamma - Dhammapada Verses 28-43
2025-05-10
East Bay Dhamma -- Dhammapada Verses 44-59
2025-01-12
East Bay Dhamma DHAMMAPADA 1- 8
2025-11-08
East Bay Dhamma Dhammapada Verses 100-115
2025-03-08
East Bay Dhamma--Dhammapada Verses 21-27 | Ayya Santussikā
2021-06-10
Evening Chanting in English (Chant Along)
2021-05-31
Every Good Blessing
2025-12-13
Every Waking Moment
2022-04-16
Facing Sadness, Grief and Anxiety
2022-01-15
Fear
2022-01-22
Fearless
2025-11-22
Feeling Offended?
2024-07-27
Feeling Our Way Through
2026-01-03
Finding Freedom through Friendship and Faith
2023-01-07
First Steps on the Buddhas Path
2025-10-13
Five Powers for Awakening: Energy
2025-10-15
Five Powers for Awakening: Guided 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing
2025-10-14
Five Powers for Awakening: Guided Meditation - Energy
2025-10-14
Five Powers for Awakening: Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions and Questions …
2025-10-16
Five Powers for Awakening: Questions and Responses - Final
2025-10-15
Five Powers for Awakening: Samadhi
2025-10-16
Five Powers for Awakening: Samadhi and Guided Mindfulness of Breathing
2025-10-16
Five Powers for Awakening: Wisdom
2021-07-03
Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection (Chant Along)
2021-07-03
Following Our Likes and Dislikes
2020-07-18
Forgiveness
2022-06-18
Form the First of the Five Khandas
2025-01-04
Framing Feedback Fearlessly and Other Instructions From the Buddha
2024-11-09
From Ignorance to Freedom and Safety | Ayya Santussikā
2024-06-29
Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 1 of 3
2024-06-29
Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 2 of 3
2024-06-29
Giving Up Greed Hatred and Delusion Part 3 of 3
2025-11-29
Gratitude and Thankfulness
2024-01-06
Gratitude Practice According to the Buddha
2021-07-10
Guided Anapanasati Meditation
2021-07-10
Guided Anapanasati Meditation
2021-07-03
Guided Anapanasati Meditation With Reflection on Likes and Dislikes
2021-06-07
Guided Brahmaviharas Meditation
2021-08-21
Guided Meditation
2021-08-14
Guided Meditation
2021-07-24
Guided Meditation - Breath, Pleasure, Loving-Kindness
2021-08-07
Guided Meditation - Letting Go Into Curiosity and Kindness
2024-08-24
Guided Meditation On Inspiration
2021-07-17
Guided Meditation with Listening
2021-06-26
Guided Meditation With Loving-Kindness
2021-05-22
Guided Metta Meditation
2024-02-10
Guiding Your Practice
2013-09-10
Habits towards Nibbana
2023-07-22
Happiness
2024-01-27
Harmless Thinking Part One
2024-01-27
Harmless Thinking Part Two
2026-01-17
How Do I Apply Dhamma to Diseas and Death: An Arrow SN 36.6
2026-01-03
How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 22.1 Nakula's Father
2024-08-17
How Do We Get the Mind to Settle?
2023-04-01
How to Apply the Dhamma When We Feel We Don't Fit In
2024-01-13
How to Put it Down
2023-11-25
How to Relate to Multiple Teachers in our Practice
2025-05-10
If You See Something Say Something: Skillful Praise and Criticism | Ayya Santus…
2025-12-20
Imagination in Practice
2023-04-30
Implementing The Brahmaviharas In Your Practice
2020-07-18
In-and-out breathing guided meditation Part I
2021-02-20
Inclining Towards Nibbana
2024-08-24
Inspiration and Investigation
2025-04-12
Inspring Teachers and Inspiring Students | Ayya Santussikā
2022-02-19
Investigation of Dhamma
2022-02-05
Kamma
2021-07-24
Kamma and Confidence
2016-02-21
Kamma and the Khandas
2021-06-26
Kamma and Why It's Hard for Westerners to Understand
2021-06-08
Kindness and Discrimination
2021-06-19
Kindness Towards the Body Guided Meditation
2024-08-03
Kindness, Fearlessness and Stillness
2023-04-15
Liberation of Mind by Loving Kindness - AM session
2023-04-15
Liberation of Mind by Loving Kindness Daylong PM session
2021-05-29
Lightly Guided Meditation
2021-07-17
Listening
2025-11-08
Loving Kindness Arising Through Reflection | Guided Meditation
2025-08-02
LovingandLettingGo
2021-05-22
May All Obstacles Be Removed
2024-04-13
Medicines for the Mind
2021-07-31
Meditation Basics (ATM Cash)
2025-03-08
Meditation Vacation| Ayya Santussikā
2021-07-31
Meditation with Body Contemplation
2025-10-04
Meeting Hatred with Love and Compassion
2023-07-15
Meghiya Sutta & Humility
2021-05-15
Metta Sutta Chant (The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness)
2020-05-16
Mindfulness of in-and-out breathing meditation
2021-06-07
Morning Chanting in English (Chant Along)
2021-06-06
Morning Chanting in Pali (Chant Along)
2024-03-30
Nekkhama and the Elements of Escape
2024-03-30
Nekkhama in the Material World
2024-03-31
Nekkhama Within Intention
2025-01-01
New Year's Daylong Part 1 of 2 - Thus Should You Train
2025-01-01
New Year's Daylong Part 2 of 2
2025-11-15
No Such Thing As Perfection
2017-09-09
Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 1
2017-09-09
Noble Eightfold Path, Right View Part 2
2020-03-28
Noble Truths meditation
2011-01-05
Nothing At All to Worry About
2025-09-27
Nothing to Accomplish - Except Building A Kuti, Two Monasteries, and Realizing …
2012-02-29
One Auspicious Day
2024-08-31
Opening the Dhamma Eye
2025-01-11
Opening to the Training, Generosity and Unconditional Love
2025-08-23
Overcoming Dukkha with Dhamma
2025-04-06
Overcoming Fear and Dread
2022-03-19
Patience
2024-03-24
Patience—Developing the Pāramīs as a Way to Work with Aversion | Ayya Santussikā
2022-12-24
Peace on Earth and in our Hearts
2022-07-02
Perception the Third of the Five Khandas
2025-07-12
Practice in the Worst of Times : Lessons from Maha Gosananda
2022-04-09
Practicing During Crisis
2020-03-28
Present with suffering discussion
2022-04-23
Progressive Instruction MN 56
2021-05-08
Projections and Stereotypes
2021-05-08
Projections and Stereotypes
2016-11-14
Public Talk at Grace Church Parish Hall
2025-02-08
Put Your Face on the Closet Shelf - Real Change Is Letting Go of the Conditioni…
2021-08-21
Q&A - Career Obsession, Creativity, Worldly Comparison
2021-08-14
Q&A - Enjoyment, Fear of Impermanence, the Entertainment Industry…
2021-07-03
Q&A - How do I work with deferring too much to others
2021-07-31
Q&A - How is body contemplation important for meditation?
2023-12-23
Q&A with Ajahn Anan: Relationships and Meditation Practice
2021-04-17
Reading of Verses From the Dhammapada - The Self
2021-06-19
Rebirth and Death
2024-09-28
Reflection on Death
2022-05-21
Reflections on Loneliness
2024-12-14
Reflections on Pilgrimage | Ayya Santussikā
2021-06-25
Reflections on Sharing Blessings in English (Chant Along)
2021-06-27
Reflections on Sharing Blessings in Pali (Chant Along)
2023-12-02
Reflections on the Recent Visit to Ajahn Gunha
2021-07-04
Reflections on Universal Well-Being in English (Chant Along)
2021-07-09
Reflections on Universal Well-Being in Pali (Chant Along)
2020-07-04
Relaxed, Alert, & Happy Guided Meditation
2021-04-24
Renewal of the Heart and the World
2025-05-03
Resources for the Mind | Ayya Santussikā
2023-02-25
Restlessness And Worry - The Fourth Hindrance
2022-02-12
Right Speech: What to Say and When to Say It
2021-07-10
Right View and Sunita, feat. Rev. Heng Sure
2021-06-08
Salutation to the Triple Gem in English (Chant Along)
2022-01-08
Samadhi
2025-03-15
Sati-Sampajañña | Ayya Santussikā
2025-12-27
Seatbelts for the Heart: Safety in the Dhamma
2021-06-09
Seeing What is Not Beautiful as Beautiful
2021-06-24
Self and Non-Self (Week 1) at BCBS
2021-06-29
Self and Non-Self (Week 2) at BCBS
2021-07-06
Self and Non-Self (Week 3) at BCBS
2021-07-13
Self and Non-Self (Week 4) at BCBS
2021-08-21
Self-Reflection
2021-05-22
Self, Non-Self, and Metta
2023-05-27
Seven Kinds of Wealth
2021-07-24
Sharing and Q&A
2024-04-27
Sila Pāramī - Daylong Retreat Part 1 of 3
2024-04-27
Sila Pāramī - Guided Meditation Part 2 of 3 Daylong Retreat l Ayya Santussikā
2024-04-27
Sila Pāramī - Hiri & Ottappa - Part 1/3 Daylong Retreat l Ayya Santussikā
2023-02-18
Sloth And Thorpor - The Third Hindrance
2022-05-07
Solving the Problem: Dhamma to the Rescue
2024-03-02
Staying Balanced With the Help of Our Friends
2025-01-18
Stumpy, Don't Follow Me! | Ayya Santussikā
2021-02-20
Suttas on Nibbana
2025-03-01
Taking the Self Out of Current Affairs | Ayya Santussikā
2020-07-25
The Basis of Piti (Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2)
2024-01-12
The Big Picture
2023-07-08
The Book Of Dana. Developing Positive Emotions.
2021-08-14
The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness in English (Chant Along)
2021-08-14
The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness in Pali (Chant Along)
2023-02-11
The Challenge of Ill Will
2024-07-13
The Crux of Delusion
2021-06-06
The Distortion of Dukkha and Sukha
2021-04-10
The Fetters That Fall Away at Stream Entry
2022-04-30
The Five Precepts
2021-06-22
The Four Boundless Qualities in English (Chant Along)
2021-06-25
The Four Boundless Qualities in Pali (Chant Along)
2021-06-05
The Highest Blessings in English (Chant Along)
2023-01-28
The Hindrance of Sensual Desire
2024-05-11
The Mettā Pāramī | Ayya Santussikā
2024-05-11
The Mettā Pāramī--Guided Meditation | Ayya Santussikā
2024-04-13
The Pāramī of Sacca: The Real Truth | Ayya Santussikā
2024-05-18
The Pāramīs: Energy & Resolution | Ayya Santussikā
2024-08-11
The Qualities That Bring Joy, Happiness and Awakening
2023-04-22
The Removal of Unwholesome Regret
2021-05-08
The Simile of the Boat
2024-03-09
The Strength & Power of Our Intentions and Actions
2023-04-08
The Twofold Assembly: Monastic and Lay ~ Love For All Beings
2025-05-17
Thinking: When It's Helpful, When It's Harmful
2021-08-07
Thoughts
2026-01-01
Thus Should You Train 2026
2020-06-27
Tranquil Body and Mind Meditation
2013-09-14
Transcending Five Fears
2023-05-21
Truth
2023-05-06
Understanding Rigidity
2025-08-16
Unreasonable Harmony
2024-06-01
Upekkhā (Equanimity) Pāramī
2020-04-04
Uprooting aversion and discussion
2024-05-25
Vesak - The Buddha's passing away
2024-05-25
Vesak Morning Session: The Buddha Coming Into the World
2024-05-25
Vesak: Ceremony Bathing the Buddha: Letting go of what is past and opening to t…
2025-09-20
What Are We Really Building?: An Empty Hut, Community, Our Practice
2020-07-04
What is and is not Dhamma
2021-08-14
What Provokes Our Unwholesome Tendencies
2025-06-21
What the Practice is For: Equanimity in All Situations | Ayya Santussikā
2024-07-06
What to do When Leaders are Unprincipled
2024-03-16
What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa…
2024-03-16
What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa…
2024-03-16
What Would the Buddha Say? Peaceful Communication Skills for Difficult Times Pa…
2025-07-19
What You Know and What You Believe
2021-05-08
What's the background of the Buddha statue?
2022-03-15
When meditation and life are not going as planned
2020-07-11
Where to put our effort
2024-05-04
Wisdom (Paññâ) Parami
2024-05-18
Wisdom Power
2023-03-11
Wise Discernment: Gender Discrimination in the Sangha
2025-07-26
Yes, Please Do Resuscitate: Reviving Your Practice | Ayya Santussikā
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2015-10-12
Letting Go
2016-11-14
Daylong on Lopez Island, Washington
2026-01-17
How Do I Apply Dhamma to Diseas and Death: An Arrow SN 36.6
1:33:28
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on 17 January, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - GUIDED MEDITATION
19:37 - DHAMMA TALK
56:14 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis.
For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below.
Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2
Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3
Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10
Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11
Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12
Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14
Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16
Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18
Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19
Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20
Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22
Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2026-01-03
How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death SN 22.1 Nakula's Father
1:40:13
From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis.
For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below.
Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2
Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3
Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10
Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11
Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12
Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14
Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16
Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18
Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19
Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20
Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22
Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23
Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2025-12-13
Every Waking Moment
1:27:32
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, questions and responses was offered on 13 December, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - DHAMMA TALK
44:15 - GUIDED MEDITATION
01:12:10 - Q&R
Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2025-12-06
Balance and the Power of the Dhamma
1:22:39
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, questions and responses was offered on December 6, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - DHAMMA TALK
24:39 - QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
1:03:50 - GUIDED MEDITATION
Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2025-11-29
Gratitude and Thankfulness
67:22
This dhamma talk, guided meditation, questions and responses was offered on 29th of November, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:14 - Guided Meditation
28:03 - DHAMMA TALK
51:43 - Q&A
Karuna Buddhist Vihara
