Ajahn Brahm performed the first Theravada nun ordination in Australia and the first in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Start With What’s Easy to Love
Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm shares his personal approach to loving-kindness meditation, also known as metta.
Ajahn Brahm resigns as spiritual director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia
Ajahn Brahm. Screenshot via Buddhist Society of Western Australia on Youtube.Ajahn Brahm has resigned as the spiritual director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA).
Watch 4 funny, poignant teachings from Ajahn Brahm
In this video series from Buddhadharma, Ajahn Brahm offers four short, insightful teachings.
Restlessness, Contentment, and “Kindfulness”
Ajahn Brahm. Still via wisdompubs.org.The Buddhist monk known as Ajahn Brahm talks about developing a sense of contentment, and not finding fault in your meditation practice.
UN convention in Vietnam abruptly cancels Ajahn Brahm’s speech on gender equality in Buddhist sangha
News about the abrupt cancellation of Australian monk Ajahn Brahm’s delivery of a paper on gender equality in the Buddhist sangha.
The Time Has Come
The “eight heavy rules” institutionalize women’s second-class status in Buddhist monasteries, and in most lineages women are denied full ordination.
Why was Ajahn Brahm expelled from the Wat Pa Phong Sangha?
A blog post from David Kittelstrom regarding the expulsion of bhikku Ajahn Brahmavamso (a.k.a. Ajahn Brahm) from the Wat Pa Phong Sangha.
Profile: Forest Sangha
Photo by Akuppa John Wigham.Barry Boyce profiles the Forest Sangha.