Ajahn Brahm - Methods of Relaxation; Handling Unwholesome Thoughts; Powerful Force of Kindness
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ABOUT SPEAKER
Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (lovingly known to most as Ajahn Brahm) was born Peter Betts in London, United Kingdom in August 7, 1951. He came from a working-class background, and won a scholarship to study Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University in the late 1960s.
After graduating from Cambridge he taught in high school for one year before travelling to Thailand to become a monk and train with the Venerable Ajahn Chah Bodhinyana Mahathera.
Whilst still in his years as a junior monk, he was asked to undertake the compilation of an English-language guide to the Buddhist monastic code - the Vinaya - which later became the basis for monastic discipline in many Theravadan monasteries in Western countries
BUDDHIST CENTRE
While registered as a Buddhist not-for-profit association, Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) welcome members of all backgrounds and religions.
Located in Melbourne, our East Malvern centre hosts programs that guide members on meditation; as well as practical Buddhist teachings for kids, teenagers, and adults.
Our spiritual advisor is Ajahn Brahm, the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery located in Western Australia.
For more information: bsv.net.au/
FOREST MONASTERY
Newbury Buddhist Monastery is just 70 minutes from the heart of Melbourne city. The magnificent landscape and tranquil surroundings offer an inspiring backdrop for seclusion and meditation.
With its establishment, both male and female spiritual aspirants can seek out full ordination. This supports the cultivation of Buddhist teachers who in return, share Dhamma teachings across the world.
Support the building projects here: supportnbm.bsv.net.au/
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What a wonderful world we are living in. We can have access to the true dhamma, not all that book talks, but a real Dhamma that comes from direct knowledge, just by pressing a button on our cellphones. I am so grateful.
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Totally agree. Unreal how few views these blessings get in comparison to many things, but I have hope that will change soon 🙏🙏🙏
We are so very blessed and all Ajahns are in my Metta prayers daily 🙏🏼
Gently posing you finger on the button…
Amen ❤
I started watching ajahn brahm videos 3 years ago and they really changed my life.After a while I started feeling like I had watched most of his videos and they were starting to feel a bit repetitive.however I have started rewatching his videos and I now find that there is so much in those old videos I watched that I did not understand at that time.Its honestly like there are layers and layers of hidden knowledge in his dharama talks that only become apparent to you as you yourself achieve progress in your own path.
I agree! Sometimes I have a huge insight and I'm like "why didn't all those spiritual books I read explain this?" Then I look at them again and see they DID explain it! I just didn't have the capacity to absorb it.
So light hearted
Yes i am thé same ♥️
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This is the most intelligent talk I heard about meditation !finally I met a monk who understands the mind! I was meditating in Devon with Banthé. I discovered a lot with him but I also discovered that I don’t want to be so unfriendly with myself as I had to be in his meditations. With all the respect I feel for his teaching. Because in his personal moving I understood what was wrong in his teaching as well. But this is the first time I hear a monk talking like this thank you very much!
Ajahm Brahm recharges the spirit.
Like almost every one of his teachings, those who seek wisdom, freedom and ultimate peace, should listen to each talk at least 3 times. Sadhu sadhu sadhu
I can't even stop myself from saying to myself relaaaaaaaax to the maaaaaaaax when I feel upset. Thank you ajahn
"The kindness is what allows you to stop..."
"Giving up" really comes up a lot in other books i've read as well. Being kind to whatever you become aware of is a brilliant teaching on accepting the present moment and to stop striving. Totally brilliant.
There is something so powerful about being authentic and humble. Ajahn Brahm embodies this. I've learned so much from him over the years, I think he is amongst the most sacred of sangha on the planet right now. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu.
I had a deep meditation after listening to this talk. It wasn't a Jhana. But making peace with your self, accepting, forgiving and loving your self/mind does take off much of the suffering we carry within our hearts. Thank you for the video. :)
May i know how u did it,im kind of stuck
This Man is outstanding!
How to treat the mind when it wanders off. (around 40 Minutes)
Thank you Ajahn Brahm, and thank you to the group who posted this. I was having a hard day, feeling quite sick, and AB's humour and insight has me feeling a great deal better. Thank you.
I need to hear this again and again.
I’m back ... three years later. Mangoes are still falling on my hands! 😁
I just wanted to say thank you. You've changed my life in so many ways.
Adjahn B is a genius....such a blessing in this horrid epoch of C19...so many golden nuggets...thx!!!
A true gem, he shows the potential we all have to become so much more than our petty thoughts. Blessings to ya bud.
The mango simile. When I first started listening to Ahahn Brahm in 2011, I had no expectations whatsoever. I had no idea what I was about to hear. Then just like he said, all these mangoes started to fall on my hands. To this day, mangoes continue to fall.
Mangoes all the way down.
May all beings be happy, may the Buddhist rule prevail.
I never realised I am always a control freak (my mind) during meditation. That's why I rarely feel relax. Thank you, Ajahn Bhram.
This is terrific! Exactly the sort of reminder I need. Thank you folks.
Thank you for sharing this important message about letting go and being kind & gentle. ----This is one of the best talks I have heard!
Make peace---let go!
Ajahn Brahm is the best. Thank you so much for posting it.
Thank you ajahn brahm 🙏❤️ little while ago i was so mad... i was like wanted to break something so bad... this talk calmed me down... i was angry all day... but this really made me calm and peaceful.. thank you ajahn brahm ❤️
I started laughing so hard my face hurts. Amazing!
dear ajarn brahn id like to take this moment to say thankyou one my good friends a srilanki introduced me to you 4 years ago and when im having a tough time I close my eyes and listen to your meditations I am not a religious man by any means nor even a buddist by any means but that doesent matter I do not do wrong by anybody and wish no harm againts and I do belive in peace and happyness and im on my way to find it I have been done wrong by in the past by a lot of people . and unfortunately a lot of people take me for me for face value and see my image and that is all they see "I cant help the way I look" but deep down that is not who I am .. I have 12y/o daughter and want nothing but the best for her I do have problems and can happily say they are slowly getting sorted but I cant help other peoples problems that are affecting my life at the same time I would just realy like to say I am glad that I met you and to say thankyou verymuch I honestly mean that from inside thankyou
+Shaun Hammer Txs for penning your comment.
Best talk I have ever heard on meditation♥️
Thank You very Much, It was like the best thing happened for me this weekend 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Namaste! Thanks very much for uploading.
This is the most insightful thing I have ever heard about meditation. This is coming to me at the perfect time as I am a beginner practicing meditation : this talk has saved me a lot of silly mind fighting time I think haha! Bless the Hahayana : the only path I'm ever going to walk.
Thank you very much for leading me to the answers I am looking for. Thank you so much for such pleasant moment of listening to your dharma talk.
loved this one Ajahn Brahm, I particulary loved the lesson about the ego, thank you thank you thank you
Thank You Ajahn Brahm.
I am so grateful for your energy and wisdom and humor!
I’ve noticed some people say this is repetitive and so on. It’s a style of teaching that is used in many cultures outside the west where rote learning has its benefits and is employed differently to what we would be used to now in schools. Notice how the teaching is done: four noble truths eight fold path and practice makes perfect
I truly enjoy your sense of humor as I learn while I listen from the northern tip of Peru
Thankyou for your insights, you gave honesty, fantasy and knowledge. I think that is all anyone can give. I look forward to hearing more of your insight.
Marvelous teaching! Thanks ❤
What a wonderful talk on meditation! Ajajn Brahm is the best ❤️
haha ajahn brahm you are the best!
thanks ajam.Brahm! u pulled me out of my misery i have in my own prison for 3 months!! ^^ the result was instant happiness! hahaha!!! thanks a thousand!!!
It's always instant cuz it never changes. We just notice it or not!
this man is a genius
Excellent. thank you for sharing this lively talk with us far away !
สาธุ Ajahn Brahm - Thanks so much for every words you share. I love you 🙏🙏🙏
What a gem!
These videos are great leading by example is best way
Absolutely wonderful!
One of the best from AB... love u a lot AB
Amazing ! Thank you Achan Brahm !
Make peace, be kind, be gentle... Awesome! Many Thanks, Ajahn Brahm and also whoever made this video available publicly 🙏🙏🙏
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Thanks Ajahn Brahm. It help me so much. 🙏🙏🙏
Don't be afraid of negative thoughts... be courageous... don't be weak...
Ajahan Braham is so easy to listen to. I really have the upmost desire to change my state, but I do realise in doing such I am going against the grain of his teaching and the essence of buddism. I do believe buddism is such a religion that the teaching can be used by anybody and everybody without the formalities to attain a peaceful life. I know I am just a mere non learnt individual, but I do believe Buddha never really had the desire for him to be worshipped as he said quite clearly that everybody has a buddha within. Please carry on with your uploading of your talks and would really like to catch up with you if you ever visit the UK.
The best monk ever! :)
meditation is like dating, be king be gentle, and let go if necesary
Well done re. The council, taught them a lesson in inconvenience. X
Anumodana ,Sadhu Ajahn
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Thank you 🙏 😊
very well natural talk!!!
“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Thank you Ajahn Brahm
To give up control of self is control within it self. It is the will of the self which one wants to relinquish. The question is to what, whom and where does one give up to. It must be of a Universal place to rest all that the will desires. It is of an energy, a force, a collective intelligence, consciousness, love, forgiveness and refuge for the intellects pain and suffering. It is a Higher Power. A power of all living things. It is what God is. What nature is. What the Universe is. And, even what science is. But of the mind, intellect, and will it is not. Thus one must ask and expect this Greatness to be your will. To be your intellect. To be your understanding. To be your force of all things.
fantastic word
Good teaching about the donkey ! At Diamond Sangha in Honolulu we had a newsleaf called The Blind Donkey, much appreciated by members.
wonderful!
Holy crap hes almost 70? He looks 40
That jhana lotion
amazing talk. thru and thru amazing talk
Thank you
Joined today.. 🙏💗
! wow Instant Relaxation
I'm no better than anyone else
love this talk thank you
thank you.
Brilliant!
Who is down voting this? Weird.Anyways, thanks for this video. Neat to see him so close.
So metta-fulled kind dharma talks
Oba Wansata Maga Uthum Namskarayama Wawa🙏🙏🙏
interesting point at 18:37
A million thanks
Why I can't meditate, especially with guided meditation; Focus on your breathing. Deep breath in... and out. In... and out. Now do that X times.
What I'm thinking; I can't wait for this stressful breathing part to be over. I'm getting a little light headed.
+Xethavosh Maybe try just to do nothing when you meditate. Or doing metta meditation.
+Xethavosh if you are getting light headed it means you are hyperventilating, not breathing. If concentrating on breathing stresses you out, concentrate on your left toe instead.
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my mentioning on the left toe was a little sarcastic, lol but yeah thinking about something else would stop you from hyperventilating. The body breathes normally when you don't bother its rhythm by obsessing about it. I am not talking as a meditator but as a sea diver.
+Xethavosh I hate guided meditations.
Brilliant.
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Thanks
That's exactly what I used to do with my kids when they used to threaten to leave home lol
Watching you now
ThanKs 🤸🏼🍵🌻
23:11 '' some monks talk for hours!'' video is 1:35 long
Hello great teacher. I have alot things to say for you about the priritul for much mystery but I can't say at all.
May I translate this beautiful Dhamma Talk into Vietnamese?
confess your faults to one another
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Subtitles would be very helpful
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“You” stop is the effort is the only will. It is the intellect, not collective consciousness and the will of the Universe or God
If I ever got married, find someone silly enough. want ajahn brahm to bless us. X
I like the Buddhist seals. Isn't adhittana one of the ten paramis?
Did Chogyam Trungpa Write "Meditation in Action"?
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Absolutely brilliant! I found content with a similar theme, and it was absolutely mesmerizing. "Kindness Unveiled: A Journey to a Happier Life" by Noah Evergreen