Following the theme of channeling our strong emotions into energy that can be used in our spiritual practice, Paranita will be exploring how we can direct the feeling of falling in love with another person towards cultivating deeper spiritual ideals and falling in love with those.
Free up your energies! Enter a world of colour and magic! Our essential original nature is vajra - pure - the nature of freedom. But how can we access this in direct experience? This is what Tantric Buddhism is all about – touching direct experience of what we most deeply are, through symbol and myth, ritual and mantra. Come and explore the Five Buddha Mandala, great guru Padmasambhava, Dakinis, Cremation Grounds and more….
We are writing to you to let you know that a review of the process that led to Ratnapani’s expulsion is now underway. The review will be conducted by a team of four Order members.
The team are:
Danajoti (who has a background in trade union advocacy),
Padmajata (who is a private preceptor, and a retired forensic social worker with experience in safeguarding adults with mental illness),
Priyavajra (who is a private preceptor, an ex-teacher, and a Samaritans volunteer), and
Vajrasiddhi (who is a private preceptor, a retired firefighter,...
We are about to finish a series on the Eight Verses of Mind Training. Sanghadeva and Sona have led us through these challenging verses, which will conclude this evening.
Bodhinaga explores the myth of Padmasambhava arriving in Tibet, at the invitation of the King, to establish the Dharma at Samye. When he meets the King of Tibet, Padmasambhava refuses to bow. Then he transforms the demons of Tibet, getting them to help rather than oppose the construction of Samye Monastery. Bodhinaga asks us: What do we serve in our life? What are our inner demons? And how can we use their energy for the Dharma? From...
Vishvapani explores the dynamic vision of Urgyen Sangharakshita in setting up a new Buddhist movement in the West, and asks how we might relate to him now. His central reference point in this provocative and moving talk is the Padmasambhava Abisheka - the initiation received by Sangharakshita in Kalimpong, India, in 1962 from the great Tibetan Lama, Kachu Rimpoche. The energy emanating from a simple shrine room–location of that significant meeting in Sangharakshita’s life–reverberates through everything that came...
