Buddhist Society of Western Australia shares guided meditation with Ajahn Brahmali

A one-hour meditation class from the Buddhist Society of Western Australia leaned away from performance and toward ease, with Ajahn Brahmali teaching listeners to be with the breath rather than chase it. The June 6 session was framed as intermediate to advanced work, a clear signal that BSWA was speaking to meditators who want refinement, not another beginner script.

What set the teaching apart was its practical tone. Alongside breath awareness, Ajahn Brahmali offered techniques to bring up gladness in the mind, a detail that moves the session beyond attention training alone. For practitioners who have grown tired of forced concentration or the polished sameness of generic guided meditations, that emphasis matters. The session treated meditation as a way to shape the quality of mind, not just to log minutes on the cushion.

BSWA also made the audio easy to revisit. Listeners could download it by clicking the track title, which opened the recording in Podbean, giving the class a second life after the original session. That replayable format fits a teaching that is built on nuance rather than novelty, especially for meditators who may want to hear the instructions more than once and return to the same breath-and-gladness framework at their own pace.

The recording sits within a broader teaching base at Dhammaloka City Centre in Nollamara, BSWA’s main teaching and administrative centre, about 15 minutes from Perth CBD. The centre hosts regular Dharma teachings and meditation classes and houses what BSWA describes as Western Australia’s largest Buddhist library. BSWA also identifies itself as a Buddhist non-profit association serving a local and global community irrespective of age, colour, creed or sexual orientation.

Ajahn Brahmali’s role in that landscape is well established. BSWA describes him as a senior teacher whose clear and thoughtful talks make the Buddha’s teachings accessible, and says he is renowned for his knowledge of the Pali language and his scholarship on the Vinaya. The June 2026 meditation was not an isolated upload either. BSWA previously published a guided breath meditation from Ajahn Brahmali in 2015 and 2016, and another guided meditation entry from him on March 15, 2025.

BSWA marked its 50th anniversary in 2023, and that long institutional history shows in the way this session was presented. For meditators who want less pressure and more precision, the practical takeaway is simple: use the recording, settle with the breath, and let gladness do some of the work.