Live Call In by Ajahn Kusalo, Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Wellington, NZ

Ajahn Kusalo from Bodhinyanarama Monastery, Wellington, NZ, is joining our live podcast.www.bodhinyanarama.net.nzWe talk about investigating and observing how our mind creates a sense of identity, assumes a self, and how suffering results from that. Especially in times of sickness, awareness of these processes can help us to reduce our anxiety. We also touch on Ajahn's recent journey to Sri Lanka, where he visited the famous Gal Vihara with the monumental reclining Buddha statue in Mahāprinibbāna posture. We discuss how painful feeling can appear like a bottomless pit, and how through letting go of attachment and aversion to pain one can rise out of the pit. Ajahn recites a traditional Pali blessing for us at the end to say good bye.www.dhammagiri.org.auwww.vimeo.com/dhammatalkswww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archivewww.castbox.fm/ch/2744970