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View the full archive of Buddhist Society of Western Australia The Law of Kamma Ajahn Dhiravamso from Bodhinyana Monastery talks about the law of kamma. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On relationships: Buddhist principles and practice Ajahn Brahm applies Buddhist principles and practice to solving problems in relationships: with partners, friends, with yourself and with life itself. You can't change life, but you can change your relationship to it. Not my problem or your problem, but our shared problem. Put beautiful qualities between you and the other: peace, kindness, respect. In between is where the action is in life. The filter of mistrust. What you see in the other, what you pay attention to, grows in them; wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking forward with happiness: the 'excommunication' tape Introduction by Dennis Sheppard, President, Buddhist Society of Western Australia (22 min). Dennis gives a personal account of the circumstances of a formal meeting of Ajahn Brahm as Abbot of Bodhinyana monastery, accompanied by himself as President of the BSWA, with senior monks at Wat Pah Pong monastery in Thailand last Sunday 1st November 2009. The outcome was that Bodhinyana is no longer a branch monastery of Wat Pah Pong, as a direct result of Ajahn Brahm's recent ordination of four ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On courageous decision-making: Bhikkhuni ordination This evening's extended and celebratory talk is introduced by Dennis Sheppard, President of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia. He gives the background to the historic occasion this week of the full ordination of four Bhikkhunis (nuns) in the Theravadin Buddhist tradition, the first in Australia: Venerable Ajahn Vayama Venerable Nirodha Venerable Seri and Venerable Hasapanna. Ajahn Brahm shows how this is a case study in how to make a courageous decision in Buddhism, and in li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On courageous decision-making: Bhikkhuni ordination This evening's extended and celebratory talk is introduced by Dennis Sheppard, President of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia. He gives the background to the historic occasion this week of the full ordination of four Bhikkhunis (nuns) in the Theravadin Buddhist tradition, the first in Australia: Venerable Ajahn Vayama Venerable Nirodha Venerable Seri and Venerable Hasapanna. Ajahn Brahm shows how this is a case study in how to make a courageous decision in Buddhism, and in li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On suffering, the big picture Ajahn Brahmali leads a half-hour guided meditation on quiet enjoyment and gratitude, on how to start it right. The Dhamma talk this evening is on the nature of suffering, the First Noble Truth in Buddhism. Without quiet reflection, we will not see through the many intoxications of life to the inherent suffering within. They are always there, so you can't see them. As you practice you start to see the problem. This is the motivation to keep investigating a solution. But the really bi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On dana, generosity Ajahn Brahm leads a half-hour guided meditation on opening the door to your heart. His talk is on the same theme - how dana, generosity, can teach us the beauty and meaning of life, in giving not to get, but to express the energy of love, kindness and compassion. This softness of the heart makes you invulnerable. Hardness of the heart makes you brittle and easily hurt. Stories of the suicidal spider, the paper lotus, the blank cheque, the gift to a new-born daughter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking At Our Wrong View Guest speaker Ven. Thubten Dondrub gives a talk on Wrong View. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Now Moment Guest speaker Sister Hue Can talks about "The Now Moment". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Puzzle of Life Ajahn Sr Vayama discusses some of the events that occurred during the past 3 months Rains Retreat and how we can start dealing with the puzzle of life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kamma And The End Of Kamma Ajahn Sucitto is the Abbot of Chithurst Monastery in England. He has just spent 3 months on solitary retreat at Bodhinyana monastery. He discusses some aspects of practice and the steps leading up to the ending of Kamma. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life As A Monk Or Nun (8.2MB) Ajahn Brahm discusses what distinguishes a real monk or nun from a lay person; that is, no sex and no money. Ajahn talks about why it is so important for monastics to not have any sexuality and that they not handle money. He also explains that renunciation of sex and money are necessary on the path to the highest happiness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Don't Rush To Your Grave (6.5MB) Feeling rushed? Busy? There is not much time in life, so go slowly. That is the message behind this talk by Ajahn Brahm. Often in our modern society we are money rich but time poor. We should take our time. Going slowly can prevent us from making mistakes, getting stressed and will ultimately allow us to enjoy what we are doing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website MN 18 Madhupindika Sutta Ajahn Brahm explains the Madhupindika (The Honeyball) Sutta. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Expanding Your Mind Don't let perceptions suck you in. Ajahn Brahm advises that you expand your mind and look at the bigger picture... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creating Sacred Space Ajahn Vayama talks about sacred spaces.... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What it means to be a Dhamma teacher, as an Australian in Australia. Cate guides a half-hour relaxation meditation, then speaks of her extraordinary pilgrimage in a life dedicated to Kannon, also known as Kuan Yin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Healing. Rev Cate Kodo Juno, is Spiritual Director of the Wabian Meditation Centre, Bouvard, near Mandurah in Western Australia. She is a Buddhist Priest ordained in the Shingon tradition of Japan. Visit her Sacred Japan web site at http://www.sacredjapan.com/. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who is the real enemy? Ven Fa Shu leads a half-hour guided mediation on the breath and "Who am I?". His talk on this day, September 11th, addresses the question "Who is the real enemy?" from a Buddhist perspective. He identifies our real enemy, suffering, as within. With Zen stories, he shows its many manifestations in attachment, hostility (ill-will), pride and doubt, and how Buddhist meditation and practice can undo and release this suffering. Ven Fa Shu ordained in the Theravada tradition in 1990 and later ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to be an integrated Dharma practitioner Gen Kelsang Nampur is the Resident Teacher of Dharmapala Buddhist Centre, Fremantle, in the New Kadampa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She is a close disciple of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Through systematic study and sincere practice, she is an inspiring example of how training the mind solves all our daily problems and brings inner peace. Nampur's teachings are heartfelt and presented with a clarity and warmth that makes them accessible to everyone. Visit the web site at http://www.medita ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sharing a story Brother Pat Kelly shares insights from his life story in Catholicism and the Christian Brothers, and from his fellowship with Buddhists.Brother Pat may be contacted through our Community Co-ordinator, Hugh Sykes, at coco@bswa.org. 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