# No bad hair days

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Joke
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-joke-bad-hair-day
- Themes: humour, monastic life
- Life situations: appearance worries

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

He hated hairdressers as a kid — they never got it right. Shave your head and it's always right: monks and nuns never have a bad hair day.

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

I hated going to hairdressers when I was a kid. They would never get it right. [audience laughing] Finally, you shave your head and it's right. As a monk or a nun you never have a 'bad hair day' ever again.

## Teaching point

(Joke.)

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

Haircuts as a boy were never right, Ajahn Brahm grumbles; shave your head and they always are. Monks and nuns never have a bad hair day. No comb, no brush, just a quick wash under the shower. There's a small freedom in caring less about appearances. Fewer things to fuss over means more room to be happy.

## Source

- [Buddhism and Sects | Ajahn Brahm | 01-06-2007](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq_ougaikU) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 1:01:19 to 1:01:32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq_ougaikU&t=3679s