Episodes
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Gossip | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
If you want to hear all the latest gossip that Ajahn Brahm has heard on the grapevine, then you really need to listen to this talk.
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Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) by Ajahn Nissarano in February 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel
In this talk, Ajahn Nissarano covers Right Action in the Noble Eightfold Path. He explains what the 5 Buddhist precepts are and how they protect us and others. Ajahn also quotes the suttas in explaining a simple guideline given by the Buddha to tell right from wrong: whether it is harmful to ourselves and others, to know where we are coming from and to know the consequences.
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Saturday Sep 12, 2020
And My Teacher was Pain | Matt Gibson | 4 September 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
For many of us when pain comes along in its myriad of forms, whether sickness, relationship breakdowns, financial troubles, passing of loved ones, as children or adults, we tend to push it away. But when you are backed in a corner with no where to run, what do you do?
Matt will share with us his very personal story, the meditation techniques he uses and the insights he has gleaned on the way.
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Saturday Sep 12, 2020
The mind that knows | Ajahn Vayama
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Ayye Vayama discusses how knowledge and practice of the Buddha Dharma develops the mind in the direction of liberation.
Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Decisions, decisions, decisions | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how we can approach decision making in our lives with more wisdom.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Introduction to Buddhism Q&A Series for New Buddhists, kindly conducted by lay Buddhist Geetha Mendis.
Session 1: The Three Refuges (05-09-2020)
Session 2: The Five Precepts (12-09-2020)
Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020)
Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020)
Find the whole series, including notes here: https://bswa.org/teaching/introduction-buddhism-qa-series-new-buddhists-1-4/
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Peace is the highest happiness | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Ajahn Brahm starts out by distinguishing between happiness and peace, then goes on to make the case that peace is the highest happiness, and what we should all be striving for.
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Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Creating sacred space | Ajahn Vayama
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Ayye Vayama talks about setting up of sacred spaces – in time and place – where people can come into for the purposes of remembrance, or for calm and contemplation.
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Expanding your view | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
How can people have so many different beliefs? How can people believe in things that are contrary to plain evidence? How can people, even in the same family, have arguments over these beliefs? Ajahn Brahm talks about the “distortions of the cognitive process” (vipallasa) and how this causes so much confusion in the world, and offers some practical strategies to make sure we aren’t the ones with distorted views – and therefore more happy and free in life.
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Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Buddha's Thinking Management Plan | Ajahn Nissarano
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) by Ajahn Nissarano. Date given believed to be around December 2019 to February 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel
Ajahn Nissarano talks about the Buddha's thinking management plan. Ajahn explains how thinking can play a role in increasing or decreasing wholesome states of our mind. Thinking is an approximation of reality. Ajahn also talks about the two kinds of thought according to the Buddha, i.e. sensual, malicious and cruel thoughts to one class, and renunciation, goodwill and harmlessness to another class. By using wise attention to cultivate the wholesome states of mind, we will avoid/let go of negative states of mind. By accepting or letting thinking be, rather than getting caught up in it or rejecting it, thinking can tend to lose its energy and reduce by itself. Ajahn Nissarano then tells Ajahn Brahm's story about thinking. Finally, there is a quick Q&A session.
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Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Below the Mist | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Ajahn Brahm brings the concept of Enlightenment down to Earth through offering the simile of the mist, and how sometimes we lose our direction even though we think we’re on the right track. Ajahn Brahm clears the mist of unknowing so that we have a clearer sense of the path to Enlightenment, and complete freedom.
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Friday Sep 04, 2020
The Ultimate Question | Ajahn Brahmali
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the search for the meaning to life and the development of the spiritual path.
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Samatha and Vipassana | Ajahn Brahmali
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Ajahn Brahmali explains how the central mental development teachings of samatha (calm) and vipassana (insight) as well as how these qualities are closely related to each and how they work together to enhance the spiritual practice.
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Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Being open to differences | Ajahn Vayama
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Ayye Vayama talks on how the practice of Buddhism can help us to deal with differences with others in terms of attitudes, lifestyle, opinions, etceteras, without making adverse judgments against others.
Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Music and Stories | Zal Kanga Parabia and Kobi Arthur Morrison | 31 July 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Ru aka Zal Kanga-Parabia and Kobi Arthur Morrison offer a beautiful concert for the Buddhist Society of WA.
Ru radiates a nostalgic and heartfelt tone that is rare to find in today’s fast paced, loud, moving world. Feeling their foremost intimate credence, with an emphasis on storytelling and dynamic build ups, Ru nurtures a connection through song.
Kobi Arthur Morrison wo leads reconciliation choir groupings such as Madjitil Moorna, Koondarm and Walyalup Kannajil.
Together through song Ru and Kobi Arthur Morrison offer a gentle sense of healing and connection to self and each other.
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
No complaints | Ajahn Brahmavamso
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
We spend half our lives complaining. But does anyone really listen? Does it really help the situation? So why do we complain so much? Ajahn Brahm offers a different perspective on complaining, pointing us towards changing our attitude rather than changing everything around us, and finding greater peace and contentment in the process.
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