Ayya Santacitta: A Grounded Knowing

Ayya Santacitta: A Grounded Knowing

Author: dharmaseed.org April 4, 2026 Duration: 46:25
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 212

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Podcast Episodes
Ayya Anandabodhi: Widening Our Perspective [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:24
(Parayana Vihara) A Dhamma perspective on how we got to where we are right now in the world, and how we might use the Brahma Viharas to meet these times with greater skill.
Keri Pederson: I Pledge Allegiance To Some Sanity [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:32
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on the Paramis (Particularly Dana and Sila) as essential capacities for awakening as well as relating skillfully to oneself and thw world (AKA 'This Life') This t…
Nathan Glyde: Practice of a Lifetime [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:38
(Gaia House) A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the theme of a practice worthy of our lifetimes on this wide and wonderful Middle Way. How can we practice intentionally in relationship to…