Ajahn Brahmali was invited to Norway to teach Satipatthana or Right Mindfulness, and how this is explained in early Buddhism and how it creates a clear, happy and free mind. Find the podcast episodes and notes of the teaching here.

What exactly does 'right mindfulness' mean in Buddhism? Ajahn Brahmali explains the concept of 'samma sati' and how it relates to meditation and the eightfold path.

The spiritual training is like aircon for your mind.

We had more than 50 registered for the Venabu retreat in the spring of 2025, and since spring came early and Venabu was free of snow, there was also the opportunity for a trip and practice out in nature. You can also find the teaching here.

One day our body doesn't want to hang around any more because of old age, then what is the continuation?

Focusing on the fact that our body is going to die, can arouse a sense of spiritual urgency, that again can help us developing wholesome states of mind.

We can waist lots of time, doing the same things over and over again in meditation, if we don't sometimes pull back and look at what we are doing.

Loving kindness meditation or metta-meditation is a type of practice that fulfils the whole eight fold path. It is a type of unconditional love, committed to the wellbeing of everybody − it is radically inclusive.

When we are happy inside, we get to sit for a long time, and the longer we meditate, the more stillness and clarity is created for our development of wisdom.

One way of looking at the training is called the gradual training, which is a gradual refinement of wholesome happiness and freedom.

There are many hindrances (nīvarana) in meditation, and if you are not aware of these, or do not understand them, you can waste a lot of time. Podcast episode can be found in the article.

How does the mind work? Often we don't understand, and we create problems for ourselves and others. But it IS possible to develop wisdom and to be free!

Jhana has become popular, but often dumbed down. So then it helps to have an overview of how aspects of the path fits together.

A longing for freedom is the first of the four bases of spiritual strength—energy, awareness, and understanding are the other three.

This talk is about the process the Buddha went through learning to meditate, starting with an experiences he had as a child, which teachers he met and learned from and how he was conditioned by other schools.

Metta meditation is the practice to develop the mind in such a way that this feeling of metta, this most exalted of human potentials, becomes a reality.

Mindfulness is not really meditation, but can be used as a type of meditation where we simply are aware of what is happening in your body and mind.

Early Buddhism is the Buddha's teachings that all traditions have in common − and which are not connected to a particular tradition. What is this doctrine, and what has come later?

Etter et retrett, hvordan kan vi fortsette vår praksis, hvordan kan vi overføre ferdighetene våre til hverdagen?

Ajahn Nitho describes in this talk what wisdom is according to the teaching of the Buddha.

This talk is about loving kindness − what it is, how it affects our mind, different ways of doing loving kindness meditation, and how it connects to deep meditation and awakening.

In this talk, Venerable Canda talks about guarding the sense doors, and the hindrances that arise in relation to the sensory world, with the goal to create clarity of mind.

Doing breath meditation ends sometimes up being dry and out of oomph, then try the advice of the Buddha.

We all want more happiness and less suffering. What is the reason for happiness?

This is a recording of a question and answers session normally done every evening during retreat.