Ajahn Brahm is the popular Buddhist teacher to a growing international audience of people keen to learn meditation and develop a deeper spiritual understanding. He is also the founding father of an emergent Australian forest tradition of Buddhist monasticism focused on being true to the original roots of the Buddha's Teaching of Dhamma and Vinaya.
Ajahn Brahm was born in London in 1951 and earned a degree in theoretical physics from Cambridge University. He became a monk in 1974 in the Forest Tradition of north-east Thailand under the highly esteemed meditation master Ajahn Chah. Ajahn Brahm is today a revered spiritual teacher and guide, and is abbot of the largest Buddhist monastery in the Southern Hemisphere. He is the author of Opening the Door Of Your Heart (a.k.a. Who Ordered this Truckload of Dung?), Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond, The Art of Disappearing and Donāt Worry Be Grumpy (a.k.a. Good? Bad? Who knows?). His public teachings regularly attract thousands to his inventive and insightful talks, which are heard by millions of people online.
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Solving Conflict
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on useful strategies to prevent and solve conflict. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 21st July 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of interest to his many fans. T...
Has Religion Got A Future?
Having just attended a series of conferences, Ajahn Brahm reflects upon whether religion has a future in our modern society - and if so, under what conditions it can continue to be relevant. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 7th July 2006. It ...
Virtuous Death
Ajahn Brahm offers a deeper perspective on the controversial topic of euthanasia and abortion. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on the 23rd June 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of intere...
Give It Everything You've Got
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about how we can develop energy even when weāre very busy. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 9th June 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of interest to his many f...
Dealing With Pain
Ajahn Brahm gives wise advice on how to deal with pain. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 2nd June 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of interest to his many fans. These talks by Ajahn Br...
Honesty
Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on the benefits of honesty and how it is fundamental to the spiritual life. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 5th May 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of intere...
End of Spiritual Elitism
Ajahn Brahm challenges the pomposity, pride and elitism that so often goes along with religious traditions. So why are people getting into this game of spiritual elitism? And how can we free ourselves of the egoism and conceit that is at the root of spiritual elitism? Ajahn Brahm explainsā¦ ā This dh...
How To Deal With Desire
Ajahn Brahm responds to multiple enquiries about how to respond to the materialistic culture of the modern world by talking about how we can deal with desires. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 31st March 2006. It has now been remastered and p...
Crisis Management
Ajahn Brahm talks about when everything goes wrong and there is a crisis in your life and how to effectively deal with these situations. ā This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 24th March 2006. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyda...
Pyramid In The Jungle
Ajahn Brahm draws upon his experience as a young man (before ordaining) when he travelled to the central American jungle to climb up a Mayan pyramid. The whole experience became a metaphor for meditation and spiritual practice rising above the jungle to get a clear view of the surrounding terrain. ā...