From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 10 Dec, 2013 - 21:31Our December FBA Podcasts and Dharmabytes bring us into the realm of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Our first FBA Dharmabyte is titled “Tara – The Quintessence of Compassion” by Sangharakshita. From a thorough and thought-provoking talk explaining the Bodhisattva Path we are introduced to several Bodhisattvas, and in this excerpt we meet Tara. From the talk “The Bodhisattva Hierarchy” given in 1969. This talk is part of The Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal...
Meditation can be an excellent way to keep a pilot light of steadiness throughout ‘silly season’. There are so many demands of our time and resources over the lead up to Christmas and New Years; the perceived need to buy gifts, make plans for holidays and relative functions, etcetera, etcetera………………
So just being steady, holding a sense of perspective and balance throughout this time when it’s easy to...
An evening of celebration of the progression through the cycles of life. With a short talk, Puja and a bonfire. Please bring veggie food to share. Dana event: donations are very welcome. Please book at the centre for this event as places are limited. 3 Vajras
Dhammamitra Paul making difference in the life of students from disadvantage background by teaching English. It is amazing experience for students to learn English from English teacher. It raises enormous confidence of students to face any interview or situation where they have to speak in English. The students got confidenct to write their own application letters and resume…….
Dhammamitra Paul and Helen from Manchester generously have given their time, energy, skills to sudents of Aryaloka those are staying in communities. During the workshop they covered the plenty of topics how to search job? How to apply for job? how to write a covering letter? and how to make a impressive resume? etc….. Students benefited lot from the workshop and each participant after the completion of...
From Dharma Parlour on Mon, 9 Dec, 2013 - 11:01The latest video talk from the 2013 Buddhafield Festival features Kulamitra and a talk with the paradoxical title ‘Warm our Hearts - Let the Rain Come In!’. Exploring loving-kindness, he emphasises that developing it takes sustained effort at frequent intervals - but this, paradoxically, means spontaneously opening to everything around us as we discover and expand our capacity to love.
The talk was given in the Festival’s Dharma Parlour area on July 18 2013, as...