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Vimalasara makes no compromises in her challenging talk on the fifth precept. She advocates that it continue to be included in the Ten Precepts taken during ordination, and argues that this precept is not just about the alcoholic letting go of alcohol. She believes when we take on this precept we are vowing to abstain from all intoxicants - which means having the occasional glass of wine, beer or joint is not truly taking it seriously.

Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2013

This talk has been given at the beginning of the Winter Retreat 2013. It is the third of three talks given by Padmavajra on The Stages of the Path.

Talk 3: Spiritual Death-Spiritual Rebirth - exploring Sangharakshita's poem 'Advent'; the contemplation of impermanence, death and our lack of any 'self-lordship' - Lahiji's vision of 'the black light'; bewilderment; becoming reborn in the Bodhisattva.

This talk has been given at the beginning of the Winter Retreat 2013. It is the first of three talks given by Padmavajra on The Stages of the Path.

Talk 1: Vigilance, Mindfulness and Awareness - The Buddha's Last Words and an exploration of Sangharakshita's Four Dimensions of Awareness

In this series of three talks, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita's particular presentation of the Dharma.

Once we stop clinging onto our misinterpretations of consciousness, it unfolds quite naturally, leading in the direction of complete liberation.

In this series of three talks, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita's particular presentation of the Dharma.