My emotional dysregulation is fading. Had some paranoid thoughts that caused no anxiety today. Making time to meditate to try and sort myself out. Went out and decided to get out of my house and the paranoid thoughts faded - did what you mentioned - showed myself compassion - they just went after a couple of hours - also went to a spot of nature and used mindfulness. I do find letting go is a process that will take some time I think. I did hear you once that patience is necessary and that this is impermanent. Thank you once again for this talk. I often listen to them more than once.
Thank you Ajanh for the Dharma talk , for Mr sEddy question , I think the free wills that Ajanh was talking about base on Dharma , he absolutely can have a free wills to earn money as much as he wants but if he wants a free will to take things that doesn’t belong to him it against the Dharma when you need a person to lean on , to give you strength and patience to contemplate you should think about the Buddha rather than Ajanh Bramble , we actually have a sutra which the Buddha said that not me If you want to put Dharma in your driver seat , you must learn and trust the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha Being doubtful about the Buddha Dharma and Sangha is the wrong view 🙏🙏🙏
This is my take from what Ajahn Brahmali’s talk (he has been teaching us regarding ‘free will’ in many of his talks before). We’re all functioning under delusion/illusion that we have free will (which is a privilege and very fortunate thing to have in our world even though it is a delusion) where as in Dhamma view, things/people are conditioned in very deep-rooted way that we are not aware of that we are conditioned. We ‘assume’ that we come/listen to this Dhamma talk by our free will amongst other choices that we do everyday. But for this thing to happen, there are a lot of favourable conditions to meet this to happen such as there is a teacher to teach Dhamma, the place for people to gather around, the recording, internet connection, RUclips is allowed in your country, you have an interest in the teaching or have a curiosity to know or wish to practice, etc. An example if you live in the middle of nowhere with no knowledge of Buddhism exits (another conditioning), then you wouldn’t be listening to this Dhamma talk. OR an easy example, you choose freely between an apple and an orange but in fact you don’t even know you have a choice for grapes. So where does this ‘Freedom’ come from when you’re conditioned to have only 2 choices? So we have Will and choices but none of them are Free as we’d like to think. That’s why Dhamma is very profound and I am very grateful that we are living in this moment with very good Sangha teachers who can teach/guide us and our previous conditions led to here.🙏🙏🙏
@ English is my second language languages so I might didn’t understand fully what you are talking about but you have free will to believe or don’t believe I repeat this one more time “Being doubtful in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is the wrong view
This raises a big question about the Buddha's teachings itself: if everything is conditioned and we don’t have choices we can make freely, then how do we understand the role of our actions? It makes sense to say that past actions create conditioned circumstances in the present moment, but in the present, we still seem to have choices that shape our future. If we claim that our current awareness and understanding of things like grapes are conditioned by past actions, it makes sense. However, for the future, we can still make positive choices in the present moment to create good conditions that will help us progress on the path, as you said, conditioning the ability to find the grapes.
@@Nirvan-y8u Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Thank you. The key Buddha teaching is ‘Dependent Origination’. It itself is the meaning of no ‘Free Will’. We are here in Samsara because we haven’t been able to fully grasp the meaning of it yet. We can sort of understand this at intellectual level only but not fully and truly. At the end of day, what we’re discussing is purely philosophical. So it is a moot point. Therefore whether there is true ‘Free Will’ or not does not matter. Buddha teaching can be only understood by practising it. I wish you be in peace, tranquillity and able to attain what you wish to attain. 🙏🙏🙏
@@opinionisjustopinion6599 Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Thank you for this information . I have not read about dependent origination - Does it say our present action does not matter?
I have great respect and admiration for Ajahn Brahmali’s teachings, but I find myself a bit confused by his recent explanation on free will. If there is no free will now, then how do we account for the choices made in the past that have led us to encounter the Dhamma in this life? The past was once the present for us, and it seems we must have exercised some form of will to arrive where we are today. Perhaps Ajahn Brahmali's view on free will could be explained more clearly, as it feels somewhat difficult to grasp fully. If this concept is said to be against the Buddha's teachings, it would be helpful to receive practical and supportive guidance rather than general hints. The Buddha had a way of addressing such questions with clarity or sometimes choosing silence when he felt an answer might lead to further confusion or hinder one’s progress on the path.
Great talk, always love Ajahn Brahmali talks, many thanks
Peace to you thank you for your clarity and insight into the Dharma
Really appreciate your lightness of touch and relaxed humour in your talks. You put things so well, great healthy re-conditioning!! 🙏
My emotional dysregulation is fading. Had some paranoid thoughts that caused no anxiety today. Making time to meditate to try and sort myself out. Went out and decided to get out of my house and the paranoid thoughts faded - did what you mentioned - showed myself compassion - they just went after a couple of hours - also went to a spot of nature and used mindfulness. I do find letting go is a process that will take some time I think. I did hear you once that patience is necessary and that this is impermanent. Thank you once again for this talk. I often listen to them more than once.
incredible talk, a lot to take in. using mindfulness and right view i listened well. thank you
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Think what you want about Eddie or whether he is right or not but he is being very brave and honest here.
Thank you Ajanh for the Dharma talk , for Mr sEddy question , I think the free wills that Ajanh was talking about base on Dharma , he absolutely can have a free wills to earn money as much as he wants but if he wants a free will to take things that doesn’t belong to him it against the Dharma when you need a person to lean on , to give you strength and patience to contemplate you should think about the Buddha rather than Ajanh Bramble , we actually have a sutra which the Buddha said that not me If you want to put Dharma in your driver seat , you must learn and trust the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha Being doubtful about the Buddha Dharma and Sangha is the wrong view 🙏🙏🙏
This is my take from what Ajahn Brahmali’s talk (he has been teaching us regarding ‘free will’ in many of his talks before). We’re all functioning under delusion/illusion that we have free will (which is a privilege and very fortunate thing to have in our world even though it is a delusion) where as in Dhamma view, things/people are conditioned in very deep-rooted way that we are not aware of that we are conditioned.
We ‘assume’ that we come/listen to this Dhamma talk by our free will amongst other choices that we do everyday. But for this thing to happen, there are a lot of favourable conditions to meet this to happen such as there is a teacher to teach Dhamma, the place for people to gather around, the recording, internet connection, RUclips is allowed in your country, you have an interest in the teaching or have a curiosity to know or wish to practice, etc. An example if you live in the middle of nowhere with no knowledge of Buddhism exits (another conditioning), then you wouldn’t be listening to this Dhamma talk. OR an easy example, you choose freely between an apple and an orange but in fact you don’t even know you have a choice for grapes. So where does this ‘Freedom’ come from when you’re conditioned to have only 2 choices?
So we have Will and choices but none of them are Free as we’d like to think. That’s why Dhamma is very profound and I am very grateful that we are living in this moment with very good Sangha teachers who can teach/guide us and our previous conditions led to here.🙏🙏🙏
@ English is my second language languages so I might didn’t understand fully what you are talking about but you have free will to believe or don’t believe I repeat this one more time “Being doubtful in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is the wrong view
This raises a big question about the Buddha's teachings itself: if everything is conditioned and we don’t have choices we can make freely, then how do we understand the role of our actions? It makes sense to say that past actions create conditioned circumstances in the present moment, but in the present, we still seem to have choices that shape our future. If we claim that our current awareness and understanding of things like grapes are conditioned by past actions, it makes sense. However, for the future, we can still make positive choices in the present moment to create good conditions that will help us progress on the path, as you said, conditioning the ability to find the grapes.
@@Nirvan-y8u
Sadhu sadhu sadhu. Thank you.
The key Buddha teaching is ‘Dependent Origination’. It itself is the meaning of no ‘Free Will’. We are here in Samsara because we haven’t been able to fully grasp the meaning of it yet. We can sort of understand this at intellectual level only but not fully and truly. At the end of day, what we’re discussing is purely philosophical. So it is a moot point. Therefore whether there is true ‘Free Will’ or not does not matter. Buddha teaching can be only understood by practising it.
I wish you be in peace, tranquillity and able to attain what you wish to attain. 🙏🙏🙏
@@opinionisjustopinion6599 Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu. Thank you for this information . I have not read about dependent origination - Does it say our present action does not matter?
I have great respect and admiration for Ajahn Brahmali’s teachings, but I find myself a bit confused by his recent explanation on free will. If there is no free will now, then how do we account for the choices made in the past that have led us to encounter the Dhamma in this life? The past was once the present for us, and it seems we must have exercised some form of will to arrive where we are today. Perhaps Ajahn Brahmali's view on free will could be explained more clearly, as it feels somewhat difficult to grasp fully. If this concept is said to be against the Buddha's teachings, it would be helpful to receive practical and supportive guidance rather than general hints. The Buddha had a way of addressing such questions with clarity or sometimes choosing silence when he felt an answer might lead to further confusion or hinder one’s progress on the path.