Amaravati Audiobook Collection

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery

These talks are readings by our teachers from different books. We have compiled them here to show the latest 300 readings that are available from our online audio catalogue. https://www.amaravati.org/category/teachings/audio/readings/

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Nov 21, 2025 · 54 min
Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 5)
Ajahn Pasanno read and commented on subchapter 13, “Practices and Perspectives I” (from the third chapter, “Cultivation and Fruition”) on February 14, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Questions and answers: 16:54 Q&A (1);   18:16 Comment (1); 20:47 Q&A (2); 24:05 Comment (2);   42:07 Q&A (3); 48:03 Q&A (4); 51:49 Comment (3);   The post Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 5) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Nov 21, 2025 · 57 min
Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 4)
Ajahn Pasanno read and commented on subchapter 13, “Practices and Perspectives I” (from the third chapter, “Cultivation and Fruition”) on February 11, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Questions and answers: 23:33 Q&A (1);   26:45 Q&A (2); 30:13 Comment (1); 31:08 Comment (2); 34:17 Comment (3); 38:52 Q&A (3); 39:50 Q&A (4);   The post Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 4) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Nov 21, 2025 · 57 min
Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 3)
Ajahn Pasanno read and commented on subchapter 13, “Practices and Perspectives I” (from the third chapter, “Cultivation and Fruition”) on February 10, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Questions and answers: 31:07 Q&A (1); 34:08 Comment; 50:16 Q&A (2); 55:31 Q&A (3);   The post Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Nov 21, 2025 · 53 min
Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 2)
Ajahn Pasanno read and commented on subchapter 13, “Practices and Perspectives I” (from the third chapter, “Cultivation and Fruition”) on February 9, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Questions and answers: 12:39 Q&A (1);   31:48 Q&A (2); 33:13 Q&A (3); 35:07 Q&A (4);   36:07 Comment (1); 36:42 Q&A (5); 38:10 Q&A (6);   41:35 Comment (2); 45:48 Q&A (7); 48:34 Q&A (8); 52:41 Comment (3); The post Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr
Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 1)
Ajahn Pasanno read and commented on subchapter 13, “Practices and Perspectives I” (from the third chapter, “Cultivation and Fruition”) on February 8, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Questions and answers: 35:44 Q&A (1);   45:41 Q&A (2); 59:12 Q&A (3); The post Chapter 13 – Practices and Perspectives I (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jul 5, 2025 · 46 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 6)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on February 7, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 08:57 Comments by LP Pasanno;   10:28 Q&A:   13:42 Continuing;   28:10 Comments from LP Pasanno;   41:24 Continuing;   45:35 Q&A. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 6) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jul 4, 2025 · 50 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 5)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on February 4, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 05:17 Q&A;   06:22 Continuing;   13:52 LP Pasanno comments and Q&A;   21:20 LP Pasanno comments;   24:23 Continuing;   30:22 Q&A;   37:03 LP Pasanno’s memories of LP Chah’s comments about possession;   39:24 Continuing;   45:05 Q&A. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 5) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jul 3, 2025 · 45 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 4)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on February 3, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 09:50 Q&A;   19:19 Continuing;   27:34 Quote from Ajahn Sucitto;   29:21 LP Chah’s quote;   32:36 Reading from the Udana;   42:42 Q&A. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 4) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jul 2, 2025 · 45 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 3)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on February 2, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 09:35 LP Pasanno’s thoughts;  10:46 Q&A;   12:59 Continuing and Ajahn Thanissaro’s essay on ‘No Self or Non-self?’;   19:00 Q&A;   21:33 Continuing;   29:43 LP Pasanno and Q&A;   36:58 Continuing;   41:23 Comment by LP Pasanno and Q&A. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jul 1, 2025 · 45 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 2)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on February 1, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 09:10 Section 13, Chapter 8 (Udaya’s Questions);   11:45 Q&A;   14:45 LP Pasanno comments;   15:12 Continuing (Chapter 6 of the Udana – The Buddha’s inspired utterances);   23:33 Q&A;   31:47 Continuing – David Hume, etc.   38:11 Q&A;   42:22 Continuing – Connected Discourses Chapter 44. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 30, 2025 · 44 min
Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 1)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 5, “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question?” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 30, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 07:43 Q&A (12:41 Ajahn Sundara’s comment);   21:38 Continuing;   23:23 Comments on the word “conceit”;   29:35 Q&A:   33:35 Continuing;   38:52 Q&A;   39:27 Comments on “selfing”. The post Chapter 5 – “To Be, or Not to Be” – Is That the Question? (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 23, 2025 · 48 min
Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 4)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 4, “All That is Conditioned…” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 27, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 16:08 Q&A;   18:05 Ajahn Sundara’s comment;   19:55 Continuing;   32:09 Q&A;   41:02 Continuing. The post Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 4) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 22, 2025 · 49 min
Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 3)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 4, “All That is Conditioned…” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 26, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 10:41 Q&A;   11:36 The teaching of the arrow;   15:43 Comments by LP Pasanno and others;   18:28 Q&A;   26:04 Story of LP Mun and the young Ajahn Maha Bua;   29:10 Comments by Ajahn Sundara and LP Pasanno;   30:12 Continuing;   33:54 Q&A;   41:00 Continuing;   46:36 Q&A. The post Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 21, 2025 · 50 min
Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 2)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 4, “All That is Conditioned…” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 24, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 06:11 Comments by LP Pasanno;   07:06 Q&A;   08:30 The Dalai Lama’s words on the third kind of suffering;   26:06 Q&A;   27:41 Sutta: The Man from Aṭṭhakanāgara;   32:13 LP Pasanno’s comments;   32:38 Ajahn Amaro’s comments;   36:25 Q&A;   41:41 Continuing. The post Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 20, 2025 · 45 min
Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 1)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 4, “All That is Conditioned…” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 23, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 09:51 Comments by LP Pasanno;   10:23 Q&A;  12:32 Reference to Gil Fronsdal;  13:56 Q&A;   21:23 Continuing;   26:20 Q&A;   41:18 From Ven Payutto. The post Chapter 4 – “All That is Conditioned…” (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 19, 2025 · 48 min
Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 3)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 3, “This and That, and Other Things” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 20, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK.   04:33 Q&A;   11:18 Continuing;   25:29 Q&A;   39:32 Continuing;   45:36 Q&A. The post Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 18, 2025 · 49 min
Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 2)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 3, “This and That, and Other Things” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 19, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK.   14:37 Q&A;   19:14 Continuing;   27:56 Q&A;   41:18 Continuing. The post Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 17, 2025 · 51 min
Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 1)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 3, “This and That, and Other Things” (from the second chapter, “The Terrain”) on January 18, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 13:22 Idappaccayatā;   18:44 Q&A about Ajahn Buddhadasa;   23:50 Q&A   29:34 Ajahn Thanissaro;   49:06 Q&A. The post Chapter 3 – This and That, and Other Things (part 1) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 16, 2025 · 51 min
Chapter 2 – Fire, Heat and Coolness (part 3)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 2, “Fire, Heat and Coolness” (from the first chapter, “Seeds: Names and Symbols”) on January 17, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. Chapter 2 continued;   Follow up on The Wanderer Upaka;   11:57 Q&A;   15:47 Chapter 2 continued;   20:20 Q&A;   24:20 Chapter 2 continued;   35:51 Q&A;   36:41 Verses of the Enlightened Nun Patacara;   38:20 Venerable Anuruddha;   40:06 Q&A;  43:00 The enlightenment of Venerable Ananda;   48:04 Q&A. The post Chapter 2 – Fire, Heat and Coolness (part 3) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
Jun 15, 2025 · 51 min
Chapter 2 – Fire, Heat and Coolness (part 2)
Ajahn Amaro read and commented on subchapter 2, “Fire, Heat and Coolness” (from the first chapter, “Seeds: Names and Symbols”) on January 16, 2025, during the Winter Retreat at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in the UK. 45:24 Encounter with Vacchagotta;   49:44 Q&A. The post Chapter 2 – Fire, Heat and Coolness (part 2) appeared first on Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.