# He offered me a job at the Melbourne Comedy Club

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Story
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-melbourne-comedy-club-offer
- Themes: humour, vocation, Melbourne
- Life situations: career temptation, staying with your path

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

After a Melbourne talk a TV comedian came up and said he could get Brahm a job at the Melbourne Comedy Club. Brahm declined — he'd keep his day job as a monk. Nested in a Robin Williams / 'never good enough' reflection.

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

I gave a talk over in in Melbourne a few years ago and one of the people in the audience was a professional comedian who goes on TV I forget what his name was now he came up to me afterwards and said I think I can get you a job in the Melbourne Comedy Club he actually offered me a job so I could have become a comedian but I said no no I'll keep my day job as a muck

## Teaching point

Even a monk's jokes can be stage-ready — but the robe is the real job.

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

After a Melbourne talk, a TV comedian offered to get Ajahn Brahm a spot at a comedy club; he kept his day job as a monk. Then he turns serious: our world keeps telling people they're never good enough, and that hurts. Tell those around you, especially children, that they're good enough as they are.

## Source

- [Ultimate Reality | Ajahn Brahm | 5 May 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVdJEqpyuuc) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 55:50 to 56:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVdJEqpyuuc&t=3350s

Other tellings of this story:

- [Peace, Happiness and Virtue | Ajahn Brahm | 4 February 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Acyfbeyjbk) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 1:16 to 1:46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Acyfbeyjbk&t=76s