Techniques to silence the mind

9 day retreat from Ajahn Brahm's retreat.

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  • @hansenmarc
    @hansenmarc Жыл бұрын

    There are probably hundreds of videos that claim they’ll teach you how to quiet your mind. Most just say to ignore the chatter. This is one of the very few that actually delivers. Thank you, Ajahn Brahm. 🙏

  • @thakkahmukfeather236
    @thakkahmukfeather2362 жыл бұрын

    This monk explains mediation a hell of a lot better than the psychiatist/psychologist/neuroscientists I just listened too.

  • @nicksyoutubeaccount

    @nicksyoutubeaccount

    9 ай бұрын

    Scientists are generally people who are very attached to the intellectual mind and cling to their thoughts because that is what they get rewarded for

  • @trav-c137
    @trav-c1378 жыл бұрын

    these ways of educating need to be incorporated in schools. especially the United States. bless those children.. lol

  • @ProfessorCarvalho

    @ProfessorCarvalho

    7 жыл бұрын

    the same for Brazil! Students scream in the classroom

  • @kuneeyakanna9041

    @kuneeyakanna9041

    6 жыл бұрын

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  • @MarshallTheArtist

    @MarshallTheArtist

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @andromedahearme63

    @andromedahearme63

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love these teachings, however, public buildings, books and employees are paid for by the government with American tax dollars. Although, it would be convenient to teach this at public schools, it would be a form of government respecting an establishment of religion which is prohibited by the first amendment. Home (church, mosque, temple) is the appropriate place for these teachings.

  • @PlumGurly

    @PlumGurly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andromedahearme63 -- These are not religious teachings. If you want to take it to the extreme, telling kids not to kill other kids would be a religious teaching and unconstitutional. The notion that killing is wrong or that it hurts others is a religious belief.

  • @jessicalang7320
    @jessicalang73203 жыл бұрын

    Ajahn Bram’s method of silencing the mind works for me. After doing meditation for some time already, the endless and compulsive inner chatter isn’t as bad as before. I wasn’t thinking of what he is going to say next. I also chant mantra slowly depending on the conditions of my mind. Thank you Ajahn Bram for pointing out the gap in between each thought. 🙏

  • @amritpalbadhan205
    @amritpalbadhan2056 жыл бұрын

    Gaps between words is very powerful way for me

  • @katm2273

    @katm2273

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @LCarefortheworld
    @LCarefortheworld28 күн бұрын

    Best explanation on meditation!!! That’s why I donate to monastery. Modern pop psychology sometimes makes the mental disorder worse!

  • @sevilmoshir243
    @sevilmoshir243 Жыл бұрын

    The only thing that worked for me. Tried so many different techniques, including breathing. Didn't work, until I started doing mantras and putting space between words. Thank you

  • @BillyEthridge
    @BillyEthridge Жыл бұрын

    I am a 74 year old man, humbled by a massive hemorrhagic stroke in 2008. It is joyously fascinating to me that, at this point in my life, what I apparently need to learn is the simplest of things.

  • @lleon-cv4ex

    @lleon-cv4ex

    11 ай бұрын

    I would challenge us all to do so, young and elder...

  • @nicksyoutubeaccount

    @nicksyoutubeaccount

    9 ай бұрын

    🙏

  • @dhiruparmar8908
    @dhiruparmar89082 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for clarifying the space between talking and meditation. Nobody has ever talked about this. I am very grateful to make us aware of the space of silence between talking.

  • @lavenderfields1954
    @lavenderfields19545 жыл бұрын

    Silence is golden

  • @makslyna1
    @makslyna18 жыл бұрын

    when he first did the pushing mechanism, i began to laugh after. silence is so beautiful and reassuring!!!

  • @johnbarnetthandlename
    @johnbarnetthandlename6 жыл бұрын

    I never understood mantra. I was just repeating it again and again without pause trying to prevent the room for my mind to wander.i was aiming for sitting without music or mantras thinking theres nothing around to distract at all i have never made real progress with meditation and no one teaches you how to use mantras properly no one tells you to pause. but i see now how the mantra helps you get to the point of sitting in complete silence and we get to control the pace with how long the pauses are. I love this Thank you

  • @bennie.379
    @bennie.3794 жыл бұрын

    As I've lengthened the duration of my daily meditation practices, I started introducing mantas. I hadn't realized that I was being too hasty with how I recite them, and this explanation really changed how I look at the mantra as a tool - thank you Ajahn Brahm for helping me deepen my practices. It will only get more profound from here. Namaste

  • @thomasabraham5276
    @thomasabraham52762 жыл бұрын

    First time l know the importance of silence.Everything works.Thanks,thanks.

  • @PsychologistSrajanS.
    @PsychologistSrajanS.8 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe this. Finally, I got the answer to my question lingering for about couple of months. Thanks a lot Maharaj Ji. Pranams!

  • @PsychologistSrajanS.

    @PsychologistSrajanS.

    2 жыл бұрын

    KZread showing this vdo after 5 years to me. And I can tell from my experience this technique is effective and I still use it till date.

  • @v12800hp

    @v12800hp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PsychologistSrajanS. really good man

  • @v12800hp

    @v12800hp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PsychologistSrajanS. tell me how to do it

  • @chicagoman58
    @chicagoman5810 жыл бұрын

    Love you, Ajahn Brahm!

  • @twinone9121
    @twinone91218 жыл бұрын

    That talk was empowering.... @A@ I'm so glad my grandfather introduced me to Ajahn Brahm's talks.

  • @leesweeney206
    @leesweeney2066 ай бұрын

    God I love this. It is so simple and so effective. One of the easiest methods I have come across yet. Pure genius. Thank you Ajahn Brahm 🙏❤

  • @trebortrah7399
    @trebortrah73993 жыл бұрын

    Finally! Something that makes sense and made things click with me! I always heard to clear your minds. Watch the breath. Nothing. I didn't think I could do it somehow. Then this make perfect sense. It reminds me when I used to hunt. Don't blast me, I can't bring myself to go hunt any more. My heart won't let me. But, I would sit there watching the whole time. You couldn't think very hard or you would miss the game you were hunting. You just wouldn't see it. The quieter I was, the more often I saw something. Same here. Just watch. Looking. No thoughts. Just observing. I suspect that knowing this now, then I'll actually start to make progress in seeing and understanding. Thanks!

  • @bhaktamcs
    @bhaktamcs7 жыл бұрын

    This is so very powerful! Silence as a technique is profound. Simple and effective. Like the explanation and his delivery. Subscribed to his KZread channel. Om

  • @whomeye2168
    @whomeye21685 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting on the next word. I’ve developed that need for instant gratification. So in needing to wait for you to continue, I had a minute moment of tension and yes, I was silent. But, tripping out waiting.

  • @shanelim2585
    @shanelim25853 жыл бұрын

    Great great great value in this video!

  • @LkVerma-xs3lz
    @LkVerma-xs3lz2 ай бұрын

    Ajahn brahm you're teacher teacher Jai bhim namo budday 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @funkyprepper
    @funkyprepper3 жыл бұрын

    Never knew these tips before. Great video. Thanks for making and uploading the video

  • @TheNomad12
    @TheNomad1210 жыл бұрын

    wow .................. i've..................... found............. my replacement.......... addiction! Beautiful!

  • @japandata

    @japandata

    10 жыл бұрын

    MEtoButIstillhaveaproblemaddingspacesbetweenwords.

  • @PossessWithin

    @PossessWithin

    9 жыл бұрын

    The_Monk_Weee! hahahahahahaha

  • @user-ex7hm9nc2d
    @user-ex7hm9nc2d4 жыл бұрын

    When I get nervous or anxious, I often use my mantra, but I rush in repeating it, sometimes it works sometimes not, now this technique enlightened the whole thing.

  • @tenwilliams8929
    @tenwilliams89296 жыл бұрын

    WOW!!!! HE EMANTATES A VIOLET RAY AROUND HIM!!! Does anyone else see this??!!! WOOOOWWWW

  • @rebbetzenheinisch7291

    @rebbetzenheinisch7291

    5 жыл бұрын

    YEP

  • @ChefBoyDee
    @ChefBoyDee10 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant series of these short outtakes, like gems of wisdom.. Thankyou for uploading these talks! // Dee from Sweden

  • @danisantos3088
    @danisantos3088 Жыл бұрын

    This is an older video I know but it was so helpful to me, thank you! 🙏🏽

  • @RA_I_AM
    @RA_I_AM7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ryanpford77
    @ryanpford777 жыл бұрын

    this dude is good....when he got quiet ..... I was thinking where's my beer

  • @MsSumandas
    @MsSumandas2 жыл бұрын

    Great technique... thank you Sir

  • @lleon-cv4ex
    @lleon-cv4ex11 ай бұрын

    So helpful and explanatory. I always wondered about those who can't sit in silence when they say they can and still fill the air with constant chatter.

  • @sahebg8840
    @sahebg88403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you I’m really grateful that I came across this video It’s very powerful Thank you again

  • @billhawkins192

    @billhawkins192

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank You Too

  • @DefinedValuesConsultants
    @DefinedValuesConsultants4 жыл бұрын

    Thank You!

  • @superragaone11
    @superragaone112 жыл бұрын

    Thanks i had this problem where i had a headache and whenever i thinked it went worse so I kept thinking about it until I couldn't stop thinking and i just searched "how to stop thinking and this video saved my day now i...can.............just...................stop............................................thinking......................................................................like...............................................................................................................this...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

  • @chongleesiah537
    @chongleesiah5373 жыл бұрын

    Dear Ajahn Brahm, thank you so much for the guidence and effective training to silence. Putting space in between words. A great Sadhu to you, my beloved teacher.🌻🌺

  • @beatadabek1544
    @beatadabek15446 жыл бұрын

    Medytacja wdzięczności i spokoju.

  • @clarkken6121
    @clarkken61216 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!!!

  • @fab60s64
    @fab60s646 жыл бұрын

    sometimes when im meditating and Im at the point where my mind is blank of thoughts and in a deep relaxed place and even though my mind is blank of thoughts and im deeply relaxed the Physical body begins to snore . Yet my mind is awake and blank of thoughts and its a very odd state indeed to be blank of thoughts with a mind that is awake and yet the physical body is so relaxed its in a snoring state !!!! This does not always happen to me , but when it does and then I come out of the meditation it leaves me with a giggle feeling once Im up and about again . I enjoy meditating and i also enjoy many mind games in similar states of the mind . My interest in meditation began when I was 25 and I had an OBE and now Im 49 for me every meditation is different and so the learning must never stop .....

  • @dianeheffernan7664
    @dianeheffernan76646 күн бұрын

    Wow......thankyou .

  • @kfgold5194
    @kfgold51946 жыл бұрын

    Dear Bante, thank you so much for this lesson. It was deeply helpful to me. Karen

  • @stylewee
    @stylewee6 жыл бұрын

    thank you. great

  • @AKNSW
    @AKNSW8 жыл бұрын

    best teacher

  • @bs5167
    @bs51672 жыл бұрын

    Awesome 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @kahlomalinche9936
    @kahlomalinche99366 жыл бұрын

    Im so thankful

  • @eessa1727
    @eessa17274 жыл бұрын

    Thank you🙏🙏🙏

  • @billylai6
    @billylai66 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @paveshnigovender-bf5ng
    @paveshnigovender-bf5ng2 ай бұрын

    This is so helpful ❤

  • @dontworrywegotplantyoftime3836
    @dontworrywegotplantyoftime38365 жыл бұрын

    omg i love you i feel calm sensation

  • @hgraphicspro
    @hgraphicspro Жыл бұрын

    Thank You very much for the video 🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @1wow187
    @1wow1876 жыл бұрын

    You are all here trying to stop your thoughts. Well, stop it already! Give your thoughts free reign and do not try to shut them down! The problems begin when you try to suppress your thoughts! DON'T! Just let them go whichever way they want. You can be an observer and listen to them too! Some are audio, others are visual. Some are fragments, some are complete. Let them go they way they want. Take this to heart and you will have gained quite a bit of freedom. Edit: You can be a slave to your mind (trying to suppress your thoughts) or you can be free (letting your thoughts do what they want)

  • @raynarks
    @raynarks Жыл бұрын

    So useful. Thank you Sir.

  • @gramagy
    @gramagy Жыл бұрын

    Still... is the mind... that speaks to the soul...

  • @idlewild
    @idlewild9 жыл бұрын

    "There's no place like bone. There's no place like bone. There's no place like - SQUIRREL!"

  • @abhijeetshedge8203
    @abhijeetshedge82032 жыл бұрын

    Meditation is relaxation + awareness.

  • @amalateesside

    @amalateesside

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love this

  • @lilytrust9968
    @lilytrust99689 жыл бұрын

    great teaching

  • @rajeshbajaj9967
    @rajeshbajaj99677 жыл бұрын

    Thanks........!

  • @user-nk1rr1bb5i
    @user-nk1rr1bb5i4 ай бұрын

    Thank ypou 🙏💖

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    @rajnibhushan46263 жыл бұрын

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  • @crazytoonage
    @crazytoonage4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great techniques! Kind of like a ZeNLP kind of thing :)

  • @minuteorlesspiano8858
    @minuteorlesspiano88586 жыл бұрын

    regarding the first method (the pauses) I found myself finishing his sentences in various ways, trying to think of what he's gonna say next

  • @Rafas216

    @Rafas216

    3 жыл бұрын

    You found your mind finishing his sentences. You are not your mind... Search "Alan watts meditation". Sorry for the bad english.

  • @CHAOSDEATHCULT

    @CHAOSDEATHCULT

    11 ай бұрын

    I found the same. In trying to be hopeful I think I could notice there was maybe a second of silence before that, though. I hope that's enough to get the point and build upon.

  • @prnvrna
    @prnvrna6 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @omprakashpandey2675
    @omprakashpandey26753 жыл бұрын

    Very nice to me

  • @michelle81477
    @michelle814776 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! I can do this..:-)

  • @cedarraine7829
    @cedarraine7829 Жыл бұрын

    OM Shanti Shanti Shanti

  • @lydiaappelmans5806
    @lydiaappelmans58066 жыл бұрын

    Ohm Namah Shivaya is my favourite

  • @blazingtama9273
    @blazingtama92739 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for sharing this video :D Is anyone have/know the full title of this talk? It will be very appreciated if you can share it :)

  • @ThiliniRanathunga-qr4ri
    @ThiliniRanathunga-qr4ri3 ай бұрын

    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @TheFloridaBikeVlogger
    @TheFloridaBikeVlogger4 жыл бұрын

    ah the video that started it all for me.

  • @marcyallison5996
    @marcyallison59966 жыл бұрын

    Om so hum.

  • @ivanwong3273
    @ivanwong32736 жыл бұрын

    Best mantra is equanimity.........equanimity .....equanimity....with breath awareness at the top lips near to nosetrils...

  • @minhvo9962
    @minhvo99625 ай бұрын

    4:00 Om mani padme hum

  • @jb6409
    @jb6409 Жыл бұрын

    bacon lettuce tomato will be my mantra

  • @giachoatv9223
    @giachoatv92232 жыл бұрын

    Kỹ thuật giữ tâm tĩnh lặng

  • @smeagolWhite-uk4fe
    @smeagolWhite-uk4fe Жыл бұрын

    When I'm in my room at night and hear nothing it is peaceful right before I go to sleep

  • @zipodipo7923
    @zipodipo79236 жыл бұрын

    I think the best mantra is the shortest and simplest one.

  • @asasbades3563
    @asasbades35635 жыл бұрын

    The pauses at the start made me start hyperventilating and yelling get tot the point in my mind I have a problem 😂

  • @suntzu2ya358
    @suntzu2ya3583 жыл бұрын

    Be Here Now

  • @citizent6999
    @citizent69996 жыл бұрын

    Hi, what is the direct follow-on video from this short extract? I got interested and then POP! it ended abruptly.

  • @bobmilleit1976

    @bobmilleit1976

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think this is from a retreat

  • @rhythmscradle
    @rhythmscradle2 ай бұрын

    During the pauses my mind wasnt silent it immediately started questioning, “why does he pause?” Guess, it didn’t work for me

  • @Enpassantful
    @Enpassantful7 жыл бұрын

    I am not sure if you can silence the mind by using a mantra, by default you are thinking about the mantra. To meditate, you have to think about meditation. To be in the present moment does not help if you do not like the present situation you are in.

  • @mael-strom9707

    @mael-strom9707

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just observe what pops up in the empty space in between thoughts. You may get a pleasant surprise. ^^

  • @johnnybananas709
    @johnnybananas709 Жыл бұрын

    I always use Yes I can, I know I can, i know I will

  • @jacobstromburg5803
    @jacobstromburg58035 жыл бұрын

    When he paused I just got impatient and irritated. What does that mean?

  • @CoreyDrums
    @CoreyDrums7 жыл бұрын

    i was actually predicting what he was saying

  • @13_Kas
    @13_Kas2 жыл бұрын

    430 Namo Buddhaya

  • @Enpassantful
    @Enpassantful3 жыл бұрын

    Hum many padme hum like a rhinestone cowboy 🤠

  • @aidsreeharsha
    @aidsreeharsha8 жыл бұрын

    ಓoooooooooooಮ್

  • @jovannym8487
    @jovannym8487 Жыл бұрын

    what does he mean exactly by the reaction of my mind when he speaks ?

  • @PacMonster146
    @PacMonster1469 ай бұрын

    Can someone explain? I kept thinking what he was gonna say next in the pauses. Am I not suppose to think of anything?

  • @alfreddifeo9642
    @alfreddifeo96423 жыл бұрын

    Thank U BE U T I FULL

  • @mr.serenity7203
    @mr.serenity72036 жыл бұрын

    so you pretty much repeat a mantra (a set of words) with pauses in between(lengthen as you gain more control) in order to replace the negative thoughts in your mind.

  • @legoaryo9707

    @legoaryo9707

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Serenity yep

  • @nir2594
    @nir25944 жыл бұрын

    I'm Indian and you'd think it's easy to understand what the yogis here try to tell you, the truth is sometimes you need a guru to be able to understand the mind before going beyond it.

  • @user-qp6vg9ho8u
    @user-qp6vg9ho8u3 жыл бұрын

    Step 1: put your smartphone in the bin!

  • @kritisrivastava9393
    @kritisrivastava93932 жыл бұрын

    20.03.22

  • @CHAOSDEATHCULT
    @CHAOSDEATHCULT11 ай бұрын

    My mind started guessing words he was going to say :( Maybe there was silence for the first second or two though, I get his point.

  • @sietzevandeburgt681
    @sietzevandeburgt6814 жыл бұрын

    asked God for an answer ended up here. mamtra thanks to the creator.

  • @phantruonghieu-studio8421
    @phantruonghieu-studio84219 жыл бұрын

    Silence our mind is hard ... I try to silence but the more silence I am the more carry though I get . Please help me to become a better person

  • @otaku088

    @otaku088

    9 жыл бұрын

    Kho Mam you "try to" silence the mind? the mind actually wants you to work with him.. accept the mind however they are, no matter what, and then you'll eventually make peace with your mind.. :) this is where silence come from

  • @Bee_Bill287

    @Bee_Bill287

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Phan Truong Hieu-Studio what makes you think silencing the mind will make you a better person...... learn to become a better person and the mind will follow......

  • @777impresso
    @777impresso3 жыл бұрын

    Who is silent? Be. I AM

  • @JimboJones2022
    @JimboJones20226 жыл бұрын

    I have a weird hack that works for me. I were an eye patch on my left eye. It turns off my right brain. I'm not kidding. :)