Buddhism And Bananas

[SBRslacker00]

20 minutes into this and I can't take his whining tone anymore. That's the residue that I'm sniffing out. Funny how I love certain aspects of Buddhism but I can't stand certain aspects of Buddhists.

[pieoable]

You can be God with a good practice meditation  and you can see God I insist Mr Chamlong 0895794272 Thailand

[ModDangFc]

I start to peel the banana from the bottom now it much easy, thank you!

[naegling3]

lol @ banana smell. also at "bent banana, straight banana"

[guyneo]

There are so many great insights! The wake-up call on self-acceptance is impactful. I do not need to be perfect before loving myself. That certainly release a lot of stress and self-imposed limitation. I like the fact that I am a work-in-progress and will always be 'non-perfect'. Another one is looking at the éxpert' as role-model. Monks and nuns need so litte, yet they are so much happier. I have much more than them, yet there are more I need! And I am still not happy. Great wake up call. Thank

[stevesusenet]

Thank you Ajahn Brahm. :)

[beavisandbutthead104]

According to the stats thing, everybody who watches these videos is between 45 and 64. I'm 20. Am I the youngest frequent viewer here?! That makes me feel mature XD

[nealezumm]

Nice to see that A B is in tip top shape!

[ruzickaw]

not very intelligent talk

[Hammersley1967]

@ruzickaw

Make no mistake, Ajahn Brahm is an accomplished scholar of the "Buddhist scriptures" - Buddha Dharma, Mahayana Dharma, and Abhidharma...

However, the purpose of his Friday night talks is not to engage with the audience in an intellectual or scriptural level...

Rather, the intent is to impart to lay people some simple and pragmatic means in which we can apply Buddhist teachings to our lives...

This is why he uses simple stories and uncomplicated concepts...

[ruzickaw]

@Hammersley1967 Sometimes a noble silence is much better instead of filling up time.

[Hammersley1967]

@ruzickaw

Mamma?

[NothingCensoredTV]

As AB would say, "Learn from it!"

Thanks for all the wonderful talks, AB.

[Ashitanoyuki]

What we learn in school are called knowledge, not wisdom. There is a huge difference between the two. The goal of going to a school is to get a job or pursuit of personal ambitions which means to get things for oneself. That goal is the opposite of what wisdom is.

[pogglemindboggle]

@Ashitanoyuki perhaps you skipped a couple of english lessons i would guess?

[Ashitanoyuki]

@pogglemindboggle English is not my first language. But I am trying to improve it as best as i can.

[pogglemindboggle]

@Ashitanoyuki Sorry, my comment was not helpfull at all. My bad. I apologise

[Ashitanoyuki]

@pogglemindboggle no problem :-)

[NotDuncan]

@Ashitanoyuki I disagree with you about a few things here, but the main one is your description of the goal of schools. In my opinion the goal of a school is to teach people how to learn. Another is the pursuit of personal ambitions, for many people their ambition is to help other people for example a friend of mine is a lawyer that fights against social injustice. Her goals would not have been met without a high level of education.

[Ashitanoyuki]

@NotDuncan Teaching people how to learn should be one of the objectives of education. But our schools dont do that very well. More often the education system teach people the bad way of learning. I remember as I was a student, school didnt teach much about creativity or inspirating on how to solve problems with different methods. Instead, I was taught more on memorization and following a set of rules on doing things. I am not saying not to go to school.It's ur choice as an individual :-)

[GetWithZen]

@Ashitanoyuki To find great knowledge you need to look outwards. To find great wisdom you need only look inwards.

[MissSatyaDanu]

it does work peeling a banana from the bottom ;-)

[christianlroy]

@MissSatyaDanu at least one person has mentioned the practice of banana peeling. ... :) i inspired Ajahn on this talk.

[christianlroy]

@MissSatyaDanu at least one person has mentioned the practice of banana peeling. ... :) i inspired Ajahn on this talk.

[NyDrPa]

Wonderful talk. I like the simile with the bananas!

[revolversmoke]

Love your talks Ajahn Brahm ^_^

[JohnnyFoster]

Ajahn makes some obviously good points, but not one of his best talks. A little too much of monkeys and bananas... Must be tough to keep things fresh in his line of work. He's unusually good at communicating the Buddhist tenets in everyday language, but this talk was a bit all over the map... Ajahn has figured out a unique signature way of spreading Buddhism to the "common" person... Inspirational stuff.

[pkemrin]

@JohnnyFoster Indeed. =) Every gem can't be a diamond, but perhaps he shouldn't be afraid to reiterate a lecture multiple times when he has a hard time thinking up a new talk. Nevertheless, I thought this talk held it's own unique wisdom. =)

I feel like it finally hinted me a way to get past my ex-fiancee, so maybe I'm biased...

[pkemrin]

@JohnnyFoster I've just been so angry these last four years...

[nealezumm]

@pkemrin I find it hard to believe. Four years of continuous anger? You must be the ultimate anger artist.

[pkemrin]

@nealezumm What? No, not like full time never thinking about anything else. Just whenever she came up or when I thought about her, which happened now and then.

I was bitter and angry, not batshit insane. XD

[pkemrin]

Thank you so much for your talks, Ajahn Brahm. =)

[okliam]

He is a brit, only we will talk about bananas in such a way.

[luvleighr]

@okliam Giggle