Buddhist Society of Western Australia

A Taste of Freedom | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 19 February 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers a Buddhist perspective on what Freedom is and how it can be achieved. Ajahn gives us clarity on this spiritual subject he says is so misunderstood, yet so important in our lives. And he talks about how freedom of the heart is gained by meditation practice and letting go of control.

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Trauma and Tragedy | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 12 February 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers advice on how best to deal with traumatic or tragic events and reminds us that ultimately we are responsible for our own happiness, even in tough times.

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Ghosts Gods Angels | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 27 May 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers a short guided meditation, followed by a Dhamma talk entitled ‘Ghosts Gods Angels’ on the 27^th May 2010. The audience is believed to be the Buddhist Fellowship. Teaching retrieved from here (by Dhamma Witz: https://www.dhammawitz.org/)

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The Fault Finding Mind | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 7 May 2021

Often we find faults in our life, partners and ourselves and overlook the good parts. Ajahn Brahm offers a new perspective; which is to see what we think are bad parts as opportunities to learn and grow. Ajahn encourages us to love ourselves (faults and all) and to develop a joy finding mind (a mind that sees the positives, rather than the faults).

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Kindness | Ajahn Nissarano | 17 January 2021

Ajahn Nissarano offers a Dhamma talk about Kindness on the 17 January 2021, at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), Buddhaloka Centre in Malvern East, Victoria.

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Inspiration | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 5 February 2010

Ajahn Brahm talks about how inspiration can energize our meditation practice and allow us to go beyond the boundaries we normally set for ourselves. Ajahn says inspiration is one of the most important parts of the spiritual life because it is difficult to be kind, generous, loving, forgiving and so on without authentic examples of great acts of generosity and kindness. It is inspiration which encourages us to add our own acts of beauty to this world and those acts spread inspiration to others and make this world a beautiful place.

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Don't Be Disappointed | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 29 January 2010

How many times have you been disappointed? Why is it that sometimes we look at life and feel disappointed? Ajahn Brahm takes a look at what is the cause of our disappointments and says the first reason is because we expect so much of each other, of life and of ourselves. Ajahn offers some practical advice for dealing with disappointments and unreasonable expectations from within and without.

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Science of Mind and Brain | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 28 May 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers a Dhamma talk entitled ‘Science of Mind and Brain’ on the 28^th May 2010. The audience is the Buddhist Fellowship. Teaching retrieved from here (by Dhamma Witz: https://www.dhammawitz.org/)

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Transcendence | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 30 April 2021

Ajahn Brahm describes how deep mindfulness can transcend our experience and perception. Ajahn gives an example when he was a student at Cambridge attending a meditation retreat, how he perceived beauty in an ordinary bamboo tree when his mind was peaceful.

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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.

Special Kids Story | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 28 May 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers another Dhamma talk entitled ‘Special Kid's Story’ on the 28^th May 2010. The audience is believed to be the Buddhist Fellowship. Teaching retrieved from here (by Dhamma Witz: https://www.dhammawitz.org/)

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Happiness In This Life, Joy! | Ajahn Brahmavamso

Talk by Ajahn Brahm. Exact date unknown, believed to be 2013 or below. Teaching retrieved from here (YouTube Channel: MOM I Love You)

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Flowing with Uncertainty | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 23 April 2021

Tonight Ajahn Brahm is giving a Dhamma talk to an almost empty hall due to the snap 3 day COVID-19 lockdown due to take effect at midnight tonight in Perth, WA. Ajahn uses this occasion to teach us about the uncertainty of the future, the importance of present moment awareness (living in the now) and how to adapt to changes.

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Anatta (Non-self) | Ajahn Nissarano | 4 April 2021

A Dhamma talk given by Ajahn Nissarano on the 4th April 2021, at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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Interview with Ajahn Brahmavamso

This is an audio of a video entitled, 'An interview with Ajahn Brahm' at Bodhinyana Monastery from Sasana.pl. Exact date unknown, believed to be 2018 or less. 

Audio retrieved from this YouTube video here.

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The Noble Eightfold Path to A Happy Life | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 20 June 2017

Ajahn Brahm's public talk on "The Noble Eightfold Path to A Happy Life" at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 20, 2017. Hosted by Dr. Arunika Gunawardena.

Teaching retrieved from here (YouTube Channel: Dr. Arunika Gunawardena).

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Mindfulness and Kindfulness | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 16 April 2021

Ajahn Brahm teaches us about the importance of having kindness in our meditation. Ajahn explains why it takes both mindfulness and kindness to overcome the many obstacles we face in meditation. (Kindfulness is a slang word created by Ajahn Bram).

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Hard Questions To A Soft Teacher - Part 3 | Ajahn Brahmavamso & Venerable Canda | 10-04-2021

Venerable Canda of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in England conducts an online live Q&A session with Ajahn Brahm in Perth, WA. Find parts 1-3 on bswa.org here.

Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. 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.

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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.

Time and Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 28 May 2010

Ajahn Brahm offers a Dhamma talk entitled ‘Time and Meditation’ on the 28^th May 2010. The audience is believed to be the Buddhist Fellowship. Teaching retrieved from here (by Dhamma Witz: https://www.dhammawitz.org/)

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