Ajahn Brahm Podcast Talk Your Way To Happiness
Aug 3, 2025
Explore how intention shapes communication and enhances relationships. Discover the dangers of seeking validation through spiritual or material achievements. Learn about minimalist living and the true roots of happiness that lie within. Embrace detachment as a path to freedom, illustrated by poignant anecdotes. Understand the power of kind communication, emphasizing compassion over criticism, to foster harmony and reduce stress in our interactions.
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Right Intention and Speech
- The Buddhist Eightfold Path emphasizes right intentions and skillful speech as keys to peace and kindness.
- Speech reflecting compassion cultivates positive thinking and peaceful relationships.
Loud Marital Bickering Joke
- Ajahn Brahm jokes that in marriages, husbands, wives, and neighbors listen during periods of bickering.
- These loud arguments exemplify harmful ways we use speech socially, causing misery.
Letting Go of Ego and Materialism
- Letting go of ego and materialism greatly reduces suffering and attachment in life.
- People often falsely measure success by possessions and spiritual attainments, which leads to problems.
