Stories about Indonesia
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about Indonesia from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Tickets sold faster than Lady Gaga'sStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: In Medan, Indonesia, about 3–4,000 cheap tickets for Ajahn Brahm's talk sold out in ~30 minutes the same weekend Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert sold out in 40 — so they teased that…
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Lady Gaga was uh selling tickets for a concert of hers over in Jakarta and her ticket sold out in 40 minutes. Mine is 30 minutes. So that's when they said ajam bra you are more famous than lady gaga
- Two hours signing books in JakartaStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: After a talk of four or five thousand in Jakarta, a huge line wants books signed and photos — two hours of signing and smiling for the camera.
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Indonesia I think it was in Jakarta where my books you know all of them have been really big best sellers in Indonesia some well known over there and so after the talk there's about four or five thousand people at the talk then they wanted their books signed and there was a huge long line of people two hours it took of signing books and smarting for the camera signing books sliding for the camera exciting a book smarting for the camera and that's okay for the first hour but after an hour of doing this I thought what the heck am I doing I'm a monk I should be in some cave somewhere meditating what do I what am I doing signing books and having my mug shot taken