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These are talks given during a meditation retreat uploaded to the Amaravati online audio collection. These talks are dhamma talks or guided meditation that were given during these retreats.

12/10/2023

Day 3d – Talk – Closing Comments

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

13 min
12/10/2023

Day 3c – Questions and Answers

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK. Questions are précised: 00:13 Q1 - Do you know what you are going to say at the start of a session? 12:34 Q2 - When there is pain or discomfort in meditation, my mind drops back into awareness-based knowing as it makes the pain more bearable. When the sensations are pleasant however I find it more difficult to connect to awareness. Do you have any advice? 15:56 Q3 - Once we [learn to] abide in awareness/consciousness, how can we find an appropriate action in the situation when it is required? 18:41 Q4 - I teach at a secondary school with kids having mental and emotional health issues. I’d like to offer mindfulness at lunch times. Do you have any suggestions for how to engage children?

23 min
12/10/2023

Day 3b – GM – Contemplating Endings

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

5 min
12/10/2023

Day 3a – GM – Experiences that Arise and Cease

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

7 min
12/10/2023

Day 2f – Questions and Answers

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK. Questions are précised 00:22 Q1 Why are we born? Is it the driving force of the sankharas? 15:23 Q2 What advice do you have for a chronic procrastinator? 18:13 Q3 What is the difference between impermanence, uncertainty and doubt? 21:32 Q4 How would you deal with a rat infestation in the monastery? 22:39 Q5 What is the best way to overcome the wandering mind when meditating? 31:50 Q6 It is clear that meditation has beauty in the life of the monk. Is there also room for the dynamic explosion of energy? 34:09 Q7 Can you add some reflections on the 32 parts of the body? 48:29 Q8 Could you please explain the difference between awareness, consciousness and mindfulness? 49:39 Q9 Is it accurate that when I see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and cognize through the senses they arise in consciousness? I react if they are not known and when they are known silence appears. 54:11 Q10 I understand bodies as being part of nature, naturally created within the heart of a star and ultimately will end up in a black hole. So none is “I”. But what about consciousness? Is it just an arrangement of atoms? 01:07:18 Q11 After walking meditation I sat down, not watching the breath and what I was seeing was the people and the trees, zooming in and out automatically. This lasted for about 10 minutes. Later I saw my daughter. Are these experiences fake or real?

1h 25m
12/10/2023

Day 2e – Talk – That Which Knows Irritation is Not Irritated

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

41 min
12/10/2023

Day 2d – Talk – In This Body, with This Mind

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

58 min
12/10/2023

Day 2c – Talk – Present Moment Awareness

This is a compilation of the retreat given by Ajahn Asoko on 7-9 July 2023 at Amaravati Retreat Centre, UK.

6 min

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These are talks given during a meditation retreat uploaded to the Amaravati online audio collection. These talks are dhamma talks or guided meditation that were given during these retreats.