Ayya Santussika's Dharma Talks
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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 
    
        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 
    
        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 
    
        2025-05-10
            East Bay Dhamma -- Dhammapada Verses 44-59 
    
        2025-01-12
            East Bay Dhamma DHAMMAPADA 1- 8 
    
        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 
    
        2022-04-16
            Facing Sadness, Grief and Anxiety 
    
        2022-01-15
            Fear 
    
        2022-01-22
            Fearless 
    
        2024-07-27
            Feeling Our Way Through 
    
        2023-01-07
            First Steps on the Buddhas Path 
    
        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 
    
        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 
    
        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… 
    
        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 
    
        2025-08-02
            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 
    
        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 
    
        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 
    
        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 
    
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  2024-11-16 
  Am I Doing Enough in My Practice?
 
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      This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on November 16, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
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28:21 - Q&A
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  2024-09-28 
  Reflection on Death
 
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      This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on September 28, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
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18:25 - Q&A
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  2024-09-14 
  Don't Let the Mind Be Gloomy
 
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      This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on September 14, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
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19:00 - DHAMMA TALK
38:49 - Q&A
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            	Karuna Buddhist Vihara 
           
       
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
                 
		
			
                
                    
    
      
      
        
           
  2024-08-31 
  Opening the Dhamma Eye
 
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      This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on August 31, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”
00:00 - Guided Meditation
20:37 - Dhamma Talk
49:51 - Q&A
     
          
            
            	Karuna Buddhist Vihara