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The Aloka Vihara sisters are a community of bhikkhunis (fully-ordained nuns) and samaneris (novices) dedicated to practicing the Buddha’s teaching in the style of the Theravada Forest Tradition. Their practice emphasizes simplicity, renunciation, service and an orientation towards learning from the…

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    • Apr 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Gradual Transformation of the Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 16:25


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Attuning to the Nature of Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 26:20


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on death and grieving.

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Better than, worse than, equal to...?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 25:19


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on self, not-self, and interbeing.

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Making Space for Transformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 21:20


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) The practice of giving, ethics, and meditation can undo the confusing experience of being a separate individual person, as we attune more fully to the nature of the way things are.

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Softening and Opening

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 25:48


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Ayya Anandabodhi reflects on applying the Four Noble Truths while caring for her elderly mother. The mention of "surrender" in this talk refers to putting one's hands in the air in a surrender position as a response to noticing one is getting contracted or holding on to a position or a view.

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflections on Anatta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 20:08


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    Ayya Santacitta: Dharma the Supreme Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 52:50


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation for San Francisco Dharma Collective

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Final Day Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 21:33


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    Ayya Santacitta: Upekkha ~ a blessing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 43:56


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Make the dark night shine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 31:43


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflections on anatta

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    Ayya Santacitta: Even the most sublime state of mind comes to an end

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 37:03


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: The important work for cultivating the mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 40:37


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation on earth element, unsatifactoriness, compassion & impermanence

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    Ayya Santacitta: The important work of cultivating the mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2022 40:37


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation on earth element, unsatifactoriness, compassion & impermanence

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    Ayya Santacitta: The Four Brahmavihara & Anicca

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 42:58


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflections on Impermanence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 18:06


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    Ayya Santacitta: Our bodies are sacred land ~ Elements & Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 43:24


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Talk & Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Asubha ~ Permeates our assumptions & opens them up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 41:18


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Turning upright what had been turned upside down

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 21:20


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    Ayya Santacitta: Taking your seat, relaxing & allowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 44:47


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Realization & Actualization = Resilienz or the Capacity to Stay in Relationship with our Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 55:26


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Talk & Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: The Six Elements & Emergent Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 29:55


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Rejoicing in Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 24:26


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    Ayya Santacitta: What I Learned from Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 33:23


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    Ayya Santacitta: Die Sieben Erwachungsfaktoren

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 30:24


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Sutta-Erkundungen

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    Ayya Santacitta & Ayya Sabbamitta: 'Unwissenheit' AN 10.61

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 71:36


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Lesung, Diskussion & geführte Meditation

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    Ayya Santacitta: Die fünf Fähigkeiten (indriya) & Leerheit

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 54:44


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

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    Ayya Santacitta: Abschluss der Reise in die 37 Qualitäten, die das Erwachen beflügeln

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 18:55


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    Ayya Santacitta: Die fünf Indriya & Karuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 30:28


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

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    Ayya Santacitta: Die 10 Fesseln oder Geistestrübungen stufenweise entfernen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 21:11


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    Ayya Santacitta: Samadhi als Erwachungsfaktor & Metta/Karuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 34:22


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

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    Ayya Santacitta: Samadhi eröffnet Einsicht ~ Rechte Sammlung

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 21:18


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    Ayya Santacitta: Die sieben Erwachungsfaktoren ~ Vertiefen & Erweitern von Erfahrung

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 31:24


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

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    Ayya Santacitta: Das Dharma antwortet uns durch Lebensumstände ~ Rechte Bemühung & Rechte Achtsamkeit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 35:00


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    Ayya Santacitta: First Vipallasa

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 57:54


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Seeing what is impermanent (anicca) as permanent (nicca).

    Ayya Santacitta: Temporäre Befreiung des Geistes durch Mitgefühl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 44:19


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

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    Ayya Santacitta: Eine Einladung unser Leben zu untersuchen ~ Rechtes Handeln & Rechter Lebenserwerb

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 26:54


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation Day Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 44:20


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 20:59


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Kamma and the Four Right Efforts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 43:32


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    Ayya Santacitta: A Different Perception of Disturbances ~ Face It Full On!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 58:37


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Afternoon Guided Meditation Day Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 44:29


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Morning Reflection Day Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 18:12


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: The Sparkle of Impermanence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 32:56


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation - Cultivating Presence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 44:14


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    Ayya Santacitta: Do i Want to Grasp or Do i Want to Understand?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 58:50


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Elements of the Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 35:09


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Guided Meditation Afternoon Day Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 42:39


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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Move Towards Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 20:40


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    Ayya Santacitta: Really Being Here for this Collective Rite of Passage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 57:31


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Reflection & Guided Meditation

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    Ayya Anandabodhi: Elements of the Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 35:09


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    Ayya Santacitta: Connection, Compassion & Blessings

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 28:05


    (Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Guided Meditation | Blaisantkerk, Gent

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