I listen every night before bed for the last year so comforting really helps me deal with this life 🕉

I was born as a christian and try to practice it (in the last 50 years) - When the teaching of the Buddha came - I was able to understand and give compassion to my religion which is so much broken, hurt and in pain. Ajahn Brahm gave more insights that are practical and effective. Now I can be a better christian. Thank you.

Listening to Ajhan Brahm's stories before I proceed to bed teach me a lot in life. Spending one hour on this talks has an immense value .... Thank you for uploading ...

I am so glad I found Ajahn Brahm. It feels amazing to here him talk. Love this guy.

One of Ajahn Brahm's best talks❤

So adorable how Ajahn Brahm laughs at his own jokes 😂❤

Ajahn Brahm change my life! thankyou!!

One of his best ever talks

These talks have changed my life for the better, in so many ways. Thank you so much. And best to any who might read this.

how grateful I am to be able to hear ajahn Brahm .he is saving me how very wonderful it must be to be in his presence,in his audience

Buddha spoke of cultivating loving-kindness, being a mother to the world and ourselves in metta sutta; only that kind of care takes us beyond survival fear; rare beings have no spikes...so true..making peace within us and the world and experience perfect stillness before we die!

thx so much for this talk. As a buddhist it strengthened my faith in Buddhism.

Ajahn Brahm always thank you for your kind words!! Thank you.

Thanks Ajahn Brahm! What a nice talk!

i love you ajahn brahm! who could give this thumbs down?

you are a blessing to the world Ajanbrahm Thero. THANKnYOU

I needed to hear this particular talk tonight. I've been feeling vacant, empty and lifeless -- "lost" all week. I'm feeling balance centered again. Thank you for uploading. Sadhu 3X.

it as the main practice of my day, and today ''To care , not to cure .It s total different of the board.'' Thank Ajahn Brahm

Thank You Ajahn Brahm for this talk.

One of the best talks I’ve listened to! Thank you ajahn Brahm!

Once Ifelt like disappearing from the world, after listening to his talk, I felt relax and forget the stress that I am facing. His talk is therapeutic.

Eternal life saver, Thank You A B .🔱

you make my heart filled with love Ajahn Brahn.come visit Sri Lanka again please

We LOVE Ajahn Brahm and here is the essence of living dhamma! SADHU SADHU SADHU!

Love all your talks you are so wonderful and give the world so much wisdom and insight . One day I will come to Perth and come to see you. I have a few friends there also. I find your talks so soothing to ones soul.

Very Greatful for all your advices, talks. Very Very Greatful.

...Thanks for sharing so many enlightening thoughts, practice-full. You are great and yet so humble!!

Ajhan, you are amazing, with your twist of humour on each subject helps to heal, my daughter took her life april 2018 her son (grandson) and i listen to your videos for comfort, you have helped us, and one day i would love to have the pleaaure of meeting you

Buddhism philosophy is simple, fun, easy understand, and the best..

Thank you for this video..loved the bad joke..my true wish is to meet ajahn brahm now..god willing!

Thank you Ajahn Brahm. I hope you're having a nice summer ;)

Thank you very much Ajahn Brahm :)

I love listening to music...listening to ajanh brahm is like enjoying beautiful music from your favourite musical band....waooo...same kudos to lama ritchen

point of life: leave the world a better place than you found it, harm none, be good, be strong, work hard, be smart, honour, respect & appreciate your family, health, friends, money, work, achieve self actualisation, leave a legacy of love, happiness, gratitude, make your life an example with no guilt or regrets or & no wrong done.

Really great talk Ajahn Brahm. Even the joke was top notch! Thank you and blessings as usual x

These talks are absolutely profound

Thank you, Venerable Ajahn Brahm. I wish I could be anywhere near you.

Thank you Ajahn. Much love to you and gratitude!

I love listen this monk! Ajahn Brahm talk soft and tenderness, touch the deep of the heart.

Thank you Ajhan Brahm. Thank you so so much for your teachings. So wonderfully wise and friendly and such a big help in everyday life.

Very accurately delivered the meaning of "unconditional" in/with "true" love. Ajahn Brahm is among the many of Buddha's expedients to pave individuals find their paths under own free will. No conditions applied. RIGHT understanding/view ignites RIGHT effort.

Ajahn Brahm speaks the truth of all truths. He is truly an enlightened man. His ego is barely there. Purest of hearts. I beg you to listen to him if you want genuine peace and happiness. I wish happiness and enlightenment for all.

Thank you

awesome talk.....as usual..... by an awesome teacher...... heehee =)

Thank you, Ajahn Brahm, your stillness.

Thank you Ajahn

thank you. this is probably my favorite talk so far. I've only heard a dozen or so tho. so I'm sure there's much more to love ^_^

Thank you Ajhan Brahm for your amazing talks make me feel so peaceful and help me understand a lot of things in life

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Ajahn Brahm

One thing everyone remembers about my friend is his heart.... His kindness. How much of an amazing person he was. This makes me have peace about him graduating from this life.

I love 998 bricks of Ajahn Brahm. The two bricks I also love: his ego and his blind spots.

Blessed be, Ajahn Brahm!

Thank you Ajahn Brahm 🙏😊 i think i'm gonna watch this video over and over and over, because there are many jewels wrapped up in this sphere of humility, wisdom, and kindness energies you are sending out - even through a video posted a few years ago 🙏❤️ i can't thank you enough for being sincere and honest. And I'm touched because you also don't want pride and complacency to get in the way. Sadhu 🙏 sadhu 🙏 sadhu 🙏 ❤️❤️❤️

Actually, based on other talks by Ajahn Brahm, and deeper into Buddhist teachings, the answer to "Why are we here?" is that we were being pushed by the force of past actions and desires, and we can't help but being here! That's Karma. We were "subconsciously" drawn by the forces of past habits and preferences to seek out and attach to the things we like and desire. So life doesn't necessarily has any meaning at all. It is just a process.

Thank you .. changed my life

Thankyou for your patience. I watch every upload not only because i am a stressed out mother of the modern world and it takes alot longer to practice this but also because it is nice to hear your talks and know i am listening with likeminded people.

Ive come to notice that all the great enlightened teachers through out time have said the same simple thing...Love your neighbor as you would love yourself...the Buddha, Jesus, Gandi,and many others, all of them said this in one way or another...Ajhan Brahm says and seems to teach the very same thing i see nothing but goodness in what he says or how he teaches thank you Ajhan Brahm youve helped to grow in my spiritual life.

So profound! THANK YOU SO MUCH Ajahn Brahm!! I'll put my efforts to practice what you said in my life!!! sadhu sadhu sadhu

its really sad to me hearing him talk about the unconditional love of a mother. my mother is mentally ill and abusive physically and emotionally. she rips pictures off of walls and punches us kids. we're old enough to be out of the house now but mother always says I deserve to live in a homeless shelter and that I fucked up her life by being born. she's a holy terror. I wish I had a mom that loved me. but i guess it's good for non-attachment reasons. because of her I've learned to detach myself from her and from what I want her to be and instead accept her for who she is even if that means avoiding her for months at a time when she has episodes and bans me from visiting her

I so needed this

This is like a sit-down comedian... instead of a stand-up one.

Another incredible talk. Sathu Sathu Sathu.

Thank you :)

Dear Ajahn Brahm, I'm sorry to contradict you but I believe yo have no other choice at all but to be a very little bit proud, because the Good you are doing for all of us and bringing to the universe, is inmense. Thank you!🙏🙏🙏

Thumbs up for liking The Doors :-)

Amazingly beautiful Thank you for caring 💟

Beautiful

I hope that someday you can come to the central new york usa area. I would love to meet you.

For people who say Ajahn Bramavamso didn't answer the question: People want ready-made answers to believe in. As in the time of the Buddha: "Is there a 'self' or not?" If the Buddha gives a damn answer it becomes a damn belief ... So, the Buddha taught a way to go to see for oneself and not have a belief in a ready-made answer. More often we prefer to have a false certainty than to follow the path. We might think it's more comfortable ... Many thanks to Ajahn Bram for proposing this path of unconditional love, the path of "taking care" to see for ourselves the answer.

Simply Beautiful.

What a beautiful little pond.

Thank you!

Let's not waste your precious time responding to reply attacking Ajahn Brahm. Instead, use your time and spread Ajahn Brahm teachings of unconditional love and compassion, kindfulness to yourself; and service to others.

I have great appreciation for Ajahn Brahm. He has helped me understand the Dharma better than any other teacher.

It seems like so many people don't accept love, won't let it in. I think that makes it difficult to love sometimes. It's like it is okay if it is within your family, but outside of it, if you say you love someone, some people seem to have strange reactions. Like it is overwhelming or it makes them uncomfortable. Or someone says it, but their actions say otherwise - like they neglect you. What is love? It is sometimes hard to give it, when it doesn't feel like you are getting any yourself and when rejection happens. I think that is why having children is popular. I won't be having any, so I feel like I am in a unique situation, looking for unconditional love when it is almost always automatically there between a mother and a child. I hope I can make enough friends and a partner in life that loves unconditionally. It makes me sad not to have that. Source of my depression, I believe.

Thank you.

My mother was incapable of unconditional love. She was a narcissistic and hence there was trauma, and drama in my upbringing. How does Buddhism address such early damage?

I cried with laughter at the 'bad' joke .. Just what I needed thank you.

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People are born to do good. And the way is immortal.

We'll never know why anything exists, just enjoy the ride.

One should always be able to ask questions and think for yourself. The religion I was raised in, thinking for yourself and asking questions was not allowed.

Gayan Perera, Ajahn Brahm is an enlightened being. When one is enlightened, there is no more "Buddhism" in that person. And there certainly is no more Christianity either. An enlightened being is above and beyond any "ulterior" motive as you say. And Gayan Perera, you have it backwards. The Buddha was 500 plus years before Jesus. So it's highly probable that Jesus was taught by a Buddhist monk when he was all alone up in those mountains. Also the Four Noble Truths is the foundation of existence. They cannot be replaced by any other teachings or religion -- most especially, not by Christianity. I've also chatted with Christians ... heck, I was one myself. I don't recall any of them say anything about one having unconditional love. All I ever hear them say is "don't accept who you are, you're a sinner and need to change, you're going to hell for your belief, you're not good enough, don't love thy neighbor because he's gay, you'll burn in hell if you don't proclaim Jesus as your Savior, and on and on, Blah, blah, blah." There is a lot of hatred in your Christianity dude. Hatred of oneself and others. Hatred of others who think differently. There's no unconditional love. It is an intolerant religion.

I cry sometimes when I feel like my other side of family left me out I wish they can call me tell me that they miss me love me but one day I love this monk saibadi I Jon

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Jokes can only happen among people/others (good or bad). If I think if I got entangled in it/them, that's when I think I was being laughed at or kind of victim of some sorts. I think to be free from entanglement is to learn to see the non-self, no-ego because it takes one to laugh or entangle the other if they are all victims themselves altogether.

and i think your monastery could do to train staff on dealing with peoples emotions in a sensitive manner

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but we don't learn we just go round in circles always repeating the past

Thankyou.

There are some really deep things were said in this video.. And why do i feel they are so deep? Because i didn't reached to the earlier stages of understanding yet... so understand slowly.. meditation can help you get there..

Bingo! +1

Was it after this talk came the advise "Make peace, be kind, be gentle" with others & oneself? The more i know about Ajahn Brahm, the more i revere him. May he be well.

and to open the door of your heart to your daughter

The reason people search for love is because in the presence of a lover we abandon fear.

Yup can tell this guy is a technical guy!

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I am pretty sure Ajahn Brahm would laugh at this. He wouldn't think it was disrespectful.