Money makes for wonderful means but terrible ends. If we focus our life on a mere symbol of relative value then we risk alienating ourselves from the very things we seek - love, meaning and rich experience. Could money instead be a road not just to a better world, but to Enlightenment itself? A talk by Amalavajra, an ex-City broker turned fundraiser.

Talk five of the eight-part series entitled The Crazy Wisdom of the Mahasiddhas. The Buddha was the first of the Mahasiddhas, or Great Perfected Ones, and tales from the Pali Canon such as his encounter with Bahiya of the Bark Cloth demonstrate his ability to instantly wake others up to Reality. In the sixth century a new kind of Buddhist practitioner appears, picking up on these aspects of the teachings of the Buddha and opening up a new universe of myth, symbol and imagination.

Talk seven of an eight-part series entitled The Crazy Wisdom of the Mahasiddhas. Buddhism exists in relationship to, and draws from, the cultures it flourishes in. But its approach is entirely unique to other religious traditions. The world of the Mahasiddhas is no different, being a combination of cultural assimilation and critique - a world of Skull Bearers and Goddesses.