# Dewdrop on the green hills nimitta

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Story
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-dewdrop-nimitta-green-hills
- Themes: meditation, nimitta, beauty, attention
- Life situations: retreat, meditation

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

In early nimitta scenery — rolling green hills, trees, a valley river — Ajahn Brahm notices a dewdrop sparkling on a leaf-tip in the sunshine and intuitively zooms attention onto that sparkle, like Google Earth focusing in.

## The story, as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

I remember once uh seeing a scenery in the first stage of these nitas breath was very peaceful very joyful then disappeared and saw this beautiful scenery Rolling Green Hills nice trees a little river in the valley all very delightful but to take it further I did notice on on one of the trees on the tip of one of the leaves there was a Jew drop which was sparkling in the sunshine and uh intuitively I knew that's where I had to put my attention and so you just focus in like zooming in on Google

## Teaching point

Beauty in meditation deepens when you let the brightest point draw you in.

## Reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

Deep in meditation, Ajahn Brahm saw green hills and spotted a dewdrop sparkling on a leaf, and zoomed in on it like Google Earth. Brilliant lights in the mind can follow, he says, and the excitement usually destroys them. Learn to stay at peace with beauty when it comes. Don't grab it, and it lasts.

## Source

- [Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahm | 19 Dec 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWfTYsU0VWA) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 11:37 to 12:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWfTYsU0VWA&t=697s

Other tellings of this story:

- [Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahm | 11 June 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1CkyG2Pok) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 1:17:04 to 1:17:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1CkyG2Pok&t=4624s
- [Guided Meditation | Ajahn Brahm | 11 March 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxFWP1K9ck) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 1:05:25 to 1:05:51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxFWP1K9ck&t=3925s