Amazing talk!! When things get tough, I use to drink or overeat to deal with trauma on a very bad day. Now I watch this talk instead and it makes me feel at peace. Thank you so much Ajahn Brahm.

I feel if everyone listened to such talks, the world would be a kinder place

Weird, I always looked at my tragedies and traumas as just things that happened and a lesson on what to do to avoid those particular things in my personal future.  I cannot however always help anyone else avoid their own traumas.  I only know my own path well enough to do so.  Those pesky negative emotions that cause so much human trauma are what we all should try to change and we all would live a happier life.  Wise teachings from the Buddha.

I got cancer several years ago, probably most people thought cancer was bad for any one, yet I think cancer was the best gift to me in my life that it reminded me to learn how to love myself and love the world, and I changed myself  to become more happier and healhier after.

Thank you Ajahn Brahm for all of the beautiful talks, smiles, and laughs. Your happiness has helped many people relieve suffering.

You really are so beautiful Ajahn Brahm. The world is a better place because of you. The world needs more Ajahn Brahm!

Buddhist Wisdom in overcoming negativity. Thank you Ajahn Brahm, I have learnt so much from you.

Very good teaching. Sadhu 🙏🏻

One of the best lectures. I will learn to dig in my “shit.”

Very extraordinary talk  Thank you so much    We have followed your path now following and will follow till our last breath% we get pease and happiness by this 🙏👍😄😀🌹🌹🌹

As usual I'm grateful that these talks are available however old they are, after listening to another one of your talks a couple of weeks ago I realized that when I left my fundamentalist Christian lifestyle a few years ago it was much more traumatic than I cared to admit and it was the reason why I was depressed, specifically it was a Catholic background and many people know those guys as being full of guilt (in some aspects I was back then). If anything this talk looked pretty existentialist to me and it reminded that in one of the books about Buddhism I've read so far it said that essentially salvation is within ourselves, that is we're the only ones who can save us.

I found the dung example to be hilarious and it did help me see the problems in my life in a new way (my father grows an actual garden so I could see how it all looks like, still I'd never imagine ever hearing a sermon like this one in a church), I still disagree with the whole karma thing (which is why I don't consider myself a Buddhist, at least not yet) and I might still go to therapy but I very often find your talks to be some of the most helpful things I've heard in my life.

Acceptance is the answer. As long as these tragaties are rejected by us "How could this happen to me? Why me?" then they will be something seperate from ourselves. There is no opportunity to grow from these painful experiences until we embrace the true nature of suffering and tragedy. None of us are immune, but we can benefit others with our experience and strength.

Just so beautiful ❤ reinforcing that suffering is the nature of samsara and bringing us back to the past with even more determination to liberate ourselves and others. ❤

My family has been in a homeless shelter and been homeless again last year.  My husband and my daughter suffered in front of me and it was horrible.  On top of the awful trauma, the people that did help us were nasty and cruel as selfish monsters.  We were first filled with shock by that but we knew we couldn't go on with our lives filled with hurt and hate.  He's not talking about money and bills.  He is talking about our inner heart.

i love listening to these talks

it raises my level of awareness

@lamdawave I'm a buddhist from Thailand.  What Ajarn Brahm taught is the real core of Buddhism. Buddha teaches us that Karma is a consequence of a cause.  Many monks in Thailand taught that bad things happens now because of bad  things done in  previous life due to  some cult of Buddism  is influenced from Brahma religious and it's a strategy to teach people not to do more bad karma. But by believing in the blame of the past life, it is not going to  solve any problem .  

Thank you Ajahn Brahm for your teachings 🙏

I thoroughly enjoyed this talk, you have definitely given me a very different perspective on life❤🙏🏼

Thank you ajan brahm 🙏🙏🙏