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. In 2009 i co-founded Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery in the Sierra Foothills of California, where i enjoy creating sanctuary close to nature, practicing in community and bringing wisdom traditions to the environmental movement.
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2019-08-31
"The Brahmavihara and Anatta" - A practice for our times of transition
2011-05-26
'The Four Heavenly Messengers"
2020-06-08
A Bigger Context (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2014-05-13
A Template for Experience
2013-08-11
Arriving and Settling: A guided meditation
2020-06-06
Becoming Teachable (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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)
2020-06-07
Getting a Handle on Complexity (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)
2015-11-28
Gratitude for the Web of Life - a guided sitting meditation
2020-06-09
Harvesting the Fruits of Our Practice (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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)
2020-06-06
Real Beauty of the Nonjudgemental Heart (Online 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 Spirit …
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
