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Dhamma teachings from the tradition of Ajahn Brahm and the Western Australian Buddhist Sangha for those looking for something deeper.
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Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the final part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses Right Liberation:
- Liberation from what exactly?
o Defilements
o Suffering = the five aggregates = existence
o Liberation in both respects - Liberation and Nibbāna (SN 23.1, SN 1.2)
- The meaning of “Nibbāna”
- The two types of Nibbāna (Iti 44, Thag 15.2)
o Nibbāna at enlightenment
o Nibbāna at passing away - Nature of Nibbāna
o Awakening vs. enlightenment
o Only potsherds being left (SN 12.51)
o All feelings become cool at the end of life (MN 140) - Anattā: no entity comes to an end, only suffering (MN 72, SN 22.85)
- Conceit and enlightenment (MN 140, Ud 1.10)
- To help others, aim for enlightenment yourself; get out of the mud (MN 8)
- Some say Nibbāna is cessation, others that it is a kind of eternalism; so how do we choose?
o We need to zoom out and take a bird’s eye view
o The safe bet: let go of as much as possible. “Nothing is worth holding on to” (MN 37)
o The view of cessation of existence is closer to non-clinging (MN 60) - What’s the purpose of extinguishment? (SN 23.1)
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the final part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses Right Liberation:
- Liberation from what exactly?
o Defilements
o Suffering = the five aggregates = existence
o Liberation in both respects - Liberation and Nibbāna (SN 23.1, SN 1.2)
- The meaning of “Nibbāna”
- The two types of Nibbāna (Iti 44, Thag 15.2)
o Nibbāna at enlightenment
o Nibbāna at passing away - Nature of Nibbāna
o Awakening vs. enlightenment
o Only potsherds being left (SN 12.51)
o All feelings become cool at the end of life (MN 140) - Anattā: no entity comes to an end, only suffering (MN 72, SN 22.85)
- Conceit and enlightenment (MN 140, Ud 1.10)
- To help others, aim for enlightenment yourself; get out of the mud (MN 8)
- Some say Nibbāna is cessation, others that it is a kind of eternalism; so how do we choose?
o We need to zoom out and take a bird’s eye view
o The safe bet: let go of as much as possible. “Nothing is worth holding on to” (MN 37)
o The view of cessation of existence is closer to non-clinging (MN 60) - What’s the purpose of extinguishment? (SN 23.1)
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the 3rd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses the myths and misconceptions:
- Myth 1: Nibbāna is a kind of consciousness
- Myth 2: Nibbāna is kind of mind
- Myth 3: Extinguished fires keep existing
- Myth 4: The Buddha/arahants do not suffer
- Myth 5: Cessation is just annihilation
- Myth 6: Only the clinging aggregates are suffering, not the pure aggregates
- Myth 7: Nibbāna is “the unborn” thing, the “deathless” thing
- Myth 8: Nibbāna is a state or sphere.
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the 3rd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali, Ajahn Sujato and Venerable Sunyo discusses the myths and misconceptions:
- Myth 1: Nibbāna is a kind of consciousness
- Myth 2: Nibbāna is kind of mind
- Myth 3: Extinguished fires keep existing
- Myth 4: The Buddha/arahants do not suffer
- Myth 5: Cessation is just annihilation
- Myth 6: Only the clinging aggregates are suffering, not the pure aggregates
- Myth 7: Nibbāna is “the unborn” thing, the “deathless” thing
- Myth 8: Nibbāna is a state or sphere.
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the 2nd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo continues on with what is Right Knowledge and talks about:
- Four noble truths (ariyasacca)
- Dependant Origination (paticca samupada)
- Three insights (tevijja)
- Six senses (salayatana)
- Five aggregates (pancupadanakkhanda)
- Three characteristics (tilakkhana)
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In the 2nd part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo continues on with what is Right Knowledge and talks about:
- Four noble truths (ariyasacca)
- Dependant Origination (paticca samupada)
- Three insights (tevijja)
- Six senses (salayatana)
- Five aggregates (pancupadanakkhanda)
- Three characteristics (tilakkhana)
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In this first part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo covers what is Right Knowledge.
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In this first part of the Right Knowledge and Right Liberation Workshop, Ajahn Brahmali and Venerable Sunyo covers what is Right Knowledge.
Find the entire series and reading materials on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 10 : Final session
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 9
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 8
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 7
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 6
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 5
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 4
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 3
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
This workshop was organised by SuttaCentral and recorded by Gopalan Radhakrishnan.
Track 2
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
A five-day session on Dependent Origination based on the early Buddhist text, conducted by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Sujato on 21 to 25 June 2021 at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill.
Track 1 : This is the first session of the first day of the retreat. Introductory material.
See the full retreat on bswa.org here.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Saturday Oct 06, 2018
Saturday Oct 06, 2018
Ajahn Brahmali and Ajahn Sujato are not just forest monks but authoritative scholars actively researching early Buddhist history trying to get an authentic understanding of who the Buddha was and the events surrounding his life by investigating multiple sources, including the discourses of all major Buddhist traditions.
This course won't just enlighten the listener about the early Buddhist world and who the real historical Buddha was, but will cast these events in a fresh light free from the dogma of any one Buddhist school.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
Saturday Oct 06, 2018
Saturday Oct 06, 2018
Ajahn Brahmali and Ajahn Sujato are not just forest monks but authoritative scholars actively researching early Buddhist history trying to get an authentic understanding of who the Buddha was and the events surrounding his life by investigating multiple sources, including the discourses of all major Buddhist traditions.
This course won't just enlighten the listener about the early Buddhist world and who the real historical Buddha was, but will cast these events in a fresh light free from the dogma of any one Buddhist school.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.