Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Responding to a question on a meditation retreat about how to understand rebirth / reincarnation, Ajahn Brahm offers a method to see previous lives after having had a deep, tranquil meditation.

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Ajahn Brahm offers tips on how to fall asleep when experiencing wakefulness or insomnia.

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Many people ask Ajahn Brahm how to best share these profoundly useful teachings with the people they care about. Ajahn Brahm gives cheeky advice on how to best to do this. Do you want to know? Well you can't find out. It's a secret!

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Many of us suffer from the recurrance of negative, painful memories. In this dharma short, Ajahn Brahm offers a simple trick to help overcome these negative memories.

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Ajahn Brahm offers simple, practical advice on how to deal with pain in the body during meditation.

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Ajahn Brahm answers the perennial question as to whether there is a heaven and a hell, and gives an unexpected answer.

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As Ajahn Brahm explains, "the more quiet you are, the less trouble you get into".

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Anyone who has ever tried meditation has had trouble focusing their attention in the present moment. In the short talk, Ajahn Brahm offers some simple tips on how to stay focused in the present moment.

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Ajahn Brahm shares a humourous yet wise story about a monk that developed deep meditation and the ability to fly through the air. 

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Ajahn Brahm answers a question about how we can know about past lives.

Ajahn Brahm offers a trick to help flush the pains of the past away ... literally.

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Many people complain to Ajahn Brahm that they can't stop thinking. Ajahn Brahm offers a simple technique to stop the chatter in the mind and find a bit of silence.

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Ajahn Brahm tell us about the Elephant story to make us understand the importance of being with calm & peaceful people.

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In the West we equate intelligence is wisdom. Ajahn Brahm debunks this by drawing a clear distinction between intelligence and wisdom, including highlighting some of the pitfalls of being intelligent. True wisdom always directs one towards peace.

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Ajahn Brahm discusses the two modes of the mind - the doing mind  and the knowing mind - and how the source of happiness in the mind is energy, and energy naturally returns to the mind when it rests in tranquility.

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