Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Whilst the practice of meditation is very important, so too is the basics of how we relate to the people in our lives every day. The quality of the relationships that we develop with our family, work colleagues and the people we meet with every day is going to have a strong bearing on the quality of our minds and the quality of our lives, so it pays to give wise attention to this according to Ajahn Vayama.

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This was Venerable Kassapa’s first visit as a teacher to The Armadale Meditation Group and we hope to see more of him in the future. Venerable commenced his instruction by explaining why he meditates. Venerable used his own life experiences to highlight the benefits of meditating whilst asking us to have Positive Actions In Our Day. Whilst Venerable is referring to the Noble Eightfold Path, he used his own experience in lay life to demonstrate how right action and right speech actually work.

Venerable lead the group in a longer than usual meditation beginning with a body sweep. Towards the middle Venerable moved us gently towards a breath meditation. An easy meditation well suited to beginners and experienced meditators alike.

After the meditation Venerable continued his talk on positive actions and the benefits before opening to questions from the group.

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Ajahn Nyanadhammo gives a talk on speculation (in Pali ‘papanca’) and how it ties up so much of our mind’s effort, and yet so rarely correlates with reality – and so often gets us in to trouble!

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Sometimes, unpleasant feeling is too intense to be mindful of. Ajahn Hasapanna teaches us how to be aware of our unpleasant feelings. Firstly by noticing how unpleasant feelings arise in our body and then by breathing in peace and exhaling unpleasant feelings i.e. letting them go. The unpleasant feeling will eventually reduce or cease.

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We suffer unnecessary from thinking too much about problems in our life. These problems are never-ending. The only way to stop suffering is to stop our unwholesome thinking mind, because then we can develop the wisdom and clarity to solve our problems.

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Ajahn Hasapanna guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Dhamma talk by Ajahn Brahmali given on the 31^st December 2018.               

Teaching retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvNJggGW6Jo (YouTube Channel: Buddhist Fellowship)

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Ajahn Vayama puts a Buddhist slant on the saying “Seeing is believing”, but drawing out the powerful role of perception in skewing what we sense and understand reality.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Having just returned from a pilgrimage to the Buddhist holy sites in India and Nepal, he talks about the spiritual dimension of pilgrimage. This is not just a travelogue, but rather talking about the ancient tradition of pilgrimage – something Buddhists did before any other religion got the idea – as a source of inspiration to propel us along the path towards Awakening.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Ayya Vayama discusses how to relate to various kinds of thinking through mindfulness and understanding.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Though not his first teaching assignment, tonight was Venerable Sampa’s first visit as a teacher to The Armadale Meditation Group and a most welcome one. Venerable opened the evening by comparing meditation to cooking. Sometimes the recipe works, sometimes it’s ok and sometimes it’s not what we were expecting at all. So it is with meditation. Sometimes it’s fabulous and sometimes it just doesn’t work. When it doesn’t work, we need to look at what is stopping us.  The disruptive thoughts, the nagging feelings. We need to examine them and at least attempt to resolve them. This needs to be done gently, with kindness and compassion. We can’t just push them aside, they will keep coming back.

Venerable then lead the group in a slightly longer than usual meditation with the first focus being relaxed and comfortable. He then moved the focus to breathing. An easy meditation well suited to beginners and experienced meditators alike.

After the meditation Venerable opened to Q&A.

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

Ajahn Brahmali leads a peaceful meditation practice. Ajahn shares a few tips on how to have a peaceful meditation, such as sit comfortably, focus on the delightful aspect of meditation and remind yourself that you can’t find any permanent happiness in the world.

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Ajahn Brahmali advises us on how to deal with worldly problems like climate change and governments behaving wrongly. Ajahn reminds us to prompt the right view i.e. that the world going wrong is exactly what we should expect. Knowing this we shouldn’t become frustrated when things don’t go our way. We should instead focus on how we can be peaceful and kind regardless what is happening around us and their outcomes. At the end Ajahn shares a funny story about his student life.

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Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Ajahn Brahm conducts an intermediate/ advanced meditation class for approximately 1 hour. Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia.

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Ajahn Brahm gives a Dhamma talk on Vesak Day (14 May 2017) for the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Vesak Day celebrates the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha.

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Teaching retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7lPjp8kMU&index=5&list=PLwPICjq7jNeqDGMNhd04IemkUBGPnFSBy (YouTube Channel: BSV Dhamma Talks)

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