9-Day Meditation Retreats with Ajahn Brahm and other BSWA monastics taught between 2011 and 2015 at Jhana Grove Meditation Retreat Centre, Serpentine, Western Australia. Plus some more media about Ajahn Brahm, the BSWA centres/monasteries and monastics.
I feel like I dive inside my body and I can see everything,, thoughts, feelings, everything that makes us normal human being and I could differentiate between them... I could see my thoughts control me because m not aware of it.
I am an old man, next year I shall be 89. Although I am watching a ten-year-old video on RU-vid I am hoping you can help me understand a Vipassana meditation issue. During the early nineties, I studied Buddhist philosophy while in a Thai forest temple. It was called Wat Pah Santikavas near the town of Chiawan in Eastern Thailand. During my two years there I lived as a lay level monk and spent time practising meditation. I concentrated on my breathing and the sense of touch in my nostrils. Occasionally, and usually, as a surprise I experienced effects such as seeing a fellow monk's mental state by the colours on his face, on other occasions I experienced Nimata such as a rabbit that greeted me during my walking exercise. The Loung Poo (head monk) told me that if there had been rabbits the snakes would have eaten them all. He also said I was seeing these strange effects because my mind was becoming calm. my experiences happened twenty years ago in 1995. This morning after about an hour of (03.30 03/07/24) following my breath I began to feel as if my face, especially around my eyes was being touched by flies or flying insects. There was no noise but at one point it felt that my nose was being completely invaded by these insects and I broke my concentration to wipe my nose, I was alarmed by the sensation and I recalled that I felt no other sensation of breathing or sitting during the experience. I remembered my early teaching to passively observe any physical effects arising, just to let them go. I would appreciate reassurance that I am proceeding correctly.🙏
That is happening to me to my left and it's a bit severe and I have to ask it to not be so definite it hurts tho. Maybe I'll try and be more loose and allow it
My one question id love to pose to Ajahn Brahm would be: can there be subconscious chatter and stillness at the same time? My experience says yes, because its not conscious, just there, and after some time of just letting it be, it sort of fades into a... silent hum, of sorts. But i think im taking "stillness" too literally
I’ve stayed here for several weeks I would say they obviously know they are being filmed, but thete a few younger monks who need proper training or should disrobe, pretty disappointed in some of their attitudes
Beautifully said, but the initial question was not answered well. He just brought in a phenomenon, that may sometimes be linked to knowing the breath. It's like if I were to ask, "what's the difference between walking and running?" and someone answered "Running is often more fun.". That may be true, but doesn't characterise running or walking in a helpful way.
In the Nikayas (which are a large bookcase full of books; even the Vinaya is several large books in size, when printed), when Lord Buddha was teaching dependent origination, Ven Ananda complained about its complexity and asked if it was actually very simple and if he was missing the point. Lord Buddha replied that, no, it is actually very complex, which is why beings get trapped in samsara. Lord Buddha taught many intertwined lists and 'wheels'/matrices, which can be confusing. He also loved to use metaphors, which are experience-oriented and philosophically imprecise. Those lists floated around in the oral tradition of ancient India, for a few hundred years, until philosophers tried to reconcile them into a system of philosophy, which is the Abhidhamma Pitaka. My opinion is that Lord Buddha was a prince, not a philosopher. He did his best to intellectually break down a complex subject into lists, but, ultimately, he was teaching 'warrior knowledge' (ie, a skill or experience one must develop), so it's not right to get too preoccupied with philosophising about his many lists. Hope this helps
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Buddhist Teachers continue to be ignorant of the Indian Kundalini traditions. And Tibetan Tantric traditions. And I’m sorry but whether it is ignorance, lack of personal experience, caution, or denial - it all serves to make them and Theravadins come across as missing a piece of the puzzle. I’m not saying it’s necessarily a critical piece - although these energetic traditions will disagree - but the teachings/teachers are not delivering the complete teachings imo.
