Stories about reputation
3 Buddhist wisdom stories about reputation from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Do you know Ajahn Brahm? — asked on Adam's PeakStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: WA politician Mike Nahan told a BSWA gathering that climbing Adam's Peak (Sri Pada) in Sri Lanka, his guide asked who he was; when he said a WA minister, the guide asked: do you…
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the head of the conservative party here in west australia mike nahan some years ago you know he came i think was the head of multicultural affairs when the the tory government was in power here in western australia and so he came along to one of his buddhist um events and he went on to the microphone and he said i just returned from sri lanka i'm part of going to sri lanka this was many years ago was climbing up adam's peak a sui pada and he said the guide there was talking to him and said who are you and he was a minister in the the state government what state government west australia oh do you know our john brown he said right now what they realized that was quite well known over there
- Mistaken for a circus clownStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Walking with his cousin through Stoke-on-Trent one Sunday morning, robed Ajahn Brahm notices people pointing and laughing more than usual — then turns a corner to a big…
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the other time when I was visiting a cousin Know that cousin eight. He came here to visit many years ago in stoke-on-trent. That's where he lived and so During their spending time with your loved ones with your friends, so instead of staying in here We meditate we went for a walk walk on a Sunday morning as a beautiful day walking down the streets And I don't know what it is about me must have some sort of charisma, but people were supporting at me and smiling and laughing And I just making people laugh as a great as a great skill But it was actually more people pointing and laughing at me than usual And so I didn't really want to know what was going on well You know one badly dressed or something or but no They were just laughing at me all the time and then when we turned a corner I found out why there's this big billboard a big sight the circus was in town And they thought I must have been one of the clowns And I did what make people happy is fine by me
- Sister Jittindria mistaken for Ajahn BrahmStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: One of the first nuns, Sister Jittindria, is driven off after Saturday lunch for a tour of Perth. A Thai woman shouts that Ajahn Brahm is sitting next to a girl — until he…
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This actually happened here some years ago. You know, we had one of our first nuns here, I think it was actually Sister Jittindria And she was visiting for a while and just after the morning lunch on a Saturday one of the ladies decided to take her for a little tour around the sites of Perth for the first time, so she was in the car sitting next to another lady, that's two of them in the front seats of the car, and they drove off from the community hall just around the corner here. and as soon as they drove off I think it was a Thai lady who started shouting out "Hey, look, there's Ajahn Brahm, sitting next to a girl. Where are they going?" [audience laughing] And it was actually a very close call, because it was very lucky at that time when she was pointing to this brown figure with the bald head sitting in the passenger seat of the car next to a young girl, I happened to come out. [audience laughing] And she said "Ajahn Brahm's not over there, Ajahn Brahm is over here." And because the recognised that couldn't be me because I was standing right next to her, I said "I'm here", she realised it was a nun in the car, it wasn't me. But if I hadn't come out there, she would have gone around saying "This Ajahn Brahm, you know what he gets up to when ..." [audience laughing] That's why have the different colour robes these days