Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes: An Unfamiliar Landscape

By Centre Team on Mon, 18 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Mahamani  shares some experiences around guilt, faith, losing the way and finding it. From the personal talk entitled The Way to the Top of the Hill from ‘The Way to the Beyond’ Womens AOWE held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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FBA Podcast: The Jataka Stories

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

In an excellent and thorough introduction to the Jataka tales, Akashadevi explains the value of stories of the Buddha’s past lives and how they originated. She tells the stories of the Hare in the Moon and the Monkey King. This talk was given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Dharmabytes: Friend to Friend

By Centre Team on Thu, 14 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Ratnaprabha tells the story of Meghiya, his frustrating attempt to meditate, and the advice the Buddha gives him on the necessity of mentorship, or kalyana mitrata. From the talk Meghiya, Meditation and Mentorship given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Sheffield Buddhist Centre
Sheffield Buddhist Centre

How I Work In Meditation - 3 Personal Talks

By Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 14 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
As we continue our current series and following on from last week's evening when we directly explored and practised planting and nurturing seeds of metta. Tonight we will hear from Jenny, Tee and Karmajit about how they cultivate kindness and awareness in relation to whatever arises in their experience with the metta bhavana practice.
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

The Meghiya Sutta

By Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 13 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
An insightful exploration of the Meghiya Sutta from the Pali Canon on Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre. Delivered with a blend of depth, humour and personal reflection, Akashamitra dives into the profound teachings of the sutta, offering us a chance to engage with its wisdom in a way relevant for our lives.
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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes: Longing to Illuminate Truth

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Vishangka explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk Blending like Milk and Water: Sangha In the Buddha’s Time given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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FBA Podcast: Kasyapa and the Flower

By Centre Team on Sat, 9 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

In a striking and inspiring talk, Paramananda tells the life story of the Buddha’s disciple Kasyapa: the Buddha uniquely said that Kasyapa would have gained enlightenment even without his help. The crescendo is a mysterious transmission when the Buddha held up a lotus and Kasyapa smiled, regarded by Zen Buddhists as the start of their lineage. Paramananda discusses what ‘transmission’ could mean for us. This talk was given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.
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London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

The Wondrous House of the Dharma

By Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 8 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Padmavajra gives a celebratory full moon talk on The Wondrous House of the Dharma. He explores what it means to come together in a Buddhist centre to practice the Dharma and why we need such places in which to practice together. He touches on the importance of learning the Dharma, inspiration, friendship and the 'bodying forth' of the Buddha's teachings in our lives.
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Vajrasana?

By Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 8 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given at Vajrasana Retreat Centre on Buddha Day 2023, Subhuti explores the theme of the Vajrasana. What significance does the place of the Buddha's Enlightenment have for us today? What is its place in Buddhist cosmology? How can we get in touch with the Vajrasana?
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

The Inseparability of Wisdom and Metta

By Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 8 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Join us for this presentation from Vajratara on the inseparability of wisdom and metta. Vajratara was ordained in 2004, and became a private preceptor in 2016. She is currently a member of the women's ordination team at Tiratanaloka, where she's been for over 10 years.