Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

Audio Library

Amaravati Publications has many recordings which have been made over the decades. Part of the collection is available below. For more talks, please visit the links on the right side of this page.

How to download?
By clicking on the picture or the “show all” link, this page will direct you to a webpage where you can either directly listen or download the preferred talk. Also it is possible to subscribe to a podcast player, so the talks can be downloaded all at once, and you will be notified of any updates.

Talks as downloadable mp3 files

Title	Teacher	Size	Download
Latest Dhamma Talks Here you can find our latest talk given on different occasions during the observance days (Wan Phra) or saturday evening talks. By clicking on this picture, you will be directed to our talks. You can either subscribe as a podcast or listen each talk (streaming).	Amaravati Sangha		Show all
Chanting Book 25 Apr 2012 Morning and Evening Chanting (Puja), Reflections, and Suttas, as used by Buddhist Monasteries and Groups associated with the Western Forest Sangha in the lineage of Venerable Ajahn Chah. - Second Edition 2006 Amaravati Publications	Amaravati Sangha		Show all
Parittas and Sutta chants 24 Apr 2012 Parittas and suttas chants as used by Buddhist Monasteries and Groups associated with the Western Forest Sangha in the lineage of Venerable Ajahn Chah. - Amaravati Publications	Amaravati Sangha		Show all
The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah - Audiobook 23 Apr 2012 The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah was published in 2012. This is the the complete collection of talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English. During the Winter of 2012, Ajahn Amaro has given a daily reading which are recorded as audio files.	Ajahn Chah		Show all
Luang Por Sumedho 108 Talks 20 Apr 2012 These Dhamma talks or reflections are given by Luang Por Sumedho during the course of 1978 until 2010. These talks have been compiled for the occasion when Luang Por Sumedho retired from abbotship of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in 2010.	Ajahn Sumedho		Show all
How to meditate? 19 Apr 2012 How to meditate? What is meditation? How to “do” sitting or walking meditation? This collection of recordings and other materials will provide some instructions for meditation. For example guided meditation instructions, postures, leaflet on how to sit, or how to sustain ones meditation.	Amaravati Sangha		Show all
Intuitive Awareness 19 Apr 2012 Awareness is your refuge: Awareness of the changingness of feelings, of attitudes, of moods, of material change and emotional change: Stay with that, because it’s a refuge that is indestructible. It’s not something that changes. It’s a refuge you can trust in. This refuge is not something that you create. It’s not a creation. It’s not an ideal. It’s very practical and very simple, but easily overlooked or not noticed. When you’re mindful, you’re beginning to notice, it’s like this. - This collection of talks has been transcribed in a booklet called “Intuitive Awareness” (this is included in the download section (click on “show all”)	Ajahn Sumedho		Show all
Finding the missing peace (audio + book) 19 Apr 2012 Finding the Missing Piece is simply a set of meditation tools that anyone can use to make his or her life better. The intention is to offer each of these lessons in a manner that is accessible and welcoming for everybody. Each lesson provides methods and principles that anyone can apply whether one is a humanist, a Christian, Communist or a Buddhist or a follower of any other belief system. This booklet is based on a six weeks series of classes given in Mendicino, California, in 2002 Ajahn Amaro	Ajahn Amaro		Show all

Request a MP3-CD

A variety of albums like chanting, dhamma talks, Pali classes or Majjhima Nikaya teachings (from Bhikkhu Bodhi) have been made available on CDs. To request you can fill in a form to get these discs sent to you. http://forestsanghapublications.org/requestCd.php

Links to other sites

The Forest Sangha Publications

offers a wide range of talks and ebooks from the Western sangha. http://forestsanghapublications.org

Dharma Seed

has collected and distributed dharma talks by teachers transmitting the Vipassana or Insight practices of Theravada Buddhism. Also a large collection of talks recorded at different retreat centers. http://www.dharmaseed.org/

Birken Forest Monastery

has shared their archive of Dhamma talks online (more than 3000 talks). They are all given by monastics from Theravada Buddhism in the Thai forest tradition, usually tracing their lineage back through Ajahn Chah. There are some chants in English or Pali from this tradition, but the vast majority of the collection is spoken word on the Dhamma. Almost all of the Dhamma Talks are in English. http://birken.ca/dhammatalks.html

Sutta Readings

suttas selected and read aloud by teachers and senior Dhamma practitioners in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. http://suttareadings.net

All talks are for non-commercial use and may only be distributed in their entirety.