Ayyā Medhānandī
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Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
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- Save Your Life, Ayya Medhanandi · 17 minHow can we find true safety? Enter the silent stillness of the mind and listen. This intuitive knowing connects us to the heart. We leave the world behind and tap into an inner…
- Drop By Drop, Ayya Medhanandi · 36 minCan we dedicate every single moment to full awareness living? That’s what it takes to totally free the heart from suffering. Whether active with others or spending time alone…
- This is the Path – Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi · 18 minWe trust that entering the path of Dhamma practice will yield incomparable joy and peace enough to fully satiate the heart. We cannot demand it but we know if the path is to bear…
- Inner Splendor, Ayya Medhanandi · 18 minWhat is grace in this world? When noble qualities flower within us, that is grace. We come to know our true nature as we witness the pure mind's transcendent luminosity…
- Cicada Madness, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minWhile on retreat in the forest, an infestation of cicadas surrounded my meditation hut for weeks on end with intense, incessant screaming. Headphones offered no relief from the…
- Save Your Mind, Ayya Medhanandi · 28 minWhen we bear ill-will to anyone in life, it's a sign that there is some hatred being carried within. This is self-harming. It's like taking poison. Even worse, if we dwell in…
- The Purest Love of All, Ayya Medhanandi · 24 minCome out of the shadows. There, ego is silent. It has no say in our intuitive knowing of what we truly are. When universal truths come to light within us, we see all as…
- Come What May, Ayya Medhanandi · 18 minThe Dhamma path is one of blessings – for our own life and for the joy of other beings who also benefit. So we train ourselves to live ethically and kindly in our actions…
- Where Is Joy and Peace?, Ayya Medhanandi · 22 minBeyond the course conditions of the world, truly aware and present, we care for the mind – stopping and listening in the silence, moment by moment. Now, inwardly secluded from…
- Taking Care of Consciousness, Ayya Medhanandi · 20 minDo we have enough awareness to purify the mind? If we practise humility – not being kidnapped by self-obsession or distraction – if we live with restraint and focus, we come to…
- Joy, Ayya Anuruddha · 36 minHow do we experience the heart's uplift in the special qualities of joy that we can know and share in different ways during the journey of life? Do we see ourselves as inherently…
- The Cedar Loop Walk, Ayya Nimmala · 34 minWalking the cedar loop trail brings memories of those who have passed and are memorialized on the grounds of the monastery. While reflecting on their passing, inevitably we…
- An Ocean of Kindness, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minHow do we abide in peace? Let us develop awareness. Listen and try to be peaceful with all that arises in consciousness. Meditate, be present, attentive, and aware – here and…
- A Beautiful Knowing, Ayya Medhanandi · 24 minWe may think we are mindful, but it's good to look more carefully, with humility, and check. Are we actually present? Otherwise, who is living our life? Can we really sustain…
- Teach the Mind to Stay, Ayya Medhanandi · 21 minMeditation practice takes the courage and patience to pay close attention to your own experience. Look inward and dive into the heart beyond all mental fabrication to see with a…
- How Can I Wake Up?, Ayya Medhanandi · 28 minWith the Buddha as our guide, we walk a courageous path. See how the world burns from cruel and chaotic forces? At times we may feel that we are on sorrow mountain. But we…
- What We Are Is Timeless, Ayya Medhanandi · 20 minCan we trust the current of Dhamma to take us to the ocean? Not the vast ocean of samsara, but the ocean of compassion and wisdom which is far greater! What’s more, we can enter…
- Full Moon at Its Peak, Ayya Medhanandi · 22 minThe Buddha's universal antidote to suffering is activated in the heart. It works through pure undiluted awareness when we begin to taste a boundless peace – far from fear, worry…
- The Mystery, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minLife is a mystery. We don’t’ really know from where we come or where we are going. But as we reflect on this mystery, we can abide in gratitude - because it is a gift. Seeing…
- Contentment, Ayya Nimmala · 29 minContentment protects us from greed and ill will by riding the waves of life without getting too lost in the highs or swallowed up by the lows or wanting things to change. Again…
- Truth Works, Ayya Medhanandi · 26 minCan we feel Truth working through us in our human form? We all arise and pass within this tapestry of experience. And its spiritual tests appear as sufferings – yet they bestow…
- Trust Wisdom, Ayya Anuruddha · 28 minWe share our love of truth through receptivity to kindness. As we learn to trust others, we can trust ourselves to explore beyond the limitations of the thinking mind. When we…
- Crossing the Stream, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minCrossing the stream is knowing the way of true happiness and unshakeable peace. We have greater freedom from anxiety and we can walk peacefully in life with deeper understanding…
- The Way of Spiritual Power, Ayya Medhanandi · 30 minGoodwill and wisdom are great spiritual powers. As truth seekers and explorers, the silence of the mind is our wellspring for these and for insight, peace, and true refuge from…
- The Path of Love is Under Our Feet, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minWe long to know unconditional love. And yet we keep seeking it all around us instead of stopping to look within. At this very moment, we intimately, intuitively come to know our…
- With a Heart of Forgiveness, Ayya Medhanandi · 33 minWhen we remember to bring forth gratitude and restore peace, we can abide in a heart of forgiveness. There is so much goodness to know. Even if it feels impossible – we give…
- Opening the Heart, Ayya Medhanandi · 24 minThough we feel powerless to change the state of the world, we can change our own minds. We can open to peace here within us. Regardless of our vacillating moods or reactions…
- A Web of Mindfulness, Ayya Medhanandi · 17 minMy first teacher taught me: ‘All is One - There is nothing else.’ Seeing things in their true light, we can lose our fear. I learned this while watching giant golden spiders…
- If We Only Knew – Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minThe root of saraniya, reconciliation, is sarana, refuge. The silence in the heart is our most powerful refuge. And sati, mindfulness, is the mother of opening the heart and…
- Be Bread, Share Blessings, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minCan we 'be bread' for ourselves and those we meet who are hungry in spirit? Through the goodness of our practice, with the understanding gained in the silence of the heart, we…
- Not Giving Up But Waking Up, Ayya Medhanandi · 18 minBowing in the currents of life, we navigate with a generosity of attention and heart. Whatever happens, the sign of the Dhamma rises in us like a glowing sun. We receive it, know…
- Our Walk for Peace, Ayya Medhanandi · 21 minLike a mother, the Buddha walks us in the ways of the Dhamma, teaching us how to turn the mind to peace and true refuge. Our fear of fear can be disabling, but just to witness…
- Healing Inside Out, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minWhen the mind comes to quiet, truth rolls in. We plant seeds of wisdom that sprout naturally and the mind stops fabricating or wandering outwards. Staying centred and aware, we…
- Peace Without Borders, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minThe Buddha’s medicine is a universal gift for the mind. It helps us see what is apparent here and now, and it is timeless. By investigating the heart, we know the truth of what…
- Brave Lotus Rising – Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi · 29 minConsciousness plays a beautiful silent concerto in the mind's pure presence. Listening deeply, beyond the masks of the conditioned world that appears and disappears, without…
- Knowing Our True Nature, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minHow far we have strayed from knowing our true nature. So we exert vigorous present moment attention to train the mind. Aware, alert, and focused, we discard intrusive mental…
- Mind Like A Tamed Elephant, Ayya Medhanandi · 25 minThe Buddha says "delight in vigilance" – live an examined life: mindful, patient, ethical and reflective. We protect the mind while also investigating it and probing deeply. And…
- Without Pain, No Enlightenment, Ayya Medhanandi · 28 minWhen we suffer in body or mind, we are called to investigate pain and its causes – are we ill, threatened, injured, broken in spirit, or have we hurt someone else? Awareness of…
- Start Where You Are, Ayya Medhanandi · 19 minWhere is peace if not within us? The world may be on fire but we start where we are, guided by the Buddha himself. Just being with the breath, studying the law of impermanence…
- A Force for Peace, Ayya Medhanandi · 21 minThis is a realm of suffering and happiness. Greed, hatred, and delusion seem to be burning everywhere and we may feel helpless to control those fires. But there is one fire that…
- Living Peace Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi · 20 minThe path between the beginning of our pains and their ending is the Buddha's Middle Way. Rare in this world, it is worthy of our trust – through a subtle shift in perspective…
- Out of the Wilderness, Ayya Medhanandi · 22 minWe are blazing a trail out of the wilderness of ill-will, greed, and delusion in the world. It may feel as if we are walking a razor’s edge – at times bereft or lost – and we…
- Sheltering in Kindness, Ayya Anuruddha · 25 minBy nature, we are inclined to care for ourselves. Do we also wish to see others well and happy? Reflecting that we are all subject to the universal law of impermanence, so too…
- Setting Good Intentions – Then Life Happens, Ayya Nimmala · 25 minHow powerful, disarming, and distracting is the sense world where the mind is easily caught in desire, hate and delusion. Clinging we suffer. But sufferings spur us on to…
- Enter the Timeless – Guided Meditation, Ayya Medhanandi · 28 minWe are eager to know how to quiet the restless and anxious mind. But how will peace ever come in the face of life's struggles? Listen to that inner cry with present moment…
- Seeds of Awakening, Ayya Medhanandi · 23 minAs pure witness, we sail the inner sea in our own heart's silent awareness. Not plundering the mystery of this silence with concepts, we listen. Even in the midst of the noise of…
- Be Your Own Doctor, Ayya Medhanandi · 24 minWhen fear, anger, sorrow, or shame arise, the Buddha advises us: "Be your own doctor." See. Feel. Know the suffering within. To cherish the silence of the mind is to go beyond…
- Celebrate Goodness, Ayya Medhanandi · 22 minWe are ever concerned about what we eat and the condition of the body. Yet care for the mind brings spiritual health. It's a question of balance. Mind is the forerunner of all…
- Practise Disarmament, Ayya Medhanandi · 21 minCompassion is the benevolent sister of harmlessness. Caring for ourselves, we care for each other – just as caring for each other, we care for ourselves. But how shall we live…
- Seeking Buddha Every Moment, Ayya Medhanandi · 21 minTo understand suffering is to know the way out of suffering in our life. So, we trust the perfectly enlightened Buddha – most noble friend and guide to the heart's awakening…
