Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Monday, 12th November 2018

Monday night meditation at Wat Dhammayanaram with Ajahn Santutthi.

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Ajahn Brahm explain how Right View in Buddhism doesn’t mean believing in a fixed dogma, but rather how to perceive things in life in order to bring our views into line with reality and to find inner peace. Ajahn Brahm focuses on not “what” to believe, but “where” to look, and “how” to look for it.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation session for approximately 45 minutes. 

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation session for approximately 30 minutes. 

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Sol Hanna speaks to us tonight on "Supporting Each Other" especially in these troubled times. Sol is quite involved in the running of the BSWA and has been for quite a while. He was also a monk for several years at Bodhinyana. (Give on the 8th September 2020). 

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A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Ajahn Nissarano in December 2019. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

Ajahn Nissarano talks about aversion and its opposite: non-aversion. Ajahn discusses the different attachments we can have that can cause aversion, namely competition, views and opinions, identity view and rites & rituals. Ajahn Nissarano also encourages us to understand where the aversion is coming from and to cultivate the opposite, non-aversion.

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Teaching retrieved from https://bsv.podbean.com/e/ajahn-nissarano-aversion-and-its-opposite-22-dec-2019/

True happiness begins with finding contentment and gratitude in the present moment – inclining the mind towards kindness and peace.

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Ajahn Brahm challenges the notion of “revealed religion” and prophets from a supreme deity. He goes on to say that we are all on a spiritual journey and it’s up to us all to realise deeper spiritual truths directly for ourselves.

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Ajahn Brahmali talks about what loving kindness (metta) is, how it is useful for our practice, and how we are to develop the quality of loving kindness in the heart.

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Our most difficult moments are our best teachers; for it is only when we encounter life-shattering moments, that we can see things as they truly are. But only if we become awakened by the tragedy and pick ourselves up – realising that we ourselves must make the effort to walk the path.

Cecilia has authored a book – Opens Like a Flower Cut it with a Knife – A Buddhist Mother’s Journey through Grief and will share her journey with you.

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If you want to hear all the latest gossip that Ajahn Brahm has heard on the grapevine, then you really need to listen to this talk.

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A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) by Ajahn Nissarano in February 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

In this talk, Ajahn Nissarano covers Right Action in the Noble Eightfold Path. He explains what the 5 Buddhist precepts are and how they protect us and others. Ajahn also quotes the suttas in explaining a simple guideline given by the Buddha to tell right from wrong: whether it is harmful to ourselves and others, to know where we are coming from and to know the consequences.

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Teaching retrieved from https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PBD1FD0BIQQAD

For many of us when pain comes along in its myriad of forms, whether sickness, relationship breakdowns, financial troubles, passing of loved ones, as children or adults, we tend to push it away. But when you are backed in a corner with no where to run, what do you do?

Matt will share with us his very personal story, the meditation techniques he uses and the insights he has gleaned on the way.

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Ayye Vayama discusses how knowledge and practice of the Buddha Dharma  develops the mind in the direction of liberation.

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Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how we can approach decision making in our lives with more wisdom.

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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)
Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020)
Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020)

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

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Ajahn Brahm starts out by distinguishing between happiness and peace, then goes on to make the case that peace is the highest happiness, and what we should all be striving for.

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Ayye Vayama talks about setting up of sacred spaces – in time and place – where people can come into for the purposes of remembrance, or for calm and contemplation.

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How can people have so many different beliefs? How can people believe in things that are contrary to plain evidence? How can people, even in the same family, have arguments over these beliefs? Ajahn Brahm talks about the “distortions of the cognitive process” (vipallasa) and how this causes so much confusion in the world, and offers some practical strategies to make sure we aren’t the ones with distorted views – and therefore more happy and free in life.

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A Dhamma talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) by Ajahn Nissarano. Date given believed to be around December 2019 to February 2020. Please visit the BSV Podcast Channel and BSV YouTube Channel

Ajahn Nissarano talks about the Buddha's thinking management plan. Ajahn explains how thinking can play a role in increasing or decreasing wholesome states of our mind. Thinking is an approximation of reality. Ajahn also talks about the two kinds of thought according to the Buddha, i.e. sensual, malicious and cruel thoughts to one class, and renunciation, goodwill and harmlessness to another class. By using wise attention to cultivate the wholesome states of mind, we will avoid/let go of negative states of mind. By accepting or letting thinking be, rather than getting caught up in it or rejecting it, thinking can tend to lose its energy and reduce by itself. Ajahn Nissarano then tells Ajahn Brahm's story about thinking. Finally, there is a quick Q&A session.

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Teaching retrieved from https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PBD2C932RWFXB