Courage | Ajahn Brahm | 8 Jul 2016

[@milkman4eva]

"It doesn't matter, you're gonna die anyways!" This is why I love the wisdom of the Venerable Ajahn Brahm. Saddhu 🙏🏻

[@thinlo1679]

Ca

[@pegah_on_the_road]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@BurksArribaRunningAwareness]

Courage Energy Vitality Spirit Bravery Audacity Determination Consistency

[@joycemansfield1108]

I love ajahn brahm I listen to his talks everyday I'm a much better person and I treat people better.

[@marillavanbeuren8572]

Ven Ajahn Brahm once again the perfect material to hear in this new world in which we are all trying to survive, 2020. I don't know what I would do without a daily dose if your infinite wisdom, compassion, humor and stories all of which help get me through an average day. Saddhu

[@Martin-id4xp]

What an amazing man. 🙏 Thank you Ajahn Brahm for your comforting words.

[@peacefulwarrior05]

Love you so much Ajahn Brahm!

[@asunraychan]

His videos help me pass the hard time of my life. Sadhu!

[@timothymacdonnell9079]

That was the first time in my life when I heard “mistakes rock.” Wow

[@quietmastermind356]

Thank you for Your wisdom. Make me peaceful(and make me laugh too).Mille grazie!

[@verywanderful]

Thank you for always making us laugh 🙏🏼

[@emmanto3455]

Ajahn Brahm , you are a very courageous monk who is taking risk in establishing a bikkhuni Sangha . Saddhu x3 🙏

[@fenniyorena]

Love you Ajahn Brahm!

[@osaka248]

great points made regarding making mistakes. thank you.

[@barbarbarbar2]

Ajagn brahm is amazing being

[@poetryjones7946]

Thank you BSWA 🌸

[@SS-hp9tg]

Dear Ajahn Brahm, first of all let me say that I listen to your talks daily and they have given me great peace and guidance in my life. However I must respectfully and strongly disagree with your idea of weighted-by-age voting. If that were to happen then laws promoting the healthcare/retirement benefits for older folks would never be passed and senior citizens would be even more marginalized in society. Anyways, thank you again for all the wonderful service you do daily. :))

[@osaka248]

I agree with you. I'm surprised such a wise man diverted so embarrassingly from his regular zen viewpoint. I think he was personally angered by the Brexit vote and as the Buddha said, when you're angry, you stop striving for the truth and start striving for yourself.

[@joshicus_saint_anger]

+Vision you guys are silly

[@Elonyx.studios]

Well he is a monk, I imagine he's in no position to have to worry about a pension or retirement benefits :P You do bring up a good point though, but considering how there's always a low turnout rate among younger crowds I think giving their votes higher priority wills serve more as a balancing force rather than a dominant replacement force.

[@ajahnbrahm8754]

great points made regarding making mistakes.

[@shuqin5930]

sadhu sadhu sadhu!

[@juliireed7119]

Hahaha Brahmi is so funny... I love him! :-) the one about the Ferrari & Rebirth... Brilliant!!!

[@carrito1981]

super inspiring :D

[@diegomoncada0]

what's going on why no more talks?

[@ali_ozz1388]

They are every friday

[@maxwellcooper2]

Ajahn Donut. Lol, love these talks, thank you Ajahn Brahm.

[@penrar]

Thanks as always for the uploads. Is there a date set for the weekly streams again? I have every Friday off work now, so I'm looking forward to spending the afternoon with you via YT!

[@nickel2442]

Maybe giving more vote share to younger people is not a bad idea. Younger people have low voter turnout and old people have the highest. Giving young people more voting share may equalize the voices of young and old people.

[@phamngoctan4967]

Nam mô Ngài Anuruddha

[@briandeal8927]

The problem with younger people having more say in voting is they are less experienced and have made less mistakes. A smart person learns from their mistakes. A wise person learns from other’s mistakes. If we allow younger people to have more say, we would keep making the same bad policies that don’t work.

[@jillianbland]

regards voting, older people have more information, more experience, they have seen how wicked politicians work, and how to spot them, they've often lived appalling lives because of them, they've seen greed, they know the past experienced. The young are often naïve , they want to think that everyone is lovely and kind. Youth always think they know more than they do and so could lead themselves and others into terrible situations, Polpot Cambodia is an example, Polpot let children rule and the mass deaths that happened as a result.. everything has a time, the youth will become old and wise, the old and wise will die, the dead will be reborn and they will start over, being born, learning, judging, leading, dying, being born. Follow the natural succession of life.

[@quendelf]

anyone know how I can send a question ? thank you :)

[@taranjothambran]

The talk is live streamed on youtube every friday. There is a chatbox along with the video while streaming goes on. You can post your question there. Generally 2 online questions are chosen to be answered at the end of the talk.

[@rennycheng5096]

@Buddhist society of western australia, please give subtitle to the video ...Plz tq

[@BuddhistSocietyWA]

We're working on it! amara.org/en/videos/XfIRIPKVOTre/info/courage-ajahn-brahm-8-jul-2016/

[@m3lis5a]

I want to be a nun, more than anything else but I've been told that at 51, I"m too old. Is there a way around this or if not, how do I make the most out of the time I have left?

[@santacaribhikkhuni5743]

there are other places to be a nun that don't have an age limit

[@m3lis5a]

Thank you! May you have happiness and the causes of happiness. :)

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

M BN That's age discrimination and not a very wise rule. Don't give up if that's your calling. If you really mean it, maybe you should insist on their consideration. Many of the young monks and nuns disrobe. There is a bleed out rate.

[@harrysastrawan]

@Buddhist Society of Western Australia Hi, I am Harry, I am new in Perth but I knew Ajahn Brahm since few years, and went to his Dhamma Talk back in Indonesia. Is there any ways how I can go to Bodhinyana Monastery? Because I don't think there is any bus from Perth to Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine. I really want to come at least for the Kathina day on October 23rd (I read on website). Please. Thank you.

[@BuddhistSocietyWA]

If you can make it down to Dhammaloka (in Nollamara) on a friday evening or saturday arvo and ask about this at reception you may be able to be teed up with a lift.

[@stprocks]

the global warming carbon tax already is already a tax on the air.

[@11solus11]

But without old people wouldn't be young ones, so a one to one voting is correct. Anyway, everyone of us will die 👍👍🙏

[@issac7787]

8:00

[@LouiseSydney]

As mentioned in another video, the idea of younger people getting a greater weight of votes wouldnt work because they may lack maturity to use their power wisely and the weak and elderly in need of say medical care will be out numbered and needs under represented.

[@masterjacob4944]

Who disliked on this video

[@doomedyouth6296]

Scorpion Jay me and I unsubscribed because of his political nonsense

[@jeffreyd508]

Why are monks fat? Thought they are supposed to control food and eat once a day?

[@Asifk88]

Im pretty sure the rule is eat once a day,tea etc allowed,i guess ajahn Brahm is just getting older,he is 60+ you know :)

[@edwardenderlein7536]

The same reason some people are stupid - cause and effect!

[@Merle1987]

He was skinny at the ripe old age of fifty something. Give the guy a break.

[@laurahaughey]

hehehe, he said one time that monks all live on the donations of their followers, and blamed all of them for being too generous with the food, which is why he said he's got a belly. Love this guy!!

[@penrar]

His heart grew so much that his stomach had to extend to make way for it.

[@robertw2930]

OOHHH what does ajahn think is bad FOOD?

[@robertw2930]

TITS DON'T MAKE cum AND dicks don't MAKE milk

[@masterjacob4944]

Meat

[@robertw2930]

but he has to eat what they put in his bowl . Monk are better version of dogs . I might regret saying that cause i do like him .

[@doomedyouth6296]

As a Buddhist don't you believe in reincarnation? If so shouldn't we all have the same singular vote as we all have the same investment in the future of the world as we're all coming back. You didn't think your comment through did you? I'm off to listen to a wise monk 👍🏻

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

@16:20 - Um, for the exact same reason you illustrated with stocks. Old people paid in MORE taxes, did all the building, aka they have "more shares". And, btw, Ageism is a thing and it's illegal under federal law. So there's that as well. Pandering to youth will, ultimately, undermine the more important and broader picture. Every single elderly person is a walking Encylopedia of human life and expertise and experience and they are IMMENSELY valuable. AS valuable. And using your shares analogy, have MORE say(which is one reason I disagree with your shares analogy, venerable). There is no evidence that Poe was a psychopath. He is one of the great writers and poets Ajahn! Just because you didn't fancy his work sir, it's not right to say what you did about his mind. He was brilliant, and, sure, sometimes brilliant people ARE "weird" according to the herd. It's ok to be different and unusual. The world world be a horribly boring place if everyone thought, spoke, dressed, and behaved the same! It would be an automaton HELL!