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Ayya Santacitta's Dharma Talks
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Ayya Santacitta
Santacitta Bhikkhuni hails from Austria and trained as a nun in England & Asia from 1993 until 2009, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah and has also received teachings in the Shechen lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. She is committed to our planet as a living being and resides at 'Aloka Earth Room', currently located in San Rafael, California. Santacitta Bhikkhuni stammt aus Österreich and begann ihre Nonnenausbildung 1993 in England & Asien, vor allem in der Traditionslinie von Ajahn Chah und hat auch Unterweisungen in der Shechen Traditionslinie des Tibetischen Buddhisms erhalten. Sie ist unserem Planeten als lebendes Wesen verpflichtet und lebt im 'Aloka Earth Room', derzeit in San Rafael, Kalifornien.
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2021-05-04
'The Five Elements are Empty of a Self
2011-05-26
'The Four Heavenly Messengers"
2019-08-31
"The Brahmavihara and Anatta" - A practice for our times of transition
2022-05-10
A bumpy ride or nothing whatsoever should be clung to as 'me and mine' (Retreat…
2014-05-13
A Template for Experience
2025-06-02
Allowing Endings to Be What They Are (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2013-08-11
Arriving and Settling: A guided meditation
2022-05-11
Before it is too late ~ a gentleness which comes from clarity (Retreat at Spiri…
2019-05-07
Beginning at the Beginning (Retreat at Spirit rock)
2012-11-24
Being Benevolence, Intro and Guided Meditation
2017-06-14
Body-Feeling-Mind States (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-05-07
Buddhanussati ~ A Springboard for the Heart & Mind
2018-05-05
Building the Raft - Day 1 - (Reflection/Talk) "A Foundation for Insight"
2018-05-05
Building the Raft - Day 1 - Question and Answer period
2026-05-22
Calling Forth That Which Wants to Emerge (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-06-04
Closing Guided Meditation and Dhamma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-05-14
Connecting with Our True Mother the Planet | Guided Meditation on the Four Elem…
2017-06-15
Death is Inevitable (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-05-14
Distraction = Destruction
2024-11-25
Earthworm Practice in the Middle of It All
2025-05-31
Ecoliteracy: Learning a New Language (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-17
Escaping into Reality (Spirit Rock Retreat)
2023-04-08
Even Civilizations are Impermanent
2016-07-16
Familiarizing Oneself with the Way Things Are
2023-04-08
Fine Tuning our Instrument
2017-06-14
Five Opportunities for Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-09-22
Four Universal Tones of Empathy (The Four Bhramavihara)
2023-04-09
Getting Ready to Take It On
2015-11-28
Gratitude for the Web of Life - a guided sitting meditation
2015-06-20
Heart Opening
2016-05-14
How to Cultivate Wisdom
2022-05-09
Impermanence & Wonder of Belonging
2023-05-27
Investigate into the Cracks (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2011-07-03
Keep Going, a talk from a daylong called "Why Do I Meditate"
2023-05-27
Leaving it all Behind as you are stepping into the next moment. (Retreat at Spi…
2026-05-21
Listening to What You Belong To (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-06-01
Making the Spaciousness of the Mind Accessible (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-12-09
Map of the Practice and Q&A
2021-05-05
Maranasati: Returning to the Mystery We Came From
2022-09-18
Medicine for Letting Go Individually and Collectively
2019-05-09
Meditating on the Seven Factors and Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-10-04
Meeting What Is
2023-05-14
Metta & Embodiment | Guided sitting & standing meditation
2023-05-14
Metta = Result of Craving Raised to the Power of Awareness
2014-05-11
Mother of Wisdom
2015-06-20
Motivation
2014-08-31
Never Turn Away
2022-05-08
Not Wasting this Opportunity (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2024-05-10
Opening Up Our Potential (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2022-05-09
Perception of Impermanence Washes Away Craving (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2026-05-19
Practicing with the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-04-09
Progression of Insight ~ The Safest Investment Ever
2017-06-15
Question & Answer Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-05-14
Realization & Actualization Are Intertwined | Reflection & Guided Meditation
2023-10-26
Recognizing and Cultivating Our Natural Potential for Awakening (Retreat at Spi…
2010-05-09
Renunciation & Courage
2017-05-27
Responding Versus Reacting
2011-07-03
Resting in Awareness - Guided Meditation
2016-05-13
Samadhi-A Pleasant Abiding Here and Now
2014-05-13
Self-Secret
2019-05-06
Setting the Tone--Getting Started (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-07-16
Sharing the Blessings of our Practice
2011-09-25
Start Where You Are
2013-08-11
Stop Running
2024-05-07
Taking an Interest in the Struggle—That's the Way We Learn
2016-05-11
Taking Refuge in the Way Things Are.
2017-06-16
Temporary Liberation of Mind Through the Four Brhamaviharas (Retreat at Spirit …
2025-06-03
Tending What Is Dense & Dark (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-05-11
The 3 Refuges as Support for Practice
2013-10-13
The Eight Worldly Winds
2021-05-06
The Four Brahmaviharas are Craving Transformed
2015-08-21
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: An Overview
2013-04-07
The Four Noble Truths
2026-05-22
The Four-Faced Smile of Brahma & the SOS (Sound of Silence) (Retreat at Spirit …
2015-08-22
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness and the Four Iddhipada
2024-05-06
The Noble Eightfold Path ~ Metabolizing the Past & Opening Up Our Potential (Re…
2015-08-22
The Simplicity of the First Three Foundations of Mindfulness
2015-11-28
The Skill of Gratitude
2014-05-12
The Transforming Power of The Factors of Awakening
2023-10-25
This Is Just What the Mind Does (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2016-05-10
Tuning the Instrument of the Body
2017-06-13
Two Kinds of Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2025-05-31
Vistas We Have Never Seen Before (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-18
We Have a Choice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2023-04-17
What can I do in these times of complexity?
2012-07-08
What Is Inner Strength?
2022-05-11
When the student is ready, the teacher appears (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2021-05-05
Where Does It Come From ~ Where Does It All Go?
2010-01-10
Who Am I? Guided Meditation
2025-09-01
Wisdom & Faith: Adjusting to Reality
2026-05-19
You Do Not Need to Push the River ~ Just Flow With That (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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1900-01-01
Monday and Wednesday Talks
2011-05-21
'The Marriage of Being and Doing': Monastic Retreat with the Saranaloka Nuns
2014-05-10
Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law
2015-08-20
Monastic Retreat
2016-05-09
Taking Refuge In What Is True
2017-06-13
The Middle Way Monastic Retreat
2019-05-05
Seven Treasures
2021-05-03
The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Trul…
2022-05-07
Seeing the Path Clearly
2023-04-08
Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go
2023-05-24
Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet - A Retreat with Buddhist Nuns (252R23) - On L…
2023-10-23
The Alchemy of Presence
2024-05-05
With the World on Fire, Embody the Eightfold Path
2025-05-30
Disentangling the Tangle: Finding Freedom in Relationship with Ourselves, Other…
2026-05-18
Silence Behind the Noise: A Monastic Retreat
