Dhamma Talks

• General talks
• Buddhist ABC

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Ajahn Kalyano's talks draw on his experience as a psychologist and physiotherapist as well as his meditation, emphasising the importance of investigating the relationship between the mind and the body in the search for happiness and liberation.

Please keep in mind that the teachings here were delivered to a particular group and/or individual and some of it may not apply to every listener.

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Amaravati Retreat 2019

Returning to the body	Establishing mindfulness
Finding balance in the midst of the hindrances	Pain
Dhamma talk - You are not the body	Dhamma talk - Getting back to the real
Exploring feelings	Standing meditation instructions
Q&A	Dhamma talk - The 3rd foundation of mindfulness
Short reflection - Buddhist anonymous	The rock pool
Dealing with difficulties	Q&A 2
Short reflection - Finding a refuge	Short Reflection - The flow of life

Lokuttara Vihara Summer Retreat 2017

Touching the earth	Perception and thought
Turning disaster	Cutting the root of suffering
Q&A	Q&A 2

Lokuttara talks​

Mindfulness, Wisdom and Strictness	Dhammacakkappavattana sutta and renunciation
Spiritual values and the ecological crisis	...

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery - Assorted talks

​Wisdom and samadhi	Wisdom and samadhi - Q & A
​Mindfulness - a little victory to peace	Four foundations of mindfulness
Stilling the mind around the body	​Fear, compassion and insight - ageing mindfully seminar Ajahn Kalyano and Joseph Kappel
Learning the nature of the mind	Stories of the body
​Why celibacy?	​Why celibacy? - Q & A
Neither eternalism nor materialism	x

Amaravati weekend retreat 2011

Opening talk	Awareness in daily routines
Sitting and walking	Moving while sitting
Awareness from breath to body	A spacious mind
Metta meditation	Letting go

To die so that we do not die - Amaravati retreat 2014

Introduction (Intro & guided meditation)	Standing meditation (Guided meditation)
Posture and walking (Guided meditation)	Elements in the mouth (Guided meditation)
Penguins (Talk)	Standing body (Guided meditation)
Guided meditation (Guided Meditation)	Learn to shine inside pt. 1 (instruction)
Learn to shine inside pt. 2 (Instruction)	Piling up bricks (Instruction)
Luang Por Liem (Talk)	Space (Instruction)
A faint sense of space (Instruction)	Investigation or calm (Q&A)
Moving stillness pt. 1 (Qi gong)	Moving stillness pt. 2 (Qi gong)
Opening up (Qi gong)	From pain body to body of light (Q&A)
Pizza in Bangkok (Instruction)	Investigation enjoyment (Instruction)
Sweeping body (Qi gong)	Reading of Ajahn Chah (Reading)
Stabilizing brightness (Talk)	Metta for Ted (Brief intro)
Views, body and other questions (Talk)	Lion pose (instruction)
Dying before you die (Guided meditation)	Stories from the hospital (Talk, guided meditation & instructions)
No regrets (Talk)	Readings of sharings from the retreat (Reading)

 Amaravati 10 day retreat 2015

Kamma hangover (Guided meditation and talk)	Samadhi framework and walking meditation (Guided meditation, instructions)
The art of sitting (Talk, Q&A and posture)	Head in space, feet on the ground (Guided meditation & Qi gong)
The escape from kamma (Guided meditation)	All you need to know (Q&A & talk)
Elements - A rock pool in your body (Guided meditation)	Is body sweeping the same as body contemplation? (Q&A)
Metta, asubha, god and walking again (Q&A & talk)	Our favourite hindrances (Talk)
Feeling the second foundation (Guided meditation)	Take a crap life into samadhi (Story & commentary)
Surrender to Dhamma (Talk & Q&A)	Perfect attention (Talk)
Moving when there is pain (Talk)	Elephant body in a river (Reflection)
Find a sanctuary in your finger (Q&A & talk)	Living life in the slow lane (Q&A & talk)
The body as a field of awareness (Talk)	Kamma and Dhamma in a day (Reflection)
From psychic phenomena to loneliness (Q&A & Talk)	Recognising good and bad kamma and finding the perfect response (Reflection)
From hangover to Re-evaluation (Q&A & talk)	What is it really like (Reflection)
Seclusion, busy life and eight precepts (Q&A & talk)	Love for the present moment (Talk)
Finishing ceremony	.

An ABC of BUDDHISM

These short talks cover different aspects of Buddhist life and practice. They progress from folder A for beginners through to folder E for more experienced Dhamma-farers.

Some of these talks are available in printed and digital format in the books "The Thread" and "Traces".

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A

A Buddhist attitude	Skillfully seeking happiness
Listening	Staying at the heart
Anxiety	The hindrances
Being a Buddhist	Being positive
The shrine	Wisely positive
Both noble paths	Bringing it into the present
Buddhist angels	Buddhist therapy
Deep and broad practice	Free will
How much samadhi	Is the present perfect
Mindfulness as giving	Promoting concentration
Really knowing	Seeing is believing
Spiritual convention	Spiritual feelings

B

Direct knowledge	Anapanasati
Mystical or psychological	Body awareness
Respect and authority	Bringing it all together
Right mindfulness	Buddhist society
The brahmaviharas	Buddho
The elements	Craving and food
The enlightenment debate pt. 1	The enlightenment debate pt. 2
Deduction and induction	Faith
The goldsmith	Hardships and letting go
The place of thinking	Healing hands
The quality of metta	White magic

C

Same system different master	The automatic pilot
Balance	Sangha
Not the body	Spontaneous compassion
Radical mindfulness	.

D

Anger	Restlessness
Chanting	Study
Desire	The Ajahn Chah tradition
Doubt	The serenity prayer
Merit	Torpor
Pain	Ultimately
Qualities of Dhamma	.

E

Detachment as wisdom and compassion together	Detachment is nibbana
Waking up pt. 1	Waking up pt. 2
Living a detached life pt. 1	Living a detached life pt. 2
Western Karma	.