Episodes

Sunday Jul 14, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (7/10) | Silence Is The Answer | Ajahn Brahm
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 7/10 : | Silence Is The Answer – 4 September 2019.
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Saturday Jul 13, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (6/10) | Mudita | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 6/10: Mudita – 28th August 2019.
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Friday Jul 12, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (5/10) | The Driverless Bus | Ajahn Brahm
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 5/10: The Driverless Bus – 21st August 2019
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Friday Jul 12, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (4/10) | How to Really Piss Off Mara? | Ajahn Brahm
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 4/10: | How to Really Piss Off Mara – 14th August 2019.
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Monday Jul 08, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (3/10) | 5 Hindrances | Ajahn Brahm
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 3/10 : | 5 Hindrances – 7 August 2019.
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Saturday Jul 06, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (2/10) | Why Did I Become A Monk? | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 2/10: Why Did I Become A Monk? – 30 July 2019.
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
2019 Rains Retreat (1/10) | Guide Your Mind | Ajahn Brahm
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 24th July to 9th October 2019. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 1/10: Guide Your Mind – 24 July 2019.
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Monday Jul 01, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (12/12) | Endings and Beginnings | Ajahn Brahm
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 12/12: Endings and Beginnnings – 17 October 2018.
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Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 11/12: Sometimes Everything Goes Down The Well – 10 October 2018.
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Saturday Jun 29, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (10/12) | Satipatthana | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. 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: Satipatthana – 3rd October 2018
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Thursday Jun 27, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (9/12) | Lower Your Expectations | Ajahn Brahm
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 9/12: Lower Your Expectations – 26th September 2018.
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
MN128: Upakkilesasutta - Imperfections | Ajahn Brahm | 23 June 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 128 of the Majjhima Nikaya: Upakkilesasutta – Imperfections.
Read MN128 on Sutta Central here.
"A second discourse set at the quarrel of Kosambi, this depicts the Buddha, having failed to achieve reconciliation between the disputing mendicants, leaving the monastery. He spends time in the wilderness before encountering an inspiring community of practicing monks. There he discusses in detail obstacles to meditation that he encountered before awakening", Sutta Central.
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Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 4/12 : Be the Buddha, and Go Out Like a Flame (Ratana Sutta) – 22 August 2018.
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Friday Jun 21, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (5/12) | Let go, Let it be, Renounce | Ajahn Brahm
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 5/12: Let go, Let it be, Renounce – 29th August 2018.
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Sunday Jun 16, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (3/12) | Reaching The A Level Of Samatha | Ajahn Brahm
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 3/12 : | Reaching The A Level Of Samatha – 15 August 2018.
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Saturday Jun 15, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (2/12) | Let it Be and You Will See | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 2/12: Let it Be and You Will See – 8th August 2018
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Friday Jun 14, 2024
2018 Rains Retreat (1/12) | It's Checkmate Not Soul Mate | Ajahn Brahm
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 1st August to 17th October 2018. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 1/12: It's Checkmate Not Soul Mate – 1st August 2018
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Monday Jun 10, 2024
2017 Rains Retreat (9/9) | More Poor Me | Ajahn Brahm
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 19th July to 27th September 2017. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 9/9: More Poor Me – 27th September 2017.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
2017 Rains Retreat (8/9) | Vipallasas (Inversions) | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 19th July to 27th September 2017. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 8/9: Vipallasas (Inversions) – 21st September 2017.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
2017 Rains Retreat (7/9) | Loving Kindness | Ajahn Brahm
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Rains Retreat teachings from 19th July to 27th September 2017. Teachings given by the abbot Ajahn Brahm at Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine (southeast of Perth, Western Australia). The main audience was the Sangha.
Track 7/9: Loving Kindness – 13th September 2017.
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