Episodes
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Smart Thinking, Boy Wonder! | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Ajahn Brahm tackles what it means to be a great thinker or smart thinker. He challenges the primacy of the importance of thinking, and advocates instead wisdom based upon inner silence and direct knowledge.
Monday Feb 13, 2017
The Puzzle of Life | Ayya Vayama
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Ajahn Vayama gives an enlightening talk about how the limitations on our perceptions can cause us to have misleading and inaccurate views about how the world works, including how our own minds work. Only when we develop a mindful attitude and ability to step back and look at the conditions upon the mind can we begin to untangle the puzzle of life.
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 11-02-17
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Ajahn Brahm leads a guided meditation focusing on the development of contentment.
Saturday Feb 11, 2017
The Value of Trust | by Ajahn Brahmavamso
Saturday Feb 11, 2017
Saturday Feb 11, 2017
Ajahn Brahm talks about the importance of trust in our personal lives and for the operation of a successful society. But most of us have trusted others and felt burned, and have given up on trust. Trust is a quality of great importance which we can develop and apply with wisdom.
Friday Feb 10, 2017
Minding The Inside World | by Ayya Vayama
Friday Feb 10, 2017
Friday Feb 10, 2017
Giving an unusual talk during the middle of the annual Rains Retreat, Ajahn Vayama talks about what goes on in a monastery during a period of retreat, particularly the focus on developing the inner practice of meditation and developing an insight into the nature of the mind.
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Continuity | Ayya Vayama
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Wednesday Feb 08, 2017
Ajahn Vayama reflects back on her first ten years as a nun, ordaining and training in Sri Lanka, and upon how so many faithful people supported her and helped her get to the point of being able to establish a monastery in Australia. She goes on to celebrate with gratitude the generosity of her supporters in those early days and point to what we can all learn from this situation.
Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
Ajahn Brahm | Meditation in a Nutshell Armadale Meditation Group
Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
Tuesday Feb 07, 2017
Ajahn Brahm guides us through a relaxation exercise using humour and common sense before guiding the meditation. After the meditation he talks of why we needn't change ourselves, but be comfortable and happy with who we are. He uses a simile of trees in the forest being bent, often broken and damaged, but beautiful none the less. You need not change it to think it beautiful. So why change yourself.
Monday Feb 06, 2017
Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 04-02-17
Monday Feb 06, 2017
Monday Feb 06, 2017
Ajahn Brahm gives advice on how to find peace and stillness in meditation.
Sunday Feb 05, 2017
Reincarnation | by Ajahn Brahmavamso
Sunday Feb 05, 2017
Sunday Feb 05, 2017
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on one of his favourite topics - reincarnation - and challenges us to reevaluate our doubts about reincarnation. Understanding reincarnation can help us understand our lives and to make peace with death.