Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Courage, Compassion, Resilience
We are paying tribute to five members of a Sri Lankan family and their dear friend who all perished in a brutal attack in their Ottawa home on March 6, 2024. They were Darshani Ekanayake, her four young children: Inuka aged 7, Ashwini 4,…
Taming of the Shrewd
https://files.satisaraniya.ca/audio/talks/2024/Ayya_Medhanandi_Taming_of_the_Shrewd_2024.mp3Download Audio File My personal identity was dismantled on the full moon of March, 1988. That was the day I donned the robes of a Buddhist alms-mendicant nun. I’d been practising intensive meditation at the Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma)…
Truly Ascend
I have walked and lived in mountain ranges the world over – the Himalayas, the Andes, the Alps, the Picos de Europa, mountains in the Azores, South Asia, and North America. But not until I stayed in a tall building for a few months…
A Hidden Way to Freedom
Have you ever tried chanting to learn its hidden powers as a channel for disarming obsessive thought, calming the mind, and preparing the ground for Nibbana to arise? From ancient times, sacred chants have invoked higher energies, adorned rituals, and expressed faith, homage, healing…
A Global Mettā Vigil for Myanmar, Ukraine, Sri Lanka & All the World
Please join us for a global Mettā Vigil – Saturday May 21, in Asia – Sunday May 22 Ayyā Medhānandī will lead this Vesak month’s Mettā Vigil. This broadcast is sponsored by Mettā4Myanmar – the 5th of 12 vigils being offered in 2022. We…
After A Millenium – Venerable Kusuma Bhikkhuni
On Aug. 28th, 2021, Venerable Dr. Bhikkhuni Kusuma Mahatheri passed away peacefully in Sri Lanka. She was 92. Her doctors marvelled to witness such a peaceful death. We marvel at the gifts of her life. Venerable Kusuma Bhikkhuni was internationally respected as a Buddhist…
Fearless in the Good
A reflection from Ayyā Nimmalā: More than two and a half millenia ago, in ancient India, one of the Buddha’s royal supporters, King Pasenadi of Kosala, was fortunate enough to be given a teaching using a powerful simile to remind him of the…
No Goodness Is Ever Lost
A reflection from Ajahn Jayasāro: For most people, reaching the end of their life, breathing becomes laboured. Meditation on the breath, even for experienced meditators becomes difficult. At this crucial time, with death approaching, the meditations that are most practical are those that use…
Four Kinds of People
While reading the news of current world events, I am reminded of one of the Buddha’s teachings on different kinds of people in the world. On a certain occasion the Buddha said, “There are four kinds of people found existing in the world. What…
Where Is Sanctuary?
Nearly nine billion circling This realm of disease Decay and death We all perish one day And the end comes Unannounced Where is sanctuary? I tell you – Everything is ownerless Everywhere crumbling Ready to be wrenched away At any moment Just like this…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54