i have watched every talk in the last 3 weeks from Ajahn Brahm...cant get enough! he explains things so clearly for my western thick skull. and he tells the same stories and jokes over n over like my grandpa...
The story he said at the end 46:15 is very similar with a short Sufi story which was mention in Rumi's famous Mathnavi around 800 year ago. Story goes like that: A scholar entered into some ship and asks its Sailor: Do you know any of Arabic Grammar?(which then was a great sign of knowledge in Molem world) Sailor replied: No The Scholar said: Half of your Life is wasted. Then huge storm comes and Sailor asked the scholar do you know how to swim? The scholar replied: No. Then the Sailor said: Now whole of your is wasted. Really Truth has no boundary, time and nationality. I'm appreciative for this good man's teaching. Thanks
This video has the most thoughtful series of comments in the history of UA-cam. Nobel peace prize, I say! Don't come back as a bicycle, come back as a Ducati! Go give something away to somebody today!
I think a good example would be that if one was lost in the wilderness and then one finds a map which gives the final destination as home and step by step follows the map and upon reaching the first place that is correct according to the map, then one has more of a firm belief that the rest of the map is also correct. When a person puts into practice the teachings (the map) certain things will be realised, thus giving one more confidence that the path they follow will give the desired goal
he has said that plenty...i like the one he says"why do today what you can put off till tomorrow" and he is like the Dalai Lama of the west. love him, he makes me smile daily just like the Dalai Lama can do. peace to all
Looking forwards to the days when they complete their studies so I can remove the finanical responsibilities. But at the meantime, most parents just need to hang in to their jobs. To achieve some mental sanity, I will always come here for some words of wisdom. At least, I have some ideals which I could work towards. For the time being, duties come before self. I take the duties as person responsibilities but of course, there will be moments of frustrations and anger. This is when I seek Mr. Monk
thank you so much. your talks are soo helpful and enlightening. they have truely changed my life for the better and it has brought me much needed peace and understanding. i will forever be thankful and grateful to have heard your words. namaste
Being a Monk is to live with lowest expectations and material needs. He is showing us what is possible. And that material and money are not needed for happiness. On the other hand, as a layperson, we have to face our bosses and fulfill our finanical responsibilities. Personally, I do not need much but nurturing my children is very expensive. In Singapore which is famous for expensive enrichment and tuition classes. Having all these enable them to compete with our many foreign classmates.
In the buddhist context feelings are impermanent and subject to change. But on a higher level of our spiritual developement we have feelings, like compassion, good will ect. In the ultimate state which is basically undescribed we enter something that is hgher than anything we can possible imagine.
In our present state we are conditioned, by Karma and by our environment. We watch TV and our senses are constantly bombarded with so many types of information. So with so many outside influences how can we trust our feelings. Fe;llings can be mixed, false or personally biased. The path of spiritual life espcially in buddhism is to uncondition oneself and be left with the pure mind, this is beyond belief and beyond personal feelings.
Such a beautiful talk. I need a monastery to visit where I can understand so I can grow and learn where near Philadelphia is this place please help me lol
This Video is Good We are CO-CREATORS with Source, God, Universe etc 1. Keep a Mirror in Pocket take it out say it a few times day, I forgive myself & everyone 2. I LOVE your name and All Good People 3. I will be the BEst Carpenter etc in the World 4. I Believe GOOD LEADERS are comeing that will Lead us with LOVE 5. I belive we will have a World Wide Building Project , see who can build the best Cities 6. Iam Well I FEEL GOOD 7. Iam GRATEFUL for your Belssings
"It feels right" or "it feels wrong" are thoughts which are based on our intuitive response to sensory data. Have you ever had an intuitive response which, when you examined the evidence more thoroughly, turned out to be inaccurate? Maybe there is something deeper to what he is saying that has nothing to do with his voice and how it feels to you? What if someone with a different voice were saying the same words? What message is he trying to convey with the language he is using?
@shakka877 Thank you very much. I watched an older video last night several times about Four Ways Of Letting Go, but kept falling asleep. Will check out Instead of Attachment. Thanks again!
@2catonthewall2 I don't think Ajahn Brahm reads the comments at UA-cam, but I think he answered that question already in the talk anyway (from somewhere around 30:00). The answer in short is, that those things can only stress you, because you let them stress you.
This was absolutely great and I love Ajahn Brahm's videos and watch them several times each wee. I do have one question though-where is the video that explains how to let go? That seems to be the major problem for me and I would guess many others. Thank you so much and please keep up the great work!
I guess the best answer is yes and no. Yes in terms of experienced gained in meditation, deduction reasoning and study of life itself. No in the sense that i am no an enlightened being. Sraddha or faith in sanskrit meaning more of a trust that one thing that has been applied worked so therefore the rest will work at some point. The goal is to transcend or let go of limitations of the body and mind, which include the deception of feelings.
He leaves out technical instruction in these more general talks. Check out his retreat talks and his book "Mindfulness, Bliss & Beyond". His technical meditation instructions are probably the best anywhere.
@3ofusalone What are you trying to achieve with that comment? Even if you are right and he does not have any outside sources of stress, I think he still says a lot of insightful things. You should watch the video past the first 5 minutes. Stress comes from both the inside and the outside. If you put two people in the complete same situation, one might get stressed, while the other one does not. And by the way, Theravada Buddhist monks are even allowed to grow their own food.
This was a good year! Before Brahm was being hampered by celebrities and constantly pressed to talk about fake mental illnesses and LGBT issues. Good talks, Good days.
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Ajahn brahm showed me how to enjoy life and train my mind to be strong against depression. Thank you!
How do you contact him?
@Woei Jester Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu🙏😌
Good to hear Ajahn's made a positive impact on your life.
What a beautiful talk Ajahn Brahm. If everyone in the world would listen to this talk, what a better place it would be to live in ❤️.
he is my favorite monk i love his soothing voice his sense of humour its entertaining and life advice thats really helped me
Brahm u changed my life .... can't wait to meet u in person to show my happiness which is given by u
LOVE LOVE these talks, please keep giving the world your funny, positive, laid-back and real wisdom!
i have watched every talk in the last 3 weeks from Ajahn Brahm...cant get enough! he explains things so clearly for my western thick skull. and he tells the same stories and jokes over n over like my grandpa...
Thanks. A happy monk is a great inspiration.
The story he said at the end 46:15 is very similar with a short Sufi story which was mention in Rumi's famous Mathnavi around 800 year ago. Story goes like that:
A scholar entered into some ship and asks its Sailor: Do you know any of Arabic Grammar?(which then was a great sign of knowledge in Molem world) Sailor replied: No
The Scholar said: Half of your Life is wasted. Then huge storm comes and Sailor asked the scholar do you know how to swim? The scholar replied: No. Then the Sailor said:
Now whole of your is wasted.
Really Truth has no boundary, time and nationality.
I'm appreciative for this good man's teaching.
Thanks
I'm about to start my art studio practice, moved into my new studio. first thing this morning was listen to this. thank you Ajahn Brahm.
“Thinking about pushing the wheelbarrow is the hard part, pushing it is easy.” I am trying hard to keep to the task and not feel angry towards it. 🙏🏼
Doing things with a smile is such simple yet elegant and amazing advice. I love this talk
Min 30:55 onwards is probabily the best lessons in life.
Thanks for sharing.
This is absolutely beautiful, let's keep our minds more empty and focus on the present 😊, since it's a gift and that's why it's The present
Thanks to Ajahn Brahm, his talks have definitely changed my attitude towards life.
The story about the sailor and the professor was hilarious!🤣😂
Another one of my favourites by Ajahn Brahm, thank you for this gem!!!🧡🙏🙏🙏
If I keep my life as simple as Ajahn Brahm tells me to, then I feel more relaxed and actually get more done.
I find him a useful listen.
This video has the most thoughtful series of comments in the history of UA-cam. Nobel peace prize, I say! Don't come back as a bicycle, come back as a Ducati! Go give something away to somebody today!
The world is a big jungle!
It's a mess!
But just do what you do & don't stress!
That's the key to success!
So timely and ever so timeless.
Beautiful in my heart. Thank you very much for having your words here in Brazil. So happy with her words. Help me a lot. I was so stress.
33:00 doing it is easy, thinking about doing it is the hard part
Best one
I think a good example would be that if one was lost in the wilderness and then one finds a map which gives the final destination as home and step by step follows the map and upon reaching the first place that is correct according to the map, then one has more of a firm belief that the rest of the map is also correct. When a person puts into practice the teachings (the map) certain things will be realised, thus giving one more confidence that the path they follow will give the desired goal
Thank you Ajahn Brahm
Great wisdom, as always :) Thank you, Bhante, Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!
he has said that plenty...i like the one he says"why do today what you can put off till tomorrow" and he is like the Dalai Lama of the west. love him, he makes me smile daily just like the Dalai Lama can do. peace to all
Dear Ajahn Brahm, how perfect a teaching for me today. I need to clean out my dustbin ! thank you :)
Excellent. Stress-free success.
Oh first time that the whole room is shown. Was always curious :D
Beautiful talk
Beautiful talk, meditating while listening to this, such wisdom! Thank you A Brahm:)
Brilliant as always 👍🏻
This is one of the best talk. Thanks so much
I really enjoy listing to Ajahn Brahm
Wow! What an important life lesson I just learned.
i am grateful to almighty that i came accross this video...
Looking forwards to the days when they complete their studies so I can remove the finanical responsibilities. But at the meantime, most parents just need to hang in to their jobs. To achieve some mental sanity, I will always come here for some words of wisdom. At least, I have some ideals which I could work towards. For the time being, duties come before self. I take the duties as person responsibilities but of course, there will be moments of frustrations and anger. This is when I seek Mr. Monk
Beautiful ..........Just loved it!!!!...
Please keep posting some of the latest speeches...
Sadu Sadu ...
Thank you Ajahn Brahm !
Wow just finished listening it was phenomenal!!!
thank you so much. your talks are soo helpful and enlightening. they have truely changed my life for the better and it has brought me much needed peace and understanding. i will forever be thankful and grateful to have heard your words. namaste
he's always comes first in my mind when I have to think about compassion story and life experience. Sadhu sadhu sadhu
Gracias Ajahn!!
true facts. Easy to unerstand. Enjoyable.
Ajahn Brahm, i don’t know if ill ever get to meet you in person but it is my dream! I know that feeling your energy in the same room will be magical
Buddhism is awesome :)
Great stuffed animal story and connecting it to the full mind.
best talks ever!!!!!
You have to GREIVE the hurts of the past, before you can let them go.
Being a Monk is to live with lowest expectations and material needs. He is showing us what is possible. And that material and money are not needed for happiness. On the other hand, as a layperson, we have to face our bosses and fulfill our finanical responsibilities. Personally, I do not need much but nurturing my children is very expensive. In Singapore which is famous for expensive enrichment and tuition classes. Having all these enable them to compete with our many foreign classmates.
Great darma talk .
Buddhisim means good deeds in the present and avoiding worries in the future
In the buddhist context feelings are impermanent and subject to change. But on a higher level of our spiritual developement we have feelings, like compassion, good will ect. In the ultimate state which is basically undescribed we enter something that is hgher than anything we can possible imagine.
Thank You for your talk!
Thank you!
Ok I just remembered a greaaat meditator and teacher that said, "If you are
going to meet with truth, you are going to have to be true."
In our present state we are conditioned, by Karma and by our environment. We watch TV and our senses are constantly bombarded with so many types of information. So with so many outside influences how can we trust our feelings. Fe;llings can be mixed, false or personally biased. The path of spiritual life espcially in buddhism is to uncondition oneself and be left with the pure mind, this is beyond belief and beyond personal feelings.
Master, thank you so much...
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” - Epictetus
Such a beautiful talk. I need a monastery to visit where I can understand so I can grow and learn where near Philadelphia is this place please help me lol
This Video is Good
We are CO-CREATORS with Source, God, Universe etc
1. Keep a Mirror in Pocket take it out say it a few times day, I forgive myself & everyone
2. I LOVE your name and All Good People
3. I will be the BEst Carpenter etc in the World
4. I Believe GOOD LEADERS are comeing that will Lead us with LOVE
5. I belive we will have a World Wide Building Project , see who can build the best Cities
6. Iam Well I FEEL GOOD
7. Iam GRATEFUL for your Belssings
I really gain allot from your videos...thank you very much!
"It feels right" or "it feels wrong" are thoughts which are based on our intuitive response to sensory data. Have you ever had an intuitive response which, when you examined the evidence more thoroughly, turned out to be inaccurate?
Maybe there is something deeper to what he is saying that has nothing to do with his voice and how it feels to you? What if someone with a different voice were saying the same words? What message is he trying to convey with the language he is using?
love this guy
great insight on stress.
@shakka877 Thank you very much. I watched an older video last night several times about Four Ways Of Letting Go, but kept falling asleep. Will check out Instead of Attachment. Thanks again!
"Even cars can make good Karma and bad Karma." XD So true!
@2catonthewall2 I don't think Ajahn Brahm reads the comments at UA-cam, but I think he answered that question already in the talk anyway (from somewhere around 30:00). The answer in short is, that those things can only stress you, because you let them stress you.
This was absolutely great and I love Ajahn Brahm's videos and watch them several times each wee. I do have one question though-where is the video that explains how to let go? That seems to be the major problem for me and I would guess many others. Thank you so much and please keep up the great work!
Thank You 🙏
He is a Dhamma gem
My favorite success speakers are Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Robbins, Dan Pena, Grant Cardone. Do you recommend me some others?
Thank you.
I guess the best answer is yes and no. Yes in terms of experienced gained in meditation, deduction reasoning and study of life itself. No in the sense that i am no an enlightened being. Sraddha or faith in sanskrit meaning more of a trust that one thing that has been applied worked so therefore the rest will work at some point. The goal is to transcend or let go of limitations of the body and mind, which include the deception of feelings.
He leaves out technical instruction in these more general talks. Check out his retreat talks and his book "Mindfulness, Bliss & Beyond". His technical meditation instructions are probably the best anywhere.
Great talk, made my day.
I love this video :D I would really like to really apply it :D
brilliant
34:33 best thing I have ever heard
Sahdu!
It was uploaded 12 yrs ago and now its more popular
Thank you
🙏🙏🙏
good teacher
Are feelings reliable indicators for truth? Why do so many different people have so many different beliefs based on the claim that "it feels right"?
Nike should offer you a contract - just do it! 🙂
@ProG TopaAjBr 🤣😂🙌
safhu safhu safhu 🐾🌲🙏🙏🙏🌲🐾
@ijneb86 Buddhisim means good deeds in the present and avoiding worries in the future
Believe nothing no matter where you read or who tells you, unless it makes sense to you. :) if you don't feel the truth that is fine.
Sadhu Sadhu SADHUUUUUUUUUU ❤️
His tummy rumbled after the second bang hahaha :)
Keep going:-)
awesome
Are feelings permanent or impermanent?
Forgive me for asking, but, how much teaching have you listened to? I think you could not ask such a question.
@3ofusalone What are you trying to achieve with that comment? Even if you are right and he does not have any outside sources of stress, I think he still says a lot of insightful things. You should watch the video past the first 5 minutes.
Stress comes from both the inside and the outside. If you put two people in the complete same situation, one might get stressed, while the other one does not. And by the way, Theravada Buddhist monks are even allowed to grow their own food.
where do u record these at? in which country?
At the The Buddhist Society of Western Australia in
Nollamara, Perth, Western Australia 🇦🇺
This is their website bswa.org
Truth isn't a feeling.
Ostraya, Mate!
this man seriously cracks me up....hahaha
This was a good year!
Before Brahm was being hampered by celebrities and constantly pressed to talk about fake mental illnesses and LGBT issues.
Good talks, Good days.
One of his great great great grand students search antidotes
for narcisism and part 2