Ajahn Brahm retreat
I went to Ajahn Brahm’s retreat and meditation in Canberra for 2 days. He is a worldwide famous Theravada Buddhist monk. He was born in UK, study in Cambridge and then followed and practiced with one of the most famous Theravada monk Ajahn Chah in Thailand. Now he is the abbot of a Western Australia monastery.
At the first day, the retreat was held at the top of a mountain. The meeting room had lots of glass and the scenery was great. At the morning Ajahn Brahm gave us a one hour talk and then one hour guided meditation. At the afternoon he answer some questions and then another one hour meditation. At the second day, same schedule but at the other place by the Lake Griffin.
Ajahn Brahm also present a public speech at UC. The topic is the power of the mind.
I learnt a lot in these 2 days. There are lost of things can not be solved by science and technology. Also there are lots of personal issues can be fixed by hard work. That’s why we need psychology and religion. For example, Ajahn Brahm said that as a doctor if you only focus on heal the patients then you will get frustrated sometime because not all the illness can be heal. But if you focus in care the patients then you will feel more achievement and peace. Basically the doctor does the same thing, providing treatment to the patients, but how he define his purpose make his feeling very different.
For me, I thought of how should I treat my wife. When I saw she made some mistake or struggle in learning some very easy things should I try to fix her? Or coordinate her? Of course not. The past fifteen year marriage already proved that this way doesn’t work. I should just give her more care and let it go.
