Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Having just been to Las Vegas Ajahn Brahm decides an appropriate subject to talk about is gambling. Ajahn explains the difference between gaming and gambling and recommends we game, not gamble that is go to have fun, not to win. Money is not the most important thing in life; people are, your health and your happiness are.

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Venerable Hasapanna shares her experience of resentment and teaches that difficulties are opportunities to practice kindness. Venerable reflects on how the ego limits us from seeing what is really happening and why it is that when we do see our defilements we have difficulty accepting this.

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Have you ever felt tired after a meditation? Venerable Hasapanna points out that one reason could be you are trying too hard to focus on the breath. Venerable explains how to train our mind gently.

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Ajahn Brahm offers an insightful teaching on how and why to practise Right Speech which is part of The Eightfold Path. Ajahn talks about how our unskillful speech is a key reason why our relationships with others and ourselves go wrong and Ajahn reveals the benefits and importance of cultivating good positive speech. 

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Ajahn Brahm offers an insightful teaching on how and why to practise Right Speech which is part of The Eightfold Path. Ajahn talks about how our unskillful speech is a key reason why our relationships with others and ourselves go wrong and Ajahn reveals the benefits and importance of cultivating good positive speech. 

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In this talk Ajahn Brahm takes a non-traditional approach in explaining kamma (actions and their results). The widespread idea that one's actions will result in punishment and retribution is too simplistic. So if you want to know more about kamma, listen on...

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In this talk Ajahn Brahm takes a non-traditional approach in explaining kamma (actions and their results). The widespread idea that one's actions will result in punishment and retribution is too simplistic. So if you want to know more about kamma, listen on...

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Venerable Upasama gave us a dharma talk before meditation on dukkha and being happy.  Dukkha (Pāli - Sanskrit) is an important Buddhist concept, commonly translated as "suffering", "pain" or "unsatisfactoriness".Following the dharma talk Venerable Upasama guided us through a meditation well suited to beginners and experienced meditators.  The meditation was different in that he guided us through the beginning with a story to trigger our imaginations.Following the meditation Venerable opened the floor to questions on anysubject.  His answers were detailed in that he provided examples.

Venerable Upasama gave us a dharma talk before meditation on dukkha and being happy.  Dukkha (Pāli - Sanskrit) is an important Buddhist concept, commonly translated as "suffering", "pain" or "unsatisfactoriness".

Following the dharma talk Venerable Upasama guided us through a meditation well suited to beginners and experienced meditators.  The meditation was different in that he guided us through the beginning with a story to trigger our imaginations.

Following the meditation Venerable opened the floor to questions on any

subject.  His answers were detailed in that he provided examples.

As a young British hitch-hiker, who was in search of happiness, fulfilment and the deeper meanings of life, Venerable Amaranatho embarked by chance on a 10-day meditation course in Perth, which helped set him off on his spiritual journey. In this talk, Venerable Amaranatho also talks about mindfulness, generosity, kindness and love. Then to conclude, he read two poems, one of which is a beautiful piece of Sufi poetry by Hafiz, called “It Felt Love”.

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all its beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise, we all remain too frightened

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