The second of a brace of talks given as part of ‘The Yogi’s Joy’ Retreat in 2005. Dhammadinna introduces us to the great Tibetan hermit sage and meditator, Milarepa and explores aspects of his life and profound influence on the Buddhist tradition.
The companion talk to this is 'Songs of Milarepa: His Lineage and Mahamudra'.
Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2005.
This is the first in a four-part series by Kulaprabha on Nagarjuna's 'Lines Written to Tara'.
This is the first talk in the series of the same name. It touches on aspects of Sangharakshita's 'system of meditation', and most specifically the area of positive emotion. Parami is an ideal guide for this sort of material, steeped as she is in study and practice engaged with in the light of the 'Bodhichitta', and the Bodhisattva Ideal itself. 
Vidyadevi's brief here is 'study as a way to Wisdom', and she comes to it with a delightfully playful straightforwardness. As a means of exploring the 'Middle Way', she speaks of the various dualities and juxtapositions she has encountered in her own engagement with Dharma study over the years: theory and practice, metaphor and literalism, authority and personal experience, utility and beauty, etc. But she also speaks (and sings! Paul Simon...) of the need for a lightness of heart and of mind at the root of it all...
A thoughtful, sympathetic talk by Srivati on the most delicate of tasks in any life - how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspects of past and present, of memory and expectation, we encounter impermanence as the touchstone of our experience through storytelling (Bahiya of the Bark Garment) and the practice of writing - especially poetry. A lovely set of challenges to become 'citizens of the present' and inhabit properly our own potential for change.
The first of a pair of talks given as part of ‘The Yogi’s Joy’ Retreat in 2005. Dhammadinna introduces us to the great Tibetan hermit sage and meditator, Milarepa and explores aspects of his biography and profound influence on the Buddhist tradition.
More poetry, more Rumi, more listening joy from Vajradarshini. And what a title! In fact, this is another splendid journey around the idea of Enlightenment, using the languages of surrender and discipline from the Sufi context. It’s as heady as a sumptuous wine, but also sobering and down to earth, whether we’re “following a railing in the dark” or "wandering inside the red world”. Drink up!
Anatta: - el no-yo - es un concepto clave en el budismo. En esta charla además de explorar qué es, Vajranatha habla de dos malinterpretaciones comunes y como aplicar anatta en la vida diaria y la práctica de la meditación.
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.