This video SAVED MY LIFE 5 years ago! I had been in a 2 years long deep dark depression, I had made my suicide "to do" list. Ajahm Brahm gave me the key to escape my own mental prisons. Committing to a meditation practice REALLY DOES WORK! My life has been AMAZING since following Ajahn Brahm and the principals he teaches!
@@JaySoul711 That's the cool thing, I really didn't do anything, in fact AB taught me to stop fighting with my personal demons. I was set free by the realization that the past is a ghost, it no longer exists except in our minds (besides physical injuries). Once I allowed myself to "let go" of my depression and the events that caused it, it just vanished. Just try watching as many of his talks as you can, that's what I did!
@@GregTheRushFando you feel more or less motivated to achieve more in life? Or do you not strive either? If so, what makes you get up and be happy in the morning?
@@JaySoul711 I guess I just let go of the things from the past that made me wake up and feel sad & depressed. Once I found peace then the motivation followed on it's own, It allowed me to feel positive about life. Just keep listening to Ajahn Brahm's talks and try your best to apply the principals he teaches to your own situation
Ajahan Brahm. You are amazing. I have been on antidepressants for over 16 years now. After discovering you and your talks I have been free of them for about 9 months and I feel fantastic. Thank you so much xxxx
Listening to Ajahn Brahm Dhamma Talk becomes one of the very important part of my daily life, born and breed in the North East of Thailand. Ajahn Brahm Dhamma talk reminds me of the true understanding of life, emotions, kindness, compassion, being in peace and mindfulness , letting go etc .... I am so lucky to be born and breed in Thailand under the Dhamma of the Buddha. one of a great way to finding ourselves xxxxx
For 4 days, I was feeling intense restlessness and couldn't figure out why. So I pull up this video "again" for the 20th time and voila!, my restlessness dissipates. I always seem to forget that wherever I don't want to be "at" becomes my prison. Time to say "I want to be here."
+Lord Byron - I believe, that once you meditate enough and realize yourself more, you'll be able to see 'the matrix' for what it is, and then you'll transition from being frightened (my assumption) to feeling mentally freed, at which point, I"ll gamble, you'll stop feeling restless, and you won't need this video anymore.
I love this man because of his incredible self confidence. He never has the least doubt, that he may commit a mistake, in his teachings or his ideas which are not enumerable.
Bravo, Ajahn Brahm well said, that's a great guideline of yours!! i have always felt a class B kid back from the times of the school. It took me a lot to start believing i was a class A person and that the transition was possible and got rid the way they made me believe i was. By now that this belong to the past, i do understand more clearly this scheme and how powerful are your words...THANKS LEONARDO
Exposing the mind to this teaching dispels suffering for the time I am listening to it. Thank you, Venerable Sir, I bow my head to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha.
So grateful to Poh Ming Tse and the Buddhist Fellowship for organizing. The session's awesome :-) as I continue to benefit immensely from Ajahn Brahm's example and teaching.
Please know that Jesus Loves You, even though we are all sinners. Have you ever lied? Ever stolen anything ? If you said yes to those two questions you are a lying thief, and that’s only two of the Ten Commandments. How will you do on Judgment Day? You know that you will be guilty. "For the wages of sin is death” (we are all on our way to hell, forever). God does NOT want us to end up in hell, a place of eternal, conscious torment and suffering (Not parties). We can all live in eternal paradise with no pain and no suffering forever. "Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jesus took our punishment for our sins. This is a FREE gift. For those of you who continue to deny God, "Since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse." We are living in the End Times and He will be back soon.
Ha ha ha ha.... um, compare Buddha's teachings with the teachings of Jesus one day. Aside from the glaring difference in volume and insight, one does not require submission to a tyrannical dictator god. You will have a tough time convincing Buddhists that Jesus is superior in any way. Buddha judges no one, and helps any being. No one is going to hell on a Buddha's account. Moreover, Buddha provides the path to purify the mind. Likely what Jesus relied upon whilst in the east. Christianity is cheap knock-off of Buddhism. Good luck.
The same with me Christina. A neighbor kept mentioning AB so I finally went inside and looked him up. Now I just keep coming back to watch more and more so I can feel better within my life and try help those close to me. ;)
Thank you ajahn brahm, it has been a hard life this past years,. but today I Got it... I understand,.. will practise plastic bags everytime I have a undesirable moments,. and be wanting to be whatever situation i'm in.. thank you for this uploads,..
I agree with him that in situations from which escape is not an option, you may need to find the good in the situation - to the point that you begin wanting to be there. But most situations are such that you can choose to be elsewhere, not necessarily because you're dodging responsibility, but because you see that you'd have more rewarding possibilities in other situations. If, for example, you have great talent for architecture, but instead choose the path of medicine (which you find only mildly satisfying), then you may choose to go back to architecture, because you love it and because it's your best chance at greatness. I suppose you can try to change your attitude toward medicine (so that you grow to love it), but architecture would be easier because it's already in alignment with your desires and talent.
Thankyou for this talk. It came to me at a crucial time when I was feeling unbearably overwhelmed by life. This is good advice for mental health. May all beings be at ease :)
This recording is in mono. I thought my new headphone is not working. I tested with another music video and my headphone IS WORKING. Phew! Please check.
Jesus Buddha Christ OMG. "I like it here, wherever it is" - this sentence totaly blew my mind today... Things that made me usualy bit angry today they where changed to something i like:] Leaving begs on the ground meditation just after opening my eyes in the morning started that one of the most awesome days in my life. Can't wait to see how I'll do tommorow. Thank You again Ajahn Brahm, You are cool monk :D
You could have kept the 10 minutes meditation. There are lots of guided meditations on the Buddhist Society of West Australia channel, and it's very nice to meditate together with the video. The listener have at least some opportunity to see how such meditation works, familiarize with it, or see how monks react to some noises and distractions. This is also a valuable part of the video in my opinion.
I love to listen to Ajahm Brahm. Wouldn't it be nice if they could transcript this to spanish, I know so many people that could learn from his teaching.
@@starjupiter4322 dont be fanatic please. If you learn Buddhism, you will realize it is embarassing.. You can change someone opinion, but you can not change someone happiness. This is for those who learn Dhamma and Practice Dhamma like Ajahn Brahm. Being monks have nothing but they have happiness and peace in their mind and heart. Please dont spread hatred but spread love. In Buddhism, we are not tought to spread hatred. Are you missionarist?
I did judo and often we were sitting down like this listening to the master, it seems that since our toes are so cloes to our hands they are the first thing we play with. Luckily this is a video, I can therefore have mp3s of him and will listen to him during my early morning walk which lasts just about the same lenght as his average talk.
love expression: escape to the moment, there was another one, I forgot. I thought rather than levitating, meditating was the true way of escaping the prison, and actually you did answer, not meditation, but wanting to be here, could that be considered conscious meditation, I read on a dictionary that meditation was kind of like concentration, so we if we inject ourselves in the moment, can we say we are meditating? also loved the approach of treating the other side of schizophrenics, and not labelling people, thank you very much for all this information and advice, hopefully walking it will get easier as we keep reminding ourselves about it
I understand about living in the present and not the past/future, but what if its the present that you hate?? I have a health condition and it makes my present/now horrible, also because i constantly worry about it. I actually like thinking about my past and enjoy thinking about my future because it gives me hope that I will heal myself. But the present reality right now I can't stand being in. How do you escape the prison of your present, the prison of your body ??
The way I see it, living in the present also means giving each and every activity you have your all without letting your mind wander. When you brush your teeth, fully focus on that. Also, deal with issues as they come rather than worry about potential issues happening (very difficult to do). Focusing on each activity will help you live in less worry for sure. Wishing you the very best. Hope you are better now!
You can you A method Buddha taught , as follows : using mindfulness . You sit or lying . “ you Say : “ illness is impermanent ( deep breathe in and long breathe out : 1 time ) “ so this ill body recover .(breathe like above ) . Breathing in I know I breath in Breath out I know I breath out Then breath like above 5 times . Repeat in half hour , or 1 hour , or longer . Do it 2 times or more per day . Depending on your health . “
The class A/ class B thing is not only an experiment that has been repeated many times; it's actually a common practice in many schools. My elementary school had two classes, Alpha and Omega, and the results were consistent in my school too. I was an Omega kid, in advanced mathematics classes as were many other omega kids, and it still stood that the majority of the alpha kids saw themselves as smarter and a lot of the omega kids felt lesser. Initially I was told we were sorted by 'what best suited us' but later I found out the sorting was random. Kind of screwed up that schools would manipulate children's minds and self confidence like this :/
I'm in Fushun, China and having problems with culture shock and not being able to speak Chinese. It's been very difficult even having everyone constantly stare at me. Do you have any words to share regarding this? I know you dont need a "temple" to go meditate at but would love to try to find myself a community so my transition to living here instead of Canada can be easier. Need to learn more about clearing my mind
This is a clear example of you not wanting to be "here". A new culture, new surroundings ... It should be an exciting and wonderful time for you. But from your comments, it sounds more like a prison. What is stopping you from saying "I want to be here"?
I am not telling you what you should do but each and every time Iwent to live in a new country, the first year there in the morning I went to school to learn the language
One reason that it's so hard to let go of the past is because the world at large, especially with regards to one's job, insists that we need to refer to the past if we want to get to know someone. This is the predominant approach - and on a certain level it's a logical one. If you want to know whether someone is qualified to do a certain task, you ask about the extent of the person's experience. Since competitiveness characterizes much of the world, people demand that they know what you did; your skills were acquired IN THE PAST. So the past is relevant to what you can do now - though, I grant, not exhaustive. I mention the context of one's job because much depends on and revolves around what your job is. Your job, generally speaking, provides your income - and your income gives you options, provides some degree of comfort which is necessary if you're going, as a layperson, to pursue the dharma. I would say that even in friendships, consideration of the past is not necessarily unhealthy. One can forgive a friend the harm he has done; the whole concept of forgiveness is dependent on the concept of the past. Moreover, realistically speaking, one can forgive - but one will not forget. So part of what orients your actions IS inevitably the past, or awareness of the past, whether you like it or not. But the important point is not to be dominated by the past, to accept the possibility of change on the part of the one who has harmed you. Indeed, as Ajahn Brahm claims, there is infinitely more to the person than the wrong he may have done.
lord ganesha Have you seen the movie Tom Yum Goong - The Protector in English ? I thought you might like it. It's about saving Elephants. Tony Jaa at his best doing Elephant Muay Tai.. I think Elephants are awesome creatures.
+Rajendra Biswas Life is suffering, the prison of ones mind is the time we all serve. Being locked in a cement cell is very similar to the cell of your body which holds your consciousness prisoner to the natural world of birth and decay. If you live life trapped by your point of view and locked in to a way of dealing with your problems, you will never realize the freedom you have to break through the metal bars of your mind and walk as a free man in a body trapped in time. Now in the case of a person who is in prison for a crime they committed, its that individuals ability to accept their place in life as a product of their choices and realize that the state of mind they were in before committing the crime was only a prison on its own, and now that they are free from their attempt to control the law they are able to let go of the world and except their greatest tools in life which are the mind body and spirit. If the inmates of the jail can keep an open mind they will break free from the cell of their expectations and be able to live in an environment where they create the experience necessary to not feel imprisoned.
+Calvin Riley i feel our body and mind is sacred and evil and corupt people have there bad affects on us ...if u can keep ur body mind happy u can be victorious..but my point was that there are framed people who also land up in prision and also get more repressed emotions which is dangeorus
+Rajendra Biswas I totally agree, about our body and minds being sacred, but that same body exists in every single person . And a person who could be considered being evil is only a person whose is in a prison of their minds repressed emotions, which as we both know can be dangerous. No one is born with the intent to become corrupt , people are born into lives where you feel your options are limited and you begin to make choices based upon your environment, rich or poor, gangster or banker. You don't always get to choose the struggles in life, you do chose a path to lead you to whats next. Being framed has a great deal of suffering that can be used as a lesson. Wether that person deserved to be in jail isnt up for anyone to decide, its already done, the persons there. Image you are an animal in a cage at a zoo , you realize this cage is not how life is meant to be. Why did you deserve to be entrapped in this zoo. Its not right but its your path that lead you there, its wrong to waste your mind thinking about what you cant control. Sometimes you have to exist in certain environments forced on to you. Lifes suffering is the experience of your own mind. After you become a caged human or animal. You fait is locked with a key and your mind is being kept, living for one purpose, to wait . In life, as free man, you wait all the time for friday, for the weekend, for your lunch and dinner. Soon waiting becomes a trap. While you wait for all that life has to offer you. If you choose to be angry about their entrapping qualities, youll make things worse. Same thing as being framed. Who you want to be in any experience in life is up to your open mind. To be flexible and admit and acknowledge, you are choosing to understand who you are to be . Every morning you wake up with a chance to escape the prisons that everyone is trapped in , the mind and its longing for things to experience. Someone who becomes falsely imprisoned or framed has an opportunity to escape the trap of the minds attachments to lives illusions/ the outside world. Monks have a similar intention when they go in to temples and trap themselves away from a world that imprisons people in their material bonds that corrupt the sacred quality of the mind. The framed person could be seen as a Buddhist being forced into being a monk. The buddhist must except his fait as not only a trapped man, but a trapped mind . This is the choice in life. To Be Trapped is all the illusions of your mind. To become enlightened which is a gift that takes a very courageous and nobel pursuit, that demand very intense amounts of focus an relaxation. Going to prison can be an honor, to be able to sit a cell and become free from all suffering all together. Its not easy, especial in the jails where there environment is hostile and doesnt promote the mindfulness it takes to let go and find inner peace. This means the prisoner must be stronger and have more will power than a monk to reach from within and see how free they truly can be.
It's true that if you're in a place or situation in which you don't want to be, that may well be your prison. It's also possible - and probably true - that the ONE WANTING is also the prison. How do you know whether the ONE WANTING has some insight or wisdom embedded in the wanting? Just because you want something or want it to be otherwise does not mean there's wisdom in the wanting. In some cases, a change of attitude, not place, is what's needed; in other cases, a change of place. It depends on the situation. I can see many cases in which there are good reasons for wanting something else or a change of place. For example, who in their right mind would want to remain working in a factory, doing the same mind-numbing shit day after day, if they had skills/or talents to be doing something far more fulfilling? Yet wanting something else may (sometimes) also point to some neurotic tendencies or may simply be a byproduct of restlessness and a lack of mental clarity.
As much as I respect Ajahn Brahm, it's a little simplistic of him to say that all you need to do is "want to be here". In other words, according to him, it's not so much about changing your job or partner; you simply need to change your attitude in regards to them. Sometimes, that works. But sometimes it doesn't. While it's true that even a menial labor job need not be mind-numbing, I'd still recommend that you leave it if you have talents and skills that can be put to more creative uses. Should you stay in the factory, say, you might be contented, but you'd be needlessly limiting yourself. Sometimes place and the job matters, Ajahn Brahm. And there are potential partners who are more suitable for one individual than some others are. If a man is born and raised in America and gets involved with a Korean woman who's just visiting America, that can cause a lot of problems which may have been averted had he gotten involved with a woman born and raised in his culture or environment. Cultural differences are important considerations - and these differences sometimes can't be bridged with simple generosity or open-mindedness because the conditioning runs too deep. At least for one of the two individuals. There are issues connected with temperament as well - issues which can nurture the relationship or spell its doom. All these things matter, and since they do, a change in partners may be in order.
Actually, we're on the same page, Benny. You mirror my own thoughts on the subject. But that's not what the Buddhist monk said. At any rate, he should have been clearer; at the very least he did not state a balanced position as you did. It's simply incomplete to say that "all you need to do is change your attitude". It's commendable, but insufficient. If being grateful for the gifts of the present were synonymous with satisfaction, there would be no impetus to look for a different, more satisfying situation. In other words, it might be still okay to remain in a shitty situation because "you've changed your attitude" and "embraced the present". Brahm should have made the distinction between appreciation of what the present offers and overall satisfaction (or dissatisfaction).
It always pains me seeing a western man in a Asian monk robe... Seriously, When buddhism reached China, it became chan buddhism merging to the local culture. When Buddism reached Japan it beccame Zen, again adapting and merging to the local culture. Different customs, attire, temples... etc. Why isn't it happening in "the west"
TheKetsa such ignorance dear, he is from the Thai forest tradition. His teacher was Ajahn Chah. He did his study in Thailand. Monks and nuns pick the robe from their lineage not because they copy. It is ignorant to talk about westerners so harshly. We are no different then any other human being
TheKetsa, . People like you who cares about who ware what will never understand Buddhism. A monk is someone who gave up all materialistic stuff and life in common world and looking for Nirvana. The Buddhist robe (Cheewara) is a sign of simple lifestyle, simple maintenance. Matter of fact in early Buddha days the robe they ware is made up by pieces of cloths collected from various donors not one big cloth as cloths wasn't vastly available like nowadays. The Monk has to put those cloths together and make the robe. Even the robe people offer to monks these days are still made with pieces of cloths. What is your point? Ware a suite and tie?
TheKetsa Your what comment?? You didn't have a comment but an question of why monks from different regions ware a regional dress. Ajahn is a Therawada Buddhist not Zen or Chen. Therawada monks ware the robe the way he is wearing. Zen monks ware a different robe so does chen. I don't think Buddhism is for you. When you don't know the robe or dress doesn't have anything to do with the region but the Buddhist chapter.
I think the people producing this video should have the photographers not get in the way of the video, to wait till his talk is over to do photos. It distracts from his teachings and I personally find it rude to Ajahn
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This video SAVED MY LIFE 5 years ago! I had been in a 2 years long deep dark depression, I had made my suicide "to do" list. Ajahm Brahm gave me the key to escape my own mental prisons. Committing to a meditation practice REALLY DOES WORK! My life has been AMAZING since following Ajahn Brahm and the principals he teaches!
How specifically did you do it ?
@@JaySoul711 That's the cool thing, I really didn't do anything, in fact AB taught me to stop fighting with my personal demons. I was set free by the realization that the past is a ghost, it no longer exists except in our minds (besides physical injuries). Once I allowed myself to "let go" of my depression and the events that caused it, it just vanished. Just try watching as many of his talks as you can, that's what I did!
@@GregTheRushFando you feel more or less motivated to achieve more in life? Or do you not strive either? If so, what makes you get up and be happy in the morning?
@@JaySoul711 I guess I just let go of the things from the past that made me wake up and feel sad & depressed. Once I found peace then the motivation followed on it's own, It allowed me to feel positive about life. Just keep listening to Ajahn Brahm's talks and try your best to apply the principals he teaches to your own situation
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Ajahan Brahm. You are amazing. I have been on antidepressants for over 16 years now. After discovering you and your talks I have been free of them for about 9 months and I feel fantastic. Thank you so much xxxx
Lorraine Merry this is so beautiful I am so happy to hear this! My best to you !
Lorraine Merry That is amazing! I’ve been trying to get off but have had a very difficult time doing so. Kudos!
Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu. May you stay well
Wow! That is beautiful
Hi Lorraine
So happy and glad you managed to do it . Would you mind sharing how you did it and how long it took .?
He could tell the same story a thousand times and I never get bored of it.
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That's called "hynotism", or "indoctrination".
@@myafaire1682 Well that's unnecessary and untrue. There are a lot of toxic people like you in the world.
I do agree. Hahahha
Listening to Ajahn Brahm Dhamma Talk becomes one of the very important part of my daily life, born and breed in the North East of Thailand. Ajahn Brahm Dhamma talk reminds me of the true understanding of life, emotions, kindness, compassion, being in peace and mindfulness , letting go etc .... I am so lucky to be born and breed in Thailand under the Dhamma of the Buddha. one of a great way to finding ourselves xxxxx
+Nuchy Hak I totally agree. He's great. He is always uplifting.
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Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Love from Indonesia..
This is pure gold.
After listening to every talks of dear ajahn brahm ,i always have to say this is is the best.Thank you for your presence in my life.
You are changing my life. with everything you say is like saying everything im thinking and cant explain
If you can’t explain it then you don’t understand it
'let go of everything, if you're cold want to be cold' Thank you.
This lecture is as actual currently as it probably has never been before.
For 4 days, I was feeling intense restlessness and couldn't figure out why. So I pull up this video "again" for the 20th time and voila!, my restlessness dissipates. I always seem to forget that wherever I don't want to be "at" becomes my prison. Time to say "I want to be here."
It's a great joy to see other buddhism practitioners around the world. May we all be happy and well, friends :)
+Lord Byron - I believe, that once you meditate enough and realize yourself more, you'll be able to see 'the matrix' for what it is, and then you'll transition from being frightened (my assumption) to feeling mentally freed, at which point, I"ll gamble, you'll stop feeling restless, and you won't need this video anymore.
I want to be here or i was meant to be here and that will help with the “i want to be here.”
One of the best talks ive seen thus far
I love this man because of his incredible self confidence. He never has the least doubt, that he may commit a mistake, in his teachings or his ideas which are not enumerable.
It's all about mind over matter. If you do not mind, then it does not matter.
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excellent. I really need more of your teachings, which are so testy ,delicious & nutritious for my soul.thankU.
Thank you very much Ajahn Brahm another wonderful talk .... The "best" you are such a blessings to the world please keep up your excellent job :)
Bravo, Ajahn Brahm well said, that's a great guideline of yours!! i have always felt a class B kid back from the times of the school. It took me a lot to start believing i was a class A person and that the transition was possible and got rid the way they made me believe i was. By now that this belong to the past, i do understand more clearly this scheme and how powerful are your words...THANKS LEONARDO
Thats why Buddhism is powerful .. it teaches we ALL have potential to become buddhas. The elite power brokers hate they
Ajahn Brahm...thank you very much for the talk.
Iam currently in my own “prison” and your teaching been helpful to relieve my anxiety.
beautiful message, love Ajahn Brahm
Exposing the mind to this teaching dispels suffering for the time I am listening to it. Thank you, Venerable Sir, I bow my head to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha.
Or to virtue, kindness and compassion
anumodana Ajahn ,Sadhu
Thanks for posting this inspiring dharma talk
Thanks master Ajahn Brahm
So grateful to Poh Ming Tse and the Buddhist Fellowship for organizing. The session's awesome :-) as I continue to benefit immensely from Ajahn Brahm's example and teaching.
Wanting to be here ❤Thank you! ❤ This talk Fantastic ❤ sadu sadu sadu
Thank you Ajahn Brahm.
Ajahn Brahm, you rock! 😀👍🍀☀️🎶💚
Thanks Ajahn Brahm
By far the best talk by ajahn brahm loved it 🙏🏽
he is great guru! adopt his lectures !smile s will grow on your face! :)
Thank you for providing my daily laugh Sir/Madam.
+Reverend Eslam very sad man very sad!
WhatAmI IsItInMe very PRESUMPTUOUS man very sad!
Reverend Eslam explain why im PRESUMPTUOUS, its very clear your trolling,
Thank you very much, Ajahn Brahm and the poster.
Thank you so much for this wonderful talk Ajahn Brahm.
Thank you Ajahn Brahm. Really. Thank you.
Please know that Jesus Loves You, even though we are all sinners. Have you ever lied? Ever stolen anything ? If you said yes to those two questions you are a lying thief, and that’s only two of the Ten Commandments. How will you do on Judgment Day? You know that you will be guilty. "For the wages of sin is death” (we are all on our way to hell, forever). God does NOT want us to end up in hell, a place of eternal, conscious torment and suffering (Not parties). We can all live in eternal paradise with no pain and no suffering forever. "Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jesus took our punishment for our sins. This is a FREE gift. For those of you who continue to deny God, "Since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse." We are living in the End Times and He will be back soon.
Ha ha ha ha.... um, compare Buddha's teachings with the teachings of Jesus one day. Aside from the glaring difference in volume and insight, one does not require submission to a tyrannical dictator god. You will have a tough time convincing Buddhists that Jesus is superior in any way. Buddha judges no one, and helps any being. No one is going to hell on a Buddha's account. Moreover, Buddha provides the path to purify the mind. Likely what Jesus relied upon whilst in the east. Christianity is cheap knock-off of Buddhism. Good luck.
I love your videos as I have recently discovered you the more I watch the more I connect youre Amazing
The same with me Christina. A neighbor kept mentioning AB so I finally went inside and looked him up. Now I just keep coming back to watch more and more so I can feel better within my life and try help those close to me. ;)
thanks Ajahn Brahm
Thank you ajahn brahm, it has been a hard life this past years,. but today I Got it... I understand,.. will practise plastic bags everytime I have a undesirable moments,. and be wanting to be whatever situation i'm in.. thank you for this uploads,..
❤ excellent 👍 thank you
I just stumbled on your channel due to covid lock down. One good thing due to coronavirus
I agree with him that in situations from which escape is not an option, you may need to find the good in the situation - to the point that you begin wanting to be there. But most situations are such that you can choose to be elsewhere, not necessarily because you're dodging responsibility, but because you see that you'd have more rewarding possibilities in other situations. If, for example, you have great talent for architecture, but instead choose the path of medicine (which you find only mildly satisfying), then you may choose to go back to architecture, because you love it and because it's your best chance at greatness. I suppose you can try to change your attitude toward medicine (so that you grow to love it), but architecture would be easier because it's already in alignment with your desires and talent.
Thankyou for this talk. It came to me at a crucial time when I was feeling unbearably overwhelmed by life. This is good advice for mental health. May all beings be at ease :)
Thank you.
Thank you,
I watched few lectures and this one i like the best. I want to be where I am. Thank you.
This recording is in mono. I thought my new headphone is not working. I tested with another music video and my headphone IS WORKING. Phew! Please check.
Jesus Buddha Christ OMG. "I like it here, wherever it is" - this sentence totaly blew my mind today... Things that made me usualy bit angry today they where changed to something i like:] Leaving begs on the ground meditation just after opening my eyes in the morning started that one of the most awesome days in my life. Can't wait to see how I'll do tommorow. Thank You again Ajahn Brahm, You are cool monk :D
Thank you wonderful teacher I love your talks
Awesome teaching, I learned some important new things today, thank you
Oh , So that's Angie !! Hi Angie ! I always hear Ajahn Brahm mention your name, now I can connect the name with the face.
Great teacher¡
First a guided meditation, talk starts at 17:00.
Your a god send 🙏
You could have kept the 10 minutes meditation. There are lots of guided meditations on the Buddhist Society of West Australia channel, and it's very nice to meditate together with the video. The listener have at least some opportunity to see how such meditation works, familiarize with it, or see how monks react to some noises and distractions. This is also a valuable part of the video in my opinion.
Agreed it disrupted my state
'Let go of everything, if you're cold then want to be cold'. Thank you Ajahn Brahm.
I love to listen to Ajahm Brahm.
Wouldn't it be nice if they could transcript this to spanish, I know so many people that could learn from his teaching.
star jupiter you can enjoy buddhism and trust Jesus Christ as well! Buddhism is just some philosophy to apply in one's life for better living! :)
Hilmar Laursen I'm not judge, i taking you with to Jesus Christ
@@starjupiter4322 dont be fanatic please. If you learn Buddhism, you will realize it is embarassing.. You can change someone opinion, but you can not change someone happiness. This is for those who learn Dhamma and Practice Dhamma like Ajahn Brahm. Being monks have nothing but they have happiness and peace in their mind and heart.
Please dont spread hatred but spread love. In Buddhism, we are not tought to spread hatred.
Are you missionarist?
Such a useful metaphor. Needed it today
thanks
"It is right to learn even from an enemy"
-Ovid
I'm trying to listen, but I can't stop thinking about how he is picking his toes. lol ;0) I dig the meditation & I will be watching him again.
You noticing him picking his toes is a good example of our wandering mind. sadhu! Sadhu!
for sure.
Lol! I see that too.
LOL...at least he's not picking his nose !
I did judo and often we were sitting down like this listening to the master, it seems that since our toes are so cloes to our hands they are the first thing we play with. Luckily this is a video, I can therefore have mp3s of him and will listen to him during my early morning walk which lasts just about the same lenght as his average talk.
Awesommeeee!!!!
At about 59:45 that's where the real meaning of "prison" is explained and so true.
A must see video. Right on dot. Lovely.
Gratitude 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Lol stereo? Its in mono thru headphones... nice talk Ajahn!
love expression: escape to the moment, there was another one, I forgot. I thought rather than levitating, meditating was the true way of escaping the prison, and actually you did answer, not meditation, but wanting to be here, could that be considered conscious meditation, I read on a dictionary that meditation was kind of like concentration, so we if we inject ourselves in the moment, can we say we are meditating? also loved the approach of treating the other side of schizophrenics, and not labelling people, thank you very much for all this information and advice, hopefully walking it will get easier as we keep reminding ourselves about it
The two shopping bags exellent
words of wisdom
any body have problem with the sound?
?anyone have a link for the Bristol jail pyschology experiment?
I understand about living in the present and not the past/future, but what if its the present that you hate?? I have a health condition and it makes my present/now horrible, also because i constantly worry about it. I actually like thinking about my past and enjoy thinking about my future because it gives me hope that I will heal myself. But the present reality right now I can't stand being in. How do you escape the prison of your present, the prison of your body ??
The way I see it, living in the present also means giving each and every activity you have your all without letting your mind wander. When you brush your teeth, fully focus on that. Also, deal with issues as they come rather than worry about potential issues happening (very difficult to do). Focusing on each activity will help you live in less worry for sure. Wishing you the very best. Hope you are better now!
You can you A method Buddha taught , as follows : using mindfulness .
You sit or lying .
“ you Say :
“ illness is impermanent ( deep breathe in and long breathe out : 1 time )
“ so this ill body recover .(breathe like above ) .
Breathing in I know I breath in
Breath out I know I breath out
Then breath like above 5 times .
Repeat in half hour , or 1 hour , or longer .
Do it 2 times or more per day . Depending on your health .
“
The class A/ class B thing is not only an experiment that has been repeated many times; it's actually a common practice in many schools. My elementary school had two classes, Alpha and Omega, and the results were consistent in my school too. I was an Omega kid, in advanced mathematics classes as were many other omega kids, and it still stood that the majority of the alpha kids saw themselves as smarter and a lot of the omega kids felt lesser. Initially I was told we were sorted by 'what best suited us' but later I found out the sorting was random. Kind of screwed up that schools would manipulate children's minds and self confidence like this :/
I'm in Fushun, China and having problems with culture shock and not being able to speak Chinese. It's been very difficult even having everyone constantly stare at me. Do you have any words to share regarding this? I know you dont need a "temple" to go meditate at but would love to try to find myself a community so my transition to living here instead of Canada can be easier. Need to learn more about clearing my mind
This is a clear example of you not wanting to be "here". A new culture, new surroundings ... It should be an exciting and wonderful time for you. But from your comments, it sounds more like a prison. What is stopping you from saying "I want to be here"?
Thank you :)
I am not telling you what you should do but each and every time Iwent to live in a new country, the first year there in the morning I went to school to learn the language
Nice video. I'll argue, however that most, if not all, 'mental' prisons are initiated from without, not within.
thank you :-)
fantastisk
Freudian slip at
19:02
he doesn't want to think of them as "thieves", but he can't help doing so
This made me weep. Amitabha _()_
Poh Ming Tse Temple There is no audio from the right channel.
One reason that it's so hard to let go of the past is because the world at large, especially with regards to one's job, insists that we need to refer to the past if we want to get to know someone. This is the predominant approach - and on a certain level it's a logical one. If you want to know whether someone is qualified to do a certain task, you ask about the extent of the person's experience. Since competitiveness characterizes much of the world, people demand that they know what you did; your skills were acquired IN THE PAST. So the past is relevant to what you can do now - though, I grant, not exhaustive. I mention the context of one's job because much depends on and revolves around what your job is. Your job, generally speaking, provides your income - and your income gives you options, provides some degree of comfort which is necessary if you're going, as a layperson, to pursue the dharma. I would say that even in friendships, consideration of the past is not necessarily unhealthy. One can forgive a friend the harm he has done; the whole concept of forgiveness is dependent on the concept of the past. Moreover, realistically speaking, one can forgive - but one will not forget. So part of what orients your actions IS inevitably the past, or awareness of the past, whether you like it or not. But the important point is not to be dominated by the past, to accept the possibility of change on the part of the one who has harmed you. Indeed, as Ajahn Brahm claims, there is infinitely more to the person than the wrong he may have done.
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Well the answer of that prisoner is yes with high possiblity, but such people cant reach such state.
Is that Shiva behind Ajahn ?
kwan yin i believe
lord ganesha Have you seen the movie Tom Yum Goong - The Protector in English ? I thought you might like it. It's about saving Elephants. Tony Jaa at his best doing Elephant Muay Tai.. I think Elephants are awesome creatures.
It is Chundi.
"Wat"is the statue between A.B. and the white Buddha image?a Bodisatva?,shanti🐠🐳🐍
adults have add too - I'm one
Subtitle Indonesia please ;)
wat about people who have been framed to go to prision or what about evil psychiatric detention???
Rajendra Biswas Yeah, and what about someone who attacks you with a pointed stick?
+657BIueArmy run or kill'm. What else would you suggest ? :)
+Rajendra Biswas Life is suffering, the prison of ones mind is the time we all serve. Being locked in a cement cell is very similar to the cell of your body which holds your consciousness prisoner to the natural world of birth and decay. If you live life trapped by your point of view and locked in to a way of dealing with your problems, you will never realize the freedom you have to break through the metal bars of your mind and walk as a free man in a body trapped in time. Now in the case of a person who is in prison for a crime they committed, its that individuals ability to accept their place in life as a product of their choices and realize that the state of mind they were in before committing the crime was only a prison on its own, and now that they are free from their attempt to control the law they are able to let go of the world and except their greatest tools in life which are the mind body and spirit. If the inmates of the jail can keep an open mind they will break free from the cell of their expectations and be able to live in an environment where they create the experience necessary to not feel imprisoned.
+Calvin Riley i feel our body and mind is sacred and evil and corupt people have there bad affects on us ...if u can keep ur body mind happy u can be victorious..but my point was that there are framed people who also land up in prision and also get more repressed emotions which is dangeorus
+Rajendra Biswas
I totally agree, about our body and minds being sacred, but that same body exists in every single person . And a person who could be considered being evil is only a person whose is in a prison of their minds repressed emotions, which as we both know can be dangerous. No one is born with the intent to become corrupt , people are born into lives where you feel your options are limited and you begin to make choices based upon your environment, rich or poor, gangster or banker. You don't always get to choose the struggles in life, you do chose a path to lead you to whats next. Being framed has a great deal of suffering that can be used as a lesson. Wether that person deserved to be in jail isnt up for anyone to decide, its already done, the persons there. Image you are an animal in a cage at a zoo , you realize this cage is not how life is meant to be. Why did you deserve to be entrapped in this zoo. Its not right but its your path that lead you there, its wrong to waste your mind thinking about what you cant control. Sometimes you have to exist in certain environments forced on to you. Lifes suffering is the experience of your own mind. After you become a caged human or animal. You fait is locked with a key and your mind is being kept, living for one purpose, to wait . In life, as free man, you wait all the time for friday, for the weekend, for your lunch and dinner. Soon waiting becomes a trap. While you wait for all that life has to offer you. If you choose to be angry about their entrapping qualities, youll make things worse. Same thing as being framed. Who you want to be in any experience in life is up to your open mind. To be flexible and admit and acknowledge, you are choosing to understand who you are to be . Every morning you wake up with a chance to escape the prisons that everyone is trapped in , the mind and its longing for things to experience. Someone who becomes falsely imprisoned or framed has an opportunity to escape the trap of the minds attachments to lives illusions/ the outside world. Monks have a similar intention when they go in to temples and trap themselves away from a world that imprisons people in their material bonds that corrupt the sacred quality of the mind. The framed person could be seen as a Buddhist being forced into being a monk. The buddhist must except his fait as not only a trapped man, but a trapped mind . This is the choice in life. To Be Trapped is all the illusions of your mind. To become enlightened which is a gift that takes a very courageous and nobel pursuit, that demand very intense amounts of focus an relaxation. Going to prison can be an honor, to be able to sit a cell and become free from all suffering all together. Its not easy, especial in the jails where there environment is hostile and doesnt promote the mindfulness it takes to let go and find inner peace. This means the prisoner must be stronger and have more will power than a monk to reach from within and see how free they truly can be.
I've never herd of a prison where the prisoners can have vegan, Asian, or vegetarian food. What's the deal?
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It's true that if you're in a place or situation in which you don't want to be, that may well be your prison. It's also possible - and probably true - that the ONE WANTING is also the prison. How do you know whether the ONE WANTING has some insight or wisdom embedded in the wanting? Just because you want something or want it to be otherwise does not mean there's wisdom in the wanting. In some cases, a change of attitude, not place, is what's needed; in other cases, a change of place. It depends on the situation. I can see many cases in which there are good reasons for wanting something else or a change of place. For example, who in their right mind would want to remain working in a factory, doing the same mind-numbing shit day after day, if they had skills/or talents to be doing something far more fulfilling? Yet wanting something else may (sometimes) also point to some neurotic tendencies or may simply be a byproduct of restlessness and a lack of mental clarity.
Prison is the perfect place to meditate but it sucks. Lol. Amitofu
"That sneaky buddhism" 😂
Well some murderers WILL murder again if let lose. They are serial murderers.
uh oh
We consider it's insulting to Budha for sitting keeping our back to him. And also won't put any other statues infront of Budha statues.
"That is sneaky buddhism" 😂😂😂😂
organizers: good idea to have a photographer doing his job there
Wonder if a raped woman would think or call her rapist a person who raped her.. or would she look at them as a monster who raped her. 😶
Nonmebglish sory
As much as I respect Ajahn Brahm, it's a little simplistic of him to say that all you need to do is "want to be here". In other words, according to him, it's not so much about changing your job or partner; you simply need to change your attitude in regards to them. Sometimes, that works. But sometimes it doesn't. While it's true that even a menial labor job need not be mind-numbing, I'd still recommend that you leave it if you have talents and skills that can be put to more creative uses. Should you stay in the factory, say, you might be contented, but you'd be needlessly limiting yourself. Sometimes place and the job matters, Ajahn Brahm. And there are potential partners who are more suitable for one individual than some others are. If a man is born and raised in America and gets involved with a Korean woman who's just visiting America, that can cause a lot of problems which may have been averted had he gotten involved with a woman born and raised in his culture or environment. Cultural differences are important considerations - and these differences sometimes can't be bridged with simple generosity or open-mindedness because the conditioning runs too deep. At least for one of the two individuals. There are issues connected with temperament as well - issues which can nurture the relationship or spell its doom. All these things matter, and since they do, a change in partners may be in order.
Actually, we're on the same page, Benny. You mirror my own thoughts on the subject. But that's not what the Buddhist monk said. At any rate, he should have been clearer; at the very least he did not state a balanced position as you did. It's simply incomplete to say that "all you need to do is change your attitude". It's commendable, but insufficient. If being grateful for the gifts of the present were synonymous with satisfaction, there would be no impetus to look for a different, more satisfying situation. In other words, it might be still okay to remain in a shitty situation because "you've changed your attitude" and "embraced the present". Brahm should have made the distinction between appreciation of what the present offers and overall satisfaction (or dissatisfaction).
It always pains me seeing a western man in a Asian monk robe... Seriously, When buddhism reached China, it became chan buddhism merging to the local culture.
When Buddism reached Japan it beccame Zen, again adapting and merging to the local culture. Different customs, attire, temples... etc. Why isn't it happening in "the west"
They all have their own robes and customs, except western "buddhists" who simply copy one of those cultures.
TheKetsa such ignorance dear, he is from the Thai forest tradition. His teacher was Ajahn Chah. He did his study in Thailand. Monks and nuns pick the robe from their lineage not because they copy. It is ignorant to talk about westerners so harshly. We are no different then any other human being
TheKetsa, . People like you who cares about who ware what will never understand Buddhism.
A monk is someone who gave up all materialistic stuff and life in common world and looking for Nirvana. The Buddhist robe (Cheewara) is a sign of simple lifestyle, simple maintenance. Matter of fact in early Buddha days the robe they ware is made up by pieces of cloths collected from various donors not one big cloth as cloths wasn't vastly available like nowadays. The Monk has to put those cloths together and make the robe. Even the robe people offer to monks these days are still made with pieces of cloths.
What is your point? Ware a suite and tie?
Malith read my comment again the answer to your questions are included.
TheKetsa Your what comment?? You didn't have a comment but an question of why monks from different regions ware a regional dress.
Ajahn is a Therawada Buddhist not Zen or Chen. Therawada monks ware the robe the way he is wearing. Zen monks ware a different robe so does chen.
I don't think Buddhism is for you. When you don't know the robe or dress doesn't have anything to do with the region but the Buddhist chapter.
you had better see a lion as a lion or your lunch ,,bit dangerous this time i think ! , but i get not to label children and sick people
I think the people producing this video should have the photographers not get in the way of the video, to wait till his talk is over to do photos. It distracts from his teachings and I personally find it rude to Ajahn
Take off that rag & party at my place for a while. U can re-robe three times. I've got electric guitars.
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