Resources – Theravada Buddhist Community

Resources

On our Resources page you’ll find audio recordings of dhamma talks from past retreats, links to other sites hosting dhamma talks, a list of selected writings in this tradition, links to some of TBC’s friends’ sites, and the guided meditations we use on sometimes on Sundays.

Sunday Morning Dhamma Talks

These are some of the talks chosen by our Facilitators at our Sunday meetings.

August 16, 2020: Misunderstanding of Metta Practice — Bhante Gunaratana

August 9, 2020. Day of Mindfulness with Venerable Khemako

Four talks and instructions from Venerable Khemako given during the Day of Mindfulness on August 9, 2020.

Guided Body Scan Meditation

Walking Meditation Instruction

Fear Types, Greed Types, Delusion Types, and grasping at happiness.

Questions and Answers: Is pursuing the monastic life a form of grasping; suggestions for suttas to begin reading; the end of suffering as the motivation for practice; walking meditation postures.

August 2, 2020: This is the Way to Immortality — Ajahn Sumedho

July 26, 2020. Dhamma Talk with Venerable Khemako

A dhamma talk and Q&A from Venerable Khemako: The Internal Theatre and the Four Noble Truths. Questions and Answers: Suffering when thought is not a factor; the Buddha’s teaching on looking outwards and addressing social issues.

July 19, 2020: The Lens You Look Through — Ajahn Punnadhammo

“When we are trying to understand the Buddha’s teaching, one of the difficulties we face is the inevitability of viewing the teachings through the lens of our own background — our cultural matrix.”

July 12, 2020. Day of Mindfulness with Ajahn Viradhammo

Five talks from Ajahn Viradhammo given during the Day of Mindfulness with TBC on July 12, 2020.

Awareness with the way things are.

Instructions for walking and lying down meditations.

Having refuge in knowing.

Dhamma Talk: Believing in perceptions versus trusting in awareness.

Questions and Answers: Body sweeping practice; mindfulness/awareness/consciousness/knowing; working with goals; teaching on parenting; maintaining mindfulness on daily walks; experiencing peace during meditation; availability and waiting.

July 5, 2020: Here and Now – Technology of the Happy Blissful Heart — Ajahn Sumedho

June 28, 2020: Bowing On Two Knees: Covid, Compassion, and Nonviolence — Ayya Medhanandi

2020-06-05 Bowing On Two Knees: Covid, Compassion, and Nonviolence 19:27
In this Covid pandemic, we are living through a pandemic of moral decay and heightened fear in the disintegration of so much that has felt secure and stable. Seeing how we are not in control, we choose the Buddha’s way. We care both for ourselves and others morally and spiritually, and as we grow in equanimity, we near the very cusp of awakening.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

June 21, 2020. Words of Awakening – Ayya Anandabodhi

This is an excerpt from a talk given during a retreat on Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhists Nuns in June 2020.

The full talk, along with others from the retreat, can be found here on the Dharma Seed website.

The collection of poems Ayya refers to is “The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns”, by Matty Weingast.

Below is the Bikkhuni Lineage Chant from the retreat.

June 14, 2020. Awareness, Understanding Desire, and Wanting — Luang Por Vīradhammo

Teachings from Retreats and Other Events

These are audio and video recordings of dhamma talks given by monastics to TBC retreats or Sunday morning meditation sessions.

Most Recent Talks

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Talks by Ajahn Candasiri

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Talks by Ajahn Viradhammo

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Talks by Ayya Medhanandhi

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Talks by Ayya Nimmala

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Talks by Venerable Atulo

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Talks by Venerable Khemakho

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Books

Here are some of our favourite writings.

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Dhamma Talk Collections

A selection of web sites where you can find audio talks by teachers in this tradition.

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Tisarana Buddhist Monastery

Talks given by Ajahn Viradhammo at the Tisarana Monastery outside of Perth, Ontario.

Sati Saraniya Hermitage

Talks and writings by Ayya Medhanandi at the Sati Saraniya Hermitage, also outside of Perth, Ontario.

The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah

As read by Ajahn Amaro.

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

Access all of the audio and text teachings from this monastery.

Birken Forest Monastery

A huge assortment of talks (more than 4,500 at present), organized by monastic or by collection.

Dharma Seed

A collection of talks and meditations in the Insight Meditation tradition.

Forest Sangha Audio Collection

Teachings by many of the monastics in the Thai Forest Tradition under Ajahn Chah.

Lectures by Venerable Bikkhu Bodhi

Includes lectures on his book “In the Buddha’s Words”.

Friends of TBC

These are some of the other communities we are friends with.

Community

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Tisarana Monastery

Tisarana Monastery, near Perth in Eastern Ontario, is in the Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Viradhammo, a Canadian, is the abbot. Guests are welcome, but register your visit first. The surrounding countryside is beautiful.

Sati Saraniya Hermitage

Sati Saraniya Hermitage, not far from Tisarana, is a rural monastic residence for bhikkhunis — fully-ordained women — in the Forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Visits are welcomed, but contact them first.

Satipañña Insight Meditation Toronto

Satipañña meets every Tuesday evening at 7pm at Quaker House, 60 Lowther Avenue in Toronto. Come early to secure your seat. The program is geared to those committed to beginners and experienced meditators.

Buddhist Place

Buddhist Place serving Peterborough and the Kawarthas meets for practice on Wednesday evenings.

Ottawa Buddhist Society

Ottawa Buddhist Society serves Theravada Buddhists of all backgrounds in and around Ottawa, Canada’s Capital.

True North Insight

True North Insight offers insight meditation retreats and courses in English and French.

Dharma Friends

Dharma Friends supports meditation practice in Toronto’s LGBT community, based in diverse Buddhist philosophies and meditation practices.

Waterloo River Dharma Centre

Waterloo River Dharma Centre offers weekly meditation groups, beginner’s courses, workshops, retreats, evening and Sunday sittings, visiting Dharma teachers, resource library.