Episodes
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Q&A - Training the Mind to be Happy with Metta Meditation | Ajahn Sujato
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
This question and answers session follows the teaching given by Ajahn Sujato entitled ‘Training the Mind to Be Happy with Metta Meditation’, given in Sri Lanka during 2013.
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Training the Mind to be Happy with Metta Meditation | Ajahn Sujato
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Tuesday Aug 29, 2017
Why do people give up everything they thought they wanted to attend meditation retreats?
Ajahn Sujato reflects on what it is that is causing us suffering when we sit and meditate? Why it is so difficult to have peace of mind? What is disturbing our mind? In this talk, Ajahn teaches us how to let go of our worries.
This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in Sri Lanka during 2013.
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Monday Aug 28, 2017
The Nature of Enlightenment | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Aug 28, 2017
Monday Aug 28, 2017
Ajahn Brahm talks about the difficult subject of enlightenment. In this talk Ajahn explains to us what enlightenment is and what it’s not. Ajahn offers this teaching so that we can have some idea and appreciation on what is and isn’t the goal of Buddhism and this practise. We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1998.
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Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Chuan Muan Chuen | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Ajahn Brahm shares stories of how to overcome suffering, depression and disappointments in life. Ajahn explains how we can use and learn from the bad things that happen to us in life to create great happiness. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in Thailand during 2012.
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Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Friday Night Guided Meditation | Ajahn Vayama | 14-10-2005
Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Saturday Aug 26, 2017
Meditation guided by Ajahn Vayama for approximately 30 minutes.
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Contemplation of death | Ajahn Sujato
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Following on from the audience electing to do a contemplation of death meditation, Bhante Sujato discusses the Buddhist attitude to death and how to use the contemplation of death to find greater peace and understanding in life.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
The Five Aggregates Of Being | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Tuesday Aug 22, 2017
Ajahn Brahm offers a teaching on the five skandhas or aggregates. Ajahn explains how these are the way the Buddha split up the world inside and outside. Ajahn looks at how the Buddha wanted us to use them and the results which come from using them, which is detachment and letting go of everything in the world outside and inside. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1994.
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Monday Aug 21, 2017
Development of the Heart | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Monday Aug 21, 2017
Ajahn Brahm offers a talk on how the Buddha taught and encouraged people to develop the heart and the mind, that is develop your character and inner world by practising generosity, compassion and virtue. You develop the beauty inside from what you do with your life. Ajahn talks about how you can develop the strength of heart and mind which can endure hardship and difficulties so that you can do that which is really wonderful and useful in this world. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1993.
The sound quality of this audio greatly improves as the talk continues.
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Sunday Aug 20, 2017
How To Stop | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Sunday Aug 20, 2017
Sunday Aug 20, 2017
Ajahn Brahm talks about how the role of a teacher is to teach students how to find out the answers to their questions all by themselves. In this talk, Ajahn explains how to gain truth, insight and knowledge for yourself.
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Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Reflections for a Happy New Year | Ajahn Sujato
Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Ajahn Sujato reflects on what is meant by a new year and how we can make it a happy one. Ajahn talks about how we always have choices in life and how our choices make our future and destroy countless other futures. Ajahn teaches us how to make the right choices and encourages us to consider very carefully the choices we make because they have consequences which are far beyond what we can imagine and conceive. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given by Ajahn Sujato in Colombo, Sri Lanka during 2013.
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Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Friday Night Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 28-10-2005
Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Saturday Aug 19, 2017
Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.
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Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Understanding Suicide | by Ajahn Brahmavamso
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Ajahn Brahm discusses the sometimes taboo topic of suicide, sharing a compassionate Buddhist perspective on how to understand suicide, and skillful ways of reflecting upon suicidal thoughts.
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Ancient Wisdom | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Monday Aug 14, 2017
Ajahn Brahm expresses why he chose the path of being a Buddhist monk and how it has fulfilled his objectives way beyond what he could have ever expected. Ajahn talks about how Buddhism really makes a difference to people’s lives, saves people’s lives and changes people and their lives for the better. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, in Thailand during 2010.
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Sunday Aug 13, 2017
How To See The Beauty Of Concrete | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Sunday Aug 13, 2017
Sunday Aug 13, 2017
In this talk Ajahn Brahm explains, why it is the Buddha’s teachings are timeless and have survived for so long. Ajahn looks at how to achieve the greatest happiness and enlightenment and describes how the Buddha became enlightened through the practise of samatha and vipassana meditation. We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Buddha Dhamma talk was given in the 1990s.
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Saturday Aug 12, 2017
Having a Nice Time Through Meditation | Ajahn Sujato
Saturday Aug 12, 2017
Saturday Aug 12, 2017
Ajahn Sujato describes what Dhamma practitioners mean by a good time compared to most other people. Ajahn discusses how meditation teaches us what true and real happiness really is and Ajahn looks at where this happiness and peace in meditation comes from. “Holding on leads to suffering and letting go leads to peace”. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given in Colombo, Sri Lanka during 2013.
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Saturday Aug 12, 2017
Friday Night Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 02-12-2005
Saturday Aug 12, 2017
Saturday Aug 12, 2017
30 minute guided meditation given before the Friday night Dhamma talk.
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
How to deal with rejection and lack of self-worth | Ajahn Brahm
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Ajahn Brahm responds to a request online about rejection and denigration from others leading to low self-esteem and lack of self-worth.
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Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Q&A - Meditation Summarised in a Nutshell | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
This question and answers session on meditation was held by Ajahn Brahm at the WFB Sanook Meditation Day in Bangkok, Thailand, during 2007. These questions and answers are associated with the talk "Meditation in a Nutshell".
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Meditation Summarised in a Nutshell | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017
Ajahn Brahm talks about the real goal and meaning of meditation and reminds us that meditation is a great way of overcoming stress and improving our health. Ajahn explains how meditation and enlightenment happen by going against the stream that is against craving, restlessness, thinking, worrying and so on. Instead of going outwards we go in the opposite direction inwards, into the body, into silence and into the breath. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given by Ajahn Brahm at the WFB Sanook Meditation Day in Bangkok, Thailand, during 2007.
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Monday Aug 07, 2017
Monday Aug 07, 2017
Questions and Answers for the Buddha Dhamma talk "Keeping a Cool Heart in the Times of Global Warming", given by Ajahn Brahm in Thailand during 2008.
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