Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Venerable Vippassako discusses the book "Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away" by Ajahn Chah.

Dhammaloka Book Club is usually held on the second Saturday of every month from 1.45 pm to 2.30 pm, please check the BSWA event page for the latest updates.

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Venerable Mettavihari discusses the "Being Nobody, Going Nowhere" by Ayya Khema in Dhammaloka Books Club's session on 20 May 2023.

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Venerable Mettavihari discusses two books "Kindfulness"  by Ajahn Brahm and "Being Nobody, Going Nowhere" by Ayya Khema in Dhammaloka Books Club's session on 08 April 2023.

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Bear Awareness - Questions and Answers on taming your wild mind with Venerable Mettaji.

Page references:
Teddy Bears @8.00 minutes - pages 26/27 and 88.
Metta @9.29 minutes - pages 1 to 6.
Cancer recovery story @ 23.30 minutes - page 73.
Posture and pain @ 27.43 minutes - page 11.
Reducing Thinking @30.46 minutes - pages 19, 85 and 135.
Going "in" , not progress @ 33.00 minutes pages 37/38.
Don't want anything (Let GO) @ 34.00 minutes pages 30/31.
Judging others @35.17 minutes - pages 88/89.
Clarity of mind @ 39.00 minutes - pages 119/120.
Summary of the chapters starts @ 42.00 minutes.

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Venerable Ananda discusses the "Simply this Moment" book by Ajahn Brahm in Dhammaloka Books Club's session on the 12 November 2022.

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In this 2nd series of the "Good? Bad? Who Knows?" book discussion, Venerable Mettaji shares how we can use these stories to help us to calm ourselves down, answer a dilemma, or stop and centre ourselves, even if we feel a bit agitated in our body or had a challenging recent experience.

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Venerable Sunyo discusses his favourite stories in the book, sharing anecdotes from his childhood and meditation practice at the Dhammaloka Books Club's 5th session on the 14 May 2022.

Venerable shares the attitude that he uses when he meditates, "Just by sitting down and being there, the meditation is already a success and done, and there is nothing further to change or to get somewhere". The mind then gets peaceful right away, as we are opening the door of our heart to whatever is going on in our mind.

Also keep an ear out for Venerable's amusing encounter with "MULCH" in the monastery.

This book is available from the Dhammaloka Library.

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At Dhammaloka Book Club's 4th session, Venerable Nibbuto discusses the "Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond" book by Ajahn Brahm.

As a self-proclaimed non-book reader :), Venerable Nibbuto highly recommends this book. Venerable Nibbuto bought the book 8 years before he ordained and shares his experience and insights while discussing parts of the books, offering some practical meditation advise, e.g. to do Metta meditation if you are unable to do breath meditation.

This book is available from the Dhammaloka Library.

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In this 3rd series of the Dhammaloka Book Club on 22 March 2022, Venerable Radha discusses the “Falling is Flying” book by Ajahn Brahm and Chan Master Guojun.

What do we do when life throws rocks at us? “Instead of trying to discipline your mind with ill will, fault-finding, guilt, punishment, and fear, use something far more powerful: the beautiful kindness, gentleness, and forgiveness of making peace with life.” —Ajahn Brahm “

In free fall, nothing is solid and there is nothing to hold on to. There is no way to control the experience. You have to surrender, and with that surrender comes the taste of liberation.” —Master Guojun

Most of us tend to live each day as if it will be just another day—like nothing will change. It always comes as a shock when we lose a job, a loved one, a relationship, our health—even though we’ve seen it happen again and again to those around us. Once we finally realize we’re not immune, then we wonder: what now? How do we continue when the terrain suddenly gets rough? Meet your companions for this rocky part of the path: Ajahn Brahm and Chan Master Guojun—one a teacher in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, the other in the Chinese Zen tradition.

These two beloved meditation masters share personal stories and anecdotes from their own experiences of dealing with life’s pitfalls. You’ll learn from their honest, generous teachings how you can live fully—even flourish—even when the road ahead looks steep and lonely. Personal, poetic, instructive, and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is inspiring advice for people from all walks of life.

“Falling is Flying is truly unique because it offers a rare glimpse into the personal lives of two living Buddhist masters. With unflinching honesty, Ajahn Brahm and Chan Master Guojun share the struggles they’ve faced, even after becoming monks and respected teachers. Throughout the book, we see how, instead of turning away in aversion from adversity, they’ve used it as a stepping stone for finding the peace and happiness we all seek. I love this book and recommend it most highly!” —Toni Bernhard, author of How To Be Sick

This book is available from the Dhammaloka Library.

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In this 2nd series of the Dhammaloka Book Club on 12 Feb 2022, Venerable Mettavihari discusses the "The Art of Disappearing" book by Ajahn Brahm. Venerable explores the main themes in the book about mindfulness and the meditation practice, and highlights some of the practical advice and strategies that we can use when our meditation is not going so well. Our attitude to how we meditate is important and we should put caring attention to it.

This book is available from the Dhammaloka Library.

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At Dhammaloka Book Club’s first session, Venerable Mettaji discusses the “Good? Bad? Who Knows?” book by Ajahn Brahm. Venerable Mettaji shares his favourite stories, and invites the audience to do so as well, and delves a little deeper on the meaning of each story.

Dhammaloka Book Club is held on the second Saturday of every month from 1.45 pm to 2.30 pm.

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