"Wise Reflection for Unwise Times" with Ajahn Brahmali 

Thardu Thardu Thardu 🙏🙏🙏

Brave Brahmali told the Silicone Valleyites to drop their goals.

Thank you Ajahn Brahmali

thank you so much excellent beautiful 🙏🙏🙏🇧🇩👍

SADHU SADHU SADHU

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Mudita!

Sadi Sadi sadu

The answer to the question at 1:12:46 is very helpfull. Buddha bless Ajahn and all beeings in samsara🙏

lovely talks so tefreshing yhanks do much

What a wonderful Dhamma Discussion... sadhu sadhu ... much merit to Ajahn Brahmali and all who contributed.

kindfulness

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Amitabha Buddha

1:06:00 nudging the mind in the right direction

00:37 🌍 Buddhist perspective on global issues. 02:39 😢 World challenges causing despair. 07:03 🔄 Ripple effect: Kindness enhances individuals and society. 21:21 🌍 Ajahn Brahmali on aging challenges and spiritual inspiration from India. 22:19 🤔 Buddha's impact on the monastic sangha as death approaches. 25:15 🛐 Refuge in Dhamma, Vinaya, and mindfulness for navigating uncertainty. 26:16 🌈 Unreliable external world; find refuge in spiritual life. 30:28 🌍 War experiences parallel to spiritual awakening. 31:24 🔄 Spiritual path as a solution to global problems. 32:49 🔄 View challenges as opportunities for personal growth. 34:17 🧘 Concludes with a half-hour meditation; emphasizes comfort and passive observation. 01:05:43 🧠 Q&A: Nudging the mind, analyzing meditation at the end. 01:08:31 🔄 Reviewing and learning from each meditation session. 01:09:29 🧘 Skillful means outside meditation for an effective setup. 01:11:25 🤔 Letting go involves allowing things to be. 01:13:03 🔄 Nudging the mind: Remind yourself of what truly matters. 01:16:45 🤲 Acceptance and right effort intertwined. 01:21:32 🔄 Right effort: Develop qualities for progress. 01:27:30 🌱 Meditation allows nature to take its course. 01:31:48 🌱 Strengthening mindfulness involves cultivating morality and kindness. 01:32:43 🧘 Morality and kindness fundamental for meditation. 01:33:42 🤝 Morality in Buddhism: Positive actions, kindness, and compassion. 01:34:38 💤 Spiritual dreams reflect a strong inclination towards the spiritual path. 01:36:34 🌊 Morality as an expression of character; striving for virtuous living. 01:38:09 🔄 Continuous stream of consciousness across lives. 01:41:23 🧘‍♂ Avoid being overly goal-oriented in meditation. 01:43:50 🤲 Holding onto morality is essential; gradual letting go of attachments. 01:49:38 🧘‍♀ Establish mindfulness before focusing on the breath. 01:52:23 💔 Coming to terms with severe emotional trauma involves a gradual process. 01:53:26 🤔 See people causing trauma in a different light. 01:54:25 🌱 Gradual development of compassion, even for perpetrators. 01:56:20 🔄 Working with trauma involves acknowledging actions and practicing therapies. 01:57:32 💔 Dealing with being targeted; practice leads to changed perspectives. 01:59:25 🧘‍♂ Practice in challenging situations leads to letting go and compassion. 02:03:52 🤔 Reflection on wartime stories: Renunciation contributes to courage and happiness. 02:08:53 🌟 Gratitude and love in meditation bring joy. 02:11:47 🧘‍♂ Mindfulness of breathing fulfills satipatthāna; other practices address obstacles. 02:16:36 🤔 Contemplation of feelings in Satipatthana involves knowing pain; breath meditation brings pleasant feelings. 02:17:34 🔄 Contemplating painful feelings in their absence is more powerful. 02:18:30 😌 Instead of contemplating pain, let go and go straight to bliss. 02:20:20 🧘‍♂ Spiritual mentor always available; meditation leads to purification. 02:21:46 🛤 Purpose of meditation: purification and progress on the Noble Eightfold Path. 02:23:46 📖 Introduction to the Attadaṇḍa Sutta; Buddha's reflection on the world's turmoil. 02:29:05 💡 Buddha-to-be's urgency upon seeing the world in turmoil. 02:33:29 🌎 Sensory realm's inherent problems; world's turmoil and floundering. 02:40:17 🌍 Inherent problems in external realms; conflicts in partnerships and wealth. 02:41:12 🧘 Solution to external conflicts: Inner happiness free from conflicts. 02:42:11 🔄 Developing inner harmony and compassion resolves internal and external conflicts. 02:43:38 ⚖ Sensory realm's problems; solution lies in spiritual development. 02:45:06 🌟 Demystifying the Buddha; craving for unstable things leads to suffering. 02:46:28 🌐 World described as hollow; craving is a dart in the heart. 02:50:47 🚫 Plucking out the dart of craving leads to liberation. 02:53:42 🌏 Facing world's problems; real refuge in the spiritual path. 02:57:31 🏞 Story of a German monk: Simplicity, inner happiness, and wandering. 03:01:48 🇱🇰 Transformative encounter with Venerable Ñāṇavimala in Sri Lanka (1993). 03:02:44 🧘‍♂ Meeting arranged by Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi. 03:03:14 🗣 Two-hour Dhamma talk from Venerable Ñāṇavimala. 03:05:42 🌟 Power of Dhamma in how it's delivered. 03:06:12 🔥 Life-altering moment: People unaware of fire in a pub symbolizing the world's ignorance. 03:08:35 🔄 Decision to become a monk: Recognizing the world's profound problem. 03:10:05 🤔 Importance of Dhamma in addressing contemporary issues. 03:11:28 🌌 Sakka pañha Sutta: Root causes of enmity and violence. 03:14:48 🔄 Jealousy and stinginess as fetters causing conflict. 03:17:37 🔄 Root problem: Pervasive sense of identity, ego, and attachment. 03:19:01 🌐 Worldly solutions temporary; ultimate solution in spiritual path. 03:21:53 🤯 Realization: Individual spiritual path crucial for global change. 03:22:22 🛤 Simplicity of spiritual path: Mindfulness and meditation.

Ive thought a lot about the thing how if there is no self then what gets reborn question. ive heard ajahn brahm and you talk about it. would another way to say whats going on with that be that because of the delusion of a self, and attachment to a self is the reason why you get reborn at all? i feel like i bet both of you have already said this before but my attachment to a self caused me to forget.

True buddhist vipassana is based on seeing arising and vanishing of the five aggregates .Whenever you get a signal through five sense organs you can see a light appears in the middle of the forehead and vanishishes instantly allowing the sense organ to grasp a new signal .Without seeing udayawaya you can not go further in vipassana meditation or preach about impermanence nature and suffering because you are not experiencing real impermanence and suffering .Kuddaka Ni patisambhida magga niddeso clearly says thus " seeing arising of the present signal is" udaya" ,seeing vanishing of the present dhamma is called" vaya " ability to see this natural phenomena is called " knowledge " .More than 200 satipattana suttras including Maha satipattana suttra lead us to see this true transient nature .Samudaya dhammanu passee va viharathi ,vaya dhammanu passee va viharathi is the pali sentence .you can find it at the end of every satipattana suttra .See our fb group "Vipassana " for more details Sadu !!!

AN3.61

Good stuff here. Eh? Eh?....eh?

The world today is not overall a loving and kind place and the unkindness is growing. Karma gets an extra layer to me. Because I have nothing to assert to others karma. Sometimes karma has reach its limits when the balance is lost. At least this is my experience this life. I know people who are kind and friendly, generous and certainly of good will. Guess what one bad after the other happens in their household. So good things happens to good people is a bit linear explanation in my experience. I hope you don't explain well they might be bad people in previous lives.

there is not karma since there is no person to start with

I don't know about anyone else but he sounds nervous to me about problems of the 🌎. I know I am still surrounded by numb nutz. RG for BUMMA

Another celebrated Charlatan on his maintaining of ignorance rounds!!!