Ayyā Medhānandī Sati Saraniya Hermitage
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- Religion & Spirituality
Dhamma Talks by Ayya Medhanandi and Others at Sati Saraniya Hermitage in Perth, Ontario, Canada
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Like the Sun Awakening the Lotus
Throughout history, hatred, human violence and horrific sufferings have plagued the world. Truth is never diminished by these worldly conditions. So we feed the mind with what supports inner peace and awakening and not with thoughts of depression, disappointment, despair, or fear. What we...
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A Ray of the Absolute
Just as the sun is eclipsed by the moon passing over it, so the mind is submerged in ‘totality’ due to the veil of our human conditioning. But we can shatter that darkness by diving deeply with moral vigilance and wise attention into the...
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Unsurpassed Is the Protection of the Dhamma
Impermanence stares us in the face. How then can we free ourselves to understand the raw truth of what we are? There is a sorrowless state, a way out of the pains of life where we can abide in blameless happiness and inviolable peace....
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We Have Nothing To Fear – Reflections and Guided Meditation
Emptying the mind of fearful thoughts, we stop clinging to anything of the world – one moment at a time. And we come to know a liberating joy. It’s a way to enter the dimension of transcendence that uplifts us beyond the prison of...
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Food for Awakening
Peace, patience, and practice ripen with the quality of faith. We trust the teacher on a path distinguished by compassion and a diet for awakening the heart. “All suffering arises when we think about our own happiness. And all happiness arises when we think...
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The Buddha Was Right – Reflections and Guided Meditation
As seekers of truth, we turn the wheel of Dhamma inwardly. There alone can we understand the mind’s purity and directly know the true rhythm of the heart, undiluted by worldly refrains. The sounds of the world can turn coarse and invasive until we...