Sadhu. Listening to the hebrew accent of the person who introduced the Ven. LP Viradhammo brings to me joy and comfort knowing the Dhamma took root in this little chaotic spot on this globe.
Especially in this period, make it double for this particular day: May all who read this comment be well and find true happiness.
Thank you for sharing. I have hard time with formal sutta studies and reading. Those Dhamma talks by themselves bring me a great deal of peace. May I be well and find true happiness.

What I really appreciate about Dhamma practitioners is their sincerity and openness with their own weaknesses and shortcomings. It is so inspiring to hear about other peoples´ difficulties and how they could overcome them.

I am surprised and glad the dhamma is in Israel.

Mr Volume, Mrs Volume! Turn it up to 11!

17:35"The silence after the talking is the same as the silence before the talking" -- Nisargadatta Maharaj

I'm not big on buzz words....but i do love this "addiction to the foreground" yeah that rang my bell lol

I love listening to Ajahn Virradharma but I am surprised this is coming from Israel. I cannot judge of course but what has been troubling me recently is the silence of Buddhists on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. I will make another comment after listening.

We all have to remember that the people of Israel are victims as well. Repeating the Holocaust is obviously not something most jewish people support, but thats the reality. Its a Holocaust on palestinian civilians happening right now, Netanyahu behaves exactly like Hitler. Its impossible to understand.

What I thought during the question part was this:  is there a difference between the buddas reality and the reality of ny times, CIA, the white house etc?

It's very disappointing to see Ajahn Viradhammo in a state currently committing genocide.

I don't remember  the Buddha teaching about chakras.

Sadhu sadhu sadhu 🙏

1 hour 7 min the question about others suffering. The example of the Turkey earthquake is not a good comparison. One is a natural disaster. Gaza and the West Bank is an intentionally created disaster exerted by a nation on a dispossessed people. It is hardly an equal war. All people in Israel can protest and take a risk as the suffering of others under collective punishment can be seen as an ethical imperative.

I am disappointed in the questions presented and the answers. What is happening in Israel is as Ajahn has intimated something you cannot brush aside or condone. You go to the police even for a minor crime.

I feel for those in this community and  maybe I should not judge. But this talk seems to have side stepped what is going on.

27:00 "It's such an unpleasant feeling, I didn't want to witness it, so I go to thought. And that's not really awareness, is it? It's aversion. I find it interesting it was easier to hate myself, than feel remorse."