Sangha night talk, evoking the different ways in which the phoenix can rise from the ashes through the Rite of Destruction. This talk was part of a five talk series on the Tantric Rites.
Sangha night talk, evoking the transformational practice of spiritual friendship and its relationship to the Tantric Rites. This talk was part of a five talk series on the Tantric Rites.
Sangha night talk, evoking the importance spiritual friendship in relation to the Tantric Rite of Prospering. This talk was part of a five talk series on the Tantric Rites.
Sangha night talk exploring the spectrum of superficiality and commitment in relation to the Fetter of Attachment to Religious Observances. This talk was part of a four talk series on The Taste of Freedom.
A fellow Buddhist called Sherab Sengge (also known as Peter Campbell-Kelly), practicing in a Tibetan tradition, offers this video of himself playing a sublime piece of music on solo violin. He describes it as “a musical prayer to the Buddhas for the well-being of all, in this desperately difficult pandemic…“.
To go with the performance he also wrote the following poem:
#Passacaglia
Our songs of sadness touch The dry-deep scars of...
Most of our life strategies are to avoid pain. We can ask ourselves - Do I want to be bound by suffering, or free from suffering? Aryajaya describes the movement towards the Three Jewels as a development of faith and effective Going for Refuge.
