Ayya Santacitta's Dharma Talks
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Ayya Santacitta
After being inspired by the presence & teachings of Ajahn Buddhadasa, i ordained 1993 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK. i co-founded Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in the Sierra Foothills of California in 2009 and enjoy creating sanctuary close to nature, practicing in community and bringing wisdom traditions to the environmental movement.
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2011-05-26
'The Four Heavenly Messengers"
2014-05-13
A Template for Experience
2013-08-11
Arriving and Settling: A guided meditation
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)
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
2017-06-15
Death is Inevitable (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-05-14
Distraction = Destruction
2017-06-17
Escaping into Reality (Spirit Rock Retreat)
2016-07-16
Familiarizing Oneself with the Way Things Are
2017-06-14
Five Opportunities for Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2018-09-22
Four Universal Tones of Empathy (The Four Bhramavihara)
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
2011-07-03
Keep Going, a talk from a daylong called "Why Do I Meditate"
2017-12-09
Map of the Practice and Q&A
2019-05-09
Meditating on the Seven Factors and Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-10-04
Meeting What Is
2014-05-11
Mother of Wisdom
2015-06-20
Motivation
2014-08-31
Never Turn Away
2017-06-15
Question & Answer Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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
2016-05-11
Taking Refuge in the Way Things Are.
2017-06-16
Temporary Liberation of Mind Through the Four Brhamaviharas (Retreat at Spiri...
2016-05-11
The 3 Refuges as Support for Practice
2013-10-13
The Eight Worldly Winds
2015-08-21
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: An Overview
2013-04-07
The Four Noble Truths
2015-08-22
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness and the Four Iddhipada
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
2016-05-10
Tuning the Instrument of the Body
2017-06-13
Two Kinds of Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2017-06-18
We Have a Choice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2012-07-08
What Is Inner Strength?
2010-01-10
Who Am I? Guided Meditation
