Ajahn Brahm Podcast

Tolerance Explored

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk, Ajahn Brahm discusses the concept of tolerance. He starts by talking about how sometimes we may need to tolerate aches and pains in the ...

Celebrating Celibacy

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm shares some anecdotes about his experiences of challenging societal norms as a celibate monk, and discusses the benefits of being single o...

Happiness Industry: Joy At Last!

15 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm discusses the idea of the "happiness industry," where there is a focus on finding happiness through seminars, classes, and other means. Th...

How To Change The World

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thistalk is about the responsibility of Buddhists to contribute to social issues, such as global warming and social activism, as the religion continue...

Procrastination/Hierarchy of Life's Meaning

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm briefly explores multiple suggestions for the topic of the talk, including the meaning of life, the approach to dealing with sick animals,...

Interconnectedness

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This talk is about the concept of interconnectedness, which is the idea that our actions and thoughts have a wider effect on others and the world arou...

Dealing With Your Emotions

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This talk is about dealing with emotions from a Buddhist perspective. Ajahn Brahm points out that often people talk about negative emotions such as g...

Accountability

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm introduces the topic of accountability and how it is pertinent to issues such as climate change and ethics. He discuss how the demands of ...

Buddhism and Sects

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The title of the talk is Buddhism and Sex, but it is actually about the different sects of Buddhism. The speaker explains that there should be no judg...

The Right To Believe?

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The talk discusses the topic of the right to believe and how it affects our everyday lives. Ajahn Brahm brings up the dangers and consequences of hold...

Freedom: The Path to Happiness

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the possibility of real happiness in modern life and the cause of unhappiness. He mentions how people today are attached to su...

Buddhism in the Business World

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm disagrees with the belief that Buddhism and business do not match and argues that Buddhism has a lot to offer in the workplace. Mindfulnes...

Investigation Into The Ethics of Military Service

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Growing up in London in the 1960s and protesting against the Vietnam War, Ajahn Brahm could never imagine that serving in the military was compatible ...

Building a House of Peace

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on what meditation is and how it works. And how to find the most meaningful answer of all through the lived experience of dee...

Higher Criticism

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This talk is about how to deal with criticism in a wise and positive way, and why people often react negatively to criticism. We tend to take criticis...

Is Nirvana Guaranteed?

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm addresses the question of whether nibbana is guaranteed (and the attitude required to get there). — This dhamma talk was originally reco...

Zeroing In On Enlightenment

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

n response to three requests, Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about how to reconcile religion, duality and the Middle Way. — This dhamma talk was originall...

Talk Your Way To Happiness

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a dhamma talk about how we can use our speech to create happiness for others and ourselves. — This dhamma talk was originally reco...

Buddhist Attitude Towards Sensuality

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People’s attitudes to sensuality and the joys of sensuality have a huge impact upon the way they live their lives and the way they act towards other...

Superstition

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on a Buddhist perspective of superstitions and how it can be used by religions and other social systems to manipulate people’...

Control and Freedom

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about the contradictions between controlling and finding freedom, and how to resolve these contradictions and tensions from a...

Jealousy and Envy

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm offers a fresh perspective and some skillful means to overcome jealousy and envy. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low...

Who's the boss?

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on the Buddhist perspective to authority and obedience. And it’s not what you think! — This dhamma talk was originally re...

Laughing All The Way To Nibbana

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How can we distinguish between different types of happiness? How can we be happy now and in the future? And how can we laugh our way into Nibbana? Aja...

Facing Life's Challenges

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How should we deal with challenges in life? Should we seek them out in order to improve ourselves? Ajahn Brahm gives a skillful talk about how to rela...

Deeper than reason - Beyond belief

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about faith and reason, and the path of truth that lays beyond both. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low...

Buddhism & Homosexuality

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk to members of the local LGBT community about Buddhist ideas about homosexuality. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded...

Getting High on Vesak

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the occasion of Vesak Day 2006, Ajahn Brahm gives and talk about the meaning of Vesak and how we can use this find inner happiness. — This dhamma...

Intelligence

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on the Buddhist understanding of intelligence. What is it and how can we recognise it? And how do we develop it? — This dha...

Kicking Goals in Buddhism

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about goal-setting from a Buddhism perspective. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file...

Solving Conflict

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on useful strategies to prevent and solve conflict. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to s...

Has Religion Got A Future?

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 co...

Virtuous Death

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm offers a deeper perspective on the controversial topic of euthanasia and abortion. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a lo...

Give It Everything You've Got

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about how we can develop energy even when we’re very busy. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality...

Dealing With Pain

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives wise advice on how to deal with pain. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on 2...

Busy Life

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the hours demanded of us to work and the world seems to get busier, Ajahn Brahm offers some advice on how deal with busy-ness. — This dhamma talk...

Honesty

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on the benefits of honesty and how it is fundamental to the spiritual life. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded usin...

How To Deal With Criticism

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm offers advice on how to deal with criticism. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size on ...

End of Spiritual Elitism

16 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm challenges the pomposity, pride and elitism that so often goes along with religious traditions. So why are people getting into this game o...

How To Deal With Desire

09 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Crisis Management

02 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about when everything goes wrong and there is a crisis in your life and how to effectively deal with these situations. — This dham...

Pyramid In The Jungle

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Skillful Livelihood

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to a question from the U.K. from a man who had just joined the armed forces, Ajahn Brahm talks on the topic Right Livelihood from the point...

Just Injustice

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm explains a Buddhist response to social injustices and other forms of injustice in the world. This dhamma talk was originally recorded usin...

The Buddhist Realization of Non-Self

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about the realization of non-self. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size ...

Right View

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the foundation of the Buddhist path of practice - Right View - the first factor of the Eightfold Path. — This dhamma talk wa...

No Expectations

21 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about how expectations about how the future will turn out limits potentials and causes us to become unable to adapt to present circu...

Contemplate - Don't Think

07 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The topic of this talk is the Buddhist method of contemplation: why to do it, how to do it and the different methods of contemplation that can be used...

Don't Rush To Your Grave

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One cannot change the world, but one can change the way we look at it. One of the major problems of the modern world is excess busy-ness. People are s...

Life As A Monk Or Nun

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to a question from the online audience, Ajahn Brahm explains what it’s like to be a monastic and what the purpose of the monastic rules a...

Emptiness

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the Buddhist conception of emptiness and how this relates to modern life and meditation. — This dhamma talk was originally r...

Lessons From The Road

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having just returned from a round of international travel, Ajahn Brahm reflects upon what he’s learned about life whilst travelling. — This dhamma...

Clairvoyance | Ajahn Brahm

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about clairvoyance, specifically the ability to see into the future. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low qualit...

Smart thinking, boy wonder!

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to use thinking in a smart and wise way. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on f...

Unceremonious Buddhism

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some people find that ceremonies and rituals in religion (including in Buddhism) are a barrier to developing peace and understanding. Ajahn Brahm give...

Panic Attacks! | Ajahn Brahm

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm offers wise reflections upon how to deal with anxiety, and even how to deal with the panic attacks which are becoming ever more common in ...

Don't Be A Sicko! | Ajahn Brahm

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm explains what to do when you are sick, starting with understanding that the body and the mind aren’t the same thing and to rest the body...

Which Yana? Hahayana!

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the difference between all the Buddhist traditions? Is there a difference? Or are they all related? Ajahn Brahm discusses the meaning of the d...

The Ending of Relationships | Ajahn Brahm

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about ending relationships. He addresses questions like: When should I end a relationship? How do I know it’s time to end a...

Endurance | Ajahn Brahm

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are times in life when we have to endure difficulties. Ajahn Brahm offers advice on how to use the difficult and dark times in life for positive...

Tearing The Hinges Off The Door | Ajahn Brahm

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm starts with the question: If religious and spiritual traditions were started to make the world a better place, how is it that they so ofte...

Loneliness | Ajahn Brahm

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Loneliness is a problem - even a chronic problem - for many people. For those suffering from loneliness it can impact many parts of their lives and ev...

The Essence of Pilgrimage | Ajahn Brahm

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Freshly returned from a pilgrimage of the Buddhist holy sites in India and Nepal, Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about the essence of pilgrimage. He answers...

Buddhist Response to Euthanasia | Ajahn Brahm

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to a questions about euthanasia and abortion, Ajahn Brahm offers a compassionate Buddhist perspective on these contentious issues. — This...

Tranquility in Conflict | Ajahn Brahm

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm responds to a question from the audience about how tranquility can help to deal with family, communal and international conflict. He talks...

Compassion and Stillness | Ajahn Brahm

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about how amongst the most positive and impactful things we can do in the world is to develop compassion and stillness within the mi...

Stop Trying to Meditate | Ajahn Brahm

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meditation is central to the Buddhist path. Yet people often take the achievement mindset that they use to succeed in worldly pursuits into meditation...

To Hell With Punishment | Ajahn Brahm

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm tackles the issue of punishment - both cosmic punishments of a vast scale like tsunamis, and the micro-punishments we inflict upon ourselv...

Dealing With Tragedies | Ajahn Brahm

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the Boxing Day Tsunami that impacted much of the Indian Ocean coastline and the many questions that followed on from that, Ajahn B...

What is Prison? | Ajahn Brahm

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about how to deal with the metaphorical prisons that we often feel trapped in, as well as tips on how to get out. — This dhamma ta...

Buddhism and Psychology | Ajahn Brahm

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm speaks about how Buddhism in and of itself is a form of psychology. So it’s to be expected that there will be some similarities between ...

Hopelessness | Ajahn Brahm

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives guidance on how to see through mind states of hopelessness and how to end hopelessness using skilful means. — This dhamma talk was...

Mental Energy Equals Happiness | Ajahn Brahm

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm offers insight in how to understand the nature of happiness and thereby work out how to apply it in yourself. Key amongst those insight is...

Helping Children Overcome Problems

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the Buddhist attitude to helping children with their problems. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low qualit...

Doing What Is Good | Ajahn Brahm

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm elaborates on a saying of the Buddha inscribed on a statue outside of the Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre: “To do that which is good, to refr...

Who's Right? | Ajahn Brahm

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever noticed that people are always arguing about who has the right religion, politics, fashion, and basically everything? So how do we work ...

Self Discipline | Ajahn Brahm

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we have the right intention to do good things and make positive changes in our lives but we just can’t figure out how to actually do it! A...

How To Deal With Pain | Ajahn Brahm

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk on how to deal with physical pain. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size ...

The Buddhist Attitude to Animal Abuse | Ajahn Brahm

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From the very beginning Buddhism extended its moral ethics not only to humans, but also to animals (and all sentient beings). Ajahn Brahm explains how...

Dependent Origination | Ajahn Brahm

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm got a request for talk but he couldn’t remember what it was, so he decided to talk about something that he wanted to talk about - depend...

Reborn ... Again! | Ajahn Brahm

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about reincarnation … again! And helps us all get a sense of perspective about the meaning of our lives. — This dhamma talk was ...

Free Will | Ajahn Brahm

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to a request from the audience, Ajahn Brahm talks about free will. What is free will? What is freedom? What is the will? When one starts me...

Doomsday! | Ajahn Brahm

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An online listener from the United States contacted Ajahn Brahm to ask about the many ways in which there are multiple ecological threats - like globa...

Having Your Cake | Ajahn Brahm

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm responds to a query from the online audience about “how can we have our cake and eat it too?” — This dhamma talk was originally reco...

Freedom From Self-Hate | Ajahn Brahm

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to an request from the audience, Ajahn Brahm talks about the origins of self-hate, its symptoms, and how to overcome self-hate. When we are...

Assumptions | Ajahn Brahm

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about all the problems that can arise from making assumptions, how they can be wrong and why they are wrong. And of course, such a t...

The Values of Buddhism | Ajahn Brahm

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the values of Buddhism. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save on file size (because int...

Praise and Blame | Ajahn Brahm

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Using similes and stories, Ajahn Brahm tried to put a fresh perspective on the praise and blame that we receive in life with the aim of guiding us tow...

Buddhism and the Body | Ajahn Brahm

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This talk by Ajahn Brahm is about Buddhism and the body, because our bodies can cause us a lot of trouble and problems. So what is the meaning of our ...

Be Patient | Ajahn Brahm

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Impatience causes a lot of difficulties and problems in life. And the remedy for impatience is patience. Having patience can be of great value and ben...

A Buddhist Attitude to Life | Ajahn Brahm

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this talk Ajahn Brahm talks about how with can take a Buddhist attitude to dealing with various problems with life. A clue to understanding this at...

Consciousness | Ajahn Brahm

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about the nature of consciousness, the ‘colours of consciousness’ - meaning the emotions - and how different states of conscious...

Doubt | Ajahn Brahm

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Responding to a request, Ajahn Brahm is talking about the experience of doubt in their lives and their practice. So how can we deal with doubt and the...

What is Good? | Ajahn Brahm

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about the meaning of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and how we can know for ourselves the difference between the two. — This dha...

Buddhism and Mental Illness | Ajahn Brahm

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about mental illness. He makes a distinction between an illness of the brain and illness of the mind because whilst the mind ...

Rebirth | Ajahn Brahm

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm talks about how out-of-body experiences and near-death experiences, as well as experiences in deep meditation provide the proof that rebir...

Knowing | Ajahn Brahm

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we know what is real and what isn’t? How can we know the best way to live? How can we know what is really true? Can we knowing anything? Bud...

What the Buddha Taught | Ajahn Brahm

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Using the framework of what happened on the night that Siddhartha Gotama became a fully awakened Buddha, Ajahn Brahm gives an outline of what the BUdd...

Buddhist View on Injustices | Ajahn Brahm

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are many problems in the world related to ideas of injustice. Ajahn Brahm offers an entirely different, Buddhist perspective on the problem of i...

Responsibility | Ajahn Brahm

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ajahn Brahm gives a talk about responsibility and how to respond wisely. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded using a low quality MP3 to save ...