Subhuti gives a concise and inspiring account of the Honeyball sutta. Starting with some background to his work in Hungary amongst the oppressed Gypsies there, he presents the Buddha's understanding on the basis for civil, in fact all kinds of, strife.
The Buddha's analysis takes the form of a nidana chain beginning with actual experience, that when we begin to proliferate or move away from facts to interpretations inevitably leads us into a secondary reality which easily leads to conflict with others, who have different versions of reality.
A brilliant talk, covering ground rapidly but concisely bringing together the Buddha's wisdom both in terms of transforming society and how we work within meditation, in fact we need to employ the same tools in both situations.
The second of two talks that Ratnaguna gave during a 12-day visit to Stockholm, in April 2010. He begins with a personal story and goes on to describe and explore the levels of happiness on the Buddhist Path, with the 12 positive nidanas as a frame work. A very engaging and rewarding talk.
At a mens evening held at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre Subhuti spoke about the potential, and need, for the Dhamma to transform the world.
This is the second of four talks exploring Vasubandhu's Four Factors. In his treatise Generating Bodhi Resolve, Vasubandhu describes them as able to generate the resolve to cultivate and accumulate the bases for the Arising of the Bodhicitta. You can find out more about them in Sangharakshita's books The Meaning of Conversion in Buddhism and The Bodhisattva Ideal.