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Talks from 2018

236 talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  1. Taking a Stance

    31 December 2018 · 13 min

  2. Your Goodness Is Your Protection

    30 December 2018 · 13 min

  3. Generating Desire

    29 December 2018 · 12 min

  4. The Thinking Heart

    28 December 2018 · 15 min

  5. The Discernment of a True Person

    27 December 2018 · 15 min

  6. The Mind on Its Own Two Feet

    26 December 2018 · 11 min

  7. What’s Worth Doing?

    25 December 2018 · 12 min

  8. Appreciating Merit

    24 December 2018 · 13 min

  9. Persistence

    23 December 2018 · 15 min

  10. What Am I Becoming?

    22 December 2018 · 12 min

  11. Lessons from Jhāna

    21 December 2018 · 19 min

  12. Intent

    20 December 2018 · 18 min

  13. Circumspection

    19 December 2018 · 11 min

  14. The Brightness of Life

    18 December 2018 · 11 min

  15. Parsing Out Suffering

    17 December 2018 · 15 min

  16. When Goodwill Doesn’t Come Easily

    16 December 2018 · 11 min

  17. A Centered But Broad Awareness

    15 December 2018 · 17 min

  18. You Can’t Relax Your Way to Awakening

    13 December 2018 · 16 min

  19. The Dhamma Wheel

    12 December 2018 · 16 min

  20. Adjusting the Flame

    11 December 2018 · 16 min

  21. A Rite of Passage

    10 December 2018 · 17 min

  22. Right View Tells You What to Do

    8 December 2018 · 17 min

  23. Sensitive to the Body, Sensitive to the Mind

    7 December 2018 · 11 min

  24. A Snare of Death Laid Out

    6 December 2018 · 14 min

  25. Step by Step

    5 December 2018 · 12 min

  26. Dispassion Isn’t Depression

    3 December 2018 · 14 min

  27. The Pleasure Principle Made Noble

    2 December 2018 · 13 min

  28. Against the Stream

    1 December 2018 · 15 min

  29. Your Safe Ancestral Territory

    30 November 2018 · 12 min

  30. Approaching Painful Memories as a Meditator

    28 November 2018 · 11 min

  31. WYSIWYG

    26 November 2018 · 8 min

  32. Full-body Awareness

    25 November 2018 · 13 min

  33. Do. Maintain. Use

    24 November 2018 · 13 min

  34. Contemplating the World You Create

    23 November 2018 · 11 min

  35. Heightened Mind, Heightened Energy

    22 November 2018 · 16 min

  36. The Right Place to Look

    21 November 2018 · 10 min

  37. Making the Mind Your Friend

    20 November 2018 · 12 min

  38. When the Thoughts Won’t Stop

    19 November 2018 · 14 min

  39. Trading Up

    18 November 2018 · 12 min

  40. The Buddha Respects Your Potential

    17 November 2018 · 13 min

  41. Circling Around, Zeroing In

    16 November 2018 · 13 min

  42. See Yourself as Active Verbs

    15 November 2018 · 16 min

  43. Getting the Most Out of Now

    14 November 2018 · 14 min

  44. Getting Out of Karmic Debt

    12 November 2018 · 9 min

  45. Responsible Happiness

    10 November 2018 · 13 min

  46. Training Your Minds

    9 November 2018 · 10 min

  47. Three Types of Equanimity

    8 November 2018 · 12 min

  48. The Equanimity that Doesn’t Give Up

    1 November 2018 · 12 min

  49. Protection, Inside & Out

    31 October 2018 · 11 min

  50. The Buddha’s Relationship Advice

    29 October 2018 · 14 min

  51. Effortlessness Through Effort

    28 October 2018 · 11 min

  52. What Are You Doing in the Present?

    27 October 2018 · 15 min

  53. Mindful about Pleasure & Pain

    26 October 2018 · 12 min

  54. Starting Out Small

    25 October 2018 · 11 min

  55. Time Passes

    24 October 2018 · 10 min

  56. Protect Your Meditation from the World

    23 October 2018 · 10 min

  57. Question Your Actions

    21 October 2018 · 12 min

  58. Rest & Work (outdoors)

    21 October 2018 · 15 min

  59. Redirected Thought, Re-evaluation

    20 October 2018 · 11 min

  60. Getting the Most Out of the Present

    19 October 2018 · 14 min

  61. Victory in Battle

    18 October 2018 · 11 min

  62. No One Size Fits All

    17 October 2018 · 11 min

  63. We’re All Learning the Ropes

    16 October 2018 · 13 min

  64. In Memory of King Rama IX

    13 October 2018 · 11 min

  65. Inner Wealth

    12 October 2018 · 17 min

  66. Take Responsibility for Yourself

    11 October 2018 · 12 min

  67. Goodwill Starts with Gratitude

    10 October 2018 · 11 min

  68. Don’t Just Fatten Your Mind

    9 October 2018 · 14 min

  69. Meditators at Work

    8 October 2018 · 12 min

  70. Exercising the Mind (outdoors)

    7 October 2018 · 12 min

  71. Fixing the Present

    7 October 2018 · 12 min

  72. A Legacy of Strengths

    6 October 2018 · 15 min

  73. Locate Your Craving

    5 October 2018 · 15 min

  74. A Mental Fortress

    3 October 2018 · 13 min

  75. The Buddha’s Fabrications (outdoors)

    3 October 2018 · 14 min

  76. How to Talk to Yourself (outdoors)

    2 October 2018 · 15 min

  77. Large-hearted Goodness

    2 October 2018 · 14 min

  78. Distracting Thoughts

    1 October 2018 · 15 min

  79. Free in the Midst of Pain (outdoors)

    1 October 2018 · 11 min

  80. Mental Seclusion

    30 September 2018 · 13 min

  81. The Five Hindrances (outdoors)

    30 September 2018 · 17 min

  82. Who’s Breathing?

    29 September 2018 · 10 min

  83. Tranquility, Insight, & the Brahmaviharas

    28 September 2018 · 11 min

  84. Peace Requires Character

    19 September 2018 · 12 min

  85. Unchanged by Loss

    18 September 2018 · 12 min

  86. Refuge (outdoors)

    16 September 2018 · 11 min

  87. The World Is Aflame

    16 September 2018 · 10 min

  88. The Languages of Right View

    15 September 2018 · 13 min

  89. The Buddha’s Letter

    6 September 2018 · 11 min

  90. Squeezing Goodness Out of the Aggregates

    5 September 2018 · 14 min

  91. How the Breath Helps You to Die Well

    4 September 2018 · 11 min

  92. Mind in & of Itself

    3 September 2018 · 10 min

  93. A Mind Like Earth

    2 September 2018 · 12 min

  94. Here Be Tigers (outdoors)

    2 September 2018 · 12 min

  95. Uncertainty

    31 August 2018 · 12 min

  96. Insight Is a Judgment Call

    30 August 2018 · 15 min

  97. The Language of the Heart

    29 August 2018 · 11 min

  98. What Are You Taking into the Future?

    28 August 2018 · 13 min

  99. Common Ground

    27 August 2018 · 10 min

  100. Friends with the Breath (outdoors)

    26 August 2018 · 9 min

  101. Mindfulness as Refuge (outdoors)

    26 August 2018 · 18 min

  102. Evaluation : The Voice of Heedfulness

    25 August 2018 · 11 min

  103. A Sense of Yourself

    24 August 2018 · 10 min

  104. ‘To Suffer’ Is an Active Verb

    22 August 2018 · 10 min

  105. Angry

    21 August 2018 · 14 min

  106. Drowsy & Bored

    20 August 2018 · 14 min

  107. Bring Your Mind Together (outdoors)

    19 August 2018 · 14 min

  108. Painful Feelings, Hurtful Words

    19 August 2018 · 12 min

  109. The Anatomy of the Present

    18 August 2018 · 11 min

  110. See Your Thoughts as Strange

    17 August 2018 · 11 min

  111. Choosing to Believe in Your Choices

    16 August 2018 · 12 min

  112. Do Jhana

    14 August 2018 · 19 min

  113. Prerequisites for the Practice (outdoors)

    13 August 2018 · 14 min

  114. The One Seat (outdoors)

    11 August 2018 · 16 min

  115. Borrowed Wealth (outdoors)

    10 August 2018 · 10 min

  116. Heightened Mind (outdoors)

    9 August 2018 · 11 min

  117. The Battle of Your Selves (outdoors)

    8 August 2018 · 17 min

  118. The Analytical Mind (outdoors)

    7 August 2018 · 10 min

  119. Stay (outdoors)

    6 August 2018 · 13 min

  120. Anupassana (outdoors)

    5 August 2018 · 10 min

  121. Breath Teaches the Brahmaviharas (outdoors)

    5 August 2018 · 15 min

  122. In Accordance with the Dhamma (outdoors)

    4 August 2018 · 15 min

  123. Switch the Context (outdoors)

    3 August 2018 · 10 min

  124. When You’re Down on Yourself (outdoors)

    2 August 2018 · 11 min

  125. A Solid Mind (outdoors)

    29 July 2018 · 10 min

  126. Body, Feelings, Mind, Dhamma (outdoors)

    29 July 2018 · 19 min

  127. Living Together

    28 July 2018 · 10 min

  128. Asalha Puja

    27 July 2018 · 18 min

  129. Choose Your Path Wisely (outdoors)

    26 July 2018 · 16 min

  130. Your Territory (outdoors)

    25 July 2018 · 13 min

  131. Protection (fragment)

    24 July 2018 · 8 min

  132. The Buddha’s Safe Space (outdoors)

    23 July 2018 · 15 min

  133. Tranquility & Insight with the Breath

    22 July 2018 · 12 min

  134. We All Start with an Impure Heart

    21 July 2018 · 16 min

  135. The Allure of Sensuality

    19 July 2018 · 14 min

  136. A Conglomeration of Germs

    18 July 2018 · 13 min

  137. Self Evaluation

    17 July 2018 · 14 min

  138. Twigs & Branches

    16 July 2018 · 16 min

  139. Your Desire to Practice

    15 July 2018 · 12 min

  140. In this Together

    13 July 2018 · 15 min

  141. Obstacles

    12 July 2018 · 11 min

  142. Outside the Box

    11 July 2018 · 15 min

  143. Teaching Old Dogs New Selves

    10 July 2018 · 11 min

  144. The Dhamma Is a Quality of the Heart

    26 June 2018 · 12 min

  145. Playing by the Buddha’s Rules

    25 June 2018 · 15 min

  146. The Buddha’s Universal Solvent

    24 June 2018 · 15 min

  147. A Dead Snake Around Your Neck

    23 June 2018 · 17 min

  148. Worries & Regrets

    22 June 2018 · 12 min

  149. All for the Sake of Freedom

    21 June 2018 · 13 min

  150. Cooking with Karma

    20 June 2018 · 10 min

  151. Happiness without Conflict

    19 June 2018 · 12 min

  152. Choosing Your Allies

    8 June 2018 · 16 min

  153. Duties of the World, Duties of the Dhamma

    7 June 2018 · 16 min

  154. Admirable Friendship

    6 June 2018 · 13 min

  155. Put the Body to Good Use

    5 June 2018 · 12 min

  156. Bad Stuff Happens

    4 June 2018 · 13 min

  157. Bless Yourself

    2 June 2018 · 14 min

  158. Let Pleasure & Pain Fall Off the Plow

    1 June 2018 · 11 min

  159. Patient Like Earth

    30 May 2018 · 15 min

  160. Conviction in Change

    29 May 2018 · 17 min

  161. Training the Mind to Train the Mind

    28 May 2018 · 17 min

  162. Judging Just Right

    21 May 2018 · 14 min

  163. Dispassion

    20 May 2018 · 11 min

  164. Becoming Capable of Happiness

    19 May 2018 · 13 min

  165. Damming & Diverting

    18 May 2018 · 14 min

  166. Use Your Imagination

    17 May 2018 · 14 min

  167. Karma & Rebirth: A Handful of Leaves

    15 May 2018 · 19 min

  168. Playing with the Breath

    14 May 2018 · 18 min

  169. Skills of Mindfulness, Skills of the Breath

    12 May 2018 · 14 min

  170. Seriously Happy

    11 May 2018 · 12 min

  171. True Friends Inside & Out

    10 May 2018 · 12 min

  172. Where Are You Going?

    9 May 2018 · 12 min

  173. An Infinite Perspective

    6 May 2018 · 11 min

  174. Ins & Outs of the Breath

    5 May 2018 · 23 min

  175. Exploring from Within

    28 April 2018 · 18 min

  176. Developing Perfections in an Imperfect World

    27 April 2018 · 20 min

  177. Broaden Your Repertoire

    19 April 2018 · 12 min

  178. Anupassana

    18 April 2018 · 18 min

  179. How Right Mindfulness Leads to Right Concentration

    16 April 2018 · 12 min

  180. Planting a Tree

    15 April 2018 · 10 min

  181. Knowledge, Verbal & Not

    13 April 2018 · 15 min

  182. The Karma of Narratives

    12 April 2018 · 13 min

  183. Factors for Stream Entry

    10 April 2018 · 14 min

  184. The Happiness & Suffering of Others

    9 April 2018 · 13 min

  185. Anumodana

    8 April 2018 · 10 min

  186. The World You Create (outdoors)

    8 April 2018 · 9 min

  187. Faith in Karma

    7 April 2018 · 17 min

  188. Changing Your Mind

    6 April 2018 · 15 min

  189. Knowledge over Fear

    4 April 2018 · 15 min

  190. Open Door Meditation

    3 April 2018 · 11 min

  191. Contentment vs. Initiative

    2 April 2018 · 15 min

  192. Character

    1 April 2018 · 10 min

  193. A Blameless Well-being

    31 March 2018 · 13 min

  194. Seven Facets of Discernment

    30 March 2018 · 13 min

  195. The Work of the World Is Never Done

    28 March 2018 · 14 min

  196. Mistakes

    27 March 2018 · 12 min

  197. Confidence & Conviction

    26 March 2018 · 10 min

  198. Be Prepared

    17 March 2018 · 13 min

  199. The Joy of Breathing

    16 March 2018 · 12 min

  200. Fabricating the Path

    15 March 2018 · 10 min

  201. Strategy

    14 March 2018 · 11 min

  202. For Your Good & the Good of Others

    13 March 2018 · 12 min

  203. Papañca

    12 March 2018 · 13 min

  204. A Well-thatched Roof

    10 March 2018 · 13 min

  205. Yes & No

    9 March 2018 · 13 min

  206. Illness Is Normal

    8 March 2018 · 12 min

  207. A Passion for the Path

    7 March 2018 · 9 min

  208. A Refuge in Meditation

    6 March 2018 · 15 min

  209. Aware of Your Own Mind

    5 March 2018 · 14 min

  210. All Three Functions of Mindfulness

    3 March 2018 · 16 min

  211. Death without Drama

    2 March 2018 · 12 min

  212. The Heightened Mind (Magha Puja)

    1 March 2018 · 13 min

  213. What’s Real

    28 February 2018 · 10 min

  214. Samvega First

    27 February 2018 · 11 min

  215. All Winners, No Losers

    3 February 2018 · 13 min

  216. Understanding Goodwill & Equanimity

    2 February 2018 · 12 min

  217. Just Right

    1 February 2018 · 10 min

  218. Fear of Death

    31 January 2018 · 13 min

  219. The Fabrication of Pain

    30 January 2018 · 15 min

  220. Hold on for All You’re Worth

    29 January 2018 · 17 min

  221. Right Heedfulness

    26 January 2018 · 12 min

  222. Refuge in the Dhamma

    25 January 2018 · 10 min

  223. Choiceful Awareness

    23 January 2018 · 12 min

  224. The Graduated Discourse

    22 January 2018 · 13 min

  225. Sorting Out Your Thinking

    21 January 2018 · 11 min

  226. From Goodwill to Purity

    14 January 2018 · 13 min

  227. Keeping Your Head

    12 January 2018 · 9 min

  228. Ardent with Respect for Concentration

    10 January 2018 · 13 min

  229. Happy to Be Here

    9 January 2018 · 16 min

  230. Poison Your Fantasies

    8 January 2018 · 14 min

  231. Skills for Living & Dying

    7 January 2018 · 15 min

  232. Subduing Greed & Distress

    6 January 2018 · 15 min

  233. Kindness in the Light of Karma

    5 January 2018 · 8 min

  234. Repaying Your Debts

    4 January 2018 · 8 min

  235. Fear of Missing Out

    3 January 2018 · 14 min

  236. Stepping Out of Truth Games

    1 January 2018 · 16 min