All Teachings Index

Quick Reference Index - All Podcast Files

A note regarding numbering – the first number on the left is the order of this list, the last number on the right [the number in brackets] is the number of the item in the relevant Collection. The info in parenthesis is the (location and year) when the item was recorded. There are more than 160 audio files - the most recent are towards the bottom.

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Collection One

TEACHINGS / TALKS

1 – How to use 'Collection One' (UK 2009) [1]
2 - A word about Posture and working with Physical Pain (UK 2009) [2]
3 - Generating mindfulness, Body Awareness and Breath Meditation (UK 2009) [3]
4 – Working with mental and Emotional Pain / The five Hindrances (UK 2009) [4]
5 – Excerpts from Teachings about Breath Meditation (readings) (UK 2009) [10]
6 – Developing Loving-Kindness /metta (UK 2009) [11]
7 – Contemplating Impermanence (UK 2009) [16]
8 – Practicing with Mindfulness in Daily Life – Taking Responsibility (UK 2009) [17]

MEDITATIONS

9 – Body Sweeping / Body Awareness Meditation (UK 2009) [5]
10 - Breath Meditation Primer (combination of methods) (UK 2009) [6]
11 – Breath Meditation using counting (UK 2009) [7]
12 – Breath Meditation – noting – 'Rising and Falling' (UK 2009) [8]
13 – Breath Meditation – noting – 'Bud – Dho' (UK 2009) [9]
14 – Heart-Focused Loving-Kindness Meditation (UK 2009) [12]
15 – Lotus Visualisation Loving Kindness Meditation (UK 2009) [13]
16 – Meeting Lord Buddha and receiving Loving-Kindness blessings Visualisatation (UK 2009) [14]
17 – Meting Mahapajapati Bhikkhuni and receiving Loving-Kindness Visualisation (UK 2009) [15]
18 – Breath Meditation with 'Pointing Out' Instructions (Melbourne 2011) [18]
19 – White Lotus and Golden Light in the heart Metta Meditation (Malaysia 2014) [19]
20 – Loving-Kindness filling all of Space Meditation (Malaysia 2014) [20]
21 – Metta towards Easy / neutral and Challenging Beings Meditation (Malaysia 2014) [21]

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Collection Two

TEACHINGS / TALKS

22 – How to Use Collection Two (Melbourne, Australia 2010) [1]
23 – Recollecting Death and Cultivating and Awareness of Impermanence (Melb 2010) [2]
24 – Balancing Wisdom with Faith and Joy (Q and A session) (Melb 2010) [3]
25 – Excerpts from Suttas regarding Awareness of Death and Impermanence (Melb 2010) [4]
26 – Our Real Home - A talk of ven Ajahn Chah (reading) (Melb 2010) [5]
27 – Excerpts from teachings by Ven Ajahn Anan (reading) (Melb 2010) [6]

MEDITATIONS

28 – Recollecting the Death of Teachers, friends and Loved Ones meditation (Melb 2010) [8]
29 – Contemplating the Ever-present possibility of Death for Oneself meditation (Melb 2010) [9]
30 – Dying Peacefully from Old Age as a layperson – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [10]
31 – Dying Peacefully from old Age as a monk or nun – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [11]
32 – Dying at Home from Cancer as a layperson – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [12]
33 – Dying from Cancer in the Monastery as a monk or nun – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [13]
34 – Dying from Fever in the Jungle as a monk – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [14]
35 – Dying in the Bathroom as a lay person – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [15]
36 – Dying on the Footpath as layperson – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [16]
37 – Dying in a Plane as a monk or nun – Visualistaion (Melb 2010) [17]
38 – Dying on Pilgrimage in India as a monk or nun – Visualisation(Melb 2010) [18]
39 – Dying in the Jungle from Snakebite – as a monk – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [19]
40 – Charnal Ground Contemplation – Returning to the Elements – Visualisation (Melb 2010) [20]
41 – Consistently mindful of Death in This Life meditation (Melb 2011) [21]

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Collection Three

TEACHINGS / TALKS

42 – Putting Faith in the Right place and Walking the Talk – You can Do It! (Melb 2011) [1]
43 – Going beyond Suffering into Peace (Malaysia 2012) [2]
44 – A Complete Training in Mindfulness with refuge, virtue and four divine attitudes (Melb 2011) [3]
45 – Contemplating the Buddha's Path Giving Rise to Awe, Gratitude and Energy (Melb 2011) [4]
46 – Buddhist Training Enabling inner Confidence and self – Esteem (Malaysia 2014) [5]
47 - Metta Meditation Reduces Suffering, Increases Peace, Supports us on the Path (Melb 2011) [6]
48 – Ghosts, Devas, Merit, Rebirth etc… Metaphor, Metaphysics… or Matter of Fact? (Melb 2011) [7]
49 – Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness, Not-Self and Emptiness (Melb 2013) [8]
50 – 'Knowing Dukkha' and Letting it Go – Commentary onThe Buddha's first Liberating Teaching [9]
51 – Weariness leading to Great Bliss – Commentary of the Sutta on Not-Self (Malaysia 2015) [10]
52 – Meditation upon Death and Impermanence Revealing the Inner Himalayan Sky (Melb 2011) [11]
53 – Understanding the Process of Weakening and Uprooting Attachment (Melb 2011) [12]
54 – The Three Jewels of Refuge – The most Valuable Treasures (Malaysia 2014) [13]
55 – Kamma within Samsara – Kamma leading Beyond Samsara (Melb 2011) [14]
56 – The Training in Offering Forgiveness and Determining to be Less Reactive (Melb 2011) [15]
57 – Mindful of Death, Appreciating Life, Dying with Confidence (Melb 2011) [16]
58 – Five Reflections – helping us to Roll with the Punches of Life (Malaysia 2014) [17]
59 – Practical Pointers – Training Body, Speech and Mind/Meditation (Melb 2011) [18]

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Collection Four

MEDITATIONS

60 – Establishing Clear Awareness – Body Sweeping and Breath Awareness (Melb 2011) [1]
61 – Gently Pulling Back from thoughts, feelings, emotions – Awareness of Breath (Melb 2013) [2]
62 – Bathing the Mind with Clear Awareness – Bathing the Mind with Kindness (Melb 2013) [3]
63 – Breath and 'Bud-Dho' with Instructions and Reflections (Melb 2013) [4]
64 – Simple Breath Meditation with Wise reflection to assist Staying in the Moment (Melb 2013) [5]
65 – Acknowledging Suffering Deeply – Responding with Compassion and Kindness (Melb 2013) [6]
66 – Loving-Kindness Reflection and Meditation (Melb 2013) [7]
67 – Cool Loving Acceptance – Warm Loving-Kindness (Melb 2013) [8]
68 – Forgiveness Practice for Oneself and Others (Melb 2013) [9]
69 – Letting Go of Aversion to Self and Others – through Wisdom and Compassion (Melb 2011) [10]
70 – Breath Meditation with Contemplation of 'Not-Self' (Malaysia 2014) [11]
71 – Accepting Death – Offering Forgiveness in the Face of Death (Melb 2013) [12]
72 – Imagining meeting Lord Buddha and receiving his Metta Blessings (Malaysia 2012) [13]
73 – Mindful of Death and Impermanence [14]
74 – Breath Meditation with Body Contemplation (hair, nails, teeth) (Malaysia 2014) [15]
75 – Breath Meditation with Body Contemplation (hair, teeth, backbone) (Malaysia 2014) [16]
76 - Metta Meditation and Contemplation of the Body as Elements in Empty Space (Malay 2014) [17]

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Collection Five

TEACHINGS / TALKS

77 – The Compassionate Buddha's Insights – Our Path (Melb 2013) [1]
78 – Recollecting your True Potential with Great Optimism (Melb 2013) [2]
79 – Open your Heart to the Ever-Present Power of the Buddhas (Melb 2013) [3]
80 – Encouraging short Reading of Ajahn Chah (Malaysia 2014) [4]
81 – Towards Peerless Wisdom and Great Compassion (Melb 2013) [5]
82 – Auspicious signs and good Kamma leads us along the Path (Melb 2011) [6]
83 – Persevering in the face of Obstruction and a Reading of Ajahn Chah (Malay 2014) [7]
84 – Spiritual Evolution – Spiritual Revolution (Melb 2011) [8]
85 – What to Hold Onto, what to 'Let Go Of' in Meditation (Malaysia 2015) [9]
86 – Mindfully 'Knowing' Suffering in order to Let it Go, without Feeling Sorry for Ourselves (Malaysia 2015) [10]
87 – Slapping Delusion in the Face – Waking up to Deeper Peace (Malaysia 2015) [11]
88 – Ajahn Chah Reading – 'Listening to Dhamma' (Malaysia 2015) [12]
89 – Practice leads to having the Patience like a Saint (Malaysia 2015) [13]
90 – Reading of Ajahn Anan 'Seeking Bud-Dho' part 1 (Malaysia 2014) [14]
91 – Contemplating the Not-Self nature of body with attitude of Metta (Malay 2014) [15]
92 – Talk and Body Contemplation (hair, nails, teeth) (Malaysia 2014) [16]
93 – Skilful Concentration / Skilful Investigation – leading to Liberation (Malaysia 2014) [17]
94 – Buddha's, Bodhisattvas, Arahants… To Be… or Not To Be? (Malaysia 2015)
95 – The Origin of Creation and the Cessation of Suffering (Malaysia 2014)

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Collection Six

TEACHINGS / TALKS

96 – Going for Refuge with Deeper Understanding (Melbourne 2016) [1]
97 – Taking the Precepts with deeper Understanding (Melb 2016) [2]
98 – Breath Meditation for Peace and Insight (Melb 2016) [3]
99 – The Importance of a Daily Meditation Practice (Melb 2016) [4]
100 – Experiencing and then Applying the Five Spiritual Powers (Melb 2016) [5]
101 – Pulling the Rug from Under the Self-View (Melb 2016) [6]
102 – Empty of Self – Full of Peace (Melb 2016) [7]
103 – Buddhas Enlightening Instructions on Breath Meditation (Malaysia 2016) [8]
104 – Reading/Commentary on the Anattalakhana/Khemaka suttas (Malaysia 2016) [9]
105 – Wise Perspectives for deepening Practice (Malaysia 2016) [10]
106 – Discovering and practicing the Middle Way [11]

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Collection Seven

INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS TALKS

107 – Perform the Greatest miracle within [1]
108 – Where Did You First Encounter Buddhism (Melbourne Retreat, April/May 2016) [2]
109 – Why some Celestial beings envy humans [3]
110 – Harmonising outer activities and inner qualities – leading to Liberation [4]
111 – Belief in Rebirth is Skilful and Motivating [5] 2016
112 – Practicing with a Broken Heart [6] 2018
113 – Uplifting and 'Interesting' true stories of a Buddhist Monk [7] 2016
114 – What is a Buddha, Arahant, Bodhisatta, Liberation, Enlightenment [8] 2017
115 - Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Meditation with encouragement (Bodhgaya, Bihar 2016) [9]
116 - Gratitude and Appreciation for the Three Jewels of Refuge (November 2015) [10]
117 - Mindfulness Based Delusion Reduction (Kathina Talk 2018) [11]
118 - At Nanachat Heroic Effort Nurtured With Love [12] 2017
119 - Increasing Commitment - with love and patience for growing pains [13] 2017
120 - The Greatest Heroes that Ever Lived - Talk at The Bodhi Tree [14] 2018
121 - Practice Develops Qualities - a Refuge in the Heart [15]
122 - Practice makes Perfect - Fire sermon with Commentary [16]
123 - The Bliss of Emptiness - Understanding the Goal [17] 2018
124 - Growing a Strong Practice from Deep Roots - Sri Lanka #1 [18] 2018
125 - Contemplating Not-Self with Compassion [19] 2018
126 - Contemplating Not-Self with Firm Resolve [20] 2019
127 - Rapture Tranquillity Radiance Peace Insight [21] 2018
128 - Kathina Talk, English - 2019 [22]

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Collection Eight

TALKS ON PILGRIMAGE IN INDIA

129 – Pilgrimage Journal reading – part 1 (Melbourne 2016) [1]
130 – Pilgrimage Journal reading – part 2 (Melb 2016) [2]
131 – The Bodhisattas Final Birth (Lumbini/Nepal 2015) [3]
132 – Inspiring Renunciation – Awesome Determination (Bodhgaya/India 2015) [4]
133 – The Enlightenment (B'gaya/India 2015) [5]
134 – Acknowledging Mistakes and Asking Forgiveness as an act of Kindness (B'gaya 2015) [6]
135 – Synergistic Explosion of Enlightenment (B'gaya 2015) [7]
136 – Around Rajgir, Kind Bimbisara and Sariputta the Great Disciple (Rajgir/India 2015) [8]
137 – The Buddha's First Liberating Teaching (Sarnath/India 2015) [9]
138 – The Protective Power of Truth (Vaisali/India 2015) [10]
139 – The Buddha's Wisdom, Compassion and Power (Savathi/India 2015) [11]
140 - Monuments to The Dhamma - King Pasenadhi (Savathi)  [12]
141 - Stages of Enlightenment - and final Nibbana  [13]
142 - Mahaparinibbana pt 1  [14]
143 - Mahaparinibbana pt 2 (Kusinara)  [15]

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Collection Nine

CULTIVATING GENUINE, DEEP AND VAST COMPASSION

144 – Cultivating Deep Compassion - Talk pt 2 [1]
145 – Cultivating Deep Compassion - Talk pt 1 [2]
146 – Cultivating Deep Compassion - Meditation #1 (foundation) [3]
147 – Receiving Kwan Yin Bodhisattva's Blessings [4]
148 – Devanussati Meditation (August 2016) [5]
149 – Holding The Entire World With Loving-kindness (August 2016) [6]

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Questions & Answers

QUESTIONS ASKED BY STUDENTS

150 - What is Mindfulness? [1]
151 - Is breath meditation samatha or vipassana? [2]
152 - How can I relax and stop controlling the breath? [3]
153 - When pain disturbs the peacefulness should I change posture or investigate? [4]
154 - How to go deeper when the breath seems to disappear and I feel anxious? [5]
155 - When I see lights is my mind playing tricks? [6]
156 - Why is my body trembling in the meditation? [7]
157 - Do I have Jhana?... should I try to ‘get’ Jhana? [8]
158 - I felt deeply serene and peaceful but there was no joy? [9]
159 - What does it mean 'Being without Being'? [10]
160 - Sex organ most prominent in body contemplations - HELP! [11]
161 - Is the practice supposed to be stressful? [12]
162 - How can I reduce materialistic desire? [13]
163 - How do I increase my faith in the Buddha and in things like other realms? [14]
164 - How can I die a skilful death? [15]
165 - Is seeing your own mother as 'empty' sad? [16]
166 - Is eating meat bad kamma? [17]
167 - Why do people cheat on each other? ... and… Why it would be better if they did not? [18]
168 - Is it true that performers will go to hell? Do I have to give up music? [19]
169 - If there is No Self, what is it that gets reborn? [20]