The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Ayya Santussika's Dharma Talks at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
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.
2025-06-07 Guided Tour of the 5 Hindrances and 7 Awakening Factors 42:27
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
"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
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
2024-06-20 Retreat Closing 17:52
Closing questions and advice
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-19 Q&A 4 62:36
The final Q&A and the final evening for this retreat.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-19 Metta Meditation 24:10
Lightly guided metta meditation
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-19 Reflections on the Teaching in Brief 20:05
Are we really practicing? What do we need to use right now?
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-18 Observing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment as an Aspect of Dhamma 36:43
AN 8.63, MN 10 4.1-4.4, SN 46.16, SN 46.3
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-18 Three Characteristic 16:30
Lightly guided meditation on dukkha, anicca, anatta.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart
2024-06-18 Observing the Five Hindrances as an Aspect of Dhamma 35:00
"I'll meditate observing an aspect of Dhamma" from AN 8.63, specifically looking at the five hindrances from the Satipatthana Sutta.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart

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