Ajahn Brahm

This evening, I attended Ajahn Brahm's talk. I have excused myself from his talks for quite sometime as I found him repeating his contents very often. The very last one I attended shld be the one held at Suntec during the SARS period. Today, I decided to go, as I believe he must have accumulated much interesting and new stories to share.

True enough, his talk today was like 'brand new'. More importantly, the contents he covered today touched my heart. The questions raised by the audience were most relevant to me too. "How to deal with parting with ur dearest mum after she passes away?" and "How to deal with attachments to friendship". To me, the answers he gave were excellent.

Unfortunately, I havent recovered from my indigestion and my stomach was having some internal war within. I have to excuse myself as the cramps became unbearable. On the way out, I bought the ever 1st production book by Ajahn Brahm which comprises 108 short stories. It does burn a hole in my pocket but I bought it without much hesitation. Its an almost instant reaction that I want that book. It will be a good book to share and pass around with my friends, esp to those who are new or totally not in Buddhism. Afterall, how good and effective can we reproduce Ajahn's stories by repeating them to our friends? Its only by hearing from him themselves, or by reading these stories themselves, will they get those impacts.

Anyway, I am terribly sorry to Nale for neglecting her OPWC. I promise I will complete it fast and return u ASAP. And I will be re-engaging in my nightly reading again starting from tonight. My last semester was supposed to be the most stressful and busiest moment in my uni life. Thanks to my nightly reading of Dharma books in Sheares Hall, it has given me much peace and mindfulness to deal with the hectic semester with pretty good results :D

I wrote an entry abt my work today this evening, but there was server problem and that entry could not be published or saved. My colleagues have bought me farewell gifts (so fast!), will talk abt it more probably tmr.