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Kittisaro's Dharma Talks
Kittisaro
Kittisaro, from Tennessee, a Rhodes Scholar and a Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years including 15 years as a Theravada monk in the Forest School of Ajahn Chah. He is also a practitioner of Pure Land and Chan Buddhism. He is co-founder, with Thanissara of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in South Africa and has completed two year long retreats. Kittisaro currently lives in the North Bay, California, teaches at IMS and Spirit Rock, and is co-author of Listening to the Heart, A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism. He lives in the North Bay CA, and is on the Teacher Council at Spirit Rock, and is a core teacher at IMS.
2009-06-09 The Second Arrow 41:31
Gaia House Wings of Awakening
2009-06-07 Breaking the Spell 50:46
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening
2009-06-07 Breaking the Spell 50:46
Gaia House Wings of Awakening
2009-06-07 An Easeful Abiding - Samadhi and the Jhana Factors 1:24
Gaia House Wings of Awakening
2009-06-05 The Wings of Awakening 69:21
From Practice of Dhamma to Being Dhamma
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening
2009-06-05 From Practice of Dharma to Being Dharma 69:21
Gaia House Wings of Awakening
2009-02-03 Pure Consciousness 35:34
The Shurangama Sutra, Matangi’s daughter & Ananda’s enlightement Sky Like Mind Those who delight in mental proliferation (papanca) never know Nibbana The end of birth and death Apartheid of the mind Nisagardatta’s method What Remains - What doesn’t move
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat
2009-02-02 Ekayana - The Way to One 46:45
All practices converge in mindfulness, all practices emerge from mindfulness - mindfulness is the royal way to the One
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat
2009-01-31 The Empty Bell 37:07
The chipmunk, the donkey and the dew drops Aspiration, despair, depression & Ajahn Chah’s encouragement Suffering for the sake of ending suffering Touching obstructions patience & kindness Giving credit for practice already done & the highest merit Like an empty bell
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat
2009-01-31 Change of Lineage 44:43
Direct knowing of emptiness Between existence and nihilism Emptiness isn’t empty, wonderful existence doesn’t exist Grasping & papanca is the root of birth and death Surface & depth of ocean is all water Change of lineage from reliance on papanca to pure knowing Angulimala and original hua t’ou – STOP
Dharmagiri Original Brightness Retreat

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