Buddhist Society of Western Australia

What can we do to persevere in our Buddhist practice? Ajahn Brahmali offers us an outlook of the world through impermanence, non-self, and suffering and gives us reasons to keep on walking the Buddhist path.

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Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

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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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Ajahn Nissarano trained with Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana for many years. He has subsequently spent many years practicing alone in Sri Lanka but was invited to speak to the Ajahn Brahm Society of Sri Lanka.

Arranged by Ajahn Brahm Society Sri Lanka and recorded by Dharmavahini Foundation, Sri Lanka.

It's easy to sit and watch a movie or a football game for 45 minutes, but it's not quite the same when we're meditating. Ajahn Brahm teaches us how to stay in the present moment and have a powerful meditation. Ajahn explains how to keep our awareness in the "center of screen", and how to "open the lotus flower" with kindness.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.
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Ajahn Brahm starts by talking about the manifestation of consciousness, followed by how uncertain our life is. Ajahn encourages us to look for opportunities when situations seem uncertain because he says "What you look for is what you get."

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Ajahn Sujato offers us a reflection on Buddhism and the environment. Ajahn points out that the breath we are breathing is the same breath we are all breathing; the atmosphere. Ajahn reflects on the consequences of our actions and his concern for the future generations. Ajahn emphasises that we are we not powerless and as a Buddhist community we have a voice and we should speak for the good interest of others, our environment, nature and our planet as a whole.

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Using the life events of Bhikkhuni Patacara, Bhikkhuni Seri talks about security, shelter and finding refuge in one's life. Venerable Seri begins by telling us about her life before she ordained into the monastic life.

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How do you remove unwholesome thoughts? Most people would try to suppress it by using their will power to focus on the breathe. Venerable Hasapanna teaches us that this is counter-productive. Venerable advises us to start by developing mindfulness on coarser sensations before establishing mindfulness on the breathe.

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Often things don't happen according to plan. Venerable Hasapanna teaches us about expectation, disappointment and life. Venerable says "we are happier when we understand life because we expect less."
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Venerable Hasapanna guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.
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Ajahn Brahm tells us about the conditions that contribute to unwholesome actions, such as the influence of drugs and alcohol, bad company and lack of compassion.  Ajahn shares the story of ‘The Cow That Cried’.

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Ajahn Brahm talks about why we do things, what motivates us and why we sometimes lose our motivation? Is your motivation for status or to impress others? Make peace, be kind, be gentle - let that be your motivation.

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Ajahn Appi explained briefly why many of us need to learn meditation.  Without going to deeply into technical terms, he listed many of the things that meditation can help with.  He furthered this with a talk about two reasons why people meditate.

Following the introduction talk Ajahn lead the group through a thirty minute meditation beginning with a 1 minute mantra meditation.  Meditation then progressed to a focus on the abdomen rising and falling as we breath.  Approximately halfway through we moved our focus to the area around the mouth as we breath.

Following the meditation Ajahn opened to questions.

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Ajahn Appichato understands how difficult it is to develop deep meditation as a lay person. Ajahn offers us advice on how to develop and sustain mindfulness throughout the day by practicing short meditations and mantras. Ajahn also advises us on how to calm our excessive thinking.

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Spiritual practice should be a joyful experience. "If you made more problems by coming here, then there is something terribly wrong with what we're teaching," says Ajahn Brahm. Ajahn teaches us how to relax and to become more happy, kind and lighthearted.

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