Category Archives: Audio

A Buddhist Holiday Carol

Every year about this time, we like to post what has to be one of the few Buddhist Christmas carols out there. This is one by Bhante Yogavacara Rahula, a Theravadan Buddhist monk. Born 1948 in Southern California as Scott … Continue reading

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DHAMMA TALK: Making meditation one’s livelihood

DhammaTalk Bhante Jayasara, a Theravadan Buddhist monk from the Bhavana Society in High View, W.Va., gives a Dhamma talk on “making meditation part of one’s livelihood.” The talk was part of a day retreat on May 27, 2017, at the … Continue reading

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Bhante Jayasara talk on Mindfulness

DhammaTalk Bhante Jayasara, a Theravadan monk from the Bhavana Society in High View, W.Va., gives a talk on mindfulness in daily living at Unity of Kanawha Valley in Charleston, W.Va., on May 26, 2017, as part of a visit sponsored … Continue reading

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Bhante Rahula to visit Charleston and Huntington, W.Va. Oct. 13-14-15, 2016

The Meditation Circle of Charleston (WV) is pleased to host a visit to Charleston and Huntington, W.Va., by the globe-trotting American-born Buddhist monk Bhante Yogavacara Rahula. (‘Bhante’ — BON-tay — is an honorific akin to ‘Reverand.’) Below is our tentative … Continue reading

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On desire and greed

This is a good talk and discussion by Gil Fronsdal from one of his Dharma Practice Day Discussions on Ethics: The Causes and Consequences of Desire and Greed: http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/4717.html

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“There’s a Light”

This is a bit off the beaten path for the usual kind of post here. But this is a music video much in spirit of meditation practice, in which we seek to awaken to all the light that’s already there … Continue reading

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Striking the bell of mindfulness

Sister Dang Nhiem is a nun at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, CA. She practices Zen Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Sister D demonstrastes the proper way to invite the sound of the bell. Continue reading

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Metta Meditation Talk, 2

……………………………………………………….. LISTEN | Guided Meditation | Bhante Sujato | Part 2 The Meditation Circle has been listening to a series of talks on meditation by the Australian monk Bhante Sujato. of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney in Australia. The … Continue reading

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Metta Meditation Talk, No. 1

Listen to Bhante Sujato on types of Buddhist meditation practices. Starting this month, the Meditation Circle of Charleston has begun to listen to a wonderful series of talks on meditation by Bhante Sujato, of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney … Continue reading

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