Ajahn Brahmali: Day 2 Morning Session Dhamma Talk & Meditation 17.05.21
Channel: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project
Date: 2021-05-17

Ajahn Brahmali draws on powerful images used by the Buddha himself as similes for the dangers of craving for the objects of the senses. By scrutinising our predicament as human beings moved by craving, these similes help us to reflect on the futility of searching to satisfy these cravings as a source of lasting and reliable happiness in the world. Rather, Ajahn points to the lasting peace and contentment that comes from turning away from these fleeting and unstable pleasures and moving towards the equanimity of samadhi (culminating in the jhanas). By doing this, we are far less likely to be hurt by our own wrongly directed mind and so happiness is sure to follow. Ajahn encourages us to try this out for ourselves in order to learn the causal relationship between craving and suffering, letting go and happiness, respectively.