The Life of Ajahn Brahm (photos)

A picture biography of Ajahn Brahm

(BWSA Retreats 2011-15 & Media) August 2, 2019. This is an updated re-release of "A Picture Biography of Ajahn Brahm" on the occasion of his 68th birthday. This time it comes with a soundtrack as well. This compilation of photos is a narrative video to give some glimpses into Ajahn Brahmavamso's eventful life to see the valuable work he does selflessly to advance the Dharma and given women and men a chance to practice as fully ordained monastics or ordinary laypersons.

On beginnings: Buddhist Genesis (Ajahn Brahm)

Ajahn Brahm explains a "Buddhist Genesis"

Aggañña Sutta (DN 27), "On Knowledge of Beginnings," Ajahn Brahm, Australia, Nov. 11, 2018

We should have stayed in space.

(Buddhist Society of Western Australia) This Dharma talk streamed live on Nov. 10, 2018. Ajahn Brahm presents and discusses sutra 27 from the Lengthy Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya). The Aggañña Sutta, “On Knowledge of Beginnings” or "The Origin of the World," talks about the devolution of life on earth. Find DN 27 on the Buddhist translation website Sutta Central by Ven. Sujato.

Let's get back to space from here.

“In contrast with the [priestly caste] Brahmin’s self-serving mythologies of the past, the Buddha presents an account of evolution that shows how human [karmic] choices are an integral part of the ecological balance, and how excessive greed destroys the order of nature” (SuttaCentral.net).

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Recorded at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Copyright Buddhist Society of Western Australia (bswa.org).

Buddhism: Passive or Passionate? (video)

Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Brahmavamso (Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Aug. 8-9, 2015); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Buddhism: passive or passionate?

(Buddhist Society of Western Australia) This session features Norwegian Theravada Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahmali, speaking about the future of Buddhism, followed by a lively Q&A moderated by Buddhism's Seinfeld Ajahn Brahm.

Most of the 20 presenters and speakers of the conference were present for this concluding session. Some of the questions asked were about religious conflict, climate change, GLBT issues, and much more.

There was a spontaneous standing ovation at the end of the session (Min. 1:01:00). This was followed by a performance by Laura Bernay Quintet and a closing statement by Cecilia Mitra, president of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia. Core organizers of the conference were invited to the stage.

Music SONG Quiet Rise ARTIST Alex Arcoleo ALBUM ANW2093 - Piano Pearls.

The passion of Ajahn Brahmali

Another Western monastic in the Theravada Thai Forest Tradition, a Norwegian named Ajahn Brahmāli (a student of Ajahn Brahm), has recently written against all of these views, drawing on a careful study of the sutra collections (nikāyas). Ven. Brahmāli concludes that the "most reasonable interpretation" of final-nirvana (pari-nibbana) is "no more than the cessation of the five khandhas [the aggregates of form, feeling, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness]" [53]. Ven. Brahmāli also notes that there is a kind of stillness or superconsciousness (samādhi) that is attainable only by the awakened ones and is based on their direct knowledge and experience of nirvana (but is not nirvana itself). This meditative attainment is what is being referred to by terms such as "non-manifest consciousness" (anidassana viññāṇa) and "unestablished consciousness" (appatiṭṭhita viññāṇa) [53]. More

Ajahn Brahm: meditation instructions 3 (video)

Ajahn Brahm (bswa.org); WestEndBuddhist.org (video); Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly

Meditation retreat with Ajahn Brahm, a British Theravada monk trained in the Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah, who after his attainments went on to become an abbot in Perth (Buddhist Society of Western Australia), and an unwavering supporter of fully-ordained Theravada Buddhist nuns (bhikkhunis).

Books and more (bswa.org)

This is Day 3: Questions and Answers at the West End Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center in Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The was the Q&A exchange on the third and final day of the retreat with the beloved "Buddhist Seinfeld," Ven. Brahmavamso Maha Thera.

• Part II: Day Two of a three-day meditation retreat with Ajahn Brahm: instructions on how to meditate in greater detail
• Part 1: Day One of the retreat with opening instructions on the real meaning of samadhi, which does not mean "concentration" but..

Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project, Buddhist nunnery in London (anukampaproject.org)

 

Ajahn Brahm is the popular Buddhist teacher to a growing international audience of people keen to learn meditation and develop a deeper spiritual life... Here's more about him: 

• TALK: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project (anukampaproject.org) Watch talks given during Ajahn Brahm's UK tour featuring the talks "Happy Dying, Happy Rebirth" (London)
• Listen to Venerable Ajahn Brahm's new talks 
• YouTube topic: Ajahn Brahm
• Twitter: Ajahn Brahm Talks (@BrahmTalks)
• Ajhan Brahm: Right View Sutra (livingdhamma.net) 
• Dhammaloka City Centre • BWSA (dhammaloka.org.au)
• Where is Ajahn Brahm? (cms.ajahnbrahm.org)
• The Buddhist Society: "Kindfulness"

Loneliness: A Dharma Talk (Ajahn Brahm)

About five years ago Matt stumbled upon Ajahn Brahm's accessible talks, full of humor and anecdotes: The way this British monk speaks, teaches Dharma, and gives practical applications of Buddhism brought me to this profound "religion," a religion I had earlier thought of as foreign and superstitious.

I soon learned the complete opposite was true. To this day these very teachings help me through every aspect of my life. I want to share this with everyone in hopes that someone might get something from it as well.

This teaching by Ven. Brahmavamso deals with the subject of "loneliness." There are many, many other topics he has speaks about (bswa.org) as well as the talks of other insightful teachers. This is a long video, so I play it in the background while cleaning, exercising, playing video games, etc.