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Dharma talks from the tradition of Buddhist meditation master Ajahn Brahm and Australian Forest Sangha of monks and nuns presented by the Buddhist Society of Western Australia
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Nov 16, 2024
Nov 16, 2024
1hr 48 min
Ajahn Brahmali gives a meditation, Dhamma Talk “Making Peace with Your Inner Critic” and Questions and Answers Session on the 14th of June 2024 for Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project.
Full set of teachings from Ajahn Brahmali’s visit to the UK can be found here.
Ajahn Brahmali supports Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project of which Ajahn Brahmavamso is Spiritual Adviser.
Donations towards Anukampa's aim to spread the Dhamma and develop a nuns' monastery in England are extremely welcome. Please visit: https://anukampaproject.org/donate/
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 16, 2024
Nov 16, 2024
1hr 28 min
Ajahn Brahmali gives a meditation, Dhamma Talk on the Five Factors that Support Meditation (AN 5.53) and Questions and Answers Session on the 28th of July 2024 for Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project.
Full set of teachings from Ajahn Brahmali’s visit to the UK can be found here.
Ajahn Brahmali supports Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, of which Ajahn Brahmavamso is Spiritual Adviser. Donations towards Anukampa's aim to develop a nuns' monastery in England are extremely welcome. Please visit: https://anukampaproject.org/donate/
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
1hr 29 min
Friday 15th November 2024
Ayya Upekkha & Ayya Karunika speak on the little things Ajahn Brahm has done that both influenced and changed their respective lives. This is one of the first of many in celebration of Ajahn Brahm's 50th Bhikkhu Anniversary. There is no specific topic to discuss and it is spontaneous so please enjoy.
Please visit the Santi Forest Youtube Channel and Santi Forest Monastery website
In honour of Ajahn Brahm’s 50th Bhikkhu Anniversary, members of the BSWA Sangha and affiliated organisations and sangha gave a series of talks leading up to the big celebration at Dhammaloka.
Talks and books published to commemorate the event on BSWA website can be found here. For Podbean (audio only) playlist, click here: https://podcast.bswa.org/category/ajahn-brahm-s-50th-bhikkhu.
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa
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Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
46 min
Explains how to have affection to people close to you without having attachment. Also explains how self-care and wellbeing is so important if you want to live the spiritual life well and also help yourself and others to skillfully deal with depression. Teaching given by Ayya Karunika on the 18 July 2024.
Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at Santi Forest Monastery, NSW, Australia and the spiritual director for New Zealand Bhikkhuni Sangha Trust, Hamilton. She has been in monastic life for over 14 years and she received her full ordination as a bhikkhunī in 2014 at Dhammasara Nuns monastery in Western Australia where she lived and trained for over a decade with Ajahn Hāsapaññā. She has been a student of Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Brahmali for over 2 decades.
Ayya Kārunikā is able to articulate the Buddhist teachings in a way that is practical and comprehensible to people of all ages and has experience in conducting retreats for both adults and youth. While she has a PhD in Microbiology and worked as a scientist, she has also been the building project manager for the construction of the Dhammasara Nuns Monastery main building complex and has worked with many volunteers over the years. Ayya Kārunikā was born in Sri Lanka but has been living and working in Australia for over 2 decades.
She has a passion to share her experience and knowledge and loves working with people and also doing creative projects. She is dedicated to supporting the growth of Bhikkhunis around the world and is currently involved in projects to support the establishment of places for Bhikkhunis in Theravada forest tradition in Australia, New Zealand, Poland and Sri Lanka.
Please visit the Santi Forest Youtube Channel and Santi Forest Monastery website
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
57 min
Thursday 14th November 2024
Ajahn Santutthi hosts this week's session at the Roleystone Family Centre. These weekly session are free and led by one of the Buddhist monks living in Roleystone at Kusala Hermitage. These sessions are usually one hour in length and held at the Roleystone Family Centre.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
1hr 4 min
Monday 04th November 2024
Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Kassapa. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Teaching retrieved from CBSWA please visit to find out how to attend the monastery in person.
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
1hr 23 min
Tuesday 12 November 2024.
Ajahn Appicchato 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.
00:00 Intro
00:04 Dhamma Talk
13:42 Guided Meditation
49:33 Q+A
1:22:08 Blessing Chant
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 12, 2024
Nov 12, 2024
55 min
Venerable Jenti teaches us about how to bring up the joy during meditation and how to resolve hindrances which make our meditation unpleasant.
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Nov 11, 2024
Nov 11, 2024
1hr 40 min
Venerable Radha gives his first talk at Dhammaloka sharing how he became a monk, his experience with Ajahn Brahm and other topics in Buddhism.
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Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
1hr 1 min
Thursday 07th November 2024
Ajahn Jhanarato hosts this week's session at the Roleystone Family Centre. These weekly session are free and led by one of the Buddhist monks living in Roleystone at Kusala Hermitage. These sessions are usually one hour in length and held at the Roleystone Family Centre.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
1hr 6 sec
Monday 28th October 2024
Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Patipada. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Teaching retrieved from CBSWA please visit to find out how to attend the monastery in person.
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
1hr 26 min
Tuesday 29th October 2024
Venerable Jhayako joins the Armadale Meditation Group and discusses the audience chosen topic of 'anger'.
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.
00:00 Intro
00:04 Metta Sutta Chanting
08:39 Dhamma Talk
32:56 Guided Meditation
1:03:10 Dhamma Discussion and Q+A
1:25:17 Concluding Blessing Chant
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
1hr 27 min
Tuesday 5th November 2024
Venerable Sampasadana joins the Armadale Meditation Group and talks about a teaching method used by the Buddha called the 'anupubbikathā' (progressive teaching).
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.
00:00 Intro
00:04 Metta Sutta Chanting
02:28 Dhamma Talk
24:35 Guided Meditation
55:03 Q+A
1:26:52 Blessing Chant
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
1hr 37 min
Explains the importance of right view and aspects of virtue to enhance your meditation. Teaching by Ajahn Brahmali on the 11th July 2024 for Santi Forest Monastery.
Please visit the Santi Forest Youtube Channel and Santi Forest Monastery website
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Nov 5, 2024
Nov 5, 2024
57 min
Today Ajahn Munissara teaches us about the importance of having joy during meditation. She encourages us to think about a person that has inspired us through their generosity, or to recall an act of kindness that we have done.
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Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
1hr 13 min
Ajahn Brahmali shares his experience and thoughts about Ajahn Brahm's qualities such as kindness, generosity and hard work ethics.
In honour of Ajahn Brahm’s 50th Bhikkhu Anniversary, members of the BSWA Sangha and affiliated organisations and sangha gave a series of talks leading up to the big celebration at Dhammaloka.
Talks and books published to commemorate the event on BSWA website can be found here. For Podbean (audio only) playlist, click here: https://podcast.bswa.org/category/ajahn-brahm-s-50th-bhikkhu.
Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa
BSWA teachings are available:
Nov 4, 2024
Nov 4, 2024
27 min
Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation for about 30 minutes.
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Nov 1, 2024
Nov 1, 2024
1hr 1 sec
Thursday 31st October 2024
This week Ajahn Santutthi encourages us to begin our meditation with as little or preferably no, expectations. These sessions are free and led by one of the Buddhist monks living in Roleystone at Kusala Hermitage. These sessions are usually one hour in length and held at the Roleystone Family Centre.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
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.
Oct 29, 2024
Oct 29, 2024
1hr 22 min
Ajahn Brahm teaches us the importance of renunciation during meditation.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
To find and download more Guided Meditations on Podcast, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the meditation you want and then type the date into the Podcast search box e.g. 01-09-2018 or try 1 September 2018.
Oct 28, 2024
Oct 28, 2024
1hr 6 min
Ajahn Brahm tells a story about 7 monks and bandits to illustrate kindness to others and also to yourself.
The BSWA is now using Ko-fi for donations. Please join us on Ko-fi and cancel your donations via Patreon. Thanks for your ongoing support!
To find and download more Guided Meditations on Podcast, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the meditation you want and then type the date into the Podcast search box e.g. 01-09-2018 or try 1 September 2018.