Sumedharama Buddhist Monastery Podcast
Welcome to our podcast. Here you can find Dhamma talks, Chanting, Reflections and Meditation offered by senior Buddhist monks and nuns in the Theravada Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah. The purpose Sumedharama monastery is to provide a simple and peaceful place of practice for monastics and whose shared intention is the realization of Nibbana, release from all suffering. The Monastery is located near the town of Ericeira in Portugal. You can learn more about our monastery and our Sangha at Sumedharama.pt
Reteat Casa do Oeste day 2 pt 2— Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-12-01
Chant metta sahagatena,
Q&A-Asuba, WHO, Bahiya, Fetters, Paramitas, Dana to relinquish insufficiency, Khanti, Not sure, Live with uncertainty
Q&A-Giving attention to the heart, 10 Reflections, Closing, Chant metta sahagatena
Reteat Casa do Oeste day 2 pt 1 — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-12-01
Meditation instructions & exercise- Counting breathing, Remembering chants, Stay with attention, Sewing, Visualization of a body, Well-wishing, Anapanasati
Reteat at Casa do Oeste day 1 pt 2 — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-11-30
Evening talk,
Chant metta sahagatena, Q&A-mudita, Aspiration, Roads to Success, Brahmviharas, 5 Casualties, Generate virtues, Notice what's not, Walking GM, Chant metta sahagatena & sit
Reteat at Casa do Oeste day 1 pt 1 — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-11-30
Morning talk and Walking meditation instructions.
Causality, The Noble Eightfold Path in detail,
Mahasatipattana Sutta
Nibbana, What Arahants Know — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-06-25
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-06-25 by Ajahn Vajiro at NDR Singapore. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Kathina Ceremony Talk — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-10-20
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-10-20 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
What to Do? — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-03-28
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-03-28 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
A Place of Non-Abiding — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-02
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-05-02 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. Contemplation of death is always a theme that is uplifting for me. However for my ageing parents, talking about death is a big taboo. I don't know how to help them with this reflection, especially when I think it will be of great value for them to reflect on this.
2. Thank you so much. Do you think this perspective on the future might have help...
Knowing the Unknown — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-16
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-05-16 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. "Don't take your life personally".. i don't know how Not to do this, can Ajahn please explain more? Thank you.
2. How to practise acceptance?
3. How to do what is wholesome and not what is desired? How to win this fight?
Retreat in Singapore-pt.2 — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-24
A session given by Ajahn Vajiro on 2025-05-24 on a retreat in Singapore.
Topics discussed:Q&A-harsh speech, autistic, anger, mudita, repay parents, the Buddha, sharing merits, openness, sexual drive, fantasy
Retreat in Singapore- Q&A and Guided Meditation — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-24
A Q&A session and a guided meditation session given by Ajahn Vajiro on 2025-05-24 on a retreat in Singapore.
Topics discussed:Q&A-chants & sutta resources, killing ants, bless house, GM & quiet sit, bless life & sharing blessings, chanting
Retreat in Singapore pt1 — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-24
A recorded session given on 2025-05-24 on a retreat in Singapore.
Topics discussed:
Happiness creation, Origin to escape, Yoniso manasikara, Contentment & Sufficiency, Road to success, Attention Inward, Samma, Fearlessness
Contemplation on Food and Nutriment — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-05-24
A Dhamma reflection given on 2025-05-24 by Ajahn Vajiro on a retreat in Singapore.
For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Awareness of the Body — Ajahn Kalyano — 2025-05-23
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-05-23 by Ajahn Kalyano at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A with Luang Por Passano — Luang Por Passano — 2025-05-20
A Q%A session given on 2025-05-20 by Luang Por Passano at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
In Tune with the Knowing — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-04-04
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-04-04 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. Where does the fruition or production of art stay in all this? Art doesn’t just end suffering but gives joy…
2. Thank you for sharing this with us, Ajahn! The theme of today’s Dhamma talk is very relevant to what I’ve been experiencing and thinking about recently.
Regarding the fetters, what I struggle to truly see is the craving—specifically toward pleasur...
Samvega and Nibbida — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-04-11
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-04-11 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. It is hard to see the suffering of things that give pleasure, how would come see it to be suffering?
2. Most of us don´t have the good enough kamma to get ordained and practice in the monastery.. i think there's the sadness from there...
3. Sometimes I feel that it’s only when I’m on the limit of my suffering that I fully a...
Harmony with the Truth — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-03-21
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-03-21 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q & A:
1. Is the liking of somebody an unwholesome thing? It’s so hard to avoid these feelings of liking and disliking. What to do?
2. Have been keeping the 5 precepts for several years, but recently I don’t feel I see or feel the ‘benefits’ or any improvements on myself from the practice. When the ‘power cut’ happens in the citta, motivation and happiness are both not there… then...
Knowing Sickness, Receiving Life — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-03-14
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-03-14 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. From where come these distortions? From the fears and wants?
2. Although I enjoy practising Dhamma, I still can never understand how to really ''take refuge in the Triple Gem''. Please can Ajahn advise. Thank you.
3. A colleague offered me a cup of coffee with 3 drops of whisky. Does this count as me 'drinking alcohol' thus breaking my precept?
4. Low self-confidence always creeps in...
Liberation Here and Now — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-04-25
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-04-25 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
An Annoyance — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-04-18
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-04-18 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. This moment is truly wonderful". Even when is painful. How can be wonder in pain? Isn't a paradox?
2. You talk about sensitivity and bringing life to life, but isnt buddhism about not suffering? Being less sensitive to sufferimg?
3. When I contemplate death, I feel indifferent. It’s neither frightening nor sorrowful—just neutral, and sometimes even relieving, as the end of life’s suffering. Could you...
After Insight... Training — Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-02-07
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-02-07 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Magha Puja - Reflections— Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-02-12
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-02-12 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
The Bojjhangas and the Experience of Form - Ajahn Gambhiro - 2025-01-24
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-01-24 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
New Year, New Beginnings— Ajahn Gavesako — 2025-01-03
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-01-03 by Ajahn Gavesako at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Anniversary of the Death of Luang Por Chah— Ajahn Vajiro — 2025-01-16
A Dhamma talk given on 2025-01-16 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
The Most Luminous Christmas Lights — Ajahn Gambhiro — 2024-12-20
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-12-20 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Gifts and Giving — Ajahn Gavesako — 2024-12-13
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-12-13 by Ajahn Gavesako at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Inescapable, Irreversible Change — Ajahn Gambhiro — 2024-11-15
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-11-15 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Balancing the Spiritual Faculties — Ajahn Gambhiro — 2024-11-08
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-11-08 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Fear and Confidence — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-10-25
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-10-25 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Travels in Sri Lanka — Ajahn Gambhiro — 2024-11-01
A Dhamma talk given on 2024-11-01 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
An Invitation — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-10-11
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-10-11 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
The Heart of the Matter — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-10-04
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-10-04 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. What idea/feeling do you personally as a Buddhist monk have towards Carl Gustav Jung? and Rudolph Steiner and Anthroposophy?
2. Might you be able to briefly reflect on collective Karma … of a family, group, people, nation?
3. Should we always forgive our parents and keep connection with them, even when they say/do things we don't agree or that revolt and sadden us? Should...
Take Care of Yourself — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-09-27
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-09-27 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q & A:
1. The idea that it's all my fault is not a good answer. But sometimes she is the only one who gives us some "security" (?). That gives us the feeling that we can start over somewhere, have control... (?) What's the alternative? Because sometimes practicing is... tiring(?)... frustrating, when the mind doesn't stop.
2. How should we understand consciousness being one of the five objects of clinging, yet...
What's life for? — Ajahn Vajiro — 2024-09-20
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-09-20 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Ajahn Vajiro-Investigating as a Lever (2024-09-06)
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-09-06 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&As:
1. What is the best and simplest way to make someone smile?
2. The Buddha advised that the one who practices guarding the sense faculty, moderation in eating, and is intent on mindfulness has laid the groundwork for the destruction of the taints.
Could you please provide instructions on what it means to practice sense restraint/ guarding the sense faculty?
3...
Ajahn Vajiro - Who? (2024-08-23)
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-08-23 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q & A:
1. When inquiring “who” and noticing the space, what should happen next? Should we dwell in the silence and cultivate that awareness or what is the point of that practice?
Ajahn Vajiro-Awake!-Imperative,Description, Instruction-(2024-08-30)
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-08-30 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&As :
1. You frequently mention “illusion of separation” as one the main source of stress. Could you please expand on what does “illusion of separation” mean exactly?
2. Thank you Ajahn Vajiro for the inspiring Dharma talk. How to balance honesty and right speach, expecialy when you know that the true can cause trouble and irritation to others? I think that silence is better than white lies but sometime...
Ajahn Vajiro- Nutriment and Causality (2024-08-16)
A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2024-08-16 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.
Q&A:
1. You frequently mention “illusion of separation” as one the main source of stress. Could you please expand on what does “illusion of separation” mean exactly?
2. How to balance honesty and right speach, expecialy when you know that the true can cause trouble and irritation to others? I think that silence is better than white lies but sometimes thats very hard to follow. How to try that bal...
