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The Roots of Faith (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 4 Jan, 2025 - 11:00

Saccanama explores the pre-Buddhist responses to goodness, truth and beauty that are the roots of faith; Jung’s 4 factors of consciousness; ‘faith is innate, doubt acquired’. Recorded at the Swedish Summer Retreat at Dharmagiri as part of the series ‘To Place the Heart Upon’ - Exploring Faith in Buddhism, 2019.

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Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Wed, 1 Jan, 2025 - 12:11

Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Wed, 1 Jan, 2025 - 12:11

Dear fellow Order members,

I entreat you, O Buddha Shakyamuni, revealer of the Dharma,
And you, Urgyen Sangharakshita, who have given me the gift of the Dharma,
Please witness my Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,
And grant me your blessings.

I am happy to write to you all at the start of the Birth Centenary Year of our precious teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. Many of you will be familiar...
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The Perfect Vision of the Buddha

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 4 Jan, 2025 - 00:00
Referencing the cosmic vision of the Buddha in the first chapter of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Vidyadaka gives attention to the vital importance of vision in the dharma life and outlines the difference between mundane vision, envisagement and the Perfect Vision of the Buddha. The talk ends with descriptions of some of Bhante's visions and the key visions in the Buddhist tradition.
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Bodies, Beings and Place In the Vimalakirti Nirdesa

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 4 Jan, 2025 - 00:00
In this talk, given at the start of the annual Padmaloka winter retreat, Padmavajra explores Vimalakirti's famous 'homily on the body', urging us not to rely on our fragile body, but instead aspire to the creation of the Body of the Tathagatha. Then, Padmavajra speaks on Vimalakirti's well known teaching on the 'sickness of Bodhisattvas' and that for a Bodhisattva the world "consists only of living beings". Finally, Padmavajra tells us about the Devi that lives in Vimalakirti's house and what she tells us about the wonders of that house.
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An Intuition In Us (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 3 Jan, 2025 - 13:01

Vajradevi explores aspects of faith, including faith and receptivity, the relationship of confidence and doubt in our own practice. She goes on to look at how ‘faith is wisdom, but not fully realised.’ Excerpted from the talk entitled Exploring the Faculty of Faith, part of the series Pathways to the Beautiful Mind given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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The Deepest Part of Ourselves (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 3 Jan, 2025 - 12:02

The jewel in Buddhism represents the deepest nature of our being. Punyamala explores the symbol of the jewel in the lotus as evoked in the White Lotus Sutra. Excerpted from the talk entitled Jewel In the Lotus given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2007.

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Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Wed, 1 Jan, 2025 - 12:11

Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Wed, 1 Jan, 2025 - 12:11

Dear fellow Order members,

I entreat you, O Buddha Shakyamuni, revealer of the Dharma,
And you, Urgyen Sangharakshita, who have given me the gift of the Dharma,
Please witness my Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,
And grant me your blessings.

I am happy to write to you all at the start of the Birth Centenary Year of our precious teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. Many of you will be familiar...
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Forthcoming Ordinations

From Order Connection on Mon, 30 Dec, 2024 - 16:22

Forthcoming Ordinations

From Order Connection on Mon, 30 Dec, 2024 - 16:22

Dear Friends,

We are delighted that the following men will be ordained on a retreat held at Chintamani in Mexico between 30th December and 5th January:

Abelardo Mancinas (Sonora, Mexico)
Adolfo Echeverría (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Jorge Carmona (Mexico City)
Raul Chimil (Mexico City)
Eduardo Cifuentes (Mexico City)
Claudio Herrera (Cuernavaca, Mexico)

The Public Ordination Ceremony will take place on 5th January at 12pm, local time, and will be live...
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The Symbolism of the Jewel (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 28 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Ratnaghosha looks at the parable of the Jewel in the Garment from the White Lotus Sutra and explores jewel symbolism elsewhere in the Lotus Sutra and in Buddhism more broadly. This talk was given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2024.

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The Parable of the Rain Cloud (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Just as plants need soil, warmth, light, and rain to grow, so humans need health and leisure, spiritual friendship, intellectual clarity, and the ‘Rain of the Dharma’. Sangharakshita draws out the White Lotus Sutra’s ‘Parable of the Rain Cloud’, in a talk entitled The Rain of the Dharma given in the USA, 1993.

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