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A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-05-15 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-04-24 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-04-17 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-04-03 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-03-27 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-03-27 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-03-13 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-03-13 by Ajahn Mudito at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-03-06 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-02-27 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-02-20 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-02-13 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-02-06 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-01-30 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-01-23 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2026-01-23 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2026-01-16 by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-12-19 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-12-12 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-10-31 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-12-05 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

- It I remember well once you spoke about different Dhamma doors (maybe 16 o 64?). Can you speak more about it?

- I have been contemplating on aging and sickness lately, and some sudden illness we never thought that to happen on either ourselves or our family. When that happens, what is the best approach to guard our citta not to be interferred too much?

- When you mention the 4 nutriments. Could you explain a little more the 2 last ones, regarding good/bad karma and consciousness ?

- I’m afraid of boredom. How to rest in inactivity and not feel bored?

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-10-24 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Gambhiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-10-10 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-10-03 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-11-21 by Ajahn Asoko at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-08-22 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-11-14 by Ajahn Gavesako at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-09-26 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-09-19 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

1 - What's the right effort to bring up different mind states?

2 - In this lay world, i have to act upon something to get my life going, and i valued the sense of space and taking a moment at the time that you mentioned. Could you share how it was for you dealing with a sense of becoming a monk, your own experience ?

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-09-12 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-11-07 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-08-15 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

- You talked about aversion and how that feeds a sense of inadequacy. After many years of practice, I still have doubt from time to time on my own capacities to act or decide and have difficulties to be completely free from others judgement. Any additional advice ?

- Ajahn, I follow a certain diet and daily routine to support my practice, and I feel happy and grounded about it. But in social situations, I sometimes find it hard to say no to friends. When I don’t follow my own rules, I feel sad and regret it very soon after. How can I stay with the knowing and make these decisions mindfully in these social contexts?

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-08-22 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

- Ajahn can you say more about the One bow that is the right One?

- Ajahn, how do I balance effort in daily life without being caught in gain and loss?

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-08-15 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-08-08 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

- Ajahn! How can a layperson become friends with a bhikkhu?

- How to relate wisely to the sense of feeling insuficcient or not good enough?

- How does one befriend someone who you might consider an enemy?

- Ajahn, sometimes when someone very close to me does something that makes me feel nervous or annoyed, I lose my calm and start judging myself. How can I be a good friend to myself and to others in that moment?

- How does a buddhist monk overcome trauma? When we are doing work on ourselves and with some specialized help we discover things that mainly come from our heritage members who we didnt even meet but also our grandparents and parents... how to deal with it? How do you deal with people that caused you trauma but with who you have little contact? Do you contact them and tell them everything? Do we just forgive and let go and keep it to ourselves? Should we cut and sometimes run away from those heritage bonds being it places for instance?

Day 2 of 2 of a workshop given by Ajahn Vajiro on the 27/07/2025 at Sunyata, Ireland.

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Day 1 of 2 of a workshop given by Ajahn Vajiro on the 25/07/2025 at Sunyata, Ireland.

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A Dhamma talk given on 2025-08-01 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given through Zoom on 2025-08-01 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Q&A

- Thank you so much for sharing this us, Ajahn! Can I ask you to please reiterate the way to let go of the attachments in brief so it was easier to remember? How should one do that?

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-07-25 by Ajahn Narindo at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal.

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A Dhamma talk given on 2025-07-10 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-06-27 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

A Dhamma talk given on 2025-07-04 by Ajahn Vajiro at Sumedharama Forest Monastery in Ericeira, Portugal. For more Dhamma talks, please visit sumedharama.pt.

Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vajiro on the 29-05-2025 in Dhamma Vijaya, Malaysia

Dhamma talk by Ajahn Vajiro on the 28-05-2025 in Dhamma Vijaya, Malaysia

Chant metta sahagatena,

Q&A-Asuba, WHO, Bahiya, Fetters, Paramitas, Dana to relinquish insufficiency, Khanti, Not sure, Live with uncertainty

 Q&A-Giving attention to the heart, 10 Reflections, Closing, Chant metta sahagatena

Meditation instructions & exercise- Counting breathing, Remembering chants, Stay with attention, Sewing, Visualization of a body, Well-wishing, Anapanasati