Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

This is Workshop IV: Fundamentals of morality (Part 11).

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.

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Ajahn Brahmali, Venerable Mudito and Bhante Bodhidhaja are teaching a Noble Eightfold Path series over six consecutive Saturdays.

This is Workshop IV: Fundamentals of morality (Part 10).

Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org 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.

Bhante Bodhidhaja joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time remains listening to a Dhamma talk. However, the layout can vary. Due to social distancing regulations, these weekly Tuesday night teachings are happening via Zoom from Bodhinyana Monastery.

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 choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives a Dhamma talk about the fourth and fifth precepts - no lying and no intoxicants that cloud the mind. This is the final talk of the sila series given by Bhante Bodhidhaja.

Find entire Sila Series on bswa.org here.

• Sila Series - An Overview (1/5)
• Sila Series - The First Precept (2/5)
• Sila Series - The Second Precept (3/5)
• Sila Series - The Third Precept (4/5)
• Sila Series - The Fourth and Fifth Precepts (5/5)

Teaching given from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au) – Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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

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Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/dhamma-talk-sila-series-the-fourth-and-fifth-precepts-bhante-bodhidhaja-15-nov-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja conducts a week night meditation evening, which usually consists of an introduction, guided meditation and then questions and answers. Held at Newbury Buddhist Monastery - Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from: https://bsv.podbean.com/e/guided-meditation-relax-rest-in-reality-bhante-bodhidhaja-19-oct-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives a Dhamma talk about the third precept in his Sila Series - no sexual misconduct. Bhante covers the following suttas in this talk: 

https://suttacentral.net/an8.39/en/bodhi

https://suttacentral.net/an10.176/en/sujato

https://suttacentral.net/an8.40/en/sujato

Find the entire Sila Series on bswa.org here.

• Sila Series - An Overview (1/5)
• Sila Series - The First Precept (2/5)
• Sila Series - The Second Precept (3/5)
• Sila Series - The Third Precept (4/5)
• Sila Series - The Fourth and Fifth Precepts (5/5)

Teaching given from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au) – Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/dhamma-talk-sila-series-the-third-precept-bhante-bodhidhaja-18-oct-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja conducts a week night meditation evening, which usually consists of an introduction, guided meditation and then questions and answers. Held at Newbury Buddhist Monastery - Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives a talk about the second precept - don't take what's not given. This can start from not stealing and be expanded to respecting properties and boundaries of others, laws, rules and time.

Bhante also discusses these suttas:

https://suttacentral.net/an8.39/en/sujato

https://suttacentral.net/an10.176/en/sujato

https://suttacentral.net/an8.40/en/sujato

Find the entire Sila Series on bswa.org here. https://bswa.org/teaching/sila-series/

• Sila Series - An Overview (1/5)
• Sila Series - The First Precept (2/5)
• Sila Series - The Second Precept (3/5)
• Sila Series - The Third Precept (4/5)
• Sila Series - The Fourth and Fifth Precepts (5/5)

Teaching given from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au) – Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/dhamma-talk-sila-series-the-second-precept-bhante-bodhidhaja-13-sep-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja conducts a week night meditation evening, which usually consists of an introduction, guided meditation and then questions and answers. Held at Newbury Buddhist Monastery - Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives a Dhamma talk, which is a continuation of a talk about sila he had given previously. In this Dhamma talk, Bhante quotes several suttas & explains the first precept - no killing or destroying life. Precepts are gifts. For example, if we give up killing, we give others the freedom from fear, enmity and ill will.

Find entire Sila Series on bswa.org here.

• Sila Series - An Overview (1/5)
• Sila Series - The First Precept (2/5)
• Sila Series - The Second Precept (3/5)
• Sila Series - The Third Precept (4/5)
• Sila Series - The Fourth and Fifth Precepts (5/5)

Teaching given from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au) – Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from here.

Bhante Bodhidhaja conducts a week night meditation evening, which usually consists of an introduction, guided meditation and then questions and answers. Held at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV)- Newbury Buddhist Monastery. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/guided-meditation-bhante-bodhidhaja-10-aug-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives a Dhamma talk from Newbury Buddhist monastery regarding an introduction to sila (ethical behaviour e.g. the five precepts), covering habit, protection and kamma. Bhante also quotes the following suttas in the talk: 

• A Simile of Water - https://suttacentral.net/an7.15/en/sujato
• With Cunda - https://suttacentral.net/an10.176/en/sujato

Find entire Sila Series on bswa.org here:

• Sila Series - An Overview (1/5)
• Sila Series - The First Precept - no killing (2/5)
• Sila Series - The Second Precept - no stealing (3/5)
• Sila Series - The Third Precept - no sexual misconduct (4/5)
• Sila Series - The Fourth and Fifth Precepts - no lying and no intoxicants that cloud the mind (5/5)

Teaching given from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia – Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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.

Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/dhamma-talk-an-introduction-to-sila-ethical-behaviour-bhante-bodhidhaja-5-jul-2020/

Bhante Bodhidhaja gives us an overview of how meditation fits in with the rest of the Buddhist practices and encourages us to be kind and to keep the five precepts.

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This guided meditation is part of the corona dhamma daily series of daily meditation and dhamma teachings offered by the monks at Bodhinyana Monastery to support the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

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

This guided meditation is part of the corona dhamma daily series of daily meditation and dhamma teachings offered by the monks at Bodhinyana Monastery to support the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

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

This guided meditation is part of the corona dhamma daily series of daily meditation and dhamma teachings offered by the monks at Bodhinyana Monastery to support the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

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

This guided meditation is part of the corona dhamma daily series of daily meditation and dhamma teachings offered by the monks at Bodhinyana Monastery to support the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

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

Bhante Bodhidhaja surprised us tonight by bringing a laptop computer, a projector, speakers and a well made presentation on meditation. Before becoming a Buddhist Monk, Bhante was a school teacher and continues to teach, but not ABC nor 123. Instead he employees his skills and training to teach Buddhist Meditation.

Bhante began his presentation by explaining that though the monks when teaching may seem to repeat previous instructions, if we look a little closer we find subtle variations. This is done because what suits one, may not suit another. With this firmly in-mind, Bhante began his presentation and it came as no surprise to all that no-one had previously been taught meditation this way. Bhante through his presentation explained what happens within our mind when we are triggered into a fight or flight mode. Bhante used humour often to make the point.

Bhante then guided the group in a thirty minute meditation first focusing on completely relaxing the body, then the mind. This meditation is well suited to beginners and experienced alike.

After meditation Bhante continued his presentation with a slight shift in topic to Metta. A subject appropriate given in the western world, Valentines day was so recent. Bhante also referenced and recommended we listen to a podcast on ABC Radio National that is right on topic called “All In The Mind”.  In addition Bhante recommends we view and read the following.  The first one is to a poem written by Bhante some years ago tittled "Love Means Letting Go".  The second are quotes from Ayya Khema on the topic of love.  Bhante then opened to Q&A.

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To find and download more Armadale Meditation Group Teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page, choose the AMG teaching you want, then type the title into the Podcast search box.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

Venerable Bodhidhaja doesn't get to Club Med often, certainly not as often as we'd like. How-ever, when he does it's always to an audience that greatly appreciates the session.

Venerable commenced with an explanation with comparisons, of the Four Noble Truths. Rather than quote the sutta, Venerable termed them in a manor more easily understood by us all and relating to our meditation practice. The focus of his talk is in letting go during meditation, something we all struggle with to one degree or another.

After the introduction Venerable lead the group in meditation for slightly longer than usual and in a method not seen by the majority of us. Venerable asked us to imagine that we were slowly filling with warm, comforting water. Commencing with our feet and working slowly to the top of our heads. An interesting meditation that was thoroughly enjoyed by all and suitable for beginners and experienced alike.

After meditation Venerable talked on gratitude, a subject well needed at this time of year and very much a part of a monks life. Venerable suggested the following to assist us;

Reflecting on the good during every long trip [commuting to work].
Gratitude countdown from 10 to 0 or ABC.
A gratitude jar or journal
Acknowledgement [in conversation, sms or e-mail]
Reflecting with gratitude before bed, upon waking and when commuting.

As is usual with Venerable he included references that are on-line and open to all of us;

In A Nutshell [Kurzgesagt] – An antidote to dissatisfaction.

A Grateful Day – Brother David Steindl-Rast.

The Virtue Project

Share Tree App & Character Cards

Venerable then opened to Q&A.

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

To find and download more Armadale Meditation Group Teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page, choose the AMG teaching you want, then type the title into the Podcast search box.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.