Just Buddhism ideals in general have gotten me through some awful times. Ajahn Brahm absolutely makes me smile though. Glad you have such a strong tool for that!
Jesus in fact promoted buddhist principals. Between 14 and 29 years old some say he leaned these from buddhist monks .Watch the BBC documentairy Jezus was a buddhist monk
@@RinpochesRose hes just lovely with gravy on his shirt and my advice is just keep on keeping on im reminded some paint companies used that as a brand hey kid there is not one way nor one teacher go find your own truth it resides perfectly
I have seen this one before. Ajahn Brahm is terrific. This means so much more now than when I first saw it. I get it. Love his stories as always. Sadhu. Sadhu. Sadhu. 🙏🙏🙏
Very enlightening talk! .... No Beginning ... No Endng! " .... Since there is no beginning, there's no need for a creator!..." Beautifully said! My day starts in the morning and ends in the evening. Then I do it all over again ... Until I'm dead. Then when I die, I get recycled ... Another birth. Then off I go again. Day in day out. Death. Birth. Repeat! Forever! Endlessly!
That’s a mistake. As has been pointed out by Ibn Sina and Thomas Aquinas, amongst others, creation does not require a beginning. The root meaning of cause is the presence of the cause to the effect. God, therefore, could be the eternal cause of creation; it could have always existed dependent on him.
ONE meal per day before noon - no more cakes and custard for Ajahn Brahm - love him anyways - he always injects humour into the dhamma talks 🙏🏼🏄🏽♂️💦🇦🇺
Thank you Ajahn. This is not the first time i heard this talk and each time i learn something new when listened to intuitively. Yes, "in this fathom long body is the world "proclaimed the Buddha; the world exist in the mind/ the mind create the world. Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu!
Amazing talk,as always. Thank you so much Ajahn Brahm and BSV people.🙏 The case A.B. memptions about an NDE in a brain surgery is the Pam Reynolds case. BBC did a documentary, there are skerpts on youtube. There has been some skeptical attempts, of course, of explaining it, but the case stands very solid and really intriguing at the very least.
+Karl BHX There is always plenty of room for debate and talks in Buddhism. Nothing is absolute or certain for each individual until you can prove that your argument can benefit yourself and other people. In Buddhism, people are encouraged not to believe any doctrines/ belief that have been handed down for generations etc.. Perhaps, Kalama Sutta in Buddhism can better explain the concept of how we shouldn't believe anything until we can agree that such belief can lead to happiness and not harming anyone. www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html So in short, you don't have to believe of what Ajahn Brahm/ any other religious leaders/ scientists have to say. You can try to prove it yourself, challenge it and see if it can benefit yourself and other people.
When I became a Roman Catholic at 15(1963) no one that was not religious did .meditation. it was mentioned in big book valled The Spiritual Life by Tankery S J and I understood that it was open to all . Then there's Tomas Merton
I ask that same question all the time. If god created all this then who created god. What is anything really. That question burns hard in my mind and I continue to try to understand what all this even is.
The brain and conciousness are seperate, just very close. When ajahn brahm says mind he is often referring to conciousness. He clearly says brain otherwise
it’s the same. if you meditate it and you’ll notice there are string of thoughts stitched together. You might not notice it but it’s there the whole time. Then filter yours thoughts into 6 categories. oh well, this you can find out for yourself.
It would be really cool to talk Consciousness with AB for a few hours. Aristotle asserted the mind as a sense but..where touch is direct input, sight as well, etc etc,the brain does more than that. So much more! And the confusion is: is the brain the mind? Is it from the Buddhas pov? Or, are they different things? If that's the case, be specific about it and never confuse the two. Beyond them both: What *is* Consciousness? Define it, go ahead. But can you define it for others? On what authority? All you know is what you experience. That's why you cannot say Person A, who suffers due to x is suffering less/more than Person B who suffers due to Y. One person's suffering may be another person's pleasure. You can't decide that either suffers less/more because YOU find x/y to be of a certain value. Cogito ergo sum. Squash the brain, all thinking stops, as measured by a flat line and the corpse it inhabits. Does that squash the brain? HERE is where the assertion of Mind or, in other religions, Spirit, the onus is wholly and fully on Religion to Prove it exists. Speculation, appeal to authority and emotion, is not proof. It is faith. A guess, no more. Elaborate guess maybe, but still a guess. Religions has many problems, but the worst are the crimes it fuels and ignores. One of these is patriarchal oppression of women in religion. Racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, transphobic and all by "enlightened" leaders. No, sorry. NO ONE truly enlightened would trip over the human body, a mere container. Rethink your idols. They might not have been as advanced as you want to believe. And wanting causes suffering, correct? 😀😀 "Pointing to the mind...". Well, technically, I can't point to where the flying spaghetti monster is either, so not being able to point to the Mind actually DOES tefute the mind. Why should anyone have to point to the Mind that you say exists? YOU point to it first. You prove it because you're the one asserting it. You can't expect people who DON'T accept your premise to do the work for you. Cheers!💞🙆🙏
I hv the greatest respect for Ven Ajahan Bramham. However, I feel when talking on a subject like consciousness, the quantum of jokes etc need to be reduced and content increased. From the little I know, in abidamma, consciousness is more detailed and elaborate. Hope this will contribute for the best.
In these talks he's addressing a general audience. A public from a wide range of backgrounds, many not so experienced in all that. Look at the talks he gives to monks during rain retreats... Very different 🙏
i am sorry but i agree its just nothing of any real importance tbh . i love the talks but it just listening to someone talking about life experiences. i grew up in a small space with bros and sisters blah blah we know loving everyone that has a family does ...and for monk he does like bigging himself up o0
Disappointed. He doesn't address the function of the brain, which processes the senses perceive, and how it relates to the mind. Isn't our thoughts generated by the brain? If the visual center of the brain is damaged, Isn't visual perception impaired? Maybe it would help if he defines his terms. He's seems to use mind and consciousness interchangeably, and seems to imply that it is immaterial, and can exist non-coporally. If it does He did not explain something immaterial can effect the physical.
Well after watching this video I am still no closer understanding what the mind is. Buddhist scholars seem to teach the mind is the sum of the five aggregates, body, feelings, perception, mental formations, consciousness. This is what we are. However all of these cease to exist at death dont they...including consciousness since it comes from the sense contacts, eye ear touch smell mind etc...so what does actually survive...or goes on. This is a contradiction I never fully understood. The problem is the Buddha himself never explained this as far as I know, he simply declined to answer what actually gets reborn if one assumes that buddhist teaching true. His answer was to paraphrase 'the process of existence continues'. His reasoning not to get too deep into what gets reborn or what continues to exist was that by obsessing about it we just prolong our suffering by continuing clinging to a 'self'-as far as I understand.
As I've understood, A 'living being' could be analysed using the "skanda, dhatu or ayatana" method If skanda method is used the 'combination of mind and body' is explained as 5 aggregates. Rupa is the physical matter .. vedana , sanna, sankhara and vinnana are divisions of the ' mind'. If Ayatana method is used, the "whole" is classified into 6....Eye consciousness, ear consciousness, etc. Dhatu method- 18 divisions Abhidhamma method - 3 broad divisions- citta, chetasika, Rupa. Other places -only divided into 2 , as Nama Rupa or consciousness and form. Sometimes simply classified as "mind and body" So the " definition" of consciousness will depend on the context. But always its to be taken as a continuous flow of Many combinations of components..
With respect, how can he ..any monk or any human being speak with such certainty about each and every subject. Is there no room for debate or school of thought. And why would one person worship another person for saying a wise thing? "Stephen Hawkings PROVED blah blah blah [Brahm quote]...And that therefore takes away the need for a God (Creator)...How can he feel he has the right or power or authority to make such absolutest claims?????? [esp. when many other equally respected or revered monks might have a different line of thought]. Still, he is engaging and says alot of positive stuff ..he is humorous but do all monks agree with all his comments or rather claims..No I don't think so. It worries me just how many gurus, reliogious leaders and scientists etc ..are elevated to a point of having a large following largely through charisma and charm and an appearance of knowing all the answers to life ...yet are hardly never challenged. Ajahn Brahn is one of those monks who loves to be up front talking ..and uses funny storytelling as an engagement tool. He makes some, even many good points for reflection BUT he doesn't know everything ...no one does! No offence intended to anyone ...I've just seen too many so called 'no it all' leaders or represenatives come along who like sheep get many to blindly follow without every cross checking what they're being lead to believe. Peace to all and to you Ajahn Brahm sir!
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm, have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
Where did he get initiated/ordained?!? The finically categorized 9 consciousnesses explained by Buddhists' scholars throughout 2500 years became a jumbled, scattered philosophies, comparative religions tools. As J Krishnamurti and thousands of enlightened sages said, thinking is the evil doers of all! Especially this kind of mumbled, bad-humors thinkings!
Because he's taking to a general audience. A public from a wide range of backgrounds, many not so experienced in all that. Look at the talks he gives to monks during rain retreats... Very different 🙏
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Ajah Brahm is a very nice monk, Compassionate and humorous. A rare gem.
Whenever I’m depressed, I pull an AB video. I get happy immediately.
Just Buddhism ideals in general have gotten me through some awful times. Ajahn Brahm absolutely makes me smile though. Glad you have such a strong tool for that!
Literally same
I am Roman Catholic. I enjoy listening and the wisdom he shares
Exactly What I Do I’m A Catholic And Watch This
Jesus in fact promoted buddhist principals. Between 14 and 29 years old some say he leaned these from buddhist monks .Watch the BBC documentairy Jezus was a buddhist monk
gross!
whats a roman catholic?
is it similar to an alcoholic?
he is a lovely monk i address him as the lovely monk
Andrew Hibberd He reminds me of a spiritual version of Bagpuss. (If that’s not a disrespectful thing to say!) 🙂🙀😺❤️
@@RinpochesRose hes just lovely with gravy on his shirt and my advice is just keep on keeping on
im reminded some paint companies used that as a brand
hey kid there is not one way nor one teacher go find your own truth it resides perfectly
I like your talkvery much From the beginning till the end I don’t know where I am Full of joy and laughter 👍🙏😀😄🌹Thank You very much
You have a big heart a beautiful heart.
love him so much !!!!!
Thanks for the wisdom, also person reading this, i will you all the best ❤
I have seen this one before. Ajahn Brahm is terrific. This means so much more now than when I first saw it. I get it. Love his stories as always. Sadhu. Sadhu. Sadhu. 🙏🙏🙏
Very enlightening talk! .... No Beginning ... No Endng! " .... Since there is no beginning, there's no need for a creator!..." Beautifully said! My day starts in the morning and ends in the evening. Then I do it all over again ... Until I'm dead. Then when I die, I get recycled ... Another birth. Then off I go again. Day in day out. Death. Birth. Repeat! Forever! Endlessly!
That’s a mistake. As has been pointed out by Ibn Sina and Thomas Aquinas, amongst others, creation does not require a beginning. The root meaning of cause is the presence of the cause to the effect. God, therefore, could be the eternal cause of creation; it could have always existed dependent on him.
Not sure why Buddhists think life is an endless rebirth cycle. No one knows that. That’s the part of Buddhism that requires religion.
That story about the open day and the storm never fails to make eyes fill with tears, its so special!!
Thanks BSV, awesome content ❤❤
Im an Orthodox Christian but im REALLY enjoying your videos! So cool! Laughed my head off 😂
Now I know what a big heart looks like! Very nice !
ONE meal per day before noon - no more cakes and custard for Ajahn Brahm - love him anyways - he always injects humour into the dhamma talks 🙏🏼🏄🏽♂️💦🇦🇺
I'm Thai and I'm bhuddish. I wish I'm good at English so I will know very thing you says. Saa Tuuu !
Sawadee karp,Ajaan Brahm khun dii karp! Saadhu!☮☮☮😻😻😜😍
listen more then u can improve your English.
@@darkwolf64825 can you hand write thai with a paint brush in the forest perhaps you concentrate inside before outside ?
Thank you Ajahn. This is not the first time i heard this talk and each time i learn something new when listened to intuitively. Yes, "in this fathom long body is the world "proclaimed the Buddha; the world exist in the mind/ the mind create the world. Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu!
Excellent lecture! We all love the lecture. 🙏🙏🙏
Amazing talk,as always. Thank you so much Ajahn Brahm and BSV people.🙏
The case A.B. memptions about an NDE in a brain surgery is the Pam Reynolds case. BBC did a documentary, there are skerpts on youtube. There has been some skeptical attempts, of course, of explaining it, but the case stands very solid and really intriguing at the very least.
Thank you i think the round form are the nicest, your talks are so good and inspiring 🙏🏼❤️🌸
"300 dollars for the cat-scan..."
Ajahn Brahm, thank you.
Best joke ever; 300 dollars for cat scan!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
AB, the monk superstar :)
🙏🙏🙏
HR Ajahn Brahm. His roundness!!! haha
Sending compassion
+Karl BHX There is always plenty of room for debate and talks in Buddhism. Nothing is absolute or certain for each individual until you can prove that your argument can benefit yourself and other people. In Buddhism, people are encouraged not to believe any doctrines/ belief that have been handed down for generations etc.. Perhaps, Kalama Sutta in Buddhism can better explain the concept of how we shouldn't believe anything until we can agree that such belief can lead to happiness and not harming anyone.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html
So in short, you don't have to believe of what Ajahn Brahm/ any other religious leaders/ scientists have to say. You can try to prove it yourself, challenge it and see if it can benefit yourself and other people.
Ajahn Brahm is 100x better than psychiatrist and psychologist.
You’re so funny I like the way of your explanation 😊☘️🙏
When I became a Roman Catholic at 15(1963) no one that was not religious did .meditation. it was mentioned in big book valled The Spiritual Life by Tankery S J and I understood that it was open to all . Then there's Tomas Merton
We are different on our side of the river. We are modest. We are peaceful.
I ask that same question all the time. If god created all this then who created god. What is anything really. That question burns hard in my mind and I continue to try to understand what all this even is.
@James. Perhaps the answer to your questions in the Doctrine of Dependent Origination.
18:00 conciousness
ok,what is beyond the curve(outside of the sphere?)
Where does a seed come from?
The end of the boss called "desire". End of time. End of form, feeling, perception, conditioning and end of consciousness... Nibbana.
Sadhu
Dude's so zen he's starting to become one with the wood behind him
Great problem to have getting lost in the house. 😎😎😎♥️
is mind and conicoussnes the same ?? or 2 different things ?
The brain and conciousness are seperate, just very close. When ajahn brahm says mind he is often referring to conciousness. He clearly says brain otherwise
But Ravindu didn't say anything about the 'brain'! Just saying'.
it’s the same. if you meditate it and you’ll notice there are string of thoughts stitched together. You might not notice it but it’s there the whole time. Then filter yours thoughts into 6 categories. oh well, this you can find out for yourself.
Still don’t get it. 😂 I’m driving and haven’t rewinded maybe I should
the greatest dhamma teaching is in silent
Got it Ajahn, wise monks don't read people's minds because they are not worth reading. 😂
So, Mind is Consciousness .... Consciousness is Mind ?? I always get the two mixed up.
Mind consists of consciousness, , will, perception, and physical feelings.
I love his talks , but sometime he is just too morbid I know we have to deal with it eventually .....
It would be really cool to talk Consciousness with AB for a few hours.
Aristotle asserted the mind as a sense but..where touch is direct input, sight as well, etc etc,the brain does more than that. So much more! And the confusion is: is the brain the mind? Is it from the Buddhas pov? Or, are they different things? If that's the case, be specific about it and never confuse the two.
Beyond them both: What *is* Consciousness? Define it, go ahead. But can you define it for others? On what authority?
All you know is what you experience. That's why you cannot say Person A, who suffers due to x is suffering less/more than Person B who suffers due to Y. One person's suffering may be another person's pleasure. You can't decide that either suffers less/more because YOU find x/y to be of a certain value. Cogito ergo sum.
Squash the brain, all thinking stops, as measured by a flat line and the corpse it inhabits. Does that squash the brain? HERE is where the assertion of Mind or, in other religions, Spirit, the onus is wholly and fully on Religion to Prove it exists. Speculation, appeal to authority and emotion, is not proof. It is faith. A guess, no more. Elaborate guess maybe, but still a guess.
Religions has many problems, but the worst are the crimes it fuels and ignores. One of these is patriarchal oppression of women in religion. Racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, transphobic and all by "enlightened" leaders. No, sorry. NO ONE truly enlightened would trip over the human body, a mere container. Rethink your idols. They might not have been as advanced as you want to believe. And wanting causes suffering, correct? 😀😀
"Pointing to the mind...". Well, technically, I can't point to where the flying spaghetti monster is either, so not being able to point to the Mind actually DOES tefute the mind. Why should anyone have to point to the Mind that you say exists? YOU point to it first. You prove it because you're the one asserting it. You can't expect people who DON'T accept your premise to do the work for you.
Cheers!💞🙆🙏
Big houses cos there’s masses of space
Love ya Brahm but the ghost wedding story is total bullshit right? 😆
I hv the greatest respect for Ven Ajahan Bramham. However, I feel when talking on a subject like consciousness, the quantum of jokes etc need to be reduced and content increased. From the little I know, in abidamma, consciousness is more detailed and elaborate. Hope this will contribute for the best.
sam999
Agree. He onviously knowshis stuff but i fi d myself fastforwarding the stories and jokes. I want the valuable information !
In these talks he's addressing a general audience. A public from a wide range of backgrounds, many not so experienced in all that. Look at the talks he gives to monks during rain retreats... Very different 🙏
I find that the older talks of his are more academic. I just search his videos based on date. works like a charm!
Gott start somewhere! He piques interest, which is good 👍🏻
i am sorry but i agree its just nothing of any real importance tbh . i love the talks but it just listening to someone talking about life experiences. i grew up in a small space with bros and sisters blah blah we know loving everyone that has a family does ...and for monk he does like bigging himself up o0
Disappointed. He doesn't address the function of the brain, which processes the senses perceive, and how it relates to the mind. Isn't our thoughts generated by the brain? If the visual center of the brain is damaged, Isn't visual perception impaired? Maybe it would help if he defines his terms. He's seems to use mind and consciousness interchangeably, and seems to imply that it is immaterial, and can exist non-coporally. If it does He did not explain something immaterial can effect the physical.
Recent research done on consciousness suggest that it continues to exist following physical death.
Jaja wise crack .. I do love num or .. the least common os senses is the mind
got me off this planet
get
Well after watching this video I am still no closer understanding what the mind is. Buddhist scholars seem to teach the mind is the sum of the five aggregates, body, feelings, perception, mental formations, consciousness. This is what we are. However all of these cease to exist at death dont they...including consciousness since it comes from the sense contacts, eye ear touch smell mind etc...so what does actually survive...or goes on. This is a contradiction I never fully understood. The problem is the Buddha himself never explained this as far as I know, he simply declined to answer what actually gets reborn if one assumes that buddhist teaching true. His answer was to paraphrase 'the process of existence continues'. His reasoning not to get too deep into what gets reborn or what continues to exist was that by obsessing about it we just prolong our suffering by continuing clinging to a 'self'-as far as I understand.
As I've understood, A 'living being' could be analysed using the "skanda, dhatu or ayatana" method
If skanda method is used the 'combination of mind and body' is explained as 5 aggregates.
Rupa is the physical matter .. vedana , sanna, sankhara and vinnana are divisions of the ' mind'.
If Ayatana method is used, the "whole" is classified into 6....Eye consciousness, ear consciousness, etc.
Dhatu method- 18 divisions
Abhidhamma method - 3 broad divisions- citta, chetasika, Rupa.
Other places -only divided into 2 , as Nama Rupa or consciousness and form.
Sometimes simply classified as "mind and body"
So the " definition" of consciousness will depend on the context.
But always its to be taken as a continuous flow of Many combinations of components..
With respect, how can he ..any monk or any human being speak with such certainty about each and every subject. Is there no room for debate or school of thought.
And why would one person worship another person for saying a wise thing?
"Stephen Hawkings PROVED blah blah blah [Brahm quote]...And that therefore takes away the need for a God (Creator)...How can he feel he has the right or power or authority to make such absolutest claims?????? [esp. when many other equally respected or revered monks might have a different line of thought].
Still, he is engaging and says alot of positive stuff ..he is humorous but do all monks agree with all his comments or rather claims..No I don't think so.
It worries me just how many gurus, reliogious leaders and scientists etc ..are elevated to a point of having a large following largely through charisma and charm and an appearance of knowing all the answers to life ...yet are hardly never challenged.
Ajahn Brahn is one of those monks who loves to be up front talking ..and uses funny storytelling as an engagement tool. He makes some, even many good points for reflection BUT he doesn't know everything ...no one does!
No offence intended to anyone ...I've just seen too many so called 'no it all' leaders or represenatives come along who like sheep get many to blindly follow without every cross checking what they're being lead to believe.
Peace to all and to you Ajahn Brahm sir!
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm, have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
In Buddhism one is to come to know... not to believe. So, just as many monks, including Ajahn Brahm have mentioned, you do not have to believe him or anyone. Find out for yourself is the mantra. No one is infallible...brahm includes himself in this analysis, so he, just like anyone else can make mistakes. At the same time, when you come to know for yourself you speak with certainty.
he has a phd in physics
How can we clone this guy?? We need 200 000 000 copies, then MAYBE there will be hope for humanity…..we need an antidote for Trump inc
That's my 0.50 satang worth
cause only 15% of the words population live below the equator Which way is north is it alwasy up? and south down relative to what
Magnetic poles. North is always north. Only up and down are relative to perspective
None of its curved, out eyes are curved haha
mind is what the brain does
ok so your saying that this guy died then resurrected and then went to heaven or something, lol was his name Jesus by any chance LOL
Where did he get initiated/ordained?!? The finically categorized 9 consciousnesses explained by Buddhists' scholars throughout 2500 years became a jumbled, scattered philosophies, comparative religions tools. As J Krishnamurti and thousands of enlightened sages said, thinking is the evil doers of all! Especially this kind of mumbled, bad-humors thinkings!
Why you talk with funny voice?
Probably because he believes that it's somehow entertaining or funny or engaging in some way for the audience.
Because he's taking to a general audience. A public from a wide range of backgrounds, many not so experienced in all that. Look at the talks he gives to monks during rain retreats... Very different 🙏
It is a terrible offence to mislead people in this way
You are misled people Singhe.