Episodes
Sunday Jul 31, 2016
Peace In War | by Ayya Vayama | 21 March 2003
Sunday Jul 31, 2016
Sunday Jul 31, 2016
Ajahn Vayama talks about how to find peace in a time of war by looking to the source of peace within ourselves, and bringing that peace and well-being into the world.
Saturday Jul 30, 2016
Grief | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 7 March 2003
Saturday Jul 30, 2016
Saturday Jul 30, 2016
Ajahn Brahm talks about feelings of grief and loss, and how to deal with them.
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Making Peace | by Ayya Vayama | 21 February 2003
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Ajahn Vayama talks about practicing to find peace, for the benefit of ourselves and for others.
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Buddhist Meditation - The Way | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 14 February 2003
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Ajahn Brahm decides to indulge himself by talking about his favourite subject - meditation! Meditation is the Buddhist way of finding all the answers to all the spiritual and philosophical questions through direct personal experience - not via a priest, a holy scripture or any other mediated form. Meditation also helps us to deal with the stresses and problems in life by developing inner peace.
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Loving Kindness Meditation | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 7 February 2003
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Wednesday Jul 27, 2016
Ajahn Brahm gives guidance on loving kindness meditation.
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Help | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 31 January 2003
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Having been asked about the role of helping and serving others, Ajahn Brahm talks about both the beauty and goodness of helping others, but also the dangers like over-committing and burning out. Ajahn Brahm talks about how to help and serve others using both compassion and wisdom.
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
The Mundane & The Supramundane | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 24 January 2003
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
Ajahn Brahm reflects upon our mundane reality and the quest to attain supremundane experience.
Saturday Jul 23, 2016
Reflective Acceptance | by Ayya Vayama | 17 January 2003
Saturday Jul 23, 2016
Saturday Jul 23, 2016
Ayya Vayama talks about how we can find acceptance with change and loss through wisely reflecting upon circumstances.
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Arguments | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 10 January 2003
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Ajahn Brahm explains where arguments come from and why we argue, so that we can understand each other and resolve difficulties without arguments.
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Thursday Jul 21, 2016
Why Me? | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 3 January 2003
Thursday Jul 21, 2016
Thursday Jul 21, 2016
Ever wondered why terrible, difficult, troublesome things happen to us? Ever asked yourself, "Why me?" Why are some people rich and others poor? How come there is so much inequality and injustice in the world? And where is all this leading? Ajahn Brahm explains.
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Buddha Nature | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 27 December 2002
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Ajahn Brahm responds to a question about whether human nature is closer to the Mahayana Buddhist idea of "buddha nature" or the Christian idea of "original sin".
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Abandoning Desire By Using Desire | by Ayya Vayama | 20 December 2002
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Ajahn Vayama uses the Buddhist teaching of the Iddhipadas (Roads to Success), especially the quality of aditthana (determination) which is a wholesome desire to overcome the unwholesome desires of sensual craving which lead to suffering.
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Teachers From Hell | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 29 November 2002
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
We've all had problems with the boss from hell, the partner from hell, etceteras. Ajahn Brahm points out how all these difficult people have something to teach us, and a skillful way to go about dealing with these people is to calm the whole situation down using the same attitude that helps us calm our own mind.
Sunday Jul 17, 2016
A Different Perspective On Empathy | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 15 July 2016
Sunday Jul 17, 2016
Sunday Jul 17, 2016
Being empathetic is generally considered to be a positive in modern society, and within Buddhism. But Ajahn Brahm takes a different perspective on empathy, pointing out that often our empathy is directed to the negative feelings of others. There is a time and place for this, but we need to keep this in balance and also take some time to get some space away from the world to find calm and stability within.
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Changing The World From Within | by Ayya Vayama | 22 November 2002
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Friday Jul 15, 2016
Responding to the charge that Buddhism is "passive", Ajahn Vayama contends that the practice is very active, and very active at the point where we are not used to thinking of being active: namely, the mind. Through actively developing the mind, our speech and actions begin to change in accordance with the changes occurring within.
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Mindfulness | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 1 November 2002
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Ajahn Brahm focuses on how to develop the quality of mindfulness - a practice that has been central (e.g. it's a factor of Eightfold Path and Seven Factors of Enlightenment) to the teaching of Buddhism from the start. He goes on to talk about the varying degrees of attention and the ability to know what's going on in the mind and body.
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
Origins | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 25 October 2002
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
Why does the universe come from? Why do we exist at all? Ajahn Brahm answers these questions from a Buddhist perspective.
Tuesday Jul 12, 2016
Dead Loss | by Ajahn Brahmavamso | 18 October 2002
Tuesday Jul 12, 2016
Tuesday Jul 12, 2016
With people coming to him expressing their concerns about disasters and tragedies in the world, Ajahn Brahm talks about how to deal effectively with tragedy and loss in life.
Monday Jul 11, 2016
Setting In Motion The Wheel Of Dhamma | by Ayya Vayama | 19 July 2002
Monday Jul 11, 2016
Monday Jul 11, 2016
Ajahn Vayama reflects upon the occasion upon which the Buddha gave his first teaching - the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The Discourse on Setting In Motion The Wheel Of Dhamma. Ajahn Vayama discusses the circumstances around this first teaching of the Buddha and the meaning of that teaching.
Sunday Jul 10, 2016
Courage | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 8 July 2016
Sunday Jul 10, 2016
Sunday Jul 10, 2016
Ajahn Brahm reinterprets the Buddhist principle of “viriya” – often interpreted within Buddhist schools as being “energy” or “effort” – by point out that the root of the work “vira” means “hero”, and that we can interpret “viriya” (which is one of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment”) as “heroism” or “courage”. It’s this attitude of courage that can help us to face and overcome many of life’s challenges.