Friday Night Guided Meditation
Ajahn Brahm guides a meditation for about 30 minutes. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocietyofwa BSWA teachings are available: BSWA Teachings BSWA Podcast Channel BSWA DeeperDhamma Podbean Channel BSWA YouTube
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- 2:53
Okay everyone, so just again as you start out, just making sure that you are at ease, that you don't have any problems in the body, you are relaxing, letting go of the stress of the past few days or the past week or whatever. Just letting all that go and just enjoying this amazing space we have here at the Buddhist Society, a place of spirituality, a place of kindness, a place where we try to live up to higher standards than maybe you find elsewhere sometimes.
- 3:42
Allow yourself to relax. Have a sense of kindness and compassion towards yourself as you do that. And as you allow yourself to relax, don't strive, but be with whatever is happening. When you are being with, instead of trying to hold on, it becomes enjoyable just to be present. At
- 7:16
the early stages of meditation, it is useful to Think of it as a state of being with rather than focusing on. If you focus on it tends to be too tight, too forced, too much willpower. But if instead you are just with something, like being with nature or whatever, there's a sense of ease there.
- 13:18
During the meditation it's always very helpful not to Allow yourself to be disturbed by anything. Any disturbances there may be, just allow them to pass through you as if there is no resistance or anything inside. And when they just pass through you they leave no echo within. And your meditation just carries on undisturbed. Think of the disturbances just as the world doing its things.
- 14:03
And there are so many good qualities here. Focus on that. Allow that to grow. Make that the focus which helps you to stay in the present.
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0:00 So let's start with the most important thing first, as we always do here, which is the meditation part. So please get ready for meditation. Report an error in the passage at 0:00
· · · silence, 3 minutes
2:53 Okay everyone, so just again as you start out, just making sure that you are at ease, that you don't have any problems in the body, you are relaxing, letting go of the stress of the past few days or the past week or whatever. Just letting all that go and just enjoying this amazing space we have here at the Buddhist Society, a place of spirituality, a place of kindness, a place where we try to live up to higher standards than maybe you find elsewhere sometimes. Report an error in the passage at 2:53
3:34 So what a wonderful thing it is to have this kind of refuge here, right in the middle of Perth. So enjoy this place. Allow yourself to relax. Have a sense of kindness and compassion towards yourself as you do that. And as you allow yourself to relax, don't strive, but be with whatever is happening. When you are being with, instead of trying to hold on, it becomes enjoyable just to be present. At Report an error in the passage at 3:34
· · · silence, 3 minutes
7:16 the early stages of meditation, it is useful to Think of it as a state of being with rather than focusing on. If you focus on it tends to be too tight, too forced, too much willpower. But if instead you are just with something, like being with nature or whatever, there's a sense of ease there. And then you allow the focus in a sense to happen by itself. So be with. Report an error in the passage at 7:16
7:53 Be with this beautiful space we have here at the Buddha Society. Be with that good sense of companionship that you have here. And as you are with in a positive way, with a positive perception, the rest of the meditation almost takes care of itself. Report an error in the passage at 7:53
· · · silence, 5 minutes
13:18 During the meditation it's always very helpful not to Allow yourself to be disturbed by anything. Any disturbances there may be, just allow them to pass through you as if there is no resistance or anything inside. And when they just pass through you they leave no echo within. And your meditation just carries on undisturbed. Think of the disturbances just as the world doing its things. Report an error in the passage at 13:18
13:52 This is the way the world will always be and we have to leave that world alone. And when you leave it alone, you can just enjoy the good qualities in the present instead. And there are so many good qualities here. Focus on that. Allow that to grow. Make that the focus which helps you to stay in the present. Report an error in the passage at 13:52
· · · silence, 14 minutes
28:38 Okay, so now please just spend a few... A few moments just to review your meditation before you come out. And just ask yourself if you feel better now, more at ease, more mindful, whatever. Ask yourself why that is the case. Report an error in the passage at 28:38
· · · silence, 1 minute
29:31 Okay, so that's the meditation for this evening. So please sit comfortably and we start the talk in a few moments. Report an error in the passage at 29:31
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Talk by Ajahn Brahm, recorded 3 February 2026. Original at Buddhist Society of Western Australia: https://podcast.bswa.org/e/friday-night-guided-meditation-ajahn-brahm-30-january-2026/. Licensed No license stated; shared with the archive's knowledge (courtesy note). Transcript generated automatically and may contain errors; the audio is the authoritative version.
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