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Days 5 & 6 Gallery - Part 2: Back at the Three Jewels Centre (more sad talks news)

From Community Highlights on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 13:09

Days 5 & 6 Gallery - Part 2: Back at the Three Jewels Centre (more sad talks news)

From Community Highlights on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 13:09
Days of great talks but, alas, some more problems with the PA (crazy distortion) means we can’t bring you Yashosagar’s, at least for now. We will have Paramabandhu’s though, just as soon as ever we can… :)
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Days 5 & 6 Gallery - Part 1: At the Mahabodhi Temple

From Community Highlights on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 12:53

Days 5 & 6 Gallery - Part 1: At the Mahabodhi Temple

From Community Highlights on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 12:53
Days 5 & 6 were pretty full. Here are some shots from the half of one day when the men were doing some reflection at the Mahabodhi Temple (our Dharmacharis alternated venues with our Dharmacharinis for two days of ‘single sex’ conventions)…
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Saddhaloka - Tales From the Pali Canon Around Receptivity

From Community Highlights on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 12:33
Saddhaloka in great form under the Bodhi Tree, setting us up for a morning of reflection on the men’s convention (day 5!) by telling stories from some of the oldest Buddhist sutras. Famous tales like Meghiya meet less well-known ones (the tale of ‘Contradictor’!) and a picture emerges of the Buddha meeting all-comers and finding a way to speak that allowed their hearts to open…

In English with Hindi translation.

Recorded at Bodh Gaya, 28th February 2013

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Spontaneous Universal Compassion

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
This is the last of eight talks in the series 'Evolution and the meaning of life'. To take the next evolutionary step, we need to purify the mind. This talk

continues the exploration of the mind, looking at the possibility of going beyond the individually willed ethical activity of the karma order to the spontaneous play of universal compassion that is the stream of the dharma.
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The Udana - Talk 3 - The Uposatha Day

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
This talk is the third of four talks by Padmavajra on a men's Going for Refuge retreat, December 2012.

Padmavajra explores some of the suttas from The Udana collection of the Pali Canon, referring throughout to Sangharakshita's seminar material.

This talk is organised using the following structure : The meaning of Uposatha; the bhikkhu who refuses to confess and his expulsion from the assembly; the meaning of patimokkha; confession and openess; the Dhamma-Vinaya likened to the great and mighty ocean.
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The Udana - Talk 4 - Men of Attainment

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
This talk is the last of four talks by Padmavajra on a men's Going for Refuge retreat, December 2012. Padmavajra explores some of the suttas from The Udana collection of the Pali Canon, referring throughout to Sangharakshita's seminar material. This talk is organised using the following structure : the Jatilla ascetics; how you can tell whether a man has insight; the story of Yassoja and his noisy disciples; Dabba of the Mallas; Parinibbana
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The Journey and the Guide Wk6

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
The sixth in a series of eight talks given at the LBC's Dharma Night. An eight-week seminar exploring a practical path to Enlightenment using the five stages of spiritual life: integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, rebirth and spiritual receptivity. We'll be dedicating ourselves to day-to-day practice inspired by the Buddha's example.
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The Journey and the Guide Wk7

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
The seventh in a series of eight talks given at the LBC's Dharma Night. An eight-week seminar exploring a practical path to Enlightenment using the five stages of spiritual life: integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, rebirth and spiritual receptivity. We'll be dedicating ourselves to day-to-day practice inspired by the Buddha's example.

This recording is a little different to the others in the series as it includes the linked activities from the first part of the evening.
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The Udana - Talk 2 - Bahiya of the Bark Cloth

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
This talk is the second of four talks by Padmavajra on a men's Going for Refuge retreat, December 2012.

Padmavajra explores some of the suttas from The Udana collection of the Pali Canon, referring throughout to Sangharakshita's seminar material.

This talk is tells the story of Bahiya and continues with a detailed exploration of the different parts of his story.
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The Udana - Talk 1 - The Bliss of Liberation

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
This talk is the first of four talks by Padmavajra on a men's Going for Refuge retreat, December 2012.

Padmavajra explores some of the suttas from The Udana collection of the Pali Canon, referring throughout to Sangharakshita's seminar material.

This talk is organised using the following structure : Introduction to The Udana; The Bodhi suttas; The Bliss of Liberation; the three bases of the Buddha's freedom; the metaphor of the shaman.

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