Ajahn Brahm
Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts, 7 August 1951, in London) is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk. He was ordained in 1974 and trained in the Thai Forest Tradition under Ajahn Chah. He is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, and the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA).
Sources: Wikipedia: Ajahn Brahm, the BSWA teacher page and biography, and bswa.org.
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- The 2012 doomsday bet — When people in Indonesia worry about the world ending in 2012, Ajahn Brahm offers to bet his…
- The cat that steals the milk — Every morning a cat takes Ajahn Brahm's milk and walks off without thanks; he gives anyway because…
- “Is this heavy?” — Ajahn Chah and the stick — Walking back from alms round, Ajahn Chah picks up a stick and asks the young Ajahn Brahm whether…
- The really dirty monk — Covered in concrete, Ajahn Brahm is asked by a well-dressed visitor where the abbot is; he sends…
- Food for the dogs — the first Westerner on alms round — In a remote Thai village where no one had seen a Westerner, villagers stare so hard while offering…
- Lao Tzu and the beautiful sunset — A disciple walking with Lao Tzu breaks the rule of silence to exclaim at a sunset and is never…
- Mother's mantel shelf and the wombat — Each visit Ajahn Brahm brings his mother another stuffed Australian animal; when the big wombat…
- The Muslim family at the airport — On a teaching tour of Indonesia, Muslims attend his talks and a veiled family rushes to the…
- “What do you guys get out of this?” — the free talk — A caller keeps asking how much she must pay to attend Ajahn Brahm's talk; told repeatedly it is…
- “Why don't you come and stay with us?” — the monk in Casuarina Prison — A monk teaching at a high-security prison describes monastery life (4 am rising, one meal, hard…
- The professor who ate the menu — A philosophy professor waits two months for a table at an exclusive restaurant, is handed a…
- The villages without grief — Living nine years at a Thai cremation-ground monastery, Ajahn Brahm saw villagers bring their dead…