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Dharma talks from the tradition of Buddhist meditation master Ajahn Brahm and Australian Forest Sangha of monks and nuns presented by the Buddhist Society of Western Australia
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Saturday Dec 08, 2018
Saturday Dec 08, 2018
Ajahn Vayama guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.
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Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Ajahn Vayama talks about one of the teachings the Buddha gave specifically in reply to a question put to him about ‘What are the highest blessings in life, what are the good omens?’ ‘How can we guarantee or ensure our happiness, prosperity and safety for ourselves and those we care about?’ Ajahn discusses the Buddhas reply describing the highest blessings and how these are the results of one’s good actions.
Click here to read Snp2.4 The Greatest Good Fortune Sutta on Sutta Central
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Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
Wednesday Aug 22, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Monday Aug 13, 2018
Monday Aug 13, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Monday Aug 06, 2018
Monday Aug 06, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Ajahn Vayama conducts an intermediate/ advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.
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Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Ajahn Vayama starts by sharing a Jataka Tale about wisdom gone wrong, which explains how we can easily misunderstand the teachings when we don’t get the full story and this can cause things to go wrong. Ajahn discusses people’s misrepresentations, misperceptions and misunderstandings of the Buddhist teachings, as well as how to know whether our motivations and intentions are wholesome. Ajahn also talks about how in Buddhism we go with the flow of wisdom, truth, impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, non-self and changeability.
We apologise for the quality of this audio, but it does improve a bit. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1999.
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Sunday May 27, 2018
Sunday May 27, 2018
“Going forth with faith from home to homelessness” is the description in the Pali scriptures, for the decision and action of men and women when they take the step to go forth as monks or nuns. Ajahn Vayama talks about the Buddhist Order of Nuns. Ajahn firstly discusses the nun’s at the time of the Buddha and then the present day situation for Theravadin nuns and its implications for BSWA nun’s monastery in Perth WA. This talk was given in 1999.
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Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
Ajahn Vayama talks about the contribution of love to our wellbeing and to dealing with pain in our meditation. Ajahn looks at what we mean by ‘love’, as well as why our capacity to give and receive love effects our health and wellbeing. Ajahn explains that in Buddhism we are trying to move away from a narrow exclusive love to having a universal love for all beings because all beings need love. We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 2000.
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Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
The Buddha taught the way out of suffering. Ajahn Vayama offers some reflections on the Buddha’s teaching “Transcendental Dependent Arising”, which Ajahn explains is a teaching on the chain of cause and effect, one thing giving rise to the next, that starts with suffering (dukkha) and goes all the way to the end of suffering; enlightenment Nirvana. This teaching starts with dukkha and looks on it as a teacher, because suffering is an invitation to wake up in our life, to wake up to the realities of life. Ajahn talks about how suffering can motivate us to find a way out of suffering; for us to put in the effort and energy required to find peace and wake up.
We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Dhamma talk was given in 2000.
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Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Sunday Apr 08, 2018
Ajahn Vayama offers practical reflections on what we can do to prevent and stop social conflicts arising, such as anger, arguments and blaming others. Ajahn explains that there is no quick fix, or one answer to solving these problems, so she goes through step by step what the Buddha taught on how to deal with conflict, which includes developing and having right view.
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Sunday Mar 25, 2018
Sunday Mar 25, 2018
Ajahn Vayama talks about coming to terms with our shadow; that is our unacknowledged and unexpressed fears, hopes, dreams, disappointments, wishes, desires or envy. Ajahn explains how we don’t like to see this and so we avoid it by distracting ourselves in things that make us feel good. Ajahn describes how through meditation though we start to bring the shadow aspects of our life into our conscious awareness and when this happens, we can see things in our mind we don't like. When this happens we should not feel that our meditation is failing, but actually we should be happy that now we are going to a deeper level. Ajahn explains how to deal with this experience through building up the mind and heart with peace, loving kindness, generosity and wisdom i.e. an understanding of non-self, right intention and letting go.
We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1999.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.