About this episode

Ajahn Brahm discusses the importance of investigation in Buddhism and the value of personal experience through meditation retreats.

The ability to investigate is an integral part of Buddhism as it allows one to ask questions and dig deep to find the truth. Along with questioning, it is also important to gain personal experience through things like meditation retreats. Through experience and investigation, one can gain a deeper understanding of life and its workings. However, this opportunity to investigate and experience is not often available in everyday life, making places like retreat centers valuable for this purpose.- Ajahn Brahm explains what it means to investigate and why Buddhists do it. — This dhamma talk was originally recorded in 19th December 2008. It has now been remastered and published by the Everyday Dhamma Network, and will be of interest to his many fans. These talks by Ajahn Brahm have been recorded and made available for free distribution by the Buddhist Society of Western Australia under the Creative Commons licence. You can support the Buddhist Society of Western Australia by pledging your support via their Ko-fi page.

People in this episode

Host: Ajahn Brahm

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• investigation
• meditation
• personal experience
• retreat centers

Keywords

• Buddhism
• investigation
• meditation
• retreat
• truth
• Ajahn Brahm

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Everyday Dhamma Network, Buddhist Society of Western Australia

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