Leigh Brasington - Remembering Ayya Khema

A look into the extraordinary life of the German Jewish Buddhist nun, Ven. Ayya Khema. Her senior American student, Leigh Brasington, shares a couple of her guided Metta meditations and discusses her biography interspersed with his memories of her and her wonderful teachings.
Some of the links that Leigh mentioned in his talk are:
leighb.com/a_kh...
leighb.com/ayya...
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[@sylvias.7048]

Hello Leigh: I sat your Cloud Mountain Jhana retreat in Feb-March 2020, which I was very glad to have attended. Thank you for this excellent video. It provides more detail on how Ayya Khema worked as a Teacher. Thank you also for your down to earth humility, in laying out your particular approach to this vital teaching from an extraordinary teacher. I continue to sit and continue to read and listen to Ayya Khema. Best Regards Gavin Showler from the West Coast of Canada

[@Givingvoicedoco]

Thank you so much for posting this. I first met her befire she was ordained. I sat a 10 day course with her Phra Kaintipalo in Northern New South Wales in Australia in 1978 where I learnt vipassana meditation from her .I always wondered where sher learnt it and was great to hear it was in UBa Kin tradition from your video. I sat 7 day course with her and Phra Kantipalo in early 1979 Her meditation was so powerful it lead to give up some intoxicated. I went to India a few times and met S N Goenka and found the body scanning vipassa she taught was the same he was teaching . On my third trip to India I spent many months doing vipasana with Goenka and got to hear and see Krishnamurti .Many years later when I sit and meditate I feel very fortunate to have met these incredible teachers .Of course one has up and downs I life's the teaching are very inspiring

[@lightup9]

Thank you for this, Leigh. I have been enjoying the 100th birthday celebration from Dhammadharini and came across this from you last year . Metta to you!

[@naftalibendavid]

Very moving.

[@PaulChin20]

Thanks to Leigh for the talk 😀❤🙏 and also to The Sati Center for putting this video up on youtube. 😀❤🙏

[@TheSatiCenter]

You are very welcome

[@sourcelight369]

This is amazing... Thank you 💜💜💜

[@alro11]

a good talk about women in the Theravaden tradition and the patriarchy

[@mx.j262]

What is the book name which Leigh has written after Ayya khema asked him to ?

[@naftalibendavid]

Right Concentration is a great text that he wrote. He has another one as well.