Hillside Hermitage Podcast

Hillside Hermitage Podcast

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214 episodes

The Safety of Jhāna

What is the pleasure of jhāna? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

8m
Mar 26, 2024
Unwelcoming of the Hindrances

What does it mean to be "established in virtue" as the Suttas often say. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

39m
Mar 19, 2024
Asking the Right Questions

Spending time contemplating things that are relevant to suffering and your freedom from it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

16m
Mar 07, 2024
The Un-lapsing of Your Self Restraint - by Sister Medhini

How to prevent yourself from acting out of unwholesome mental states over and over again. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ /⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠⁠ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠ /⁠⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠

5m
Mar 07, 2024
Unconcentrate Yourself

A brief reminder on understanding the difference between managing of suffering as opposed to uprooting it. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

4m
Feb 22, 2024
Is Your Virtue Your Excuse?

Can just virtue be enough for developing of wisdom and understanding? If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

11m
Feb 22, 2024
Overcoming Past Traumas

The root of all traumas and where they end. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠

5m
Feb 11, 2024
Right Time for Seclusion - by Thaniyo Thero

How to prepare yourself for solitude and seclusion. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings⁠ Ihttps://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

4m
Feb 11, 2024
Problem of Instant Gratification

Patience and inspiration for skillful things that take time to develop. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

8m
Jan 24, 2024
Seeking Your Own Welfare - by Sister Medhini

Discerning what is truly beneficial for oneself. If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside and this channel you can do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings

21m
Jan 17, 2024
Mind is the maker of all things

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind is their leader and their maker. If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows from that, as a wheel follows the ox's hoof. - Dhammapada 1 If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

9m
Jan 09, 2024
SUTTA STUDY - "All the Defilements" MN 2 - by Nyanamoli Thero

Looking closely into the meaning of "yoniso manasikara" and its importance for the Right view. (Suttas referenced in this talk: MN 43, SN 46.51, AN 1.66-67, AN 1.11-12, AN 6.63, SN 35.240) If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

1h 2m
Jan 09, 2024
Life and Death

Contemplation of death, done rightly. If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

33m
Jan 01, 2024
The Most Acute Description of the Right View

Looking at the core of Stream-entry and how is a sotapanna unable to suffer amidst suffering. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

46m
Jan 01, 2024
SUTTA STUDY - "The Root of All Things" MN 1 - by Nyanamoli Thero

New series on our channel that will go through studying the MEANING of a selected number of suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya. For the PDF of the Sutta please visit here https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=19&ct=1704128866&rver=7.3.6962.0&wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&wreply=https:%2F%2Fonedrive.live.com%2Fredir%3Fresid%3DD3251FFB6A06D355!1151%26authkey%3D!AC96PWncFYh6g7g%26ithint%3Dfile%252cpdf%26e%3D6ml0L7&lc=1033&id=250206&cbcxt=sky If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

31m
Jan 01, 2024
Do you have faith?

What does it mean to have "faith" in the Teaching? If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

33m
Dec 05, 2023
Laying Down of the Burden - by Thaniyo Thero

How to free yourself from the burden of your own existence. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

7m
Dec 05, 2023
When Your Mind Can Turn Against You - by Nyanamoli Thero

Why does your own mind not listen to you? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

18m
Dec 05, 2023
Mindfulness of the Elements

What is the most practical way of discerning "elements" that the Suttas talk about. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

38m
Dec 05, 2023
Stream Entry for Laypeople - by Bhikkhu Anīgha

Clarifying some common misconception about what it takes to become a sotapanna and how can a lay person do it. For a new essay by Bhikkhu Anigha also see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/what-the-jhanas-actually-are/ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

30m
Dec 05, 2023
Help Parents or Ordain?

Or could you do both? If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

11m
Nov 01, 2023
Abortion of Samsara

How to overcome or at least diminish the consequences of one's unskillful actions... If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

10m
Oct 28, 2023
Can you say what you mean?

Don't think you understood something until you can explain it in simple terms. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

10m
Oct 28, 2023
The Mind Whisperer

What differentiates an arahant or even a sotapanna from the puthujjana. If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

32m
Oct 28, 2023
The three intoxications - by Sister Medhini

What are the three intoxications the Buddha talks about and why did he call them "intoxications"? ____________________________________ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

8m
Oct 03, 2023
Peaceful Death

Do you do things differently if you have a limited time left? ____________________________________ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: ⁠https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/⁠ https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

9m
Sep 28, 2023
Overcoming the Sexual Urge

How to take the practice of "NoFap" even further until the desire for satisfying body's sexual cravings is fully eradicated. ____________________________________ If you wish to support our work, the Hillside Hermitage monks and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

12m
Sep 28, 2023
The Story of Angulimala

How did someone like Aṅgulimāla, a mass murderer and an evil man, end up becoming a completely liberated arahant? ____________________________________ If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

16m
Sep 28, 2023
Suffering is where things are felt

- Sense of subjectivity and "I am" - Understanding is measured by freedom from suffering - Practical examples of not acting out of unwholesome - How to develop the Right criteria - Overcoming hindrances ____________________________________ If you wish to support our work and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

25m
Sep 11, 2023
Endlessness of Desires

- Eternal repetition - Fuel of Samsara - Cause of it all - Desire to end the desires ____________________________________ If you wish to support the monks of the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us/

23m
Sep 02, 2023