Seven Steps to Enlightenment | Ajahn Canda | 8th March 26

Title: Ajahn Candā: "Seven Steps to Enlightenment", Talk, 8.3.26 Blurb: ✨ Weekend Retreat - Day 2: "Raising Our Happiness Levels", March 7th & 8th 2026 For the Dhamma talk, Ajahn Candā walks us through the factors of enlightenment, drawing inspiration from the Buddha’s teachings. She speaks about these enlightenment factors as antidotes to distractions in meditation. We learn about external causes for the awakening factors, like spiritual friendship, and internal causes such as careful attention. In reflecting on the role of mindfulness, Ven Candā considers ethics and wisdom. The last 20 or so minutes are devoted to meditation practice. [0:00] Intro and sutta reading [55:19] Guided meditation Sutta references: SN 46: Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors https://suttacentral.net/pitaka/sutta... AN 4.274: Four Establishments of Mindfulness https://suttacentral.net/an4.274/en/b... ✨ Weekend Retreat - Day 2: "Raising Our Happiness Levels", March 7th & 8th 2026 ✨ Full title: Ajahn Candā: Bliss - Based on Seclusion, Dispassion, Cessation & Letting Go, Talk, 8.3.26 ✨ Anukampa Grove is our new Bhikkhuni residence: the first of its kind in the UK! Your help is especially appreciated at this exciting time: https://anukampaproject.org/donate ️ ✨ Standing orders help us plan ahead and cover our running costs. ✨ Please click SUBSCRIBE to help us spread the Dhamma! ABOUT US: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project was founded in 2016 by Ven Canda and Ajahn Brahm. The charity aims to spread the Buddha's teachings and give women the opportunity to practice as bhikkhunis for the first time in UK history, by establishing a monastic residence for bhikkhunis. This second aim was accomplished in March 2024, when we procured a property in a secluded woodland hamlet near Oxford, called Anukampa Grove, where Ven Canda now resides. Donations of any amount are gratefully received and help support the monastics' requisite needs and cover our running costs, either as one-off gifts or standing ord