Ayyā Somā: Therigatha Special, Part 3/3, 14.08.22
Channel: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project
Date: 16/08/2022

Ayyā Somā from Empty Cloud Monastery warmly welcomes you to the third part of the Therigatha Special. This session includes a guided meditation with elements such as breath recollection, body awareness, stillness, tranquillity, and an expansion of loving kindness to all. The Dhamma talk in this video is a Buddhist discourse from the Therigatha by an elder bhikkhuni also named Somā, disputing the attempts by Mara to diminish her confidence in her ability to achieve Nibbana because she has a female body. Ayya Soma reflects on her own experiences dealing with misogyny as a female Buddhist monastic and how it can be addressed. This talk is followed by a Q&A session.

00:00 - Meditation
29:24 - Dhamma-Talk
1:03:32 - Q&A

Resources:
Verses of the Elder Somā:
https://suttacentral.net/thig3.8/en/soma?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

Somāsutta by Bhikkhu Bodhi:
https://suttacentral.net/sn5.2/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false

Therigatha in Pali & English: Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunis by
Bhikkhuni Soma:
https://readingfaithfully.org/therigatha-in-pali-english-verses-of-the-elder-bhikkhunis-translated-by-bhikkhuni-somafree-epub-kindle-pdf-docx/

Therigatha Special, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHvfOxHsJfo
Therigatha Special, Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so59vBqM4yE

Ayya Soma resides at Empty Cloud Monastery in New Jersey, USA https://emptycloud.org/

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