Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Fear creates so much suffering and unnecessary problems in our lives, and for many people a key aim is to overcome fear and experience a state of fearlessness. Ajahn Brahm explains how it’s important to understand fear and even to understand why we are addicted to fear.

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Ajahn Brahm believes the posture he thinks is best for his meditation, is never as good as the one he gets after asking his body how it wants to sit. Ajahn explains the importance of listening to your body and adjusting your posture for meditation.

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Ajahn Brahm teaches the importance of having a positive relationship with our experiences in life. Ajahn encourages us to embrace our life’s unpleasantness, learn from it and make peace with it, rather than become upset or anxious.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately half an hour.

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Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), for their Vesak day celebration on the 3rd May 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to become a stream winner. Ajahn explains stream winning via the Buddhist teachings, with a story of assassins attempting to assassinate the Buddha. Ajahn then goes on to giving a wonderful talk about the noble eightfold path, the five hindrances, the story of the driverless bus, and the two kinds of freedom. 

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Teaching retrieved from: https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PBDB34DFRPZJ4

In a world where there is so much conflict and disharmony – between governments, between religions, between co-workers, between family members and even in our own minds – there is a deep yearning for peace and harmony in the world. Ajahn Brahm uses this talk to highlight the topic of harmony and how to create it in our world, and within ourselves.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation session for approximately 45 minutes. 

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Ajahn Brahm talks about the way we look at the five hindrances: 

1. Desire for Sensing
2. Aversion and Ill-Will
3. Lethargy and Laziness
4. Restlessness and Regret
5. Doubt and Uncertainty

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Teaching retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSFe4Wv514 (YouTube Channel: Sadaham Arana).

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Ajahn Brahm gave a Sunday night Dhamma talk and guided meditation in Albany (at Manley, Lions Club Hall) on the 20th of September 2020.

 This was part of Ajahn Brahm's 2020 visit to Bodhinyana Great Southern Monastery, in Albany Western Australia.

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Ajahn Brahm gave a Dhamma talk at the community dana held in Walpole (Walpole Sport & Recreation Centre) on 21st September 2020. This was part of Ajahn Brahm's 2020 visit to Bodhinyana Great Southern Monastery, in Albany Western Australia.

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Ajahn Brahm shares a teaching on how developing the power of positivity can allow us to see the beauty in an imperfect world.

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Ajahn Brahm gives an unexpected view on the topic of Buddhism and Politics.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately half an hour on the 09-12-2005. 

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Ajahn Brahm explain how Right View in Buddhism doesn’t mean believing in a fixed dogma, but rather how to perceive things in life in order to bring our views into line with reality and to find inner peace. Ajahn Brahm focuses on not “what” to believe, but “where” to look, and “how” to look for it.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation session for approximately 45 minutes. 

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation session for approximately 30 minutes. 

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Ajahn Brahm challenges the notion of “revealed religion” and prophets from a supreme deity. He goes on to say that we are all on a spiritual journey and it’s up to us all to realise deeper spiritual truths directly for ourselves.

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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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Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how we can approach decision making in our lives with more wisdom.

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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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