Sage Advice Episodes
The Saintmaker: The Meaning and Purpose of the Sangha | with Ajahn Kovilo
March 18, 2023
Joining us on this episode is a return guest, Ajahn Kovilo who is joining us from Dharma Realm Buddhist University in California. Ajahn Kovilo is an Ohio-born monk who, having been introduced to meditation through the Goenka…
Heroes versus Celebrities in the Age of Social Media | Ayya Santussika
Jan. 5, 2023
From time immemorial we have looked up to heroes for guidance and as models of how to live an excellent life: people with virtues such as courage, patience, kindness and wisdom. But who are our heroes today? We live in an ag…
How To Have Everything And Be Happy | Ajahn Hasapanna
Dec. 1, 2022
On this episode of Sage Advice we have as our guest, Ajahn Hasapanna of Dhammasara Monastery in Western Australia. Ajahn Hasapanna was born in Ipoh, Malaysia in 1960. During her days as a lay person she and her family genero…
Why Secular Buddhism Is Baloney! | Ajahn Brahmali
Nov. 11, 2022
Ajahn Brahmali is the guest on this episode to talk about how and why Secular Buddhism misrepresents the original teachings of the Buddha. This discussion goes in to some depth about the importance of understanding the place…
Our Most Urgent Task - Ajahn Nissarano
Oct. 27, 2022
Ajahn Nissarano joins us on this episode of Sage Advice to discuss the topic “our most urgent task”. We are so busy these days, we often lose sight of the big picture. And we can become so distracting that we don't even see …
Is Mental Illness a Problem To Be Solved Or An Opportunity To Discover Our Inner World? - Li-Anne Tang
Sept. 24, 2022
In this episode of Sage Advice we have as our guest, Li-Anne Tang from Perth, Western Australia. Li-Anne Tang, Ph.D., is an experienced spiritual life coach, guide and mentor. Li-Anne’s life changed dramatically when she fo…
The Greatest Investment Of A Lifetime - Ajahn Brahmali
July 18, 2022
On this episode of Sage Advice we have as our guest, Ajahn Brahmali from Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia. Ajahn Brahmali was born in Norway in 1964 and first became interested in Buddhism when travelling to Japan i…
What’s the point of faith? - Ayya Santussika
June 14, 2022
On this episode of Sage Advice we have as our return guest, Venerable Santussika, the abbott of Karuna Vihara in northern California to offer sage advice on what role, if any, does faith play in the Eightfold Path of Buddhis…
Developing Resilience with Ayya Canda
May 24, 2022
In this episode of Sage Advice, we have Bhikkhuni Candavisuddhi, known as Venerable Canda, the pioneering nun blazing a trail for women monastics by striving to establish the Anukampa project, a monastery for fully ordained …