Episodes
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Real Love and Anukampa | Ajahn Brahm
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Ajahn Brahm's "Real Dhamma Tour"; (UK Dhamma Tour for Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project). Dhamma Talk: "Real Love and Anukampa" given on 13-10-2017. Please visit: www.anukampaproject.org and YouTube: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. We apologise for the sound quality in parts of this recording.
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Saturday Jun 30, 2018
Meditation Made Easy | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Saturday Jun 30, 2018
Saturday Jun 30, 2018
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on why and how to meditate with ease.
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Friday Jun 29, 2018
Ajahn Santutthi | Recharge Your Batteries - Armadale Meditation Group
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Ajahn Santutthi encouraged us to consider meditation as recharging the batteries of the mind. We are learning how to be passengers in our meditation practice, not dictators. So when random thoughts pop up, just observe, don't engage, let them go. Having present moment awareness isn't impossible, it just takes practice. The result is being right here, right now and gaining a stepping stone to inner peace. Be patient and gentle with yourself.
Ajahn guided us in a thirty minute meditation well suited to both experienced meditators and beginners. Ajahn suggested that we patiently observe our mind and see where it is in this moment. No heavy focus, just gentle observation and notice what we as individuals would like our meditation object to be, rather than making an arbitrary decision. By allowing our minds to be where they want to be as we start to meditate, we remove some of the rigidity. A softer approach. Once our minds are settled and we are just observers, we can then gently change direction and focus on an object such as our breath, as we would normally do.
After meditation Ajahn opened to Q&A.
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Friday Jun 29, 2018
Mindfulness | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how to get one's mind and life out of the fog of confusion using the clarity born of mindfulness.
Recorded at the Chempaka Buddhist Lodge in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
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Thursday Jun 28, 2018
The Way to Heaven | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Thursday Jun 28, 2018
Ajahn Brahm explains how to live this life in a way that leads us to heaven.
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Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
The Lazy Person's Guide To Being Good | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Interesting in practicing the spiritual path, but feel too lazy to get started? Ajahn Brahm has advice for people who are lazy and just want an easy life....and spirituality too.
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Guided Meditation Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 23-06-2018
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
Tuesday Jun 26, 2018
In meditation, is your mind always running a commentary on your experiences? Ajahn Brahm teaches us how to calm our mind by starting with body awareness.
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Monday Jun 25, 2018
Buddhism and Human Resources | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Have you ever felt that people squeeze as much they can out of you? Ajahn Brahm argues that we’re not a resource to be exploited, and teaches us how to cultivate a win-win situation at work.
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Monday Jun 25, 2018
Friday Night Meditation | Ajahn Brahmavamso | 22-06-2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for about 30 minutes.
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Sunday Jun 24, 2018
The Five Precepts Explained | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Teaching of the 5 precepts given to anagarikas and lay people attending the three months Rains Retreat of 2009. Ajahn Brahm explains the moral philosophy behind the Five Precepts. Apologies for the quality of this audio which is quite poor in parts. Recommend turning the volume up to hear properly.
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018
Happiness Upon Happiness | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Saturday Jun 23, 2018
Saturday Jun 23, 2018
Ajahn Brahm talks about his favourite subject: happiness! Learn the secret of happiness with Ajahn Brahm.
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Friday Jun 22, 2018
Overcoming Obstacles | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how to overcome obstacles in life.
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Friday Jun 22, 2018
Bhante Buddharakkhita - Forgiveness For Self - The Armadale Meditation Group
Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
We haven't seen Bhante at Club Med for some years so it was a welcome surprise to see and hear him. Bhante started the evening in an unconventional way which was an unusual but welcome change. Bhante, having been present in areas of the world that have suffered greatly from both natural and man made disasters, replayed a podcast from the US radio station website "This American Life". The podcast documentary tells the story of a phone booth in Japan that attracts thousands of people who lost loved ones in the 2011 tsunami and earthquake. A Japanese TV crew from NHK Sendai filmed people inside the phone booth. The phone line, however, is not connected. The episode by Miki Meek is incorporated into our podcast but can be listened to independently by following the link below.
Bhante thankfully warned us that hankies and tissues would be and were required.
Bhante used this podcast to highlight the need for us to come to terms with ourselves more than anything and in doing so, forgive ourselves. Don’t wait for the forgiveness of those we have trespassed against. Forgive ourselves now - for ourselves.
Immediately after the podcast had concluded, Bhante lead us into a body scan meditation. Toward the middle of the meditation, Bhante used the Metta Sutta as a mantra in and for the rest of the meditation. After the meditation, Bhante continued to talk on forgiveness and why we should forgive ourselves.
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This American Life - episode 579 - One Last Thing Before I Go - act one
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Finding the True Meaning of Life | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Ajahn Brahm visits Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia to talk about finding the true meaning of life.
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Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Bhante Sujato - Dependant Origination | The Armadale Meditation Group
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Thursday Jun 21, 2018
Bhante Sujato broke with our normal format and gave us a dharma talk on Dependant Origination prior to the meditation. Dependant Origination is at the core of the Buddha's teachings and is viewed by many as a very difficult, confusing subject. Bhante handled it by using real life examples from his own life, with a good dose of humour, using words and terms that the lay person can understand.
Bhante then asked the group what type or object they would prefer for the meditation. The raised hands were fairly even on all the suggestions, so it was left to Bhante to decide. Bhante having just given a dharma talk on Dependant Origination suggested a meditation on the four elements as recognised by Buddhists. So the meditation object was Earth, Water, Fire, Air and how they relate to everything (our bodies and all things around us) both seen and unseen.
After meditation Bhante opened to Q&A suggesting that anyone who may have been confused by the dharma talk, should now ask.
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Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Guided Meditation | Venerable Hasapanna | 16-06-2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Are you not enjoying meditation? Perhaps you are trying too hard to achieve something in your meditation. Venerable Hasapanna teaches you to take your time; to relax your body and to practice metta and contentment before meditating on your breath.
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Monday Jun 18, 2018
Can't Get Rid of All Your Suffering | Venerable Hasapanna
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Do you have problems that you want to get rid of? Venerable Hasapanna explains how your wanting to get rid of the problem creates additional suffering.
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Monday Jun 18, 2018
Friday Night Meditation | Venerable Hasapanna | 15-06-2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Venerable Hasapanna guides a meditation for about 30 minutes.
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Sunday Jun 17, 2018
Sunday Jun 17, 2018
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia is honoured to guest speaker Professor Ajahn Dhammavihari give a Dhamma talk. Ajahn begins by talking about the Buddha’s first sermon. (13 June 2006).
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Sunday Jun 17, 2018
Practice Dhamma, See the Buddha | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Sunday Jun 17, 2018
Sunday Jun 17, 2018
Ajahn Brahm talks about how Buddhism can solve all sorts of problems in the world.
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