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Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm named Member of the Order of Australia for work on gender equality

by Lilly Greenblatt| June 10, 2019

Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm named Member of the Order of Australia for work on gender equality

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

by Ajahn Brahmavamso| November 17, 2018

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

by Lilly Greenblatt| March 26, 2018

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

by Lion's Roar Staff| June 6, 2017

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”

by Ajahn Brahmavamso| January 5, 2016

Restlessness, Contentment, and “Kindfulness”
ajahn Brahm, Kindfulness, Contentment, Lion's Roar, BuddhismAjahn 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

by Lion's Roar Staff| June 10, 2014

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

by Thanissara, Cintamani and Jitindriya| August 25, 2010

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?

by Lion's Roar Staff| November 5, 2009

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

by Barry Boyce| September 1, 2006

Profile: Forest Sangha
Photo by Akuppa John Wigham.

Barry Boyce profiles the Forest Sangha.

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