An anecdotal and personal exploration of how Non-Violent Direct Action might be used as part of a Buddhist's practice of Social Engagement, introducing among other things the notions of Plunges and Advances as opposed to Retreats! One of a series of talks on the theme of 'A Force for Good in the World', given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival in Somerset, UK

Guhyapati is the founder of EcoDharma, a Triratna retreat centre in the Catalan Pyrenees. He offers a sober analysis of the environmental problems facing humanity and issues a clarion call for action - including from the Buddhist community. Recorded at the 2009 Buddhafield Festival.

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Akuppa explores how someone practising the Dharma might respond if they found themselves in 'Hell and Other Ordinary Places' - including prison and public buses! One of a series of talks on the theme of 'A Force for Good in the World', given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival in Somerset, UK.

This is Candradasa's debut talk at Buddhafield - and one where he passionately expounds his vision behind Free Buddhist Audio and thebuddhistcentre.com - the possibility of a Dharma Community Web Revolution.

One of a series of talks on the theme of 'A Force for Good in the World', given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival in Somerset, UK

On a trip to visit the Hungarian Romany community early in 2010 Subhuti encountered potentially explosive social tensions. In the midst of mass unemployment there has been a rise in Hungarian nationalism, and part of this story has been apportioning blame to the Romany peoples. Arriving just before a planned rally by a nationalist political party, Subhuti found himself looking to the Pali Canon to help his Buddhist friends whom were desperate to avoid violent social disharmony. This talk is a consequence of what he found, and in particular an exegesis of the Madhupindika, or Honey Ball Sutta (MN 18) in which the Buddha asserts and proclaims a path that leads one to not 'quarrel with anyone in the world with its gods, its Maras, its Brahmas, recluses and brahmins, its princes and its people.' (Nanamoli and Bodhi translation, p. 201)