Buddhist Society of Western Australia

The BSWA celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 2023. Are you curious when, how and where it all began? This video in an interview with one of the remaining living founders of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Maureen Barton took place on 28 January 2022 at Upper Warren near Manjimup, Western Australia. Together with her was her son Ananda and was interviewed by Venerable Mettaji and Cecilia Mitra. Maureen tells the fascinating story of how the BSWA was founded.

If you have any other information about the formative years of the BSWA please add it as a comment - we would love to hear from our earliest members! Thank-you.

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This is an audio of a video entitled, 'An interview with Ajahn Brahm' at Bodhinyana Monastery from Sasana.pl. Exact date unknown, believed to be 2018 or less. 

Audio retrieved from this YouTube video here.

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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

This is an audio of a video entitled, 'An interview with Ajahn Brahmali', by Piotr from Portal Sasana. Exact date unknown, believed to be 2018 or less. 

Audio retrieved from this video here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Venerable Canda of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in England conducts an online live Q&A session with Ajahn Brahm in Perth, WA. Find parts 1-3 on bswa.org here.

Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. Donations towards Anukampa's aim to spread the Dhamma and develop a nuns' monastery in England are extremely welcome, please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/

Please find Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project's upcoming events here and Anukampa's YouTube channel (talks by Venerable Canda, Ajahn Brahm, Ajahn Brahmali and more) here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

A short interview with Ajahn Brahm. Venerable Canda in the UK puts selected questions to Ajahn Brahm on 15th April 2020 during the COVID-19 Lockdown. Question topics range from coping with losing loved ones and government responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, to practicing jhanas, letting go of suffering, rebirth and sutta study.

Ajahn Brahm is the Spiritual Adviser of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. Donations towards Anukampa's aim to develop a nuns' monastery in England are extremely welcome. Please visit https://anukampaproject.org/donate/

Teaching retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0c06zcXEmc&feature=youtu.be

In this interview from ABC Radio Great Southern, interviewer Lily Hoffman asks Venerable Mudu about the proposed monastery for the Albany region of Western Australia and his journey to becoming a monk.

Click here to find out more about the Bodhinyana Great Southern Monastery Project.

Panel discussion on mindfulness with Ajahn Brahm, Jonathan Landlaw a teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and Rev. Dr. Leighton a teacher in the Soto Zen tradition in Chicago.

The discussion was recorded at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, in Berkeley, United States in February 2015.

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This episode is not a single interview, but a compilation of interviews with Ajahn Brahm.

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This is a dialogue between Ajahn Brahm and the Anglican Archbishop of Perth Roger Herft held at Curtin University in Perth. It's entertaining and enlightening, with Ajahn Brahm demonstrating a very good grasp of events in ancient history which he doesn't often elaborate upon. This talk is definitely for those curious about the origins of Buddhism and Christianity from a fresh perspective.

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Some excellent questions and wise responses on many contemporary issues.

On the invitation of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ajahn Brahm delivers an interview at the 7th World Buddhist Summit in Sri Lanka in November 2017. Recorded at the Temple Trees Auditorium by Dharmavahini Foundation.

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