Beginner Resources

Bhante Vimalaramsi, an American Monk of the New American Forest Tradition has 35 years of meditation experience and has found the direct path to What the Buddha Taught !

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         WELCOME NEW STUDENTS! 

This is an introduction for new students to Bhante Vimalaramsi's meditation and teachings. Written, Audio and Video material is available here to give the student a basic understanding of the teachings.

  • View a 13 minute Video on DhammaSukha Meditation Center which is  a look at the land in Missouri, outline of the teachings and some of the ongoing projects at the center.     View Introductory Video 

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    Understand the differences between Vipassana and Samatha- Vipassana, which is what Bhante Teaches -Watch the Indonesian Temple Talk

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     Audio  Instructions and Excerpts of talks

    VIDEO    Instructions and talks

    What did the Buddha Teach

    From the Chicago Katina Ceremony of November 2007 this talk is an introduction to what the Buddha teaches and how it can bring a revolution to your own life.  Bhante talks about the teachings in a way that makes them directly applicable to your own situation by showing you how to achieve freedom from depression, increasing the joy in your life and understanding how your mind works.  55min

     

     

    Complete Instructions

    From the Joshua Tree 2007 Retreat Bhante Vimalaramsi talks about his background and gives full instructions to the beginning meditator in the practice of Lovingkindness or Metta Meditation. He also discuss the results of this meditation as it leads you to an increasingly higher realization of what the Buddha taught as taught in the Suttas.  He talks about a step which most teachers leave out which was talked about in the Suttas.  Metta Meditation, as taught in tthe Suttas, can actually lead you all the way to total Liberation. Bhante Vimalaramsi here talks about the exact procedure and levels of meditation.  45min

    MORE VIDEOS

    • What is Buddhism?    A Short trippy Collage which in 13 minutes gives the viewer an interesting talk on how the mind works and what the Buddha taught.
    • Metta Meditation Instructions    Another short collage of images in which Bhante gives an 11 minute instructions for doing the Metta Meditation.


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