Dhamma Wheel Buddhist Forum

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Going to a teacher in person is awesome. I've done this, and I've gotten a lot of help as a result. But in-between temple visits, I love listening to online dhamma talks. 2 of my favorite teachers to go to are Gil Fronsdal and Bhikkhu Bodhi.

Which sites / teachers do you frequent most for online dhamma talks?

Birken's Dhamma Talks
http://birken.ca/monastics_in_dhamma_talks_info.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ajahn Brahm

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuddhistSocietyWA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dharmaseed.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/96/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A teacher I've been really impressed with lately is Deborah Ratner-Helzer. She has a dozen or so talks available at dharmaseed.org and at her own website (http://www.yogideb.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).

What I like about her approach is that she presents the dhamma in a contemporary way without watering it down. I love IMS, but sometimes they can err a bit on the "lite" side, and she doesn't do that. Some of the best talks I've heard besides Goldstein's.

Let's see, who else...I always find Ajahn Sundara worth listening to. Just started with Bhikkhu Bodhi's Majjhima Nikaya series (http://www.bodhimonastery.net/bm/about- ... audio.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and it's great stuff. If you're interested in jhanas, there are hundreds of talks by Ayya Khema online, and she was quite a teacher. Sound quality is not great though.

LE

Ajahn Thanissaro
http://dhammatalks.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

atulo wrote:Ajahn Thanissaro
http://dhammatalks.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lazy_eye wrote:A teacher I've been really impressed with lately is Deborah Ratner-Helzer. She has a dozen or so talks available at dharmaseed.org and at her own website (http://www.yogideb.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).

Never heard of her. Thanks for the link. I'll check her out now.

What I like about her approach is that she presents the dhamma in a contemporary way without watering it down. I love IMS, but sometimes they can err a bit on the "lite" side, and she doesn't do that. Some of the best talks I've heard besides Goldstein's.

I have the same problem with some dhamma teachers. They make it seem as if Buddhism is just about present moment awareness, and none of the other doctrinal details matter. This couldn't further from the truth.