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Hi all!
I have a question. Because of my eyesight or lack there of, i find reading difficult. i do enjoying downloading and listening to Dharma talks. What teachers do you think give great Dharma talks? Although this is in the Discovering Theravada forum, i am open to all traditions. Who is your favorite teacher to listen to?
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Ajahn Jayasaro

Ajahn Amaro
Thanks!
Oh, i should say i am looking for audio talks. I download them at the library and then play them later at home without benefit of being online.
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Hi Sattva!
Have you discovered Bhikkhu Bodhi's Majjhima Nikaya lectures?
http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/MN/MN_course.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They go with the suttas in the Majjhima Nikaya but if you didn't want to read them, they would stand on their own.
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Ben wrote:Hi Sattva!
Have you discovered Bhikkhu Bodhi's Majjhima Nikaya lectures?
http://www.bodhimonastery.net/courses/MN/MN_course.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They go with the suttas in the Majjhima Nikaya but if you didn't want to read them, they would stand on their own.
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Thanks Ben :) i haven'g discovered those lectures but will start listening to them.
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Lots of good teachers here at the Dhammatube video site:

http://www.youtube.com/dhammatube" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Joseph Goldstein is a highly skilled teacher who speaks from a place of deep practice and much learning. His talks can be found at:

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

Dharmaseed has tons talks by a wide variety of Theravadin/vipassana teachers.
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For me it's Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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If you have itunes there are a bunch of free pod cast for various teachers and schools you can check out.
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Does anyone know of any links to talks by Ajahn Munindo ?
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Sanghamitta wrote:Does anyone know of any links to talks by Ajahn Munindo ?
See http://www.dhammatalks.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It looks like he has more talks on his own site (link on there).

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Thanks Mike, thats great.

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Since you are open to all traditions, I would recommend checking out this site:
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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'I strongly recommend the talk titled The Insulting Truth...It certainly spoke to me anyway. ( from Ajahn Munindo's list ).
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