Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Irritation is part of life. How you deal with it, is what matters. Ajahn Brahm introduces several techniques to help deal with it, including positive reinforcement, the similes of the empty trash can and Ajahn Mosquito.

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Ajahn Brahmali talks about spiritual friendship, known in Pali as Kalyanamitta. Ajahn talks about how Kalyanamitta means something much more profound than a good friend, it is someone who supports you in your spiritual life in all sorts of ways. Ajahn explains how when you are surrounded by spiritual friends, such as being involved in a Buddhist Temple, you get caught in the tail wind and pulled along in the same direction, which is one of the reasons why monastic life is so powerful.

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Ajahn Sidhar Susara is a guest speaker at Dhammaloka during the rains retreat. In his final talk, he teaches about gaining freedom.

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to be assertive, hissing but not biting, as in the classic story of the bad snake. Ajahn Brahm speaks about about how we need to be passive when meditating, but there are times when we need to be active, looking after ourselves and others and standing up for ourselves in a harmless manner.  

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Ajahn Brahmali talks about filial piety, one's duties to one's parents.

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Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.

Ajahn Sidhar Susara is a guest speaker at Dhammaloka during the rains retreat. He teaches the importance of stilling the mind.

What is the ultimate truth? Ajahn Brahm talks about the ultimate reality of anicca or the law of impermanence.

We apologise for the quality of this audio, this Buddha Dhamma talk was given in 1995.

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Ajahn describes what meditation is like, how wonderful it is and how it brings you insights, wisdom and understandings, but this only happens when you are sitting still and you’re not seeking this. “We can only gain wisdom through the stillness of the mind”. Ajahn also talks about some of the strange things that can happen to us in meditations and what to do. This Buddha Dhamma talk was given by Ajahn Brahm at the World Fellowship of Buddhists Conference (WFB) Sanook Meditation Day in Bangkok, Thailand, during 2007.

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Ajahn Vayama guides a meditation for approximately 30 minutes.