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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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Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Happy Sutta Retreat conducted by Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from the 1st to 10th June 2018. Please note there are 27 tracks, but they're numbered 1 to 26, because track 4 is 'a' and 'b'.
Track 21 of 26: Evening Dhamma Talk
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To find and download more Retreats on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the retreat you want and then type the year and month into the DeeperDhamma search box e.g. 2018 November.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Happy Sutta Retreat conducted by Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from the 1st to 10th June 2018. Please note there are 27 tracks, but they're numbered 1 to 26, because track 4 is 'a' and 'b'.
Track 20 of 26: Morning Dhamma Talk
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more Retreats on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the retreat you want and then type the year and month into the DeeperDhamma search box e.g. 2018 November.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Happy Sutta Retreat conducted by Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from the 1st to 10th June 2018. Please note there are 27 tracks, but they're numbered 1 to 26, because track 4 is 'a' and 'b'.
Track 19 of 26: Questions and Answers
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more Retreats on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the retreat you want and then type the year and month into the DeeperDhamma search box e.g. 2018 November.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Happy Sutta Retreat conducted by Ajahn Brahmali at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from the 1st to 10th June 2018. Please note there are 27 tracks, but they're numbered 1 to 26, because track 4 is 'a' and 'b'.
Track 18 of 26: Evening Dhamma Talk
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
To find and download more Retreats on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the retreat you want and then type the year and month into the DeeperDhamma search box e.g. 2018 November.
Tracks 1 to 17, were published quite awhile ago and can be found here: https://deeperdhamma.podbean.com/?s=2018+june (sorry I only recently realised this retreat had more tracks).
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 67th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Catuma Sutta, “At Catuma”.
Read MN67 here on Sutta Central.
"After dismissing some unruly monks, the Buddha is persuaded to relent, and teaches them four dangers for those gone forth," Sutta Central.
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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 128th sutta from Majjhima Nikaya: Upakkilesa Sutta, "Imperfections" or "Corruptions".
Click here to read MN128 on Sutta Central.
"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 Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
MN19 Dvedhāvitakka Sutta - Two Kinds of Thought | Ajahn Brahmali | 25 March 2012
Ajahn Brahmali discusses 19th sutta 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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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Venerable Hasapanna discusses the 33rd sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Mahagopalaka Sutta, “The Greater Discourse on the Cowherd.”
Click here to read MN33 on Sutta Central
"For eleven reasons a cowherd is not able to properly look after a herd. The Buddha compares this to the spiritual growth of a mendicant," Sutta Central.
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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 75th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: the Magandiya Sutta, "With Magandiya".
Read MN75 here on Sutta Central.
"Accused by a hedonist of being too negative, the Buddha recounts the luxury of his upbringing, and his realization of how little value there was in such things. Through renunciation he found a far greater pleasure," Sutta Central.
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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 138th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Uddesavibhanga Sutta, "The Exposition of a Summary" or "The Analysis of a Recitation Passage."
Read MN138 here on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha gives a brief and enigmatic statement on the ways consciousness may become attached. Venerable Mahākaccāna is invited by the mendicants to draw out the implications," Sutta Central.
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Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Venerable Hasapanna discusses the 16th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Cetokhila Sutta, “Emotional Barrenness” or “Discourse on Mental Barrenness” or “The Wilderness in the Heart.”
Click here to read MN16 on Sutta Central.
“The Buddha explains various ways one can become emotionally cut off from one’s spiritual community,” Sutta Central.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 16th sutta of the Digha Nikaya about the final days of the Lord Buddha - the Mahaparinibbana Sutta - the Discourse on the Great Emancipation. This is the eleventh part dealing with the long and moving sutta.
Click here to read DN16 on Sutta Central.
"The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a person, and understanding how the Buddhist community coped with his passing," Sutta Central.
To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the 12th sutta from the Majjhima Nikaya: Mahāsīhanāda Sutta, “The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar.”
Click here to read MN12 on Sutta Central.
“A disrobed monk, Sunakkhata, attacks the Buddha’s teaching because it merely leads to the end of suffering. The Buddha counters that this is, in fact, praise, and goes on to enumerate his many profound and powerful achievements,” Sutta Central.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
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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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 41st sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya: Saleyyaka Sutta, “The People of Sala” or “The Brahmans of Sala”.
Click here to read MN41 on Sutta Central.
“The Buddha explains to a group of brahmins the conduct leading to rebirth in higher or lower states, including detailed explanations of the ten core practices which lay people should undertake, and which also form the basis for liberation,” Sutta Central.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses sutta 2 from the Majjhima Nikaya: Sabbasava Sutta, "All The Taints" or "All the Defilements." This is part 2 of 2, we apologise part 1 is missing.
Click here to read MN2 on Sutta Central.
"The diverse problems of the spiritual journey demand a diverse range of responses. Rather than applying the same solution to every problem, the Buddha outlines seven methods of dealing with defilements, each of which works in certain cases," Sutta Central.
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Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Ayye Vayama discusses 137th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Salayatanavibhanga Sutta, "The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields".
Click here to read MN137 on Sutta Central.
"A detailed analysis of the six senses and the relation to emotional and cognitive processes", Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
Friday Jan 25, 2019
Friday Jan 25, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the 83rd sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Makhadeva Sutta, "About King Makhadeva".
Click here to read MN83 on Sutta Central.
"A rare extended mythic narrative, telling of an ancient kingly lineage and their eventual downfall," Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Ajahn Brahmali discusses the famous simile of the saw in the 21st sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, the Kakacupama Sutta.
Click here to read MN21 on Sutta Central.
"A discourse full of vibrant and memorable similes, on the importance of patience and love even when faced with abuse and criticism. The Buddha finishes with the simile of the saw, one of the most memorable similes found in the discourses," Sutta Central.
To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.
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Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Ajahn Brahm discusses the very entertaining 49th sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya - the Brahmanimntinika Sutta, "On the Invitation of Brahma".
Click here to read MN49 on Sutta Central.
"The Buddha ascends to a high heavenly realm where he engages in a cosmic contest with a powerful divinity, who had fallen into the delusion that he was eternal and all-powerful," Sutta Central.
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To find and download more Sutta Classes on DeeperDhamma, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the sutta you want, then type the sutta title into the DeeperDhamma search box.