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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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Whenever we meditate there are disturbances. Ajahn Brahm teaches us that we shouldn't give them importance and eventually they will disappear.

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In our society we are encouraged to debate who is right, however Ajahn Brahm encourages us to live together in harmony. Ajahn shares his beautiful experiences of working together in harmony with his fellow monks.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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Ajahn uses humour, jokes, funny stories and common sense to teach us how to meditate.  We forget that being physically comfortable is very important to a good meditation.  If we are physically uncomfortable it is difficult to be mentally comfortable, we can't focus.  Talk to your body, ask it if it is comfortable, fidget, squirm, cough but get comfortable.  Then move on to relaxing mentally.  Leave your heavy past in the past, forget your concerns about your future and just live in the moment.

Focus your attention on your breath and breath in "peace", out "let go".

After the guided meditation, Ajahn talks about mental health as well as general health and the benefits of meditation.

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Where does your personality come from? Buddhism says that it carries over from your previous lives. Ajahn Brahm shares some fantastic anecdotes about reincarnation.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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Ajahn Brahm explains how the Buddha’s teaching on “The Middle Way” relates to our daily life. Ajahn cautions us to be careful with the extremes of life; from fame to feeling worthlessness and he suggests we find the middle way. Also we don’t have to change the world, we just have to make peace with the world.

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We all have different views, conditioned by different experiences. Arguments are inevitable, but argue with kindness and respect which will encourage growth and bring us one step closer to truth, by Ajahn Brahm.

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Ajahn Brahm shares what he really wants in life. He wants the beautiful sense of peace, friendship, kindness, contentment, respect, acceptance and love. Isn't that what you want?

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Ajahn Brahm offers advice on how to deal with the complexities of life and talks widely on the nature of forgiveness in Buddhism, contrasted with attitudes to justice and revenge in the world today. Ajahn discusses the tremendous benefit of having the philosophy “whatever happened or happens to you good, bad, who knows?" because this attitude opens up the opportunity for lotuses to grow in your life.

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Sometimes in meditation we can get restless and start thinking. Ajahn Brahm says that this is our mind's reaction to pain and discomfort. Ajahn encourages us to be kind and gentle to our discomforts and sooner or later the pain tends to disappear.

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How about going nowhere for your next holiday? Ajahn Brahm encourages us to relax and do nothing, because he says this has many benefits; physically, psychologically and more. 

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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Ajahn Brahm talks about our many fears, including fear of physical discomfort, fear of criticism and fear of the future, and why there is no need to be fearful.

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We emphasise too much on beginnings and ends, and do not pay enough attention to the in-between times which count the most in our lives.

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Ajahn Brahm explores similes in Buddhism on the humble banana: revealing how the mind works and how to solve problems. Ajahn Brahm talks about our monkey mind which is always trying to get things out of the way first, before it can be kind, generous, meditate, love and so on.  Ajahn Brahm points out that we should do the important things in life first which are being kind, generous, meditating and loving one another and so on.

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This is Ajahn Brahm's last guided meditation for 2017. Ajahn guides the meditation for approximately 40 minutes and then finishes with some chanting for the New Year. 

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The Buddha says that having good friends (Kalyanamitta) is the whole of the spiritual life. In this final Dhamma talk for 2017, Ajahn teaches us the importance of associating with good people and ends by encouraging us to welcome the difficulities and uncertainty of 2018. 

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