Best Chah Podcasts (2026)

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Questions & Answers | Ajahn Chah 39:23

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10d ago39:23

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This episode is a talk given by the Thai forest meditation master Ajahn Chah and is titled “Questions and Answers”. Whilst it was a talk directed at monks, it still has much that makes it valuable for lay practice also.You can find links to the original text in the description below. Links: Forest Path Podcast Everyday Dhamma Network Support this p…

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AJAHN CATTAMALO | GUIDED BREATH MEDITATION | Anapanasati | Mindfulness of the Breath | Dhammagiri 24:43

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Ajahn Cattamalo leads a 25 min guided Buddhist meditation on Anapanasati (Mindfulness of the Breath) during the New Year's Eve event at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage, Brisbane. Venerable Ajahn Cattamalo is the founding senior monk of ⁠Muttodaya Waldkloster⁠ (Muttodaya Forest Monastery) in Germany. Associated both with the tradition of Ajahn Chah and …

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Restraint by Sila | Ajahn Gunhah 25:43

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This episode is a talk given by the nephew of Ajahn Chah, Ajahn Gunhah. The talk called “Restraint by Sila”, ‘sila’ meaning virtue or morality. It was published as part of the book “Jai Dee - Jai Sabai - Delivery 42” and made available for free distribution by Wat Pah Subthaweedhammaram. You can find links to the original text in the description be…

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AJAHN CATTAMALO at Dhammagiri | New Year's Day Dhamma Talk | "What's Nice about Being a Monk" 13:51

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Before the auspicious paritta chanting on New Year's Day, Ajahn Cattamalo shares some short Dhamma reflections at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage. Venerable Ajahn Cattamalo is the founding senior monk of Muttodaya Waldkloster (Muttodaya Forest Monastery) in Germany. Associated both with the tradition of Ajahn Chah and the Dhammayut tradition, in partic…

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James Baraz: Welcoming in the New Year Together! 38:18

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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk will1. Look back at 2025 reviewing what we've learned2. Open to where we are in the present3. Get in touch with our intention for the 2026 envisioning the qualities that will be most needed for us to deepen our understanding and inner peaceWe will also share a New Year's ritual of letting go and …

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Ep. 313 – Winter’s Sacred Pause: Standing Still in a Turning World 31:15

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As we fully enter the winter season, Jack reflects on the ancient meaning of solstice—the standing still—and what becomes possible when we allow ourselves to pause. In a world shaped by speed, grief, and uncertainty, he invites us into stillness as a sacred act. Jack’s new book is out now!: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Eac…

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Gratitude: Count Your Blessings | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Kataññu Katavedi 29:56

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At the end of the year, we're usually focussed on resolutions for the future. But we may overlook good things we already have, and good qualities we already have developed in our character. Reflecting on all the good things we can be grateful for doesn't mean denying all the bad things happening in the world. However, if we're only focussed on the …

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Having Good Intentions, but Completely Missing the Point

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This Dhamma talk was offered on December 27, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.By Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

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Santa Meditation - Empty the Heavy Sack! | Guided Meditation | Buddhist Xmas | Ajahn Dhammasiha 30:21

12d ago30:21

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In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha uses Santa Claus as a metaphor for the process of emptying the mind. Santa's job is to give gifts to all the kids for Christmas. He's working very hard to fulfill this task, travelling on his sleigh carrying a very big and heavy sack with all the presents. Similarly, our mind is carrying around the heavy …

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Falling Down and Moving Forward

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This Dhamma talk was offered on December 20, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.By Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

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Be Like Santa Claus - Give Everything Away! | Buddhist Xmas | Christmas | Ajahn Dhammasiha 26:22

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Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to "be a good Santa". A good Santa Claus will give all the gifts to the kids. A bad Santa may cheat and keep the most expensive presents for himself. Similarly, our task as followers of the Sakyan Sage is to not hold back, but to give absolutely everything away. Not literally giving away, but letting go of absolutely …

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A Balm for the Heart

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This Dhamma talk was offered on December 19, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.By Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

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TAN SAMVARO | The Essence of Dhamma Practice | Essential Buddhist Teaching | Ven Saṃvaro 9:33

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Ven. Samvaro has stayed with us for here at Dhammagiri for one month in November to December 2025. In this short (10 min) video, recorded after the Saturday morning Changting and Refuge & Precepts Session, Tan Samvaro answers a question from the audience: With all the various Buddhist teachings we here about, what's the gist of them all? What do we…

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James Baraz: The Light Inside the Darkness 43:57

21d ago43:57

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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) As we head into the darkest period of the year we are processing dark forces of ignorance and hate in the news each day. The light and loving awareness can hold all the forces of ignorance-- both inside us and around us--with compassionate understanding This is a time to remember all that is good.…

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Ep. 312 – All In This Together Series #3: Reminding You of Your Own Beauty with Anne Lamott and Tami Simon 32:43

22d ago32:43

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In a moment when the world feels uncertain, Jack sits down with Anne Lamott and Tami Simon for an intimate, deeply human conversation about stories of the heart—how they soften us, unite us, and remind us of our own beauty. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way t…

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10 Ways to Make Good Karma | Ten Bases for Punya | Dasa Puññakiriyavatthu | Ajahn Dhammasiha 44:52

24d ago44:52

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Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about the 10 Foundations for Making Good Karma (Dasa Puñña-kiriya-vatthu): Generosity (Dāna) Virtue (Sīla) Mental Cultivation / Meditation (Bhāvanā) Reverence / Respect (Apaciti) Service, Offering One's Labour & Skills & Talents, e.g. our now monthly held Working Bees 🔨👨‍🌾⛏️👩‍🌾 ✂️(Veyyāvacca) Transference of Merits / Sharing …

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Moving Beyond Complacency and Developing a Love of Learning

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This Dhamma talk was offered on December 13, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.By Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

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Watch Your Mind and Escape Mara's Snare | Ajahn Liem 1:00:40

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This episode is a talk given by the forest meditation master Ajahn Liem and is titled “Watch Your Mind and Escape Mara’s Snare” . It was published as part of the publication “Santi - Peace Beyond Delusion”. --- You can view this episode and the original text Forest Path Podcast website. If you have enjoyed this podcast and you'd like to support the…

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The Power of Pilgrimage

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This Dhamma talk was offered on December 5, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.By Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

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We Meditate to Let Go, Not to Get Anything | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha 29:46

27d ago29:46

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Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to refocus our meditative effort on letting go. We can get overly obsessed with focussing on a particular meditation object, and lose sight of our general mindstate: We may fall back into the long established habit of acquiring things, of trying to get something. Instead, everything in our cultivation of bhāvanā shoul…

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Contentment, Full Body Awareness, Knowing Right Measure when Eating, Wakefulness | Ajahn Dhammasiha 47:29

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Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about steps in the Buddha's 'Gradual Training' that lead on from fully established virtue to the develpment of samādhi. Sense Restraint / Indriya-saṃvara Contentment / Santuṭṭhi Maintaining full awareness of all bodily movements / Sampajāna-kārī Wakefulness / Jāgariyam-anuyutta Knowing the right measure when eating food / Bho…

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Dispassion, Cessation & Letting Go to Underlie All Dhamma Practice | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Viraga Nirodha Patinissagga 26:02

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In the last Tetrad of Ānāpānasati, the last four steps of Breath Meditation, the Buddha teaches us to breathe in and out focussing on: Anicca - Impermanence Virāga - Fading Away of Passion = Dispassion Nirodha - Ending/Cessation Patinissagga - Letting Go However, these four contemplations do not apply only to breath meditation. In fact, they should…

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(5 ธ.ค. 68) พระอาจารย์อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโต ::: เทศน์วันพระ ขึ้น ๑๕ ค่ำ เดือนอ้าย (๑) ปีมะเส็ง (2025-12-05) 23:32

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พระธรรมเทศนาโดยพระอาจารย์อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโตเนื่องในวันพระ ขึ้น ๑๕ ค่ำ เดือนอ้าย (๑) ปีมะเส็งวันศุกร์ ที่ 5 ธันวาคม 2568ณ วัดบุญญาวาส อ.บ่อทอง จ.ชลบุรี

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Ep. 311 – All In This Together Series #2: Stories of Meaning, Presence, and Living with Integrity 39:51

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Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares wise tales on living with integrity, presence, stillness, and generosity. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Jack’s new book is out now!…

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James Baraz: For Goodness Sake: Consciously Cultivating the Wholesome 46:21

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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The capacity to be touched by and love goodness is, in some sense, the heart of spiritual practice. Something in us loves the truth and is drawn to goodness around us. It makes us yearn to activate the good inside. It requires commitment to choosing wholesome qualities as our default instead of being drawn…

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TAN JAYADHAMMA | Guided Meditation | 'Tuning In' | 6 Sense Spheres, 5 Hindrances, Distractive Thoughts 56:26

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Tan Jayadhamma has stayed at Dhammagiri for 7 months, spending the vassa (rains retreat) 2025 with us. Just before leaving, he kindly offered this comprehensive guided meditation as a parting gift. His one hour guided meditation consitsts of three parts on the theme of "tuning in": Part one explores the six sense spheres, based on the Buddha's simi…

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TAN JAYADHAMMA | Tuning In | Balance in Meditative Practice | Dhamma Talk at Dhammagiri 37:09

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Tan Jayadhamma has stayed at Dhammagiri for 7 months, spending the vassa (rains retreat) 2025 with us. Just before leaving, he kindly offered these reflections on balance in practice, based on the Soṇa Sutta (AN 6.55) and the Buddha’s simile of the lute. His talk explores the meaning of sama (“in tune”), the five spiritual faculties as five strings…

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(26 พ.ย. 68) พระธรรมเทศนาโดยท่านพระอาจารย์อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโต งานสมโภชพระเจดีย์พุทธาจารานุสรณ์ ณ สำนักสงฆ์ถ้ำผาปล่อง จ.เชียงใหม่(2025-11-26) 33:00

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"พระธรรมเทศนา" งานสมโภชพระเจดีย์พุทธาจารานุสรณ์ ในวาระครบรอบ ๑๑๖ ปีชาตกาลพระญาณสิทธาจารย์ ( หลวงปู่สิม พุทธาจาโร )โดย พระราชพัชรมานิต วิ. (อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโต) วันพุธที่ ๒๖ พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ.๒๕๖๘ณ สำนักสงฆ์ถ้ำผาปล่อง อ.เชียงดาว จ.เชียงใหม่

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Calm and Insight: Advice to New Meditator | New to Meditation | Samatha & Vipassana | Ajahn Dhammasiha 26:10

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Ajahn Dhammasiha provides advice to a newcomer to meditation. Although it was his first time visiting Dhammagiri, and only the second attempt in his life to practice formal meditation, he had sat through a full our of guided meditation forehand, and had also joined the almsfood offering earlier in the day. Ajahn Dhammasiha gives a broad outline of …

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AJAHN NANDIYO | Disenchantment Leading to Peace | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage 54:47

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In this Dhamma discussion, Ajahn Nandiyo first shares some of his personal experiences at Bodhinyanarama Monastery, NZ, and in Thailand & Australia. Then he responds to a question about internal peace, and how disenchantment (nibbidā) through contemplating our experiences both high and low can lead to that peace. Ajahn Nandiyo is the abbot of Bodhi…

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Ep. 310 - Sometimes You Need a Story More Than Food, All In This Together Series Pt. 1 32:20

2M ago32:20

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Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares why ‘sometimes we need a story more than food.’ Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Jack’s new book is out now!: All in This Together: St…

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(20 พ.ย. 68) พระธรรมเทศนาโดยท่านพระอาจารย์อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโต ::: เทศน์วันพระ แรม ๑๕ ค่ำ เดือนสิบสอง (๑๒) ปีมะเส็ง (2025-11-20) 49:59

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พระธรรมเทศนาโดยพระอาจารย์อัครเดช (ตั๋น) ถิรจิตฺโตเนื่องในวันพระ แรม ๑๕ ค่ำ เดือนสิบสอง (๑๒) ปีมะเส็งวันพฤหัสบดี ที่ 20 พฤศจิกายน 2568ณ วัดบุญญาวาส อ.บ่อทอง จ.ชลบุรี

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AJAHN NANDIYO | Guided Meditation | Knowing, Not Owning or Controlling | Vipassana | Insight 18:40

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After the Saturday morning Refuge and Precepts Ceremony, Ajahn Nandiyo guided a short meditation session. He encourages us to be in the witness position, to know and observe conditions, rather than trying to own and control them. Whether externally, like the severe thunderstorm with many fallen trees we've just experienced at the monastery; or inte…

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Ajahn Moneyyo gives an introduction and practical instructions to develop mindfulness of the body by contemplating the 32 Bodyparts, the 9 cemetery contemplations and the 4 elements according to the discourse about the 4 foundations of mindfulness (4 Satipatthānā, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 10). https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN... By seeing …