Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Ajahn Brahm talks about how wise investigation is at the heart of Buddhist practice.

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Ajahn Brahm offers a teaching on the spiritual power of silence, and how the experience of silence has the power to heal all and many of our problems and conflicts.

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Ajahn Hasapanna discusses skillful ways to deal with fear, as well as how to deal with anger and regret that lies deep inside, but occasionally pops up to our awareness.

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Ajahn Hasapanna explains how wanting creates suffering and teaches us how to gradually lessen our suffering through mindfulness and acceptance.

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Ajahn Hasapanna guides a meditation for approximately half an hour. 

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Ajahn Nissarano gives a Dhamma talk and guided meditation from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au). The intention of this guided meditation is develop joy for someone's positive qualities (including ourselves). 

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A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Ajahn Nissarano in February 2020. Ajahn Nissarano talks about delusion - one of the three unwholesome roots. Delusion can be defined as not seeing reality as it is and is the opposite of right view or wisdom. 

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Ajahn Nissarano describes the mantra "be here now" as being like the "coordinates for happiness", but also for developing peace and wisdom. He goes on to offer advice on how, amidst our busy lives, we can learn to "be here now".

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A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Ajahn Brahmali on 15 March 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately half an hour. 

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Responding to a question, Ajahn Brahm talks about how to deal with (the many!) difficult people there are in the world by applying the insights of Buddhist practice.

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Fear creates so much suffering and unnecessary problems in our lives, and for many people a key aim is to overcome fear and experience a state of fearlessness. Ajahn Brahm explains how it’s important to understand fear and even to understand why we are addicted to fear.

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Ajahn Brahm believes the posture he thinks is best for his meditation, is never as good as the one he gets after asking his body how it wants to sit. Ajahn explains the importance of listening to your body and adjusting your posture for meditation.

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Ajahn Brahm teaches the importance of having a positive relationship with our experiences in life. Ajahn encourages us to embrace our life’s unpleasantness, learn from it and make peace with it, rather than become upset or anxious.

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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 from Newbury Buddhist Monastery, Victoria, Australia (www.nbm.org.au) on believed to be on 3 February 2020. The theme of this guided meditation is wisdom. Ajahn Nissarano covers the four noble truths - suffering/unsatisfactoriness, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to the cessation of suffering. Ajahn gives a guided meditation to make peace with whatever we experience in the meditation, whether it be in the body or the mind. To accept whatever we are experiencing.

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A Dhamma talk recorded at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Ajahn Nissarano on the 1^st March 2020. In this Dhamma talk, Ajahn Nissarano covers Mudita - joy along with others. By developing joy in our mind by piggybacking on other people's happiness, this will increase the wholesome states of minds and reduce the negative qualities of mind.

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Introduction to Buddhism Q&A Series for New Buddhists, kindly conducted by lay Buddhist Geetha Mendis.

Session 1: The Three Refuges (05-09-2020)

Session 2: The Five Precepts (12-09-2020) - apologies no sound was recorded, so not published.

Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020). (Slides on website).

Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020), audio failed, so it was recorded again on 09-10-2020. 

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Find the whole series, including notes here: https://bswa.org/teaching/introduction-buddhism-qa-series-new-buddhists-1-4/

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We apologise for the quality of this audio. Guided meditation & Dhamma talk by Ajahn Brahmali, given via Zoom (online video) for Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in England, UK.

Ajahn Brahmali offers some teachings, exploring the Buddhist attitude towards dying, death and rebirth and shares some personal tips on how he has dealt with loss. Ajahn begins with a guided meditation, offering us an opportunity to experience the peace and letting go that leaving this body, (whether through deep meditation, or at the end of this life), can bring.

We invite you to support Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project by making a donation at www.anukampaproject.org/donate (Anukampa's aim to develop a nuns' monastery in England and to continue to distribute the Buddha’s teachings)

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Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), for their Vesak day celebration on the 3rd May 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to become a stream winner. Ajahn explains stream winning via the Buddhist teachings, with a story of assassins attempting to assassinate the Buddha. Ajahn then goes on to giving a wonderful talk about the noble eightfold path, the five hindrances, the story of the driverless bus, and the two kinds of freedom. 

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