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The Green Buddha and the Green Man

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Wed, 25 Jul, 2018 - 00:00
In this talk Sahajatara gives a wonderfully lively account of her spiritual Journey from Paganism towards Buddhism. She explores the interconnectedness of all beings using poetry and the four factors of Enlightenment. We reflect on emptiness using a rainbow model and hear how Sahajatara connected with Green Tara. We then rejoice in Green Tara using the sevenfold Puja. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2018 as part of our regular Saturday Morning Sangha class.
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The Green Buddha and the Green Man

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Wed, 25 Jul, 2018 - 00:00
In this talk Sahajatara gives a wonderfully lively account of her spiritual Journey from Paganism towards Buddhism. She explores the interconnectedness of all beings using poetry and the four factors of Enlightenment. We reflect on emptiness using a rainbow model and hear how Sahajatara connected with Green Tara. We then rejoice in Green Tara using the sevenfold Puja. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2018 as part of our regular Saturday Morning Sangha class.
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New talks this year from Padmaloka

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 24 Jul, 2018 - 12:40

New talks this year from Padmaloka

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 24 Jul, 2018 - 12:40

Ratnaguna, Padmavajra and Subhuti gave new series of talks in 2018

Men’s Open Retreat: “For Heroic Spirits intended”

Ratnaguna gave a series of powerful talks on this retreat in which he explored themes from the Ratnaguna Samcayagatha.

Śraddhāpa also gave a talk about translating the text from Sanskrit into English, a new translation of the text by Śraddhāpa was used on the retreat.

Find them here: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/series/details?ser=X138

Milarepa: Devotion, Lineage and Discipleship

In May we held our annual five day retreat, this time on the theme...

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Dharmabyte: Tethered to Fiction

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 12:24

This FBA Dharmabyte podcast is called ‘Tethered to Fiction’ by Arthabandhu.

Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of life with honesty and courage and seeing what we can learn from them. By opening up to new experiences life becomes more vivid and enjoyable - if we can just face the fear.

From the talk, ‘The Sea As Spiritual Death’, given at...

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Dharmabyte: A Network of Relationships

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 12:19

This FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called ‘A Network of Relationships’ by Abhayanandi.

The Buddha famously said that fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. Is that really true?! Abhayanandi has been following this teaching notably by living in a residential Buddhist community and working in a team-based right-livelihood business. Hear her inspirational and hard-won reflections on Living Sangha.

From the talk entitled “Living Sangha.

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Dharmabyte: The Complete Embodiment of Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 12:13

This FBA Dharmabyte podcast is called ‘The Complete Embodiment of Love’ by Subhadramati.

We can see how the Buddha is the embodiment of love in the stories of the Pali Canon. He is completely responsive in an appropriate way to the situation and people at hand.

From the talk entitled, ‘Who is the Buddha’, given on the LBC Winter Retreat, 2015.

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Dharmabyte: Anatomy of the Breath

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 12:05

In this Dharmabyte podcast, ‘Anatomy of the Breath’, Padmadarshini gives us a really good working context to help our meditation practice.

Best to lie down comfortably as you listen to her description of the anatomical and physiological processes involved in breathing. She’s a yoga teacher as well as a meditation teacher and she draws on both those sets of skills to give this talk. And as you lie there, she’ll help you tune into your own own body with some...

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Dharmabyte: Hear the Call to Give

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 11:47

In this Dharmabyte podcast, ‘Hear the Call to Give’, Vidyamala reminds us of the Buddha’s words that at the very least we can give. Our Bodhisattva journey, giving is the first paramita, the first training, because it is the complete opposite of grasping. Anyone can have a moment of open-handedness!

Excerpt from the talk ‘From Pinball Machine to River’, a talk given on the Manchester Buddhist Centre Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana on 21 May 2016.

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Dharmabyte: Inspiring Confidence

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 11:41

This Dharmabyte podcast is entitled ‘Inspiring Confidence’, an excerpt from the talk entitled ‘Sanghakaya and the Heart’s Release’ about the Sangha Jewel and its place in the spiritual life, given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Triratna Night, 14 December 2015.

Maitreyi says, “I had something of an epiphany on first hearing the term Sanghakaya in a talk by Subhuti in India. It seemed to give expression to a whole direction and momentum of my life and practice,...

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Introduction, Invitation & Kit

From Buddhist Voices on Mon, 23 Jul, 2018 - 11:35

Although we now have the first ‘Fifty Voices’ in the can and they’ll be appearing here in due course, they’re just a start in terms of the bigger vision of the project.  The editorial board (Lokeshvara, Nagabodhi and Vidyamala), Candradasa and I are all keen that as many voices of Order Members as possible are recorded while we still can.  One original suggestion for the project included recording the ‘first 50’ OMs - but on balance we decided to go...

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