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Ayya Santussika's Dharma Talks
Ayya Santussika
Ayya Santussika, in residence at Karuna Buddhist Vihara (Compassion Monastery), spent five years as an anagarika (eight-precept nun), then ordained as a samaneri (ten-precept nun) in 2010 and as a bhikkhuni (311 rules) in 2012 at Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles.
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2025-06-07 Nibbana Biofuel: The Causes for Awakening 41:24
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"It's like when the heavens rain heavily downhill to fill the hollows ... they fill the ocean," starting with the factor of associating with noble people, factors are fulfilled all the way to Nibbana. AN 10.62 Craving
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga
2025-06-07 Guided Tour of the 5 Hindrances and 7 Awakening Factors 42:27
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After establishing mindfulness and scanning through the body, this guided meditation addresses the 5 hindrances and describes a natural progression through the 7 Factors of Awakening.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga
2025-06-07 Water for Arahant Soup 32:44
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"A mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics, acquiring great and abundant good qualities." This reflection points out several ways that virtue supports us in our practice, as the "water for arahant soup".
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga
2025-06-06 Vital Conditions for Developing the Awakening Factors 18:42
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Beginning this two week retreat with the encouraging words of the Buddha from two discourses: SN 46.1 The Himalaya and AN 9.1 Awakening.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga
2025-06-04 Closing Guided Meditation and Dhamma Talk (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 1:30:43
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with Ayya Cittananda, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Santussika
Guided meditation relating to the planet and our place on it, followed by a Dhamma Talk on the instructions given to Ven. Mahapajapati by the Buddha as encouragement for continuing practice in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Disentangling the Tangle: Finding Freedom in Relationship with Ourselves, Others, and the World
2025-06-02 Mindfulness of Breathing: Body, Feelings, Mind and Dhamma (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:26
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A gentle guide through all the steps with a focus on Dhamma reflection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Disentangling the Tangle: Finding Freedom in Relationship with Ourselves, Others, and the World
2025-05-31 Untangling the Innter Tangle: Relationship with Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:18
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Based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, this talk explores our relationship with the body, feelings, mind and Dhamma - to untangle the tangle of suffering.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Disentangling the Tangle: Finding Freedom in Relationship with Ourselves, Others, and the World
2025-05-17 Thinking: When It's Helpful, When It's Harmful 64:12
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2025-05-10 East Bay Dhamma -- Dhammapada Verses 44-59 3:18:40
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Karuna Buddhist Vihara
2025-05-10 If You See Something Say Something: Skillful Praise and Criticism | Ayya Santussikā 57:13
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This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on May 10, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 27:41 - Q&A
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

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