Category: Audio Talks

The Endlessness of Suffering

Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

Ajahn Karunadhammo

Ajahn Karunadhammo recalls the First and Second Watches of the night of the Buddha’s enlightenment, in which the Buddha saw his own endless wanderings through samsara, and other beings’ arising and passing through various states of woe. He then describes the Buddha’s enlightenment in the Third Watch, in which the Buddha realized The Four Noble Truths, and the practice of mindfulness immersed in the body as a way to liberation.

A Sense of Urgency

Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

Ajahn Ahimsako

On the opening day of Cittaviveka’s Group Practice Week, Ajahn Ahimsako urges the resident community to maximize the precious opportunity that is available. He warns that merely developing a sense of peacefulness, while pleasant and desirable, is not sufficient, and that this calm state of mind should be used as a foundation for investigation into Dhamma and the discernment of wisdom.

The Noble Eightfold Path

Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

Ajahn Ahimsako

Ajahn Ahimsako speaks on his own personal mode of practising with the traditional monastic chanting, and offers encouragement in putting forth effort to use the classical Canonical teachings found in these chants for reflection. Using the example of the chant on the Noble Eightfold Path, he walks through the eight factors, and shows how this teaching can become accessible and more easily brought into consciousness in our day to day lives.