Deeper Dhamma Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Rains Retreat teachings from the 16th July to 7th October 2025. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.  

Track 10/12: Practising the Path in the Long Term – 17th September 2025 

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appicchato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 19th - 21st April 2024.

Track 5 :  –  Last Talk - 21st April 24 .

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appicchato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 19th - 21st April 2024.

Track 4 :  - Morning Talk - 21st April 24 .

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appicchato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 19th - 21st April 2024.

Track 3 :    Evening Q & A– 20th April 24 .

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appicchato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 19th - 21st April 2024.

Track 2 :   –  Morning Talk - 20th April 24 .

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appicchato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 19th - 21st April 2024.

Track 1 :  –  Introduction – 19th April 24 .

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Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta 142 from the Majjhima Nikaya, the collection of middle-length discourses: MN142 Dakkinavibhanga Sutta - The Exposition of Offerings.
"When his step-mother Mahāpajāpatī wishes to offer him a robe for his personal use, the Buddha encourages her to offer it to the entire Saṅgha instead. He goes on to explain that the best kind of offering to the Saṅgha is one given to the dual community of monks and nuns, headed by the Buddha.", Sutta Central.

Read MN142 on Sutta Central here.

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appiccato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th to 8th May 2022.

Track 5 :  – The Meaning of Letting Go, Guided Metta Meditation  - 8th May 22.

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appiccato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th to 8th May 2022.

Track 4 :  –  Life after Death & Death Contemplation - 8th May 22.

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appiccato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th to 8th May 2022.

Track 3 :  Perfectionism and Acceptance – 7th May 22.

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appiccato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th to 8th May 2022.

Track 2 :   How to Overcome Doubt and Confusion – 7th May 22.

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Weekend Retreat with  Ajahn Appiccato at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th to 8th May 2022.

Track 1 :  Different Techniques to Calm the Mind – 6th May 22.

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Ajahn Appicchato discusses several Suttas from the book "In The Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi. 

The Suttas referenced by the topics discussed by Ajhan can also be found in Sutta Central using the following links. 

Lump of foam 
Handful of Leaves 
Empty is the World 
The Two Nibbāna Elements 

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Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta SN16.13 from the Samyutta Nikaya - Saddhammappatirūpaka Sutta - The Counterfeit of the True Teaching.

"Kassapa asks the Buddha why there are now more rules but fewer awakened mendicants. The Buddha replies that it is due to the arising of the counterfeit Dhamma, giving five factors that lead to decline" - Sutta Central. 

Click here to read Saddhammappatirūpaka Sutta on Sutta Central.

Ajahn Appicahto also discusses AN2.2 Striving, AN2.130-133 Aspiring from Anguttara Nikaya.

 

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Ajahn Appichato discusses the 19th sutta from the Digha Nikaya: Mahāgovinda Sutta, “The Great Steward.”

Click here to read DN19 on Sutta Central.

 "A minor deity informs the Buddha of the conversations and business of the gods," Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta 107 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Ganakamoggallana Sutta - The Discourse to Ganaka-Moggallana. 

"The Buddha compares the training of an accountant with the step by step spiritual path of his followers. But even with such a well explained path, the Buddha can only show the way, and it is up to us to walk it," Sutta Central. 

Read MN107 on Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Appichato discusses sutta 19 from the Majjhima Nikaya; Dvedhāvitakka Sutta, "Two Kinds of Thought". 

Click here to read MN19 on Sutta Central.

"Recounting his own experiences in developing meditation, the Buddha explains how to understand harmful and harmless thoughts, and how to go beyond thought altogether" Sutta Central. 

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Ajahn Appichato discusses the 135th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Culakammavibhanga Sutta - Shorter Exposition on Action.

Click here to read MN135 on Sutta Central.

"The Buddha explains to a brahmin how your deeds in past lives affect you in this life," Sutta Central.

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Ajahn Appichato discusses the following suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya (Bhikkhu Bodhi's Wisdom Publication):

AN 5.215 Paṭhamaakkhanti Sutta (read on Sutta Central here) 

AN5.221 Paṭhamadīghacārika Sutta (read on Sutta Central here) 

AN5.223 Atinivāsa Sutta (read on Sutta Central here) 

AN5.227 Bhoga Sutta (read on Sutta Central here) 

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Ajahn Appichato discusses the following suttas from the Book of Fives from the Anguttara Nikaya (Bhikkhu Bodhi's Wisdom Publication):

• AN 5.130 Accomplishments (read AN5.130 from Sutta Central)
• AN 5.141 Having Given One Despises (read AN5.141 from Sutta Central)
• AN 5.146 Friend (read AN5.146 from Sutta Central)
• AN 5.165 Asking Questions (read AN5.165 from Sutta Central)

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