Haha of course it's way of life, nice joke with this taxes hehe. Yeah love this video, something I need for evening, meeting many different and this difficult people is a lot.
Thank You I needed to watch this. I learned and good and remembered much that I had forgotten. Of all the things I have lost over the past few years, my once deep well of compassion is the loss that pains me the most. I am working to regain it
@AlexanderTheHuge lol u sound like a lil pussy. if he gets infected with malaria .. his meditation will cure him better than any antibiotic so in effect makes him stronger.
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Why the fuck do you think I'm going to spend 1+ hour of my life looking at some old bald guy that looks like my ball sack and talks about how your mother (Who's dead) doesn't moan in bed.
@XD65 Our website was created to help dealing with "difficult" people :) Visit us, and create a profile for a person you have problem with (enter his name, post photo) and anonymously write whatever you want about him. Finally, enter his/hers, and your friends/cooworkers email addresses etc. and all of them will automatically receive an email with link to the profile you just created.
These philosophy's resonate well with me. I wish these talks were in every school from elementary to college all over the world. Then we quite possibly have world peace.
These philosophy's resonate well with me. I wish these talks were in every school from elementary to college all over the world. Then we quite possibly have world peace.
Those whom we judge with the label of 'difficult person' might themselves find US rather 'difficult' to deal with also...'difficult' is a matter of perspective...nevertheless, as always, Ajahn makes some salient points in this talk.
i dont know why but i become irritate easily whenever people tease me or make me feel uncomfortable. I can never calm myself down because i always take things seriously... sometimes words hurt
@tinimissvn Hi tinimissvn, I know how that feels. I've learned (over many years) that you have to not give a damn about the hurtful comments of others. It took me a long time to learn this, because I used to try to not SHOW that my feelings were getting hurt, while underneath, they still WERE - and bullies sensed this. My life only got better (in this regard) when I ACTUALLY stopped caring about what they thought. That was liberating for me. Now, I don't care if they howl, or not. :)
I am so bless that i was born in buddhist family. I love my parents so much and grandmother taught me about buddhism all my life. I believe in Virtue,peace,wisdom and compassion.I was impression listen Ajahn Brahm teaching, i grew up only listening asian monk.
Love it. Buddha said, Your mind is everything what you think become.
Fill your mind with compassion. Peace, thank you so much for your teaching.
...when We're arrogant around people they become rude and difficult. When We talk down to them, they become ineffective. When We're dry and aloof, they ignore us. When We toady up and try to 'creep' people into to liking us, they sneer at us. But we'd rather believe it is their fault than ours because we'd rather think ourselves above them. So we stay either dry, rude and aloof or sycophantic and oily and both earn us negative responses which are OUR fault.
From my experience I don't think any teaching could be more crucial. Buddhism is so wrapped in theories of enlightenment that it's cool to hear some basic useful advice, which works, for a change. I've been trying to say the same thing: Exacerbated by the Internet we live in a disposable society in which we keep disqualifying people and moving on until Mr or Mrs 'right' and don't respect that most people are simply reacting to US...
@WildernessTree you are so brainwashed. He is not real. God is not real. Face it. And before you pick up with the fallacy that I cannot prove they do not exist, it is not for anybody to prove they don't exist. Anybody's proposition, from any point in time, that they did exist, has to be proven. Never has been proven, never will be. Does not exist. Period.
@BeeRich33 The day that an athiest teaches God fearing people will be the day.Science has nothing to do will proof of god.If you need proof then you ability to have faith is gone from the beginning
@WildernessTree The pressure isn't upon science to prove god doesn't exist. God has never been proven to exist in the first place. Yet another fallacy that the brainwashed throw back, because it's been so effective against the religious to begin with. I don't have faith in things that don't exist. That's what makes religious people foolish. I don't believe in unicorns or leprechauns either. I'm sure you do.
@WildernessTree No one is saying that he didn't exist but Buddhism just makes sense to us. I don't believe that someone can 'save' me. Only you can save yourself. Buddhism also teaches us morals, something lacking in todays society now adays.
@Secretlyastonishing God was tired of our endless sinning so he sent his only son to "save" you and me .We dont need to beleive it but heed his words if yee want redemption. Morals begin and end with the lord
We? The beleivers in a normal human who is supposed to be better than everyone else including god himself? I aint buyin that. Get with god pal.
some people no matter how nice you be with them....complement them, try to support them, encourage them, counsel them, turn their life around but they will still will remain difficult, their heart wont change no matter how hard you try....it is sad...
@Imspcl65 I guess that is where compassion and patience comes in! Throughout this talk I was thinking of one particularly diffiult person that I have had to deal with. Since I didn't want to feel anger or annoyance I decided to stay away from her as much as possible, but during this talk I think I understood more about her than I had during the 3 years I've known her. She will still be difficult, but now I can look at her differently and be more patient and compassionate! Amazing practical talk!
Thank you so much... I did easy to get angry when people gissip and talk bad about me but after I practice the Dhamma I knew that the anger occur in my mind just see it and let it go.
I adore and am thankful for the lecture. But, what if the demon gets bigger because of your niceness? making them proud that their disgusting manners are the right way to get things their way?
@goonchorn: My thinking is, it is all about the mind game. demon or difficult ppl, if you make them more angry, their mind will get on fire more than ever as anger kills the ability to think, but if you make them feel better their mind will go calm and make them think. And thats where u will begin to win, with some ppl it may take more time as he said. And yes there are few difficult ppl who take way too long, in that case you simple have to leave the place and move.
I adore and am thankful for the lecture. But, what if the demon gets bigger because of your niceness? making them proud that their disgusting manners are the right way to get things their way?
@goonchorn sometimes it means removing yourself from the situation completely, if possible. It's not so much niceness as not feeding into it. Try it out. It's disarming, because it takes two :)
@rhinohippo I agree! With all due respect, some monks make buddhism sound difficult and abstract. They start with the most difficult principles that are difficult to follow in real life. I guess that is where your communication skills come in. Ajahn Brahm is an amazing teacher, and his talks have made me so peaceful, happy and relaxed even though I am currently following a Masters course in Engineering with A LOT of coursework. lol... Thank you! :)
From your comment, you dont seem to understadn teh meaning of life. Dont criticise people if you dont understand what is the purpose and meaning of the talk.
If you watch a talk, watch buddhist posts,travel to buddhist countries,spend hours listening and talking to buddhists and buddhist friends(all of which I have done) and find little but conflated concepts, undefinable terms,sophistry and nonsense passing as a philosophy one can pass a verdict on a video by a man who, if one listens closely,is trading ambiguity as insight and super ego/ego obsessions as erudition. The 'meaning of life' - just another of those indefinable and subjective phrases
I have read somewhere that Buddhism is all about uncertainty and being comfortable with that and that would include 'meaning of life' and all other indefinable and subjective phrases. It won't be so just by watching a talk etcetera etcetera but by actually experiencing it yourself at the deepest level and for it, you will need to meditate.
Of course I didn't mean to imply that understanding is a shopping list to be ticked off through travel and books. I meant to say than the only consistent thing about Buddhism( in the varieties, geographic and historical, that I've seen) is its inconsistency.Of course you can now rap about inconsistent consistencies, but without all the sophistry Buddhism is solipsistic poetry in a most morbidly obsessed state.regular people meditate all the time on being and love just minus the fairy dust.
Thank you for your comment. I watched Seung Sahn's video on your profile page. Yes, I should get hit by stick 30 times Just yesterday, I gave water to a thirsty person!
@minip64 Great if you have passed through all the fairy dust and found the essence behind all the veils of sophistry and solipsistic poetry. Heart Sutra is to be applied to all the fairy dust in Buddhism as well as to Heart Sutra itself. Meditating on being itself produces love.
Obviously there are many people that just can't take their own spiritual evolvment seriously. Sad. As for those of us who do, I suppose that it's 'find a quiet spot and be there'... confronting those unfortunate enough not to know that life can be sweeter only seems to make them even angrier and give them more pain.
Of course Buddha is dead. Ajahn Brahm even said in his rituals video that when he bows to the statue he knows it's just a statue, it's simply a reminder of respect to the Buddha's wisdom.
do something for all the muslim little girls who are molested by their fathers and uncles by selling them at the age of 5,6 to older men for couple of dollors.
If I become a father, maybe I'll just be open and honest with my son/daughter and simply say, "daddys just going to have a little rest after work, so that he's not so grumpy...."
:-) There is no sence in trying to "cover up" the truth, because the kids will probably suss you out.... they'll simply do what YOU did when you were a kid... SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE, and not just how they are "presented".
I did exactly what he said with my father. He was a prisoner. It was totally worth it and made me much more compassionate, patient, loving, kind. I am forever grateful to my father. I love him now even though he has passed away. Before he died he learned to express love more, to hug, to curb some of his anger, to say I love you, He asked my forgiveness for things wrong between us in our lives before he died.
Listen to Ajahn Brahm's talks regularly. Meditate. Most importantly, keep your five precepts pure. Read dhamma books everyday and you will find the answer. Be happy. I'm sure you know what happy goes lucky means.Take things easy, smile and say positive things.
All conditions are impermanent. Your feeling of being alone is impermanent. Your feeling of having few friends is impermanent. This is why monks create sculptures in butter, only to watch the creation melt away. All things have this quality of impermanence. Loneliness and isolation are impermanent conditions.
Start with being happy with yourself. You are a child Buddha. Cultivate lovingkindness toward others, and yourself. Engage yourself in the world and practice engaged compassion.
Join a sangha. Use the sangha to practice stillness, and cultivate a connection with the sangha. Even if you are alone in your meditation, you will begin to feel connected with the entire world. How then, can you be alone anymore?
I have some questions. Do you drive people away from fear of intimacy through a form of subtle sabotage? Is it physiological (breath or body order)? Are you crossing personal boundaries? Or do you have trouble reading facial and body language? Therefore making empathy difficult. Start to examine the patterns of your associations with those who left you. Whatever you do, do not give up. Try reading the book social intelligence or the book human by gazzaniga. At the end of all, impermanence
DEFEKINNYC: Hi. As you will learn as you dig deeper, is that everything that has happened in our lives, HAD to happen exactly as it did for us to be where we are now:) You're in perfect timing. :)
Most times for me, my significant other is the most difficult person i deal with lol
spanishgypsy1988 1 week ago
*note to self* stopping at [43:29] and will pick the rest up tomorrow.
neworder36 1 week ago
i love him. he's brilliant.
neworder36 1 week ago
i enjoyed your teachings i love a bit of humor mixed.
is there something moving top left corner underneath the yellow flowers?
nguyenkimmy20 3 weeks ago
Did people ACTUALLY get up and leave? It sounded like they did!
thekingofallsarcasm 4 weeks ago
buddha is from the one and only god in heaven, the lady god.
UKGLfemaddict 1 month ago
Haha of course it's way of life, nice joke with this taxes hehe. Yeah love this video, something I need for evening, meeting many different and this difficult people is a lot.
Quingu89 1 month ago
You made my day! I would like to not let difficult people affect me in a bad way from this day forward. You are a kind soul. Thank you!
MsCherryleopard 1 month ago
I didnt get the tax joke :(
Cheballer87 2 months ago
@Cheballer87 in Australia and i'm pretty sure the US too, Religious organizations are exempt from paying certain taxes because they are a religion.
woo081 2 weeks ago
I really like this, thank you . Really help me.
licforever 2 months ago
This completely stopped me getting angrier. Respond to negativity with calm kindness. It works.
Fersomling 3 months ago 4
Thank You I needed to watch this. I learned and good and remembered much that I had forgotten. Of all the things I have lost over the past few years, my once deep well of compassion is the loss that pains me the most. I am working to regain it
ThePracticalPagan 3 months ago
Thank you Ajahn Brahm
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Buddhism tells some good this like abstain from intoxication, adultery , etc. but it does not give motivation and a reason to follow it.
Islam on the other hand tells us to be good and gives us the motivation and strong reason to follow the rules.
alfulani5 2 months ago
"That's your karma "part just made my day ! Thanks for uploading !
wallysk 5 months ago
@FirsthDreamcatcher Because he's English ;)
Xina4Kai 6 months ago
Thank you very much. It just came to me at the very right time.
Bianca
biancatelle 7 months ago
he is great
Greennie26 7 months ago
A Buddhist monk with an Australian accent, Now I've seen everything.
hamzahgeek 7 months ago
@hamzahgeek I guess you are one of the difficult people we have to deal with?
japandata 7 months ago
@japandata Right on target.
hamzahgeek 7 months ago
the funniest monk!!! wise parables on life!!
kulturetattoo 8 months ago
I wonder if the mosquito was carrying malaria, would Ajahn Brahm still let it have its dinner?
So then he himself can spread the malaria to other people until everyone dies from painful miserable death?!
Wow, great philosophy!
I'm not listening to this whole lecture, just as I don't need to eat the whole egg to know it's rotten!
AlexanderTheHuge 9 months ago
@AlexanderTheHuge I will know how to reply to you after this lecture.
josh1492 8 months ago
@josh1492
Your smart ass reply is wasted on this lecture.
Besides, if you disagree with me, speak to the point.
AlexanderTheHuge 8 months ago
@AlexanderTheHuge troll
josh1492 8 months ago
@josh1492 troll
AlexanderTheHuge 8 months ago
@AlexanderTheHuge How can one know that a mosquito has malaria?
Harpjahng 1 month ago
@AlexanderTheHuge lol u sound like a lil pussy. if he gets infected with malaria .. his meditation will cure him better than any antibiotic so in effect makes him stronger.
vtn08 4 months ago
@vtn08
Yep, you got it!
I checked - that's exactly what they prescribe for malaria - meditation!
Not sure what they prescribe for your condition though... I guess old fashioned "shush" will do ...
AlexanderTheHuge 4 months ago
I was so upset because my husband always puts me down.Now I feel so good and I am going to try all the advice you give me.
ShamaliJ 9 months ago
Great speech.
asimov231 9 months ago
pretty fffffffffff.. terryfying.. heh
asimov231 9 months ago
good advice, difficult people have to deal with themselves all day and that produces compassion? i learned something.
But dude, you MUST swat mosquitoes and you MUST teach everyone to swat them, you do not let them bite you nor anyone else.
iBradleyAllen 9 months ago
The guy in jail needs to learn how to make coffee!
notoriouslizw 9 months ago
who saw the whole thing?
ottozing 9 months ago
Thank you very much, Ajahn Brahmavamso.
wcang79 10 months ago
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Lets see if this works with my monster, i mean mother.
tedoymisojos 10 months ago
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Why the fuck do you think I'm going to spend 1+ hour of my life looking at some old bald guy that looks like my ball sack and talks about how your mother (Who's dead) doesn't moan in bed.
XD65 11 months ago
@XD65 Words of wisdom...
nattensvaffel 11 months ago
@XD65 I think you posted this to prove his point. Touche sir. Thank you for the lesson in patience.
Slixis9 10 months ago
@Slixis9 Exactly, besides I would of watched this video if some hot chick was explaining it. Not some homo.
XD65 10 months ago
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Facesofmagic 10 months ago
@Facesofmagic Okay, grandma.
XD65 10 months ago
@XD65 if you actually listened to what he was saying you might actually get something out of it. Ajahn Brahm is a brilliant teacher.
Fuzzles128 9 months ago
@Fuzzles128 lul, I'm not going to listen to him for an hour.
Fuck that.
XD65 9 months ago
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JudgeChrisCom 9 months ago
"Anything that is irritating you, anything which is troubling you, that..is your teacher."
Just about four minutes in, I already felt better after he said that. ^_^
bennude10 11 months ago 19
may the 7 difficult people find happiness
toastybeer 1 year ago
These philosophy's resonate well with me. I wish these talks were in every school from elementary to college all over the world. Then we quite possibly have world peace.
carlyhaggett 1 year ago 2
These philosophy's resonate well with me. I wish these talks were in every school from elementary to college all over the world. Then we quite possibly have world peace.
<3
carlyhaggett 1 year ago 13
7 people are those difficult people he talks about in these talks
animatedfather 1 year ago
Those whom we judge with the label of 'difficult person' might themselves find US rather 'difficult' to deal with also...'difficult' is a matter of perspective...nevertheless, as always, Ajahn makes some salient points in this talk.
hearts0ngs 1 year ago
i dont know why but i become irritate easily whenever people tease me or make me feel uncomfortable. I can never calm myself down because i always take things seriously... sometimes words hurt
tinimissvn 1 year ago
@tinimissvn Hi tinimissvn, I know how that feels. I've learned (over many years) that you have to not give a damn about the hurtful comments of others. It took me a long time to learn this, because I used to try to not SHOW that my feelings were getting hurt, while underneath, they still WERE - and bullies sensed this. My life only got better (in this regard) when I ACTUALLY stopped caring about what they thought. That was liberating for me. Now, I don't care if they howl, or not. :)
hearts0ngs 1 year ago
@hearts0ngs yup! sometimes you gotta move on with life and smile, oh and thanks for the response :)
tinimissvn 1 year ago
I am so bless that i was born in buddhist family. I love my parents so much and grandmother taught me about buddhism all my life. I believe in Virtue,peace,wisdom and compassion.I was impression listen Ajahn Brahm teaching, i grew up only listening asian monk.
Love it. Buddha said, Your mind is everything what you think become.
Fill your mind with compassion. Peace, thank you so much for your teaching.
SaoLaos2000 1 year ago 2
It's amazing when we find that WE are the difficult ones! One of my favorite of his talks.
aclark619 1 year ago 2
Wonderful video. Thank you. this may help my relations with my father
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DreamsofMajesty 1 year ago
...when We're arrogant around people they become rude and difficult. When We talk down to them, they become ineffective. When We're dry and aloof, they ignore us. When We toady up and try to 'creep' people into to liking us, they sneer at us. But we'd rather believe it is their fault than ours because we'd rather think ourselves above them. So we stay either dry, rude and aloof or sycophantic and oily and both earn us negative responses which are OUR fault.
vapourmile 1 year ago
@vapourmile Well said! :)
beaterfred 1 year ago
From my experience I don't think any teaching could be more crucial. Buddhism is so wrapped in theories of enlightenment that it's cool to hear some basic useful advice, which works, for a change. I've been trying to say the same thing: Exacerbated by the Internet we live in a disposable society in which we keep disqualifying people and moving on until Mr or Mrs 'right' and don't respect that most people are simply reacting to US...
vapourmile 1 year ago
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vapourmile 1 year ago
Remember God is right in this conversation
WildernessTree 1 year ago
You have been measured,weighed and found wanting...
WildernessTree 1 year ago
very inspiring. thank you very much
Mnemosyne9 1 year ago 2
why eliminate Jesus in your path to enlightenment? jesus is real and you deny him
WildernessTree 1 year ago
@WildernessTree you are so brainwashed. He is not real. God is not real. Face it. And before you pick up with the fallacy that I cannot prove they do not exist, it is not for anybody to prove they don't exist. Anybody's proposition, from any point in time, that they did exist, has to be proven. Never has been proven, never will be. Does not exist. Period.
BeeRich33 1 year ago
@BeeRich33 Hold fast to the fact that God will forgive even athiests.God be with you!
WildernessTree 1 year ago
@WildernessTree There's no teaching you, is there. Study science, and you will see the light. Heh.
BeeRich33 1 year ago
@BeeRich33 The day that an athiest teaches God fearing people will be the day.Science has nothing to do will proof of god.If you need proof then you ability to have faith is gone from the beginning
WildernessTree 1 year ago
@WildernessTree The pressure isn't upon science to prove god doesn't exist. God has never been proven to exist in the first place. Yet another fallacy that the brainwashed throw back, because it's been so effective against the religious to begin with. I don't have faith in things that don't exist. That's what makes religious people foolish. I don't believe in unicorns or leprechauns either. I'm sure you do.
BeeRich33 1 year ago
@WildernessTree No one is saying that he didn't exist but Buddhism just makes sense to us. I don't believe that someone can 'save' me. Only you can save yourself. Buddhism also teaches us morals, something lacking in todays society now adays.
Secretlyastonishing 1 year ago
@Secretlyastonishing God was tired of our endless sinning so he sent his only son to "save" you and me .We dont need to beleive it but heed his words if yee want redemption. Morals begin and end with the lord
We? The beleivers in a normal human who is supposed to be better than everyone else including god himself? I aint buyin that. Get with god pal.
WildernessTree 1 year ago
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vapourmile 1 year ago
some people no matter how nice you be with them....complement them, try to support them, encourage them, counsel them, turn their life around but they will still will remain difficult, their heart wont change no matter how hard you try....it is sad...
Imspcl65 1 year ago
@Imspcl65 Their bad karma is so bad it's hindering them from seeing the truth.
Secretlyastonishing 1 year ago
@Imspcl65 I guess that is where compassion and patience comes in! Throughout this talk I was thinking of one particularly diffiult person that I have had to deal with. Since I didn't want to feel anger or annoyance I decided to stay away from her as much as possible, but during this talk I think I understood more about her than I had during the 3 years I've known her. She will still be difficult, but now I can look at her differently and be more patient and compassionate! Amazing practical talk!
beaterfred 1 year ago 3
I am very grateful for bringing these invaluable philosophies to us. Many thanks.
dibakarg 1 year ago
Amen (Satu) , Thanks for drawing me back to buddha teaching.
darunee7 1 year ago
Thank you so much... I did easy to get angry when people gissip and talk bad about me but after I practice the Dhamma I knew that the anger occur in my mind just see it and let it go.
Yaionlyone 1 year ago
really wonderful - many thanks for the wisdom presented in such an 'easy' way
much metta
sumedho1 1 year ago
Great teaching from Ajahn Brahm
yelifanfu 1 year ago
awesome!
NxSeD 1 year ago
I adore and am thankful for the lecture. But, what if the demon gets bigger because of your niceness? making them proud that their disgusting manners are the right way to get things their way?
goonchorn 2 years ago 2
@goonchorn: My thinking is, it is all about the mind game. demon or difficult ppl, if you make them more angry, their mind will get on fire more than ever as anger kills the ability to think, but if you make them feel better their mind will go calm and make them think. And thats where u will begin to win, with some ppl it may take more time as he said. And yes there are few difficult ppl who take way too long, in that case you simple have to leave the place and move.
jigesh78 1 year ago
@jigesh78 Thanks :) I see it clearer and agree with you.
goonchorn 1 year ago
I adore and am thankful for the lecture. But, what if the demon gets bigger because of your niceness? making them proud that their disgusting manners are the right way to get things their way?
goonchorn 2 years ago
@goonchorn sometimes it means removing yourself from the situation completely, if possible. It's not so much niceness as not feeding into it. Try it out. It's disarming, because it takes two :)
hongkongluna 1 year ago
I love you...
freshair345 2 years ago
Ajahn Brahm is the monk man!
sopater9 2 years ago
great talk, buddhism should be bout great laughter not stuffy doctrine, this guy manifests a lot of freedom
rhinohippo 2 years ago 3
@rhinohippo I agree! With all due respect, some monks make buddhism sound difficult and abstract. They start with the most difficult principles that are difficult to follow in real life. I guess that is where your communication skills come in. Ajahn Brahm is an amazing teacher, and his talks have made me so peaceful, happy and relaxed even though I am currently following a Masters course in Engineering with A LOT of coursework. lol... Thank you! :)
beaterfred 1 year ago
Very good speech! =/
RafChaseTV 2 years ago
i needed to hear this today!
dnyce514 2 years ago
I think you have a very warm and welcoming personality.
MyAmericam 2 years ago
Very least makes you think and try and be a better human
somme36 2 years ago
afulani5
We need to give him our compassion and understanding.
Practice Four Sublime States of Mind.
peaceinmindful 2 years ago 5
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minip64 2 years ago
From your comment, you dont seem to understadn teh meaning of life. Dont criticise people if you dont understand what is the purpose and meaning of the talk.
doctormoo 2 years ago 2
If you watch a talk, watch buddhist posts,travel to buddhist countries,spend hours listening and talking to buddhists and buddhist friends(all of which I have done) and find little but conflated concepts, undefinable terms,sophistry and nonsense passing as a philosophy one can pass a verdict on a video by a man who, if one listens closely,is trading ambiguity as insight and super ego/ego obsessions as erudition. The 'meaning of life' - just another of those indefinable and subjective phrases
minip64 2 years ago
I have read somewhere that Buddhism is all about uncertainty and being comfortable with that and that would include 'meaning of life' and all other indefinable and subjective phrases. It won't be so just by watching a talk etcetera etcetera but by actually experiencing it yourself at the deepest level and for it, you will need to meditate.
yankeejat66 2 years ago
Of course I didn't mean to imply that understanding is a shopping list to be ticked off through travel and books. I meant to say than the only consistent thing about Buddhism( in the varieties, geographic and historical, that I've seen) is its inconsistency.Of course you can now rap about inconsistent consistencies, but without all the sophistry Buddhism is solipsistic poetry in a most morbidly obsessed state.regular people meditate all the time on being and love just minus the fairy dust.
minip64 2 years ago
For me, the four noble truths and the eightfold path is all that is important.
yankeejat66 2 years ago
if you were a zen monk, you'd get hit by a stick
EnvyAbomination 2 years ago
@EnvyAbomination
Thank you for your comment. I watched Seung Sahn's video on your profile page. Yes, I should get hit by stick 30 times Just yesterday, I gave water to a thirsty person!
yankeejat66 2 years ago
You're welcome! :)
And thank you for giving that person some water. :)
with metta
EnvyAbomination 2 years ago
@minip64 Great if you have passed through all the fairy dust and found the essence behind all the veils of sophistry and solipsistic poetry. Heart Sutra is to be applied to all the fairy dust in Buddhism as well as to Heart Sutra itself. Meditating on being itself produces love.
yankeejat66 2 years ago
may i suggest minimizing your screen and simply listening to this talk? very rewarding...
minnicat190 2 years ago
Thank you for your suggestion.
jajirajudy 2 years ago
Obviously there are many people that just can't take their own spiritual evolvment seriously. Sad. As for those of us who do, I suppose that it's 'find a quiet spot and be there'... confronting those unfortunate enough not to know that life can be sweeter only seems to make them even angrier and give them more pain.
QUIETEXPECTATIONS 2 years ago 2
why are you so angry?
solo20092009 2 years ago
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Buddah is DEAD!
Most Buddists think he is alive and worship and plead to Buddah statues as if it is real man sitting there!
SO STUPID! SO STUPID!
alfulani5 2 years ago
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but watch this. this is really funny.
"Arab on Treadmill"
LOL.
magebaba 2 years ago
You say Buddah is dead yet I have never felt so alive since I start believing in his teachings............Take care brother.
almkelkoo 2 years ago 3
Of course Buddha is dead. Ajahn Brahm even said in his rituals video that when he bows to the statue he knows it's just a statue, it's simply a reminder of respect to the Buddha's wisdom.
anglaismoyen 2 years ago
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Advice to those thinking of taking up Budism!
This is what you will have to do eventually to prove your faith!
watch
"Self-Immolation of a buddhist monk"
alfulani5 2 years ago
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after that watch this.
"child sex ok in islam" investigate islam"
so much child sex for muslims. LOL.
magebaba 2 years ago
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watch this
"JOIN ISLAM TODAY IF YOU WANT HAVE SEX WITH ONE DAY OLD CHILDREN -MUST SEE!!!"
all the child molesters convert to islam. so why not you.
magebaba 2 years ago
thank you for this video, best i've seen for awhile.
hairsprayqween 2 years ago
Today "07-06-2009" is the greatest day of Sri Lanka. Today is the "POSON DAY" .
The day Sri lanka became a Buddhist country 2600 years ago.
Buddhism will help Sri lanka in every challenge she faces for the next 5000 years.
Thanx India and King Ashoka for helping us learn the absolute truth.
"THERUWAN SARANAI".
magebaba 2 years ago
@magebaba Uh... I'm sorry but I don't think buddhism has been around for that long? Its only been 2500 something years! :)
beaterfred 1 year ago
This is what our monks do in the temples every morning:
"Buddhist forest monks chanting the morning puja"
impermanentoo 2 years ago 3
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watch this.
"Islam teaches sex with 1 day old child is OK!!!"
wow. sex with a new born baby.
magebaba 2 years ago
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watch
Srilankan Buddhist monk's Sex
Devout Buddist women in Sri Lanka offer sexual services to the monks in anticipation of "enlightment.
alfulani5 2 years ago
ajahn mosquito! LOL love this guy
leet512 2 years ago
Ajahn Brahm just full of positive energy! whenever u fell not right, just EAT his Dhamma talk, then u will be fine.
Bisnove 2 years ago
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Srilankan Buddhist monk's Sex
This is what goes in most Buddist temples!
alfulani5 2 years ago
there is no point of your cheap talks.
do something for all the muslim little girls who are molested by their fathers and uncles by selling them at the age of 5,6 to older men for couple of dollors.
magebaba 2 years ago
@Bisnove I KNOW!!!! :) :) :)
beaterfred 1 year ago
His wisdom is profound :-)
If I become a father, maybe I'll just be open and honest with my son/daughter and simply say, "daddys just going to have a little rest after work, so that he's not so grumpy...."
:-) There is no sence in trying to "cover up" the truth, because the kids will probably suss you out.... they'll simply do what YOU did when you were a kid... SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE, and not just how they are "presented".
favoritescollection 3 years ago 3
'Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. '
solusito 3 years ago
I did exactly what he said with my father. He was a prisoner. It was totally worth it and made me much more compassionate, patient, loving, kind. I am forever grateful to my father. I love him now even though he has passed away. Before he died he learned to express love more, to hug, to curb some of his anger, to say I love you, He asked my forgiveness for things wrong between us in our lives before he died.
spectrumfrequency 3 years ago 3
how do i learn to not be a difficult person.
I try to be a compassionate person,but i just seem to drive people away.Help,i have no friends and am so lonely,what can i do.
imamyt1 3 years ago
Listen to Ajahn Brahm's talks regularly. Meditate. Most importantly, keep your five precepts pure. Read dhamma books everyday and you will find the answer. Be happy. I'm sure you know what happy goes lucky means.Take things easy, smile and say positive things.
impermanenttoo 3 years ago 22
All conditions are impermanent. Your feeling of being alone is impermanent. Your feeling of having few friends is impermanent. This is why monks create sculptures in butter, only to watch the creation melt away. All things have this quality of impermanence. Loneliness and isolation are impermanent conditions.
Start with being happy with yourself. You are a child Buddha. Cultivate lovingkindness toward others, and yourself. Engage yourself in the world and practice engaged compassion.
RoeLaw 3 years ago 10
@RoeLaw
Such perfect words of wisdom.
Thank You! Peace and love.
Pinkspiderable 11 months ago
Join a sangha. Use the sangha to practice stillness, and cultivate a connection with the sangha. Even if you are alone in your meditation, you will begin to feel connected with the entire world. How then, can you be alone anymore?
RoeLaw 3 years ago 4
I have some questions. Do you drive people away from fear of intimacy through a form of subtle sabotage? Is it physiological (breath or body order)? Are you crossing personal boundaries? Or do you have trouble reading facial and body language? Therefore making empathy difficult. Start to examine the patterns of your associations with those who left you. Whatever you do, do not give up. Try reading the book social intelligence or the book human by gazzaniga. At the end of all, impermanence
spectrumfrequency 3 years ago
Hey, it's 6 months on. Are things any better now? Are you still listening to Ajahn Brahm? I'm just asking because I sympathise.
anglaismoyen 2 years ago
Thanks from Dallas Texas.
picmedic 3 years ago 2
Excellent talk! thank u so much!
alemari7 3 years ago
listened to this on podcast this morning..ajahn brahm is areally good teacher and full of humor and wit.
jadreemah 3 years ago 2
That was such a fresh talk, very nice.
goodbarley 3 years ago
Thank You.
tigernov6 3 years ago
Peace be with you.
sengoku16 3 years ago
I sure wish I had been exposed to this philosophy three years ago. It would have spared me much, much grief and anguish!
DEREKinNYC 3 years ago 14
Let it go brother. You are here now...in this moment. And hopefully you can deal with such things more skillfully in the future :)
Peace & Love
indigoblue66 3 years ago 4
Thank you, indigoble66, for your kind comment! :-)
DEREKinNYC 3 years ago 2
DEFEKINNYC: Hi. As you will learn as you dig deeper, is that everything that has happened in our lives, HAD to happen exactly as it did for us to be where we are now:) You're in perfect timing. :)
Namaste' Brother:)
Satori1800 3 years ago
Satori1800, thank you for your reply. Also, happy new year! :-)
DEREKinNYC 3 years ago 2
I love this talks. Thank you so much for posting them! Peace be with you.
JimNagle87 3 years ago 6
True true. lol.
NKT3505 3 years ago 4
Ditto!
Karunadharma 3 years ago 3
Ajahn Brahm is such a fantastic speaker. Thanks for uploading. :)
JaylaScousa 3 years ago 6