Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Getting To Know The Buddha | Ajahn Brahmali | 28 May 2010

On the actual day of Vesak (birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha) in 2010, Ajahn Brahmali gives a teaching on the life and qualities of the Buddha and how his example can be an inspiration for our own practice. Ajahn reminds us that the person who sees the Buddha, also sees the Dhamma, and the person who sees the Dhamma, also sees the Buddha.

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Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmali | 23 November 2019

Ajahn Brahmali explains that one of the most important elements in making your meditation work is to have a wholesome attitude and a powerful way to establish this is by being grateful.

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Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmali | 24 July 2021

Ajahn Brahmali teaches us about two important factors of meditation: priority and joy. We apologise that the first few minutes have been edited out due to audio problems.

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Devas and Buddhism | Ajahn Brahmali | 23 July 2021

Ajahn Brahmali shares stories about the Devas (heavenly beings) from the Buddhist suttas and talks about how they are similar to the human realm i.e. also subject to death.

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Friday Night Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmali | 23 July 2021

Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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Ajahn Brahmali | Have Compassion Instead | The Armadale Meditation Group

Tuesday 20th July 2021

Ajahn Brahmali joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time remains listening to a Dhamma talk. However, the layout can vary. Due to social distancing regulations, these weekly Tuesday night teachings are happening via Zoom from Bodhinyana Monastery.

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Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

From Original To Traditional | Ajahn Brahmali | 9 March 2017

Ajahn Brahmali discusses how the Buddha's core teachings have given rise to the numerous traditions and teachings of Buddhism that exist today. Through textual comparison, scholars can today point to those core teachings of the Buddha that are common across the early existent canons of the various Buddhist schools. These early teachings are where Ajahn Brahmali believes we should focus our attention if we are to uncover the Buddha's original teachings.

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Samatha and Vipassana | Ajahn Brahmali | 8 May 2015

A talk on the topic of Samatha and Vipassana by Ajahn Brahmali, on the 8th of May 2015. Ajahn Brahmali also wrote a paper based on this talk, entitled 'Why Samatha and Vipassana are Inseparable', which is available here.

(Please note Ajahn Brahmali gave another talk with the same title on the 28th March 2008). 

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Right View and Letting Go | Ajahn Brahmali | 18 April 2021

Ajahn Brahmali offers the three refuges and five precepts, followed by a Dhamma talk on the 18th April 2021 at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), Buddhaloka Centre in Malvern East, Victoria. 

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Teaching retrieved from here.

Interview with Ajahn Brahmali

This is an audio of a video entitled, 'An interview with Ajahn Brahmali', by Piotr from Portal Sasana. Exact date unknown, believed to be 2018 or less. 

Audio retrieved from this video here.

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The View That Frees | Ajahn Brahmali | 16 January 2021

Ajahn Brahmali offers a talk from Bodhinyana Monastery, Western Australia online to Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, in the UK. In this talk, Ajahn Brahmali defines right (and wrong!) view and helps us understand how views come about. He shows how we can develop right view to inform and empower our meditation, freeing our minds from the five hindrances - and eventually freeing ourselves from all erroneous views - to experience a peace beyond the conditioned world.

All of us hold views based on our conditioning, which then reinforce our perceptions and thoughts, essentially creating our world. Buddhist practice is about learning how to steer our mind away from suffering and in the direction of freedom - whether inside or outside of meditation - and gradually align our views with the way things are.

Right view at the preliminary level is the foundation of the path and helps guide our intentions and behaviour in wholesome ways, gradually making deep meditation both possible and productive of liberating insight. Once we penetrate the Four Noble Truths, our view of reality becomes perfected and forms the basis for the successive stages of liberation.

Donations towards Anukampa's aim to spread the Dhamma and develop a nuns' monastery in England are extremely welcome, please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/

Please find Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project's upcoming events here and Anukampa's YouTube channel (talks by Venerable Canda, Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Brahmali and more) here.

Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmali | 3 April 2021

Ajahn Brahmali offers some practical advice for dealing with restlessness: by reflecting on what is really important in your life, you realise it is your spiritual growth and as a result your mind becomes less interested in worldly matters and settles down. You begin to prioritise your spiritual life, over your worldly life and things.

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Buddhist Attitudes towards Worldly Problems | Ajahn Brahmali | 2 April 2021

Ajahn Brahmali shares his Buddhist perspective on how to deal with worldly problems.

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Friday Night Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmali | 2 April 2021

Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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Ajahn Brahmali | Hierarchies and Power | The Armadale Meditation Group

Tuesday 30th March 2021

Ajahn Brahmali joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time remains listening to a Dhamma talk. However, the layout can vary. Due to social distancing regulations, these weekly Tuesday night teachings are happening via Zoom from Bodhinyana Monastery.

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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

Noble Eightfold Path Workshop VI - Part 17 | 27 March 2021 | Ajahn Brahmali & Bhante Bodhidhaja

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

 

This is Workshop VI : Right Effort & Summary (Part 17).

 

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Noble Eightfold Path Workshop VI - Part 16 | 27 March 2021 | Ajahn Brahmali & Bhante Bodhidhaja

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

 

This is Workshop VI : Right Effort & Summary (Part 16).

 

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.

 

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Noble Eightfold Path Workshop V - Part 15 | 20 March 2021 | Ajahn Brahmali & Bhante Bodhidhaja

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

 

This is Workshop V: Right speech, action, and livelihood (Part 15).

 

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.

 

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Noble Eightfold Path Workshop V - Part 14 | 20 March 2021 | Ajahn Brahmali & Bhante Bodhidhaja

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

 

This is Workshop V: Right speech, action, and livelihood (Part 14).

 

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.

 

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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Noble Eightfold Path Workshop V - Part 13 | 20 March 2021 | Ajahn Brahmali & Bhante Bodhidhaja

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

This is Workshop V :  Right speech, action, and livelihood(Part 13)

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.

 

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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.