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The Third Order of Consciousness (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 - 11:00

Communication with another can be a wonderfully connecting and liberating experience or it can destroy us. Recognising the mystery and interconnectedness of all things we find the uncanny ability to communicate meaningfully. Mindfulness, courage and renunciation are essential. Saraha invites us all, with practical steps, to notice and live freedom in Shunyata, connection in aloneness and the mutual co-arising of each other. Better than 1000 meaningless words is one word on hearing which makes the heart become...

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Ordinations at Anand Buddha Vihara

From Order Connection on Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 - 15:44

Ordinations at Anand Buddha Vihara

From Order Connection on Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 - 15:44

We are delighted to announce the public ordinations of the following men at Anand Buddha Vihara, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh, on 13th April 2025.

Public preceptor: Amoghasiddhi

Jagdish Kumar becomes “Śīlanāyaka”
Registered name: Silanayaka
Meaning: “He who is a guide in ethical conduct”
Private Preceptor: Ratnasiddhi

Bhim Singh becomes “Lalitacandra”
Meaning: “Charming Moon”
Private Preceptor: Jnanaratna

Omdutta Singh becomes “Akṣobhyamuni”
Registered name: Aksobhyamuni
Meaning:...

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Colour is Everywhere (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 - 11:00

Colour has an important place in Buddhism, for example as a way to express different aspects of the Enlightened mind in the Five Jinas. This symbolism can open the imagination to new depths of understanding. As an artist and former art teacher, Ahimsaka has studied colour extensively and helped us explore the deeper significance of colour in Buddhist practice. Excerpt from the talk entitled Tantric Path - The Symbolism of Colour given at ...

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A Lake of Lotuses

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 - 00:00

NOTE: There was a technical issue with the recording so there is a large chunk of the talk missing. The White Lotus Sutra - nothing to do with the TV series! - is perhaps the most influential of all Mahayana Buddhist texts. Sangharakshita has described it as the closest thing to a Buddhist Bible - because of its importance, although in every other way it is nothing like the Christian Bible. In this series we will be exploring its profound teachings, presented through a combination of poetry, drama, parables and what can seem like cosmic science fiction, and the way these have the potential to free us to take our practice of the Dharma to a new level.

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Avalokitesvara - Yogic Compassion

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 - 00:00

This week, Parami explores the four-armed form of the archetypal bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokitesvara. Given as part of GBC's 2025 Mandala Night series on the Bodhisattva Ideal.

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Prajnaparamita - Clear Vision and Compassion

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Tue, 22 Apr, 2025 - 00:00

This week, Parami takes us through the sixth and final paramita within the establishment aspect of the relative Bodhicitta; Prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom). Given as part of GBC's 2025 Mandala Night series on the Bodhisattva Ideal.

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Babasaheb Jayanti -14th April 2025

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 - 08:33

Babasaheb Jayanti -14th April 2025

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 - 08:33

Babasaheb Jayanti celebrated program at Dewale village led by Aryasambhava and Sathish Moon.

Similarly had small Puja in Main Shrine.

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With Loyalty to My Teachers (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 19 Apr, 2025 - 11:00

Satyaraja begins the series of talks on the four acceptance verses with an inspiring, careful, and systematic exploration of the verse ‘With Loyalty to my Teachers, I Accept this Ordination’. He investigates the centrality of the relationship with Bhante Sangharakshita, our own preceptors and the world and culture which we join at the sacred moment of ordination. This talk was given as part of the series What is the Order? Given at ...

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Meaningful Work (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 - 11:04

Pasannamati gives a Sangha night talk exploring Perfect Livelihood. How can our livelihood and our networks be a doorway to leading our lives in a way in which our eyes can be wide open rather than our eyes being wide shut? Excerpted from the talk Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy…reflections of Livelihood and the Networks That Sustain Us given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2021.

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