Buddhist Society of Western Australia

A talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Bhante Buddharakkhita. Please note there is another monk with the same name at the Buddhist Society of WA.

Some questions asked:

1. What is the purpose of life?

2. Did Buddha encourage Sangha to build monastery?

3. Why he become a monk?

4. Acronym "SPACE - Slowing down & Silent (inner chatter or mental defilement not closing your mouth), Patient, Attitude (proper), Continuity, Concentration & Concurrent, Expectation free to help meditation practice.

5. What to do when plane is crashing down?

6. What wisdom required to make decision?

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Teaching retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYgcpajA8zY (YouTube Channel: BSV Dhamma Talks)

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A talk given at the Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV), by Bhante Buddharakkhita. Please note there is another monk with the same name at the Buddhist Society of WA.

As the first Buddhist monk from Africa, Bhante feared receiving probing questions from immigration officers during his travels. As a child, he also feared swimming but made the effort to face the fear head on. Eventually he became a scuba diving instructor. Fear starts from birth and perpetuates through our life. Born into this world, we leave the comfort of our mother's womb into the unknown world. Over to you - What are your fears? How do you deal with them?

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Teaching retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bs1xbN8s8 (YouTube Channel: BSV Dhamma Talks)

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Teaching retrieved from: http://www.dhammatalks.net/Ajahn_Brahm/audio.htm

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Date of talk is unknown. This Dhamma talk might be from a retreat. 

Teaching retrieved from: http://www.dhammatalks.net/Ajahn_Brahm/Inspiring_Talks/06.Enriching-Your-Life.mp3 

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Ajahn Brahm talks about where self-hatred comes from and how to find freedom from self-hatred.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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Assumptions can get us in to trouble, often because they end up being wrong. Ajahn Brahm talks about the dangers of assumptions, and how to avoid them.

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Ajahn Sujato guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

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In this talk, Ajahn Brahm questions what values are? What underlies the beliefs and values in our world? What is right and wrong? And what are the values of Buddhism? Ajahn Brahm says that Buddhist value systems come from the mindful, peaceful heart of each human being. Ajahn also looks at what values and religion should children be brought up in? And how our value systems in society change with time.

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately thirty minutes.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

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.