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For those abused and wronged is happiness actually possible? Attachment to painful emotions, such as grief, anger, bitterness, the notion of a wounded self with a distinct identity: all these can become a perpetual prison...
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A hint of irreverence for all forms of superstition, lashings of humour in this talk, serve to stress that it's ONLY our personal accountability and actions that make a difference. Trinket jewellery, mindless chanting and holy water do not. Is there heaven and hell? What is the mind? Ajahn's stories of the 'Samurai Warrior and the Monk' and 'The Cloaked Emperor' provide the answers...
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Do we have a right to believe anything? Do some beliefs have priority over others? How do beliefs arise in the mind and how accurately do such 'intellectual fermentations' actually mesh with an Ultimate Reality?
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Ajahn Brahm talks about different sects of Buddhism, how it all came to be this way and what it means. Ultimately it's all the same cake, just different icing on top.
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In 2005 Ajahn Brahm promoted one of his new books (Open the door of your heart or Who ordered this truckload of Dung). As usual he does that with a lot of humor. The man is awesome!
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A penetrating look at how we react to criticism both when furnishing it on others and (at once more challenging) receiving it ourselves. Why are we often so hardened and totally stuck in our views and perceptions when softness of mind can yield much larger fruit?
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Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Baritone - Bryn Terfel
Soprano - Barbara Bonney
Conductor - Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
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Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Baritone - Bryn Terfel
Soprano - Barbara Bonney
Conductor - Claudio Abbado
Berliner Philharmoniker
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
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While tolerance is widely regarded as a positive quality, Ajahn Brahm points out that tolerance always contains an element of passive disdain for it's subject. More liberating for the beholder (as well as the subject) is the deep investigation of all phenomena. An active, searching approach will point the contemplative toward profound understanding and acceptance rather than mere tolerance.