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2025-07-05 Compassion 43:34
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-04 Bedtime Stories 9:01
Steve Armstrong
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-04 Happiness of Insight Knowledge 56:30
Steve Armstrong
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-04 Morning Instructions, Intention Day 7 67:17
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-03 Evening Reflection, Living a Good Life 6:25
Steve Armstrong
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-03 Opening to Insight 50:43
Deborah Ratner Helzer
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-03 Metta Instructions Day 6 All Categories 68:26
Kamala Masters
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2025-07-02 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Part 2, Last 6 Factors 68:52
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-02 Instructions Day 5 51:28
Deborah Ratner Helzer
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-07-01 Second of Five Faculties-Persevering Energy 62:08
Steve Armstrong
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-06-30 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Part I, Mindfulness 61:49
Kamala Masters
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-06-28 Attitude and Awareness 56:52
Steve Armstrong
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Mindfulness, Insight and Liberation with Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong and Deborah Helzer

2025-06-18 Guided Meditation using Mindfulness of Breathing and the 7 Awakening Factors 20:08
Ayya Santussika
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Identifying the appearance of the 7 Awakening Factors in meditation with Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing as a basis.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-18 Summary of Morning Reflection on Nibbana 2:33
Ayya Santussika
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A few sentences of summary on the morning reflection on Nibbana and the Path.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-18 Reflections on NIbbana and the Path 22:26
Ayya Santussika
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Readings from chapter 8 of the Udana (1-4) on Nibbana, followed by reflections on the path and practice.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-17 Q&A 3 37:31
Ayya Santussika
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Sound of Silence, tranquility and equanimity, not-self, for goodness sake, samadhi sensations, letting go in meditation, realizing Nibbana and sticking around afterwards.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-17 To Do Good for the Sake of Goodness 9:33
Ayya Santussika
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A reflection on the teaching of Ajahn Ganha: "We have to do good for the sake of goodness. We observe the precepts for the sake of keeping precepts. When we practice samadhi meditation, we practice for the sake of meditation. When we cultivate our wisdom, it is just for the sake of cultivating the wisdom. Then we can gain the peacefulness of mind and wisdom at the same time."
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-16 Coming Out of Crazyland: Three Characteristics Practice and Beyond 34:00
Ayya Santussika
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Readings from "Stillness Flowing" (biography of Ajahn Chah by Ajahn Jayasaro) describing practicing with the three characteristics for insight into the true nature of reality ('Beyond the Monkey' pgs. 375-379) and how it takes us to the end of the path.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-16 No Further than the Shore - Ajahn Chah 12:57
Ayya Santussika
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Observing phenomena in light of the three characteristics of existence: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not-self and the arising of wisdom as described by Ajahn Chah. Readings from "Stillness Flowing" - pages 201, 373-374, 534-535
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-15 Q&A Number 2 17:32
Ayya Santussika
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Dispassion, cessation, delusion, Buddhas before Shakyamuni, Piti all night long, sharing merit and metta practice
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-15 Energizing the Awakening Factors using the Chakras 25:07
Ayya Santussika
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Guided meditation (following Chi Gong practice) beginning at the root chakra paired with mindfulness, traveling up through the chakras and awakening factors for visualization and investigation.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-15 Be the Dhamma, See through the Sense of Self 30:24
Ayya Santussika
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A detailed look into recognizing the sense of self in action and "stepping back" to the Dhamma perspective.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-14 Taking on Personality View Directly 10:41
Ayya Santussika
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Seeing our life through the lens of Dhamma instead of through the perspective of Personality View.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-14 Five Elements Meditation: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space 24:57
Ayya Santussika
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These meditations were taught to the Buddha's son Rahula (MN 62) on the elements: earth, water, fire, air and space, followed by the advice to develop meditation like each of these of these elements so that whatever might be experienced by the mind, likeable or dis-likeable, that would not invade the mind and remain.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-14 The Buddha's Advice to Venerable Mahāpajāpati Still Relevant Today 9:14
Ayya Santussika
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The Buddha's step-mother and most senior bhikkhuni, Venerable Mahāpajāpati, came to him for a teaching in brief that she could use for ardent practice. We can use this advice to guide our practice today and our relationship with the world.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

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