Aruna Ratanagiri Dhamma Talks

Aruna Ratanagiri

Dhamma talks

Religion & Spirituality Buddhism

Available Episodes

5 of 300

Seeing Humility As A Safety Net
(keywords) (slightly edited version) Mahamangala Sutta, blessings, auspiciousness, protections, imperturbability, worldly winds, lokadhamma, nivata, humility, self references, false humility, hubris, limited being, our least, overshadowing, wholesome aspirations, betrayed, heart-broken, asking for help, bowing practice, having to be different, creative relationship with practice, psychological safety net, self-regulation, trying too hard, right amount of effort, zeal, striving, enthusiasm, goals, motivating, idealistic, servant, sat nav, clinging, Ajahn Chah, Wat Pah Nanachat, emulate an earthworm, shiny Buddha, impressive qualities, modesty, a smidgen of salt, iodine, oceans warming.
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Susceptible To Seeing Anew
(keywords) (slightly edited version) Skilful means, Ajahn Chah, Everything Is Teachings Us, learning, bored, disillusionment, positive, inherently limited, purification, 5 spiritual faculties, spiritual competence, trust in true principles, law of gravity, consciousness, motivation, preferences, bad food, wound, healing, embodied mindfulness, emotionally literate, disciplined attention, attention span, discernment, casual culture, contentment, addiction, Bhikkhuni Mahapajapati, disillusionment, detachment, dispersal, modesty, contentment, frugality, effort, solitude, one-upmanship, sapling, protection, acorn, oak tree, hurry, natural unfolding, ‘my way’, letting go
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Outshining The Sorrow
(keywords) (slightly edited version) Positivity, communication, 4 Divine Abidings, well-wishing, empathy, equanimity, generosity, self-centred, gratitude, warm-hearted, 5 ways of dealing with distractions, sorrow, compassion, struggle, may I be free from struggling, self-care, Ajahn Chah, untangling, Tuina massage, metta bhavana, authenticity, welcoming practice, positive context, drunk on positivity, Dhammapada 163, generating benefit, wisdom and compassion.
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Nekkhamma And Option Fatigue
(keywords) (slightly edited version) Transformative potential, trust, meditation, patience, compost, frustration, casual gratification, appointed as abbot, training monastery, resistance, teachers, boredom, terrible-twos, boundaries, indecisive, renunciation, setting limitations, nekkhamma parami, extreme asceticism, nothing special, overly zealous, phone, devices, AI, stress, anxiety, indulge, deny, embodied just-knowing awareness, letting go, raw, untamed, saying ‘yes’, intentional kindness.
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This New Religious Paradigm
(keywords) (slightly edited version) Kathina ceremony, dhamma talk, food, chanting, hungry, gifts, most important, true principles, benefit, blessings, Mahamangala Sutta, deva, auspicious, runes, virtue, anxiety, spiritual faculties, integrity, sila, precepts, beauty, transformation, remorse, joy, profound insight, insecurity, safety, confidence, sati, embodied mindfulness, literacy, emotional, intuitive, disappointment, investigation, victims, agency, fantasy, indriya samvara, container, intensity, anger, fear, resilience, meditation, goal, wisdom, pannya, Dhammapada 290, patience, mirror, curiosity, compost, nutriment, compassion, Kisa Gotami, grief, mustard seed, core elements, mindful hope, aspiration.
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