Ayya Khema: 22 Dhamma talks given by the German Buddhist Nun in Sri Lanka

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Ayya Khema

(Ilse Ledermann 1923-1997)

Ayya Khema was born in Germany and was ordained in Sri Lanka in 1979. She established Wat Buddha Dhamma in Australia, the International Buddhist Women's Centre and Parappuduwa Nuns' Island in Sri Lanka. In Germany, she founded Buddha-Haus and Metta Vihara.

22 Ayya Khema Talks:

All of Us (Beset by Birth, Decay and Death)
Twelve Dhamma talks on practice, given on Parappuduwa Nun's Island, Sri Lanka.
(To Be Seen) Here and Now
Ten Dhamma talks from a meditation retreat at Pelmadulla Bhikkhu Training Centre, Sri Lanka.

Ayya Khema wrote over 20 books on Buddhism and meditation, including: Being Nobody, Going Nowhere; When The Iron Eagle Flies; Who Is My Self? - A Guide to Buddhist Meditation; Be An Island - The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace.

Being Nobody, Going Nowhere - Meditations on the Buddhist Path

Be An Island - The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace

Come and See for Yourself - The Buddhist Path to Happiness

I Give You My Life - The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist Nun

Visible Here and Now - The Buddha's Teachings on the Rewards of Spiritual Practice

When the Iron Eagle Flies - Buddhism for the West

Who Is Myself? - A Guide to Buddhist Meditation

Dhamma Essay:
Spiritual Faculties by Ayya Khema