Ajahn Brahm: “Give Loving Kindness to Your Brain” Day 3, Meditation and Q&A 20.06.24

In the first 35 minutes of this session, Ajahn Brahm leads a guided meditation to tuck your brain in for a well-deserved rest. Ajahn then answers questions about topics such as lights in the mind (nimittas), approaching painful experiences, interpreting teachings from Ajahn Chah, how mental commentary fades as the joy of direct experience shines through, and how fear of freedom gets in the way of freedom. Ven Canda reads out messages of gratitude from retreatants and Ajahn Brahm talks about his support of the Anukampa Project and how laypeople can contribute to supporting the bhikkhunis.
[0:00] Guided meditation
[36:16] Lights and sounds in the mind (nimittas)
[42:35] How to approach suffering (dukkha)
[48:14] Interpreting a teaching from Ajahn Chah
[52:21] Experience versus mental commentary
[55:31] Foot meditation
[58:48] Meditation advice: letting things be
[1:07:52] The “self” getting in the way: fear of freedom
[1:11:51] Heart racing during meditation
[1:15:43] Back pain impeding meditation
[1:18:39] Forgiveness
[1:21:10] Whether to take 8 precepts as a serious layperson
[1:22:31] Supporting the Anukampa project
[1:28:12] Become a loser
[1:29:22] Business and success
[1:30:37] Messages of gratitude and closing
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"Wisdom Of Silence" Online Retreat with Ajahn Brahm, Ven Candā & Ven Upekkhā, 18th-20th June 2024
Silence is what we develop through stillness. It is not merely the absence of noise; silence is a gateway to profound insight. When we are still, the mind becomes tranquil and we move beyond the boundaries of conventional knowledge. As we learn to trust the silence and release the clamour of the five-sense world, the mind energises and becomes blissful and bright. In deep, meditative stillness, the Dhamma ~ timeless truth ~ reveals itself and you see things as they truly are.
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