Vimalasara makes no compromises in her challenging talk on the fifth precept. She advocates that it continue to be included in the Ten Precepts taken during ordination, and argues that this precept is not just about the alcoholic letting go of alcohol. She believes when we take on this precept we are vowing to abstain from all intoxicants - which means having the occasional glass of wine, beer or joint is not truly taking it seriously.

Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2013

This talk has been given at the beginning of the Winter Retreat 2013. It is the third of three talks given by Padmavajra on The Stages of the Path.

Talk 3: Spiritual Death-Spiritual Rebirth - exploring Sangharakshita's poem 'Advent'; the contemplation of impermanence, death and our lack of any 'self-lordship' - Lahiji's vision of 'the black light'; bewilderment; becoming reborn in the Bodhisattva.