Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Sometimes when things are going wrong in life, we end up asking "Why me?" Ajahn Brahm looks into the origins of this attitude to tragedies (big and small) and how to develop a more realistic and resilient attitude to life. Please note there multiple talks with the same title, also by Ajahn Brahm. 

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Public Dhamma talk by Ajahn Brahm with a Chinese translator, given at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

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Ajahn Brahm talks about the beauty of dying well, and how this can be most effectively achieved by living well.

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In response to a request Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on the value of skillful speech and how to develop it. Ajahn Brahm discusses how unskillful speech creates disharmony and acrimony. Alternatively, skillful speech can be used to create harmony and peace.

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Ajahn Brahm talks about superstitions and shares mysterious stories about Buddhist relics.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately half an hour. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a guided meditation from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au). The intention of the meditation is to create the causes to be a best friend to ourselves, others (in our lives, and people we don't know), animals & insects, and all beings.

Recorded by the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Nissarano on 23 August 2020. Produced by the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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Teaching retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A9KogEVwT8 (YouTube Channel: BSV Dhamma Talks)

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to re-orient our values in order to attain greater value (peace, satisfaction, happiness) in life.

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Ajahn Brahm describes how letting go of fear frees up the possibilities and potentials within our minds. 

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A short Dhamma reflection by Venerable Munissara. This recording is part of the corona dhamma daily series of daily meditation and dhamma teachings offered by the nuns at Dhammasara Monastery to support the community during the coronavirus pandemic. Apologies for the audio quality as the recording equipment at Dhammasara is not of the same quality.

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Responding to a question on the topic, Ajahn Brahm gives a deep talk on the profundity of emptiness.

Ajahn Appichato joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live.

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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 Brahm talks about the power of goodness, and how the teachings of the Buddha can be useful beyond the meditation cushion for solving practical problems in the world.

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Venerable Gotami conducts an intermediate/ advanced meditation class for approximately 45 minutes. (This meditation took place on the same day as our Dependent Origination Workshop).

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Sometimes everything seems to go wrong. Does life really suck? Ajahn Brahm describes how things going wrong is simply the nature of living in the world. Once we understand and accept this, we can learn to develop a sense of inner calm that is not dependent on external factors.

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Ajahn Brahm teaches us about the two types of freedom: freedom of desire and freedom from desire. Ajahn also shares some examples of how having less can bring us more happiness.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately half an hour. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk and guided meditation at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV). The theme of this guided meditation is "hugging”. The intention is to develop the feeling of compassion, that feeling with ourselves or another, this warm feeling of caring and support and being there for those going through a difficult time whether physically or emotionally.

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Teaching retrieved from: https://bsv.podbean.com/