Ajahn Brahmali---Sutta Meditation Retreat---2016

Deeper dhamma talks and meditation based on gradual training from sutta passages given by Ajahn Brahmali, including Q&A sessions on 9 day intensive retreats. Large archive of retreat talks is also maintained and published occasionally here.

The following archive provides a collection of all publicly available meditation retreats led by Ajahn Brahmali for easy and mobile friendly access (hour and a half long talks usually do not exceed 15 MB of download).

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on sutta meditation retreat in January 2016 in Sydney

Dependent Origination

Ajahn Brahmali MN 129, MN 86, DN 15 1/7 92′ 10,60 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali MN 54, SN 22.59 2/7 59′ 6,79 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali SN 12.1, SN 12.2 3/7 50′ 5,80 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali DN 15, SN 12.15, AN 4.45 4/7 64′ 7,33 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali SN 12.1, SN 12.2 (cont.) 5/7 55′ 6,31 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali AN 11.2, SN 12.23 6/7 60′ 6,87 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali AN 10.61, AN 1, MN 19, AN 10.61, AN 4.179 7/7 55′ 6,32 MB :arrow_down:

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on sutta meditation retreat in March 2016 at Jhana Grove

Ajahn Brahmali Intro Talk 1/7 53′ 6,14 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali AN 10.2 2/7 31′ 3,63 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali MN 118 3/7 61′ 7,01 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Q&A 4/7 81′ 9,31 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali MN 129, MN 41 5/7 30′ 3,49 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Afternoon Q&A 6/7 33′ 3,83 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali MN 41 (concl.) 7/7 43′ 4,97 MB :arrow_down:

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on sutta meditation retreat for BGF in April 2016 in Malaysia

Ajahn Brahmali 01 Introduction 1/30 8′ 934 KB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 02 Guided meditation 2/30 36′ 4,19 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 03 AN 11.2 3/30 48′ 5,59 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 04 Short Q&A 4/30 8′ 1007 KB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 05 MN 129 5/30 6′ 752 KB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 06 AN 3.101 (pt. 1) 6/30 38′ 4,39 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 07 AN 3.101 (pt. 2) 7/30 35′ 4,04 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 08 Short Q&A 8/30 9′ 1,02 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 09 MN 19 (pt. 1) 9/30 17′ 2,04 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 10 MN 19 (pt. 2) 10/30 51′ 5,86 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 11 Day 1 Q&A 11/30 66′ 7,58 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 12 Intro for latecomers 12/30 12′ 1,43 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 13 Guided meditation 13/30 37′ 4,30 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 14 MN 20 (pt. 1) 14/30 44′ 5,11 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 15 MN 20 (pt. 2) 15/30 27′ 3,18 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 16 AN 5.162 (pt. 1) 16/30 17′ 2,03 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 17 AN 5.162 (pt. 2) 17/30 27′ 3,07 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 18 MN 21 18/30 35′ 4,06 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 19 AN 3.39 19/30 43′ 4,98 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 20 Q&A 20/30 28′ 3,22 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 21 AN 7.53 21/30 8′ 989 KB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 22 Q&A 22/30 30′ 3,46 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 23 Guided meditation 23/30 28′ 3,25 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 24 Dependent Origination For Dummies (quality of recording varies) 24/30 59′ 6,85 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 25 MN 54 (pt. 1) 25/30 43′ 4,98 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 26 MN 54 (pt. 2) 26/30 17′ 1,99 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 27 DN 15 27/30 11′ 1,26 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 28 SN 1.20 28/30 12′ 1,46 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 29 AN 6.10 29/30 53′ 6,06 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 30 Final Q&A 30/30 70′ 8,08 MB :arrow_down:

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on sutta meditation retreat in June 2016 at Jhana Grove

Ajahn Brahmali 01 Introduction 1/26 35′ 4,02 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 02 AN 11.2, SN 56.31 2/26 60′ 6,90 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 03 SN 12.1, SN 12.2, SN 56.11 3/26 60′ 6,87 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 04 Q&A 4/26 62′ 7,10 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 05 SN 56.11 5/26 26′ 3,06 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 06 AN 10.62, SN 12.1, SN 12.2, SN 12.40 6/26 60′ 6,96 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 07 Q&A 7/26 64′ 7,40 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 08 SN 12.1, SN 12.2, DN 15, SN 12.15 8/26 61′ 6,99 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 09 SN 12.1, SN 12.2, DN 15, AN 3.61, MN 87 9/26 61′ 7,07 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 10 Q&A 10/26 75′ 8,67 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 11 SN 12.52, SN 12.1, SN 12.2, AN 3.76, SN 22.100 11/26 53′ 6,06 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 12 SN 12.1, SN 12.2, AN 3.35, SN 15, MN 38 12/26 58′ 6,70 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 13 Q&A 13/26 66′ 7,55 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 14 AN 10.62 14/26 60′ 6,90 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 15 AN 8.54 15/26 65′ 7,44 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 16 Q&A 16/26 63′ 7,23 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 17 AN 3.39 17/26 32′ 3,69 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 18 AN 5.162 18/26 54′ 6,22 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 19 Q&A 19/26 59′ 6,84 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 20 MN 48, MN 21, MN 7 20/26 55′ 6,33 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 21 MN 54, SN 1.20 21/26 57′ 6,54 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 22 Q&A 22/26 66′ 7,61 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 23 AN 7.74, MN 82 23/26 59′ 6,75 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 24 AN 4.179, SN 34.118, AN 10.60 24/26 60′ 6,93 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 25 Q&A 25/26 57′ 6,53 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali 26 AN 10.60, SN 12.22 26/26 61′ 7,03 MB :arrow_down:

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on meditation retreat for Sangha in June 2016 at Bandarawela, Sri Lanka

Suttas discussed on the retreat covering dependent origination

AN 11.2, SN 56.31, SN 12.1, SN 12.2, SN 56.11, AN 10.62, SN 12.40, DN 15, SN 12.15, SN 12.64, AN 3.61, MN 87, SN 12.52, SN 22.80, AN 3.76, SN 22.100, AN 3.35, SN 15.3, MN 38, AN 10.62, AN 8.54, AN 3.39, AN 5.162, MN 48, MN 21, MN 7, MN 54, SN 1.20, AN 7.74, MN 82, AN 4.179, SN 35.118, AN 10.60, SN 12.22

Ajahn Brahmali Interview 1/1 16′ 1,93 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Suttas for Bandarawela retreat 2016 0,75 MB :page_facing_up:
Ajahn Brahmali Introduction (recording from BSWA) 1/40 46′ 5,33 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk (recording from BSWA) 2/40 42′ 4,93 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk (recording from BSWA) 3/40 49′ 5,69 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation (recording from BSWA) 4/40 67′ 7,78 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 5/40 44′ 5,16 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 6/40 54′ 6,32 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 7/40 29′ 3,39 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 8/40 63′ 7,19 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 9/40 54′ 6,25 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 10/40 57′ 6,62 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 11/40 33′ 3,94 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 12/40 68′ 7,85 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 13/40 59′ 6,86 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 14/40 57′ 6,62 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 15/40 30′ 3,59 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 16/40 62′ 7,10 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 17/40 55′ 6,37 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 18/40 54′ 6,26 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 19/40 32′ 3,76 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 20/40 63′ 7,25 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 21/40 59′ 6,81 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 22/40 65′ 7,51 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 23/40 32′ 3,77 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 24/40 68′ 7,77 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 25/40 59′ 6,89 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 26/40 46′ 5,40 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 27/40 42′ 4,91 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 28/40 64′ 7,35 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 29/40 58′ 6,76 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 30/40 62′ 7,22 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 31/40 35′ 4,15 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 32/40 67′ 7,69 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 33/40 58′ 6,76 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 34/40 65′ 7,47 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 35/40 30′ 3,56 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 36/40 68′ 7,73 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Morning Talk 37/40 57′ 6,58 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Evening Talk 38/40 67′ 7,78 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Guided Meditation 39/40 32′ 3,83 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Q&A 40/40 74′ 8,53 MB :arrow_down:

Ajahn Brahmali deeper Dhamma talks and Q&A given on meditation retreat in December 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand

Suttas discussed on the retreat

MN 19, MN 21, MN 27, MN 54, MN 82, MN 2, SN 45.2, AN 3.100, AN3.101, AN 5.57, AN 5.162, AN 7.74, AN 10.2, AN 11.12, DN 16

Ajahn Brahmali Day 2 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 1/16 119′ 13,64 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 2 Sutta Talk 2/16 70′ 8,07 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 2 Q&A 3/16 78′ 8,96 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 3 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 4/16 120′ 13,78 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 3 Sutta Talk 5/16 57′ 6,57 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 3 Q&A 6/16 81′ 9,28 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 4 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 7/16 115′ 13,16 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 4 Sutta Talk 8/16 62′ 7,14 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 4 Q&A 9/16 76′ 8,70 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 5 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 10/16 123′ 14,08 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 5 Sutta Talk 11/16 58′ 6,72 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 5 Q&A 12/16 74′ 8,55 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 6 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 13/16 119′ 13,66 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 6 Sutta Talk 14/16 65′ 7,42 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 6 Q&A 15/16 95′ 10,86 MB :arrow_down:
Ajahn Brahmali Day 7 Meditation and Dhamma Talk 16/16 121′ 13,91 MB :arrow_down:

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As per @musiko’s Sutta retreat annotation idea in the thread here, I’m going to annotate the January 2016 “Paticca Samuppada” retreat above. I’ll edit this post gradually :slight_smile: to contain these annotations (linking suttas mentioned into the talks to those on suttacentral).

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There are actually more talks than that listed above for this:
201604 Ajahn Brahmali in Malaysia 20160415-20160417

I had uploaded all recordings from the retreat (mostly by BGF, though if memory serves, I used my recording on mobile phone for some):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B34cfrY-Z4rmb1d6U0M4RWRGeWc

Yes, You Can! And How the Buddha Shows the Way: 3-Day Sutta Study Camp with Ajahn Brahmali, at BGF(AN11.2, MN129, AN3.101, MN19, MN20, AN5.162, MN21, AN3.39, MN54, DN15, SN1.20, AN6.10) + Bonus: AN7.53 + Daily Guided Meditation + “Dependent Origination for Dummies” - Sun@BGF

PS - I might, in future, (learn to) upload them here.

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@waiyin thank you so very much for providing these recordings :heart:! You were right, previously posted recordings were only a small fraction of the entire retreat, but it was all that I could find online. The entire retreat is now updated in the opening post for all to enjoy and learn from :smile:

In the future I was meaning to compile a comprehensive guide (how to) :smile: so that anyone could do the same (it will definitely take more time writing the instructions on how to do it than actually doing it), but in the meantime I’m happy to help with cases like this.

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Added “June 2016 Sutta retreat for monastics, Bandarawela”.

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I eventually made my way through and annotated the first set of 7 talks in the OP. Not all talks have sutta references. I couldn’t identify one sutta mentioned in talk 4 (any help appreciated). There seems to have been a sutta reading list handed out in this retreat, which probably would have given the name and number. There was also an AN sutta story in talk 7 that I don’t recognize (would be nice to have a specific sutta reference if anyone recognizes it).

Dependent Origination – A Retreat with Ajahn Brahmali in Sydney – January 2016

Talk 1:
26:50; The Wise And Foolish People Sutta MN 129
31:20; Aṅgulimāla Sutta MN 86
47:35; The Great Discourse on Causation (Mahānidāna Sutta) DN 15

Talk 2:
18:25; Potaliya Sutta MN 54
41:00; Anatta-Lakkhana Sutta SN 22.59

Talk 3:

Talk 4:

7:10; reference to a sutta whose name I don’t recognize/can’t identify
The name sounds something like “maha vidharma” to me and it seemingly contains a definition of namarupa.

14:20; The Great Discourse on Causation (Mahānidāna Sutta) DN 15
23:40; Kaccānagotta Sutta SN 12.15
47:20; Rohitassa Sutta AN 4.45

Talk 5:

Talk 6:
2:40; Volition Sutta AN 11.2
21:07; Upanisa sutta SN 12.23

Talk 7:
1:10; Ignorance Sutta AN 10.61
12:10; A brief discussion of AN 1 in general and a quick listing of some of the basic factors it covers
33:00; Two Kinds of Thought Sutta MN 19
48:45; Ignorance Sutta AN 10.61 (final simile in this sutta read out)

15:52; References an unspecified sutta from the AN about a conversation between Ananda and Sariputta (seemingly the same story occurs in several places in the canon) where they discuss the difference between a person who attains and does not attain nibbana (understanding which perceptions involve decline, stability, improvement, and breakthrough).

Related Resources:
Video versions of these 7 retreat talks can also be found here.

The ad for the original retreat is here:
Eventful: See Calendar of Events & Shows | Audacy which links to an earlier Ajahn Brahm article for background information on the topic.

A transcript of the first talk can be found on suttacentral here.

Related Threads:

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Well done! Thank you so much for your help!

I will update the original descriptions shortly; if anyone recognises the missing sutta references please post them below (I believe the sutta mentioned in talk 4 at 7:10 is Mahanidana Sutta DN 15 and the sutta mentioned in talk 7 at 15:52 is Nibbana Sutta AN 4.179)

Thank you for all the additional links to resources!

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More: Ajahn in Bangkok 201612 https://www.facebook.com/groups/338294569884042/permalink/352697021777130/

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Is this available without Facebook login?

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Simply, the FB post (by a friend) has some notes and list of suttas. Let me know if you want it too.

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Thanks a bunch :heart_eyes:, I’ll have those prepared for upload, hopefully soon.

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