Ajahn brahmali biography of barack

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By Ven Candavisuddhi Bhikkhuni

for &#;The Middle Way&#; journal of The Buddhist Society, August

Introduction

My teacher, Ajahn Brahm, and I founded Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project to strengthen Buddhism by growing the sangha of bhikkhunis – or fully ordained female monastics &#; on UK soil.

We aspire to establish a Forest Monastery in England and so make the authentic teachings of early Buddhism accessible and the liberating potential of the bhikkhuni way of life available for women today. The project’s name captures these objectives: Anukampa means empathic compassion which acts wisely to alleviate suffering.

Ajahn Brahm will be coming to teach in December in support of this aim- his third such visit. A much-loved meditation master, his retreat booked up within two days! We also organised a July retreat with exemplary scholar-practitioner Ajahn Brahmali, elucidating the whole of the Noble Eight-fold Path. The Buddhist Society have

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Early Life

Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (known to most simply as Ajahn Brahm) was born Peter Betts in London, United Kingdom in August 7, He came from a working-class background, he went to Latymer Upper School in London and from there won a scholarship to study Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University in the late s. At Cambridge he joined the university’s Buddhist gemenskap and after a few weeks at the age of 18, he saw a monk for the first time. He knew then that was what he wanted to be. After graduating from Cambridge he taught in a high school for one year before travelling to Thailand to become a monk.

Monastic Life

The late Thai meditation mästare, Ajahn Chah, was the teacher of hundreds of monks, including Ajahn Brahm

Ordained as a monk (bhikkhu) by Somdet Buddhajahn at Wat Saket in Bangkok in , Ajahn Brahm travelled to north-east Thailand in January and became a lärjunge of meditation master Ajahn Chah at Wat Pa Pong. In that same year he became a founding sangha membe

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announcements & updates

News and announcements about things that have been happening at the Buddhist Society of Western Australia.

Sutta Classes in November

There will be a Sutta class Sunday 13th November with Ajahn Brahmali: There will not be a Sutta class Sunday 27th November due to&#;

Sutta Retreat &#; Date Changed

Sutta Retreat by Ajahn Brahmali will be held from 23 June to 2 July. Kindly note the change in date due to the teacher&#;s&#;

Ajahn Brahmali Overseas Teaching Tours

Ajahn Brahmali will be teaching in Singapore December and in the USA 19 January &#; 16 February Please find details of his&#;

&#;About Our Monks&#; Booklet

We hope you enjoy reading about our monks in this new booklet, kindly created by our Librarian Manel. The most up to date version can&#;

Ajahn Brahmali&#;s Europe Tour &#; June (Belgium, Poland, Norway)

Ajahn Brahmali will be in Europe from 9 &#; 26 June Please find links with full de