November Dhamma sharing
I'm well and hope that you are also well in every way. I'm experiencing a profound sense of homecoming nowadays, as I am staying on with...
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Ayya Brahmavara
brahmavara
- Oct 30
- 2 min
October News
We are told of heavenly messengers or, in Pali, Devaduta They are sickness, ageing and death. They remind us of the truth of our fragile...
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brahmavara
- Sep 25
- 1 min
September news
Dear Friends, Warm greetings and good wishes to you from early autumn breezes, reddening maple leaves, cloudy skies and chill morning air...
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brahmavara
- Sep 22
- 1 min
The Monkey Mind
Looking at SN 12.61 where the Buddha encourages us to let go of our attachment to mind as well as body, as we recognise it's fleeting...
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brahmavara
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Monk Chat
Dhamma conversation with an assortment of great questions from the Empty Cloud online community
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brahmavara
- Sep 17
- 1 min
How to consider the four foods
A careful look at this powerful teaching of the Buddha, A Child's Flesh, Samyutta Nikaya SN12.63.
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brahmavara
- Sep 13
- 1 min
Why Are We Here?
A teaching from the Buddha on the reasons we find ourselves in this situation . . . causes and solutions.
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brahmavara
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Dear Friends,
Thank you for subscribing to my website and/or supporting my life as a bhikkhuni. I am in the midst of the Vassa, or annual three months'...
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brahmavara
- Aug 23
- 1 min
A whole host of Dhamma questions
Monk Chat at Empty Cloud monastery is an invitation for all those random Dhamma questions that may pop up to be answered. Here's Bhante...
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brahmavara
- Aug 12
- 1 min
Monk Chat from Empty Cloud
A far ranging discussion on Dhamma with Ayya Soma and Samanera Vaddha with thanks to all the great Dhamma questions from our lay friends
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brahmavara
- Jul 20
- 1 min
An Unusual Interaction
between the Buddha and the spirit Alavika A heartfelt enquiry into the ways in which we suffer and how to live a happy life
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brahmavara
- Jul 18
- 1 min
The Good News of Thai bhikkhunis
With thanks to Venerable Ayya Khemavamsi
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brahmavara
- Jul 16
- 1 min
A Conversation about Samadhi
Sharing of experience of Samadhi practice with fellow samanas Ayya Sudhasso and Ayya Khemavamsi
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brahmavara
- Jul 12
- 1 min
The Many Forms of Conceit
A conversation on Mána with Ayya Khemavamsi Bhikkhuni
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brahmavara
- Jul 7
- 1 min
Back to the monastery
Settling in at Empty Cloud monastery, it's a joy to see Ayyas Suvijjana and Soma along with Bhantes Suddhaso and Mettiko again. I have...
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brahmavara
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Auspicious time
As I travel to the US and Empty Cloud monastery today, I am feeling the blessings of this auspicious time . . . First European bhikkhuni...
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brahmavara
- Jun 17
- 1 min
The Origin
There is a Camino called A Orixe, which starts on the far west coast of Spain. It is the pilgrimage route that follows the journey of the...
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brahmavara
- Jun 11
- 2 min
The Santiago Phenomenon
Arriving at Santiago de Compostela on Friday, a steady stream of pilgrims, most super fit but also some strapped ankles, knees, limping...
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brahmavara
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Sacred Spaces
So many sacred places on the Camino, which is really a path from church to church . . . to shrine, to hermitage, cathedral, monastery . ....
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