When life gives you dung, spread it over your garden and grow delicious mangos. Ajahn Brahm gave me hope and changed the way I live my life.

👍 me too!

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Me too.

Me too!

Bante reminds me of the Laughing Buddha..l get lots of healthy laughing too..

It was from one of these talks that brought me back on the path 5 years ago. He just made me laugh and laugh.

+Dulshan Kalpage It would be GREAT to listen to these on spotify !!!!

Just putt them on spotify

It's not uncommon to lose focus, just try refocussing, I'm sure you will get back on track. Warm regards

Lady Chanta Aw, you're not a thing. But you are good. Hey, you gave thanks!

Lady Chanta I hear you and feel for you. I sometimes have this vague thought/feeling that we like 'puppets' and our strings are bing pulled, and we are left wondering why am I thinking this or doing that or feeling this way, where things that are not good for us. Its like 'someone' or 'something' ..maybe our own mind, just can't stand to see us (some of us)..happy, confident, well for very long. Its like taking 1 step forward and then for no apparent reanson sliding back 2 steps. That said, withought knowing you ..my guess is your minds deceiving you and you are a worthy and as good as anyone person, so try and stay positive! Peace

Lady Chanta I think the majority of us fall into slumps of self-loathing now and again; try not to be too hard on yourself for not feeling confident in yourself. In my own experience, one thing that always makes me feel better about myself is helping others. I think being around others and seeing that you can be useful and have a positive effect in the lives of others can help you gain a bit of perspective on the world and your place in it, and by focusing on your positive actions or good non-physical traits it is easier to find content in yourself and lasting confidence in yourself. Also, reminding yourself everyday of the good traits about yourself by writing them down. I hope you find happiness and confidence in yourself. You are a human being who matters and I'm positive there are many fantastic things about you! . u . /

Don't you see yet? We create our own reality. You are still stuck on one issue, it is the one I have been stuck on my whole life. The only solution to animal cruelty is not talking about it, but just being without it. You can't convince someone to stop eating meat, you and I know this. It only causes more resistance to the idea. The only way to convince them, is to show them with compassion

Ajahn Brahm is promoting this every time he speaks, Everytime he breathes, every time he is. Me from a few years ago would not understand why he sidestepped that question, but now I think I do. Yes, he could address that suffering of animals, but then he also should address the suffering of slave workers, and racial hate crimes, and verbal abuse to family members, and so on. Eventually you would be including all of existence in your promoting awareness of suffering. There is no way to talk about all the suffering in the world, all there is to do is remove yourself from it. All there is to answer it, compassion.

@@cameroncordova6448 Monks do not allow alcohol at monastaries. Why? Because alcohol is violent to the soul and can lead to physical violence as well. What is stopping them from simply taking the same attitude to the products of violence to animals? Many other monastaries forbid animal products. Ajahn Brahm does not allow human slavery, nor racism, nor domestic violence, but by permitting dead animals to enter his halls, he is complicit in the act.

He's human. He makes mistakes and is far from perfect. He talks about making mistakes all the time....and that being no problem.

Hi Max. Buddhist ethics focuses on self-destructive behavior, because it is very difficult to have control of the effect of our words on other people. We can say something that we think will make them happy and instead cause them a lot of suffering, anyone who has had a girlfriend or a wife knows this is true. So I think Ajahn Brahm is saying that we have to reduce our self-criticism and self-judgment; only by ceasing the habit of judging ourselves so harshly, and reminding ourselves of the mistakes we have made in the past; only then we can stop the bad habit of judging others harshly and constantly reminding them of the mistakes they made in the past.

Criticism provided in the spirit of mutual growth and support is very different from the caustic forms that people often use to mask their aggressive tendencies.

its good enough ;)

Its not I asked..just said why if we can take good quality with our phone, then why not..

+J Khan Right on man, you should work for TMZ.

You should see him now, 5 months later. His belly is even rounder....LOL. He reminds me of this Buddhist statue with a round belly, arms stretched up and either laughing or smiling or both. Sadhu 3X!

"Buddhism is expanding in Australia"

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The nature of his talks is to talk about a specific subject and to teach. Teaching uses stories and analogies. His talks are roughly an hour long. If you don't like the format, you are free to go watch something else. Freedom! It's not like mandatory school where you must sit and listen for hours. If you had really listened to him for such a long time, you'd know what Buddhism is. It has nothing to do with debating and proving oneself right and others wrong. The opposite is true. Sorry you wasted all that time and some important points didn't stick. Peace.

+kalhaai - huh? Relax my friend. Merely... relax. Don't let what I wrote many months ago affect you in the here and now. META :)

+Karl BHX what you wrote is new to me. Am relaxed as am learning from Ajahm Brahm.

+kalhaai - Ahhhh, I see, now that explains why you reacted the way you did. I too am humbly learning, but I have chosen Lord Buddha not Ven. A.B. Metta :) P.s. Forgive, this has to be my last reply (I have important things to do) so please can you kindly share your thoughts with someone else. No more comments. Thankyou!