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Talks from 2015

227 talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  1. Lift Your Mind

    31 December 2015 · 12 min

  2. Whole-body Jhana

    30 December 2015 · 17 min

  3. In Training

    29 December 2015 · 16 min

  4. Questioning Your Unconscious Actions

    28 December 2015 · 16 min

  5. Clinging, Addictions, Obsessions

    27 December 2015 · 15 min

  6. Reclaiming the Breath

    26 December 2015 · 18 min

  7. The Positive Side of Heedfulness

    25 December 2015 · 10 min

  8. Protection through Mindfulness Practice

    24 December 2015 · 15 min

  9. Reflect on Your Actions

    23 December 2015 · 12 min

  10. Breath Meditation : The Fourth Tetrad

    22 December 2015 · 14 min

  11. The Wear & Tear of Life

    29 November 2015 · 15 min

  12. Breath Meditation : The Third Tetrad

    28 November 2015 · 16 min

  13. Breath Meditation : The Second Tetrad

    27 November 2015 · 15 min

  14. Breath Meditation : The First Tetrad

    26 November 2015 · 16 min

  15. Building a Home for the Mind

    25 November 2015 · 14 min

  16. Cultivate a Limitless Heart

    24 November 2015 · 11 min

  17. Brahmaviharas on the Path

    22 November 2015 · 16 min

  18. Appropriate Attention

    21 November 2015 · 17 min

  19. Staying Still

    20 November 2015 · 17 min

  20. The Fourth Noble Truth

    19 November 2015 · 15 min

  21. Fear of Concentration

    17 November 2015 · 17 min

  22. Four Noble Questions

    16 November 2015 · 15 min

  23. The Hedgefox

    15 November 2015 · 11 min

  24. The Slings & Arrows of Ordinary Fortune (med-fi)

    14 November 2015 · 10 min

  25. The Second Noble Truth

    13 November 2015 · 15 min

  26. Don’t Underestimate Merit

    12 November 2015 · 14 min

  27. The First Noble Truth

    5 November 2015 · 16 min

  28. Understanding Breath Energies

    4 November 2015 · 18 min

  29. Reflection on Kamma

    2 November 2015 · 16 min

  30. A Healthy Attitude Toward Happiness

    1 November 2015 · 17 min

  31. Basic Meditation

    31 October 2015 · 12 min

  32. The Mind Undefined

    30 October 2015 · 10 min

  33. An Equanimity You Can Feed On

    28 October 2015 · 13 min

  34. Virtue Fosters Concentration

    27 October 2015 · 13 min

  35. Defilements

    26 October 2015 · 11 min

  36. The Perception of Wilderness (outdoors)

    25 October 2015 · 16 min

  37. Healing Awareness

    24 October 2015 · 13 min

  38. A Home & a Mobile Home

    22 October 2015 · 12 min

  39. Four Connected Duties

    21 October 2015 · 11 min

  40. Potentials for Rapture

    20 October 2015 · 11 min

  41. Conviction & Truth

    19 October 2015 · 9 min

  42. Settling into the Present (outdoors)

    18 October 2015 · 14 min

  43. The Presence of the Body

    17 October 2015 · 10 min

  44. Not-self Is a Value Judgment

    16 October 2015 · 11 min

  45. Practice in Dying Skillfully

    15 October 2015 · 15 min

  46. Training Your Commentator

    14 October 2015 · 12 min

  47. A Dhamma Checklist

    13 October 2015 · 12 min

  48. Little Decisions

    12 October 2015 · 9 min

  49. Deconstructing Anger

    10 October 2015 · 12 min

  50. Discerning the Middle Way

    9 October 2015 · 11 min

  51. Fabricating the Path (outdoors)

    7 October 2015 · 16 min

  52. Stand Your Ground

    7 October 2015 · 13 min

  53. Balancing the Mind (outdoors)

    6 October 2015 · 14 min

  54. Factors for Awakening

    6 October 2015 · 13 min

  55. Fabricating the Breath (outdoors)

    5 October 2015 · 17 min

  56. Understanding Pain

    5 October 2015 · 15 min

  57. Why Meditate

    4 October 2015 · 11 min

  58. Blessings

    3 October 2015 · 10 min

  59. The Perception of Space

    2 October 2015 · 9 min

  60. Not-self in Context

    1 October 2015 · 11 min

  61. Comparing Mind

    29 September 2015 · 11 min

  62. Dedicating Merit

    28 September 2015 · 13 min

  63. The Power to Change (outdoors)

    27 September 2015 · 16 min

  64. Settling In

    26 September 2015 · 15 min

  65. Harmlessness

    25 September 2015 · 11 min

  66. Cooking the Present Moment

    24 September 2015 · 13 min

  67. The Real Work Is Inside

    23 September 2015 · 15 min

  68. So Little Time

    17 September 2015 · 14 min

  69. Dhamma in Line with the Dhamma

    16 September 2015 · 16 min

  70. Dethinking Thinking

    15 September 2015 · 14 min

  71. A Larger Perspective

    14 September 2015 · 17 min

  72. Victory

    12 September 2015 · 15 min

  73. The Questions of Suffering

    11 September 2015 · 15 min

  74. The Path Converges Right Here

    10 September 2015 · 13 min

  75. Being True

    9 September 2015 · 14 min

  76. Furnishing Your Home for the Mind

    8 September 2015 · 19 min

  77. Taking Care of Business Inside

    7 September 2015 · 13 min

  78. Present Kamma (outdoors)

    6 September 2015 · 17 min

  79. Techniques & Values

    5 September 2015 · 13 min

  80. From Dependence to Independence

    4 September 2015 · 14 min

  81. Constant, Easeful, Self

    2 September 2015 · 13 min

  82. Alone at Death, but Not Lonely

    1 September 2015 · 15 min

  83. When Craving Turns on You

    31 August 2015 · 13 min

  84. Alone with Your Defilements (outdoors)

    30 August 2015 · 16 min

  85. Heedful of Pleasure & Pain

    28 August 2015 · 12 min

  86. Fear

    27 August 2015 · 15 min

  87. A Blameless Happiness

    19 August 2015 · 12 min

  88. Changing Your Default Settings

    18 August 2015 · 12 min

  89. See Your Thoughts as Alien

    17 August 2015 · 13 min

  90. Drawing a Line (outdoors)

    16 August 2015 · 12 min

  91. A Pleasure without Stories

    15 August 2015 · 17 min

  92. Distraction & Drowsiness

    14 August 2015 · 10 min

  93. Discerning Your Discernment

    13 August 2015 · 9 min

  94. Noble Treasures

    12 August 2015 · 16 min

  95. It’s All about Action

    11 August 2015 · 13 min

  96. Patience

    10 August 2015 · 11 min

  97. Asking the Right Questions

    8 August 2015 · 12 min

  98. Tools from Dependent Co-arising

    7 August 2015 · 13 min

  99. Pleasant Practice, Painful Practice

    6 August 2015 · 11 min

  100. For Your Benefit Here & Now

    5 August 2015 · 16 min

  101. The Skill of Not Suffering

    4 August 2015 · 13 min

  102. Protection in all Directions

    3 August 2015 · 12 min

  103. Under the Trees (outdoors)

    2 August 2015 · 17 min

  104. Con Artists (med-fi)

    1 August 2015 · 14 min

  105. Asalha Puja

    30 July 2015 · 15 min

  106. Other People

    29 July 2015 · 9 min

  107. The Easy Way Out

    28 July 2015 · 9 min

  108. Becoming

    27 July 2015 · 10 min

  109. Beginning Breath Meditation

    26 July 2015 · 13 min

  110. Goodwill as Restraint

    25 July 2015 · 13 min

  111. Ordain Your Heart

    24 July 2015 · 14 min

  112. Feeding While You Work

    23 July 2015 · 10 min

  113. The Limits of Interconnectedness

    20 July 2015 · 10 min

  114. The Thoroughbred Horse

    19 July 2015 · 15 min

  115. Clearing a Space for Yourself

    18 July 2015 · 17 min

  116. An Alternative Source of Food

    17 July 2015 · 13 min

  117. Clinging to What Pains You

    16 July 2015 · 12 min

  118. Willing to Question Yourself

    6 July 2015 · 17 min

  119. Nostalgia for Suffering

    5 July 2015 · 10 min

  120. Free to Choose Your Own Purpose

    4 July 2015 · 10 min

  121. Sort Things Out

    3 July 2015 · 15 min

  122. The Snake & The Raft

    2 July 2015 · 9 min

  123. Chant Before You Meditate

    1 July 2015 · 10 min

  124. Don’t Focus on Jhana, Focus on the Breath

    30 June 2015 · 14 min

  125. Time Well Spent

    29 June 2015 · 13 min

  126. The Tricks of Denial

    27 June 2015 · 11 min

  127. Large Perspective, Small Focus

    26 June 2015 · 14 min

  128. The Mind Comes First

    21 June 2015 · 10 min

  129. Continuity

    20 June 2015 · 12 min

  130. The Sport of Wise People

    19 June 2015 · 11 min

  131. Delusion

    18 June 2015 · 14 min

  132. Patience & Endurance

    17 June 2015 · 13 min

  133. Maintaining Concentration

    16 June 2015 · 13 min

  134. Pleasure on the Path

    15 June 2015 · 16 min

  135. Problem Solving

    13 June 2015 · 14 min

  136. Your Intentions Come First

    12 June 2015 · 11 min

  137. Freedom, Conditioned & Not

    11 June 2015 · 13 min

  138. A Passion for the Path

    10 June 2015 · 13 min

  139. Boxed Stories

    9 June 2015 · 10 min

  140. Cooking the Present Moment

    8 June 2015 · 12 min

  141. Evaluating the Breath

    6 June 2015 · 14 min

  142. Clearing a Space

    5 June 2015 · 10 min

  143. Timeless Wherever You Go

    4 June 2015 · 12 min

  144. Strength to Be Good

    7 May 2015 · 14 min

  145. The Middle Way

    6 May 2015 · 12 min

  146. The World Is Already Broken

    5 May 2015 · 11 min

  147. To Test the Dhamma Is to Test Yourself

    4 May 2015 · 10 min

  148. Bringing Something New to the Present

    2 May 2015 · 8 min

  149. Finding Shelter in the Aggregates

    1 May 2015 · 12 min

  150. Don’t Believe Everything You Feel

    30 April 2015 · 10 min

  151. The Conditions for Goodwill

    29 April 2015 · 13 min

  152. The Possibility of Letting Go

    28 April 2015 · 15 min

  153. The Karma of Meditation

    26 April 2015 · 21 min

  154. Karmic Debts

    25 April 2015 · 14 min

  155. Living Honorably

    24 April 2015 · 12 min

  156. Trust in Concentration for Now

    22 April 2015 · 14 min

  157. Teachings to Rahula

    21 April 2015 · 14 min

  158. Fixing the Food You Feed On

    20 April 2015 · 14 min

  159. Breath Energies

    19 April 2015 · 10 min

  160. Cooking the Mind

    18 April 2015 · 14 min

  161. Some Space Around Your Perceptions

    17 April 2015 · 12 min

  162. Healthy Skepticism

    15 April 2015 · 15 min

  163. Treating the Diseases of the Mind

    14 April 2015 · 15 min

  164. The Thread of Mindfulness

    13 April 2015 · 11 min

  165. Cleansing the Mind

    12 April 2015 · 12 min

  166. Downsize Inside

    11 April 2015 · 11 min

  167. The Uses of the Breath

    9 April 2015 · 13 min

  168. Bases for Success

    8 April 2015 · 14 min

  169. Dhamma for Laypeople

    7 April 2015 · 12 min

  170. Healing the Mind

    6 April 2015 · 14 min

  171. Sorting Out Your Selves

    4 April 2015 · 15 min

  172. Lighten Your Load

    3 April 2015 · 11 min

  173. Working from the Inside

    2 April 2015 · 14 min

  174. Admirable Friendship

    15 March 2015 · 13 min

  175. Infinite Good Humor

    14 March 2015 · 14 min

  176. Heedfulness

    13 March 2015 · 13 min

  177. Oneness Is a Water Snake

    12 March 2015 · 11 min

  178. Stick to Your Precepts

    11 March 2015 · 10 min

  179. Choose the Honorable Choice

    10 March 2015 · 11 min

  180. Pride

    8 March 2015 · 11 min

  181. The First Noble Truth

    6 March 2015 · 10 min

  182. Adult Dhamma

    5 March 2015 · 8 min

  183. Heightened Mind

    4 March 2015 · 15 min

  184. Sensitive to Fabrication

    3 March 2015 · 15 min

  185. Choose Your Cravings Wisely

    28 February 2015 · 14 min

  186. Factors for Stream Entry

    27 February 2015 · 12 min

  187. Practice in How to Die Well

    26 February 2015 · 15 min

  188. Meditate While You Work

    25 February 2015 · 8 min

  189. Shame, Compunction & Ardency

    24 February 2015 · 8 min

  190. Mindfulness: The Governing Principle

    23 February 2015 · 14 min

  191. The Third Noble Truth

    22 February 2015 · 14 min

  192. A Sense of Space Inside

    20 February 2015 · 12 min

  193. Concentration Through Pictures

    19 February 2015 · 13 min

  194. You Bet Your Life

    18 February 2015 · 12 min

  195. The Art of Right Speech

    17 February 2015 · 14 min

  196. Look After Yourself with Ease

    16 February 2015 · 15 min

  197. Climb the Ladder Safely

    15 February 2015 · 10 min

  198. When Attacked by Distractions

    8 February 2015 · 15 min

  199. Faith in the Practice

    7 February 2015 · 17 min

  200. The Frontier Fortress

    6 February 2015 · 12 min

  201. Breath Meditation: Four Tetrads

    5 February 2015 · 12 min

  202. Indulge in the Pleasure of Jhana

    4 February 2015 · 12 min

  203. Be More Alert

    3 February 2015 · 9 min

  204. Pain & Patience

    2 February 2015 · 13 min

  205. A Genuine Refuge Inside

    1 February 2015 · 9 min

  206. Why Meditate

    31 January 2015 · 13 min

  207. Respect for the Precepts

    29 January 2015 · 15 min

  208. An Auspicious Day

    28 January 2015 · 15 min

  209. Be Decisive

    26 January 2015 · 8 min

  210. Go Climb a Mountain

    25 January 2015 · 11 min

  211. After a Busy Day

    23 January 2015 · 14 min

  212. Strength from Within

    21 January 2015 · 13 min

  213. Evaluating Your Practice

    20 January 2015 · 11 min

  214. The Power of Action

    19 January 2015 · 13 min

  215. Protecting the Flame

    17 January 2015 · 14 min

  216. Looking for Balance

    16 January 2015 · 12 min

  217. A Post for the Heart

    15 January 2015 · 10 min

  218. Food for Consciousness

    14 January 2015 · 18 min

  219. Respect for the Training

    13 January 2015 · 10 min

  220. Instructions for a New Monk

    10 January 2015 · 16 min

  221. A Practice Personal & Social

    9 January 2015 · 10 min

  222. The Wish for True Happiness

    8 January 2015 · 15 min

  223. Tips for Monotasking

    7 January 2015 · 11 min

  224. Do You Want to Stop Suffering

    4 January 2015 · 18 min

  225. Take Time to Evaluate Your Life

    3 January 2015 · 16 min

  226. Life in the Context of the Practice

    2 January 2015 · 16 min

  227. Equanimity & Exertion

    1 January 2015 · 12 min