Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Sacred Heart: First Inside the Temple
Within us we have a sacred space that we need to reclaim – the very space inside the heart. Here the Four Noble Truths come to life. Know our suffering, not blaming anyone or any conditions for it, see its origin within us, and…
First Aid
To free us from our relentless conceptualising and the suffering that comes of it, the Buddha has thrown us a lifeline. We can grab hold of it by continually using the perspective that “this is impermanent”, and thereby we can pull ourselves to safety….
Nothing There: Beyond the Prison of ‘Self’
The Fourth Insight known as udayabbaya ñāņa arises bestowing six qualities of upekkha , equanimity, as well as intimate knowledge of anicca, impermanence, through seeing the arising and disappearance of all conditioned things – most importantly, the emptiness of ‘self’. A talk given at…
Crossing Boundaries: Ayyā Medhānandī & St. Thérèse de Lisieux
An interview in 2005 with Ayya Medhanandi about how a young Cistercian monastic who lived more than a century ago, St.Thérèse of Lisieux, blesses the life of a 21st century Buddhist nun:
Fearlessness
Ayya Medhanandi’s talk on Fearlessness at the 6th Street Community Center, East Village, sponsored by Buddhist Insights, NY 2018:
Fearlessness
Ayya Medhanandi’s talk on Fearlessness at the 6th Street Community Center, East Village, sponsored by Buddhist Insights, NY 2018:
The Dhamma of Snow
The Dhamma of Snow describes a winter snow melt episode and the enthralling insight into how melting delusions give way to Truth.
Le Dharma de la Neige
Published in Regard Bouddhiste magazine, May 2016 (reprinted with permission), this French version of Ayyā Medhānandī’s article The Dhamma of Snow describes a winter snow melt episode and the enthralling insight into how melting delusions give way to Truth. Click here to access the…
Inner Disarmament
A talk about overcoming fear as a way to true peace; on the occasion of the 10th Global Conference on Buddhism, Neuroscience and Mental Health, June, 2017, Toronto Museum of Science.
Désarmement Intérieur
The French translation of Ayyā Medhānandī’s talk, Inner Disarmament, about overcoming fear as a way to true peace; on the occasion of the 10th Global Conference on Buddhism, Neuroscience and Mental Health, June, 2017, Toronto Museum of Science.
~ Dhammapada Verse 54