Ayya Anandabodhi's Dharma Talks
     at Spirit Rock Meditation Center 
    
              
              
 
            
    
        Ayya Anandabodhi  
 
    
        
                            
      Ayya Anandabodhi first encountered the Buddha’s teachings in her early teens, igniting a deep interest in the Buddha’s Path of Awakening. She lived and trained as a monastic in the Forest Tradition at Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries in England from 1992 until 2009, when she moved to the US to help open more opportunities for women to live the monastic life. She took full Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. Her practice and teaching are guided by early Buddhist scriptures, living in community, and through nature’s pure and immediate Dhamma.
        
    
      
 
    
        
            
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        2019-08-31
            "Liberating the Mind" 
    
        2019-04-08
            A Beautiful Truth (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2023-05-28
            A Greater Perspective (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2017-12-09
            Apparent Here and Now 
    
        2016-05-10
            Applying the Practice 
    
        2016-07-16
            Arriving into Body and Breath 
    
        2022-05-12
            Asubha - The Unbeautiful (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2015-08-22
            Bhikkhuni Chanting 
    
        2014-10-04
            Breathing Dharma, Breathing Life 
    
        2014-05-14
            Buddha's Birthday 
    
        2021-05-07
            Buddhanusati - Recollection of the Buddha 
    
        2018-05-05
            Building the Raft - Day 1 - (Reflection Talk/Walking Instruction) - "Attuning t… 
    
        2018-09-22
            Creativity with the Brahma Viharas - Finding a way to access the heart qualitie… 
    
        2023-04-09
            Cultivating and Letting Go 
    
        2012-07-08
            Cultivating Inner Strength 
    
        2022-09-18
            Dhamma, the Supreme Medicine 
    
        2016-05-12
            Ecology of the Heart 
    
        2023-04-08
            Embracing Change - Embracing Truth 
    
        2014-05-12
            Four Brahma Viharas 
    
        2011-05-23
            Four Noble Truths 
    
        2015-11-28
            Gratitude for this Body - a guided standing meditation 
    
        2023-05-26
            Guided Body Sweeping: Vedanā 
    
        2014-08-31
            Guided Meditation on Arriving 
    
        2014-05-14
            Guided Meditation on Recognizing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment 
    
        2021-05-04
            Guided Meditation on Skin, Flesh and Bones 
    
        2016-05-11
            Guided Meditation on the Four Brahma Vihara 
    
        2011-09-25
            Guided Metta Meditation 
    
        2015-08-21
            Guided Standing Meditation Part 01 
    
        2015-08-21
            Guided Standing Meditation Part 02 
    
        2021-05-05
            If You Were to Die Tonight... 
    
        2019-05-06
            Inclining Towards the Ocean (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2014-05-14
            Interconnectedness and Our Responsibilities to the World 
    
        2023-05-26
            Just Be Here (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2015-11-28
            Living with Gratitude 
    
        2018-11-25
            Losing Fear of Formations - Talk 1 of 2 
    
        2017-05-27
            Love and Emptiness 
    
        2014-04-20
            Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 
    
        2015-06-20
            Lovingkindness: the Path of Peace 
    
        2016-07-16
            Meeting With the Challenges of our Time 
    
        2015-09-24
            Mindful of Feeling 
    
        2014-05-12
            Mindfulness and Clarity and Confusion. 
    
        2015-08-21
            Mindfulness of Body and Feelings 
    
        2015-08-22
            Mindfulness of Mind 
    
        2012-06-10
            Morning Puja 
    
        2023-04-09
            Opening into the Breath 
    
        2024-05-10
            Opening Up Our Potential (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2024-05-06
            Overview of the Noble Eightfold Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2014-08-31
            Q&A 
    
        2014-10-04
            Q&A 
    
        2015-11-28
            Q&A with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta 
    
        2014-05-13
            Questions & Answers 
    
        2013-08-11
            Questions and Answers - This Precious Moment 
    
        2022-05-10
            Radiant Brahma Vihara Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2021-05-06
            Radiating Metta for the Entire World 
    
        2022-12-12
            Radiating Metta Practice 
    
        2019-09-01
            Reclaiming Your Power through the Four Brahma Viharas 
    
        2021-05-07
            Recollection of the Buddha's Wisdom and Love 
    
        2021-05-04
            Reflecting on the Nature of the Body (asubha) 
    
        2016-05-10
            Refuge in Awareness 
    
        2012-07-23
            Renunciation 
    
        2014-04-20
            Right Action on Climate 
    
        2024-05-08
            Samadhi - Unification of Mind (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2022-12-11
            Settling Into Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2023-04-08
            Settling into Metta 
    
        2022-09-18
            Settling into the Body & Breath 
    
        2011-07-11
            Sharing Breath Mindfully 
    
        2024-05-06
            Standing in Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2013-10-13
            Stillness in this Turning World 
    
        2016-05-14
            Stroking the Dog 
    
        2019-05-07
            Taking Your Seat (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2014-08-31
            The Alchemy of Turning Towards What's Difficult 
    
        2014-05-11
            The Five Hindrances & Clear Mind 
    
        2022-12-13
            The Four Divine Abidings (Retreat At Spirit Rock) 
    
        2012-06-06
            The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 
    
        2019-04-11
            The Four Stages of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2022-12-14
            The Heart's Wisdom 
    
        2010-10-04
            The Teacher Who Never Leaves You 
    
        2010-10-04
            The Teacher Who Never Leaves You 
    
        2013-08-11
            This Precious Moment 
    
        2024-05-07
            Turning Back to the Path (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2019-09-01
            Unconditional Love 
    
        2023-05-25
            Understanding the Hindrances to Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 
    
        2022-05-11
            Untangling the Knot of Self 
    
        2013-06-01
            Whole Body Breathing 
    
        2015-06-20
            with Ayya Santacitta
Q&A with Metta 
    
 
         
     
    
        
            
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        1900-01-01
            Monday and Wednesday Talks 
    
        2011-05-23
            Marriage of Being and Doing, Nuns' Monastic Retreat 
    
        2012-06-05
            Into the Depths - Monastic Retreat 
    
        2013-06-01
            Nature as Teacher 
    
        2014-04-20
            Loving the Earth: Awareness, Action and Celebration 
    
        2014-05-10
            Monastic Retreat - Listening to Natural Law 
    
        2015-08-20
            Monastic Retreat 
    
        2015-09-21
            The Power of Presence: Retreat for Women 
    
        2016-05-09
            Taking Refuge In What Is True 
    
        2016-07-13
            July Metta Retreat 
    
        2019-04-06
            Mindfulness of Breathing 
    
        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 
    
        2022-12-10
            Earth, Awareness, and Being 
    
        2023-04-08
            Embracing Change, Mastering Letting Go 
    
        2023-05-24
            Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet - A Retreat with Buddhist Nuns (252R23) - On L… 
    
        2024-05-05
            With the World on Fire, Embody the Eightfold Path