If you look for reasons to be offended the world will be a very abundant place for you. "There is no good or bad,but thinking makes it so.-Shakespeare.

Thanks for your Advice. I'd rather have success in this live because a live after death is totaly uncertain, even if millions of religious people say there is one. Its still a uncertain theory. So im better staying on the "save side" and enjoy this life now. love and light

his talks has changed my life. i am forever grateful. thanks!

I am a school teacher. I have gained much from your teaching, Mr Monk. Extremely grateful for the E-teaching. Keep it coming.

Thank you Ajahn Brahm and the Buddhists Society of Western Australia. All of your videos have helped me and my family : )

Long live Ajahn Brahm, your talked changed my life. Im a better man because of you. Sadhu to Ajahn Brahm

Love the way how the traditional perception of good and evil, is re-interpreted as skillfulness and unskillfulnsss. I believe this helps anyone in the practice of trying to better themselves to deal with psychological barriers caused by guilt and the frustration and demotivation that follows! Many merits to and my heartfelt respect to Ven. Ajhan Brahm for his immense dedication and invaluable contribution towards uplifting the Buddhist philosophy, hence spreading peace, harmony and wisdom across different nations and communities!🙏🙏🙏

Brahms goes digital!!! And it's about time. His message is one that everyone should hear. It is wonderful to see it.

Starting where you brush your teeth in different places not only breaks the robotic pattern it is also the case that you probably start out brushing thoroughly and then slack off toward the end. If you brush in the same order all the time then you end in the same area and that area is always the one where you are not brushing thoroughly.. So changing the order in which you brush your teeth can help you to brush better. Also trying to remain mindful while brushing will help you to not slack off as you go along.

Thank you, Ajahn Brahm, for sharing a wise approach to handling ourselves in a world of sense pleasure seeking. Thank you for emphasizing self restraint.

Thank you Ajahn Brahm and the Buddhists Society of Western Australia.

Excellent! Timeless wisdom.

I am addicted to these talks. I wonder what payoff there is to it :D

Not everyone is content with Ajahn Brahm's talks. No matter, one can pick a lot of things, a nugger here and there, which will really improve your perspective. I used to be a neurotic control-freak - now I learned to let go. This "letting go" is essential in practice for jhana and samadhi. Climbing to Nirvana, one step at a time.

deep insight, thank you ajahn brahm. its 11 year later and surely these things in tv have increased tremendously and on it goes.

Btw, Nirvana, Heaven, Nothingness and Enlightenment are four words for the same thing. Its a huge shift in your perception. Its like watching a movie and you are everything in the movie itself at the same time. You feel that everything your body can percieve is in fact your real body. You cannot locate yourself anymore because you are everwhere/thing. Theres a huge amount of freedom, peace and well-being. This spontanous awakening lastet ca 3 hours for me.

I enjoyed this talk very much. Thank You.

Whilst the video stopped at 34 minutes, what I heared was excellent. The middle way of mindfulness (recollection, full acknowledgement and examination) and wisdom (reflection on the benefits and dangers)was as expected discussed in an open, skillful and accessable way by Ajahn Brahm. Ajahn Brahm, a blessing to the world, an heir to the Dhamma.

i admire him soooo much!! Thank you for your wisdom.

Very helpful words of wisdom. thank you. gratitude from Bangladesh

i am currently learning from a good friend which had a serious meteorship from the sri lanka theravada tradition, and i've listen to many of Ajahn Brahm and others in the BSWA lectures. many of what Ajahn Brahm is very true to what to my studies and understanding from my teacher.

That was great video. I'm happy to have spent the past hour listening and learning.

HarmoniousHom, without you, I would not get the opportunity to practice what I study. You are the dumbell of my exercise routine. Thank you for making my mental & spiritual muscles grow by reading ur aggressive comments. How hard it would be for a man to build muscles without the help of resistance.

Rely good .... Agree ,well spoken and humor . I am in brazil visiting my family but still with Ajahn branhm .... give me peace and tranquility all ways .thank you Claudia - Sunshine Cost QLD - Australia

The Middle Way, the Golden Mean...Whatever you like to call it. So beautifully simple and practical. This could change the world.

Thank you Ajahn Brahm.

There is no good or evil. The concern is whether or not someone is causing harm to another. He said pedophilia is harmful. Buddhist philosophy: Do not harm yourself or others. Harming others only causes pain and it doesn't benefit anyone.

Very informative and insightful.

Helma. I think Ajahn Brahm is using the examples so he can highlight the Buddhist approach of developing wisdom regarding what is harmful and what is beneficial. By using the examples, I think AB is attempting to open up the mind of the audience and remove their fears. The Buddha taught modesty. Monks and nuns shave their heads and wear robes as a form of de-emphasising their sexuality. I am glad you have an interest in Buddhist wisdom.

Amazing wisdom. Thanks a lot.

Great talk!!

HERE HE GOES AGAIN WITH GREAT WISDOM .

Very helpful, thank you

this video is amazing....

So helpful and right. Thx.

Ajahn Brahm has amazing wisdom and deep insight. One suggestion if I may. When some of us try to set an affirmation using a negation, our unconscious may get confused. Perhaps for an untrained mind "I will not pickup that cigarette" can be interpreted by the unconcious as "I will pickup that cigarette". It has been said that the unconscious gets confused with processing negations like NOT. Unless of course it is a trained mind.

Very helpful and true - thank you!

Remember this Friend, my purpose here is to correct ur misunderstandings or falsehoods about Buddhism. It is not to degrade ur faith. Ur faith has brought U great solace & courage in life, so it is holy...therefore, I should try to avoid degrading something which has done U such benefit. Don't worry, however horrible ur behavior is towards me is, that has nothing to do with my practice of politeness and cultivation of peace & sympathy for you. Indeed, Ur a great teacher & I thank U sincerely.

great talk

great talk. Always fun.

You experience enlightenment.

Friend, I congratulate you truly. You are blessed indeed. Worshipping rightly, by acting and cultivating peace, love, forgiveness, you do Jesus Christ a great deal of service and will shine as an example of the truth of His teachings. May you do well and ur congregation save as many souls as it is ordained. Peace be with you. Glory be Halleluja, Halleluja Friend!

Thank you for the teaching :-) Rosanella :-)

Good lecture. He covered it all: food, smoking, sex, pornography, and a host of other addictions. I think the Buddhist solution to the problem is far better than the twelve step solution.

finally life someone who knows the Dhamma .

Stuck w/instructions on 1. Not taking anyone's word about anything, except after I verify it myself. 2. Avoid cultivating thoughts, actions, deeds & speech which cause stress to myself and to others on purpose. 3. Pay proper respect to folks who are peaceful & wise, who encourage peace & wisdom. 4. Pay proper respect to other people's beliefs since I do not know if I am right or wrong yet. 5. Rejoice in other's joy in life, religious success, & material success. Therefore, I congratulate you.

you also forget the point that he is trying to convey when he points out "suppression of the sense" that if you do not understand why you are suppressing the urge of a sense you explode, as he is relating the story of his mentor to the audience which is key to the point of the topic at hand

This practice is dedicated to stopping anti-asian hate!

amen, brother. we need to focus on the commonalities we have whether it be in science, religion, philosophy, or whatever. we have so many things in common, but we always look for what's wrong. pleasant debate is perfectly healthy, but these religious arguments on the internet just deteriorate into name calling. i've had a few good ones, but have had to abruptly stop some after realizing that the other person was basically yelling at me with earplugs in.

Buddhism is the real worship of exaltedness

Self-esteem is often misstaken as arrogance by humans which doesn't know the former. And you are totaly right, you cannot controll a human that is free from fear and desires.

In order to prove this enlightment thing is true!!

Well, i know this already thanks to personal experience and spiritual growth. I will enjoy mindfull :)

As I am not divine, I am liable to falter...to be fooled by my egotistical sense of self - pride, anger, jealousy & hate. I do not pretend to be above them. I try to guard against them best I can. If I am cursed for my best efforts, it does not matter, for I do not strive because I desire the blessings of any Divinity, I strive simply because I understand, it is Good to strive against Evil in any form. B/c Evil creates suffering for me & others.

thanks you

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Great to hear a practical talk..recently attended a goenka 10 day retreat and found it pretty dry..am thinking of getting involved with amaravati centre and teachings based on ajahn cha..any comments ?

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I didn't seek to claim that there is no self, just that what we would recognise as the self is not what is reborn, its more like that this life and previous lives karma sets what we come back as. Thankyou for the link i have had a quick look and will go back for a more thorough look later. I follow Tibetan buddhism and i guess you follow Theravadan, so we will be heading in the same direction but on slightly different paths :) Yes, there are good and bad Sanga just as with everything.

Enlightment is a thing achived by man. If a guy is a doctor he could be recognized easily by the way he talks. Same way I am asking for some sort of a guideline to recognize the enlightened ones. Since gaining enlightment is a much tougher task than getting a univeristy degree, there should be ways and means of recognizing one!

Sadhu Sadhu SADHUUUUUUUUUU ❤️

"The wisest Buddhist do not have to be celibate, they have to abstain from sexual misconduct." That's my personal viewpoint.

you need to reload to view the rest of the video most likely youtube has an issue sometimes with a long streaming broadcast

Basis of Budhism is reincarnation and law of karma . The necessity of Budhism is impermanence , sufferings and concept of no soul 🙏🙏🙏 thanks

una joya de sabiduria/a jewel of wisdom

Ajahn Brahm, take me under your wings! i wish to become a monk my brother.

It was a whole BIG buddhism group that told me this some been in it 30 years +.

if i was forced to believe in god i would believe in budda.. its the most peaceful and most sense-making religion. but its still a religion and it still restricts you from what u want to do. but i like this man's way of thinking

I suppose. It's like going on a journey, when you reach your destination, you're enlightened.

When you wake up in the morning do you need to be told you're awake? It's not a case of "well done, you've worked hard you wont suffer from now on" when you have ceased suffering you are enlightened. When you are fully awake you don't do things that cause yourself suffering. We call this state enlightenment.

If enlightment is such a difficult thing to reach there should be apprant signs of the enlighted ones!

yes

Ver true, I mean "Very true", thank you.

Oh my friend, HarmoniousHom, if you only knew how much Christ is in my heart now, you would not have even asked me to be a true follower of Christ. Thank you for your concern. May all Beings be at peace and find that which is beneficial for them forever and ever.

Thank you! But I'm still not sure if I want to become a monastic or stay lay person.

I'll be reborn, hopefully as a God and then spend the next hundred million years living blissfully.

Sorry as well, yes is very difficult sometimes not misunderstand things, however,is different when buddhat talk about monks or about lay people,they don't follow exactly the same precepts. But I would recomend to you a book called what buddha taught by walpola rahula ,it is very easy reading and very good and simple one, many people agree is the best one to start to know about the real teachings of buddha. I hope you'll enjoy it.

I am talking of the initiator of the physics laws! Nothing happens without one initiating it!

@kensei85 What happens when that realization has the opposite effect?

i wonder what his thoughts on people who are in open relationships would be. he says that sleeping with others besides your partner hurts others but what about in the cases where both partners realize that lust for others will arise and agree to an open relationship? i've seen people argue that monogamy is in fact an extreme state that humans force on themselves in spite of their nature so maybe this would actually be another type of 'middle way.'

In addition to the below comments, I just want to say that each major branch of Buddhism deals with the issue of scripture in a very different way, and that the belief that simply practicing meditation is enough is rather a vague generalization about the Mahayana school, which is not of which this monk belongs to.

If someone actually said that and claimed to follow the teachings of Buddha, they lied.

As long as there's a body there's karma. Good or bad are only labels. Enlightenment is letting go of being captured by these concepts. There's a story of a buddhist master that became very ill at old age. To his worried disciples he just said, that he had to pay off his karma. He was not suffering. I advise everybody to live by "Do no harm, do good, purify your mind - this is the teaching of the Buddha". But enlightenment is beyond this concept of good and bad and karma.

No idea, could be thousands, could be tens of thousands.

Tell me how many enlightened ones are there now?

we are not forced to wear a veil or burka we wear it so men look at us for our minds and not our bodies!!! we choose to cover in various forms!!!

Why does it have to be sharper? Enlightenment is the ultimate level of conciousness. So you've got sleep (unconciousness) at one end of the spectrum and enlightenment at the other end.

And do what after studying everything? There should be a purpose of studying and a reward at thte end for the efforts?

Friend, what do you think about this? "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with those who strive, & tolerant with the weak & wrong - because sometime in your life, you will have been all of these." Does it sound reasonable or un-reasonable?

How to recognize them?

TEl me how to reach nirvana? and how many has reached it so far? And finally how do you know Buddah reached nirvana?

When consciousness is unestablished, not coming to growth, nonregenertaive [consciousness] is liberated (vimutta). Having liberated self (vimuttatta) it is controlled, self-controlled (thitatta), it is conent, self-content, he is not agitated. Being unagitated, in the very self (paccattam) he attains complete Nirvana (parinibbayati). Cut off is birth (jati), the holy Brahma faring has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being. - S.iii.53-54

I am Buddhist I would love to visit my local Buddhist centre but I do not have the transport

I thought something like that myself. I kept on hearing: "I will pick up that cigarette." And I'm not even a smoker!

when we fight or argue on the internet no one ever wins. Its silly.really your gonna sit around diarrheaing of the mouth at each other? life is not that serious. We're all the same really.learn to relax your brains.theres more to life than fighting on youtube over Ajahn Brahm.listen to him and know that he totally rocks and its in you to rock at life also!

I think rahula is a little too simplified on some areas, which can lead to confusion. For example, his translation of annatta as 'no soul' as opposed to 'not self'. I would reccomend buddhist thought by paul williams, its a little more academic, but still light and easy reading.

I am just doing my job of conveying the message of Islam. If you like it take it. But when someone hurls insults or use profanity at my belief I have to defend! And thats all what I have been doing!

Sometimes Friend, some "Buddhists" can seem to be more Christian-like that some "Christians". Likewise, some "Christians" can be more pure shining examples of "Buddhists" than some Buddhists. Do you understand what I am saying? Life is too complex to think that we can simply put things into black & white, up & down. The things which help us are 1. Humbleness, 2. Patience (w/everyone) 3. Sincere desire to find truth, peace & love. SINCERITY is the key in any faith. Let us all be sincere. : )

I completely agree, I just wanted to contrast the Nirvana with the Mahayana ideal of the Bodhisatva. As you say, 'so many bits to fix'. But... why no talking about the peak? You can still refer to it, even if you haven't had a look from the top. Talking about how the view is there - that would be phony and confuse people.

@kensei85 It seems like that would have the opposite effect.

@HarmoniousHom - be careful what you say friend. It is a sin to utter falsehoods. It may be forgiven if you spoke out of ignorance and you admit it. Thou shalt not lie. That is quite explicit in the list. One may be forgive if one repents. God be with you and your kind.