The Last Obstacles to Jhana (MN 128)- Sutta teaching, Retreat Day 5 | Ajahn Brahm | 25 June 2025

Ajahn Brahm & Venerable Canda: "Finding Freedom" 6-day online retreat 21st-26th June 2025

Ajahn Brahm teaches a sutta class on the Upakkilesa Sutta (MN 128) regarding the obstacles that can arise in the last stages before entering deep meditation (jhana). [0:00] Sutta reading [21:26] Doubt [26:00] Fear [31:05] Elation and longing [36:27] Simplicity [43:33] The still forest pool [53:55] Inertia and resistance [55:32] Are nimittas supernatural states? Sutta reference: MN 128: Upakkilesa Sutta https://suttacentral.net/mn128/en/suj... ✨️Here at Anukampa Grove we are currently inviting donations for building our first huts for nuns and an outdoor office that is secluded from the main building, to offer meditators more solitude and peace. Your help is ESPECIALLY appreciated at this exciting time: https://www.anukampaproject.org/donate ✨️Standing orders are also always appreciated, to help with renovations, maintenance and bills. ✨️

ABOUT US: Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project is a charity that aims to spread the Buddha's teachings and give women the opportunity to train toward full bhikkhuni ordination for the very first time in the UK. Over the years we have developed a diverse and dedicated spiritual community around these aims and recently found a property! Anukampa Grove Bhikkhuni Monastery, in Boar's Hill, Oxford, is surrounded by peaceful woodland. We moved there only on March 22nd, 2024. In this exciting phase we welcome your support to enable us to cover the significant running costs, make essential renovations and adaptations to the property, and welcome visitors and aspiring monastic trainees as soon as we can! Donations of any amount are very gratefully received, either as one-off gifts or standing orders. UK tax payers can claim gift aid, increasing your donation by 25%. International bank transfers can be made via Wise. Please visit https://www.anukampaproject.org/donate or write to [email protected] for further information.