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FBA Podcast: Conflict and Crisis

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

Suryagupta explores crisis and conflict in the life of the Buddha and what we can learn when responding to conflict in our own lives.

Talk given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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The Mystery of Sri Singha and the Beauty of Padmasambhava

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 00:00

In this short talk given during the Young Men's Weekend retreat at Padmaloka, Padmabhasa shares a bit about his first encounters with Padmasambhava. We'll hear about the mysterious treasure of Sri Singha, Padmasambhava's subjugation of the Gods of Tibet, as well as some practical advice that Padmabhasa was given by his own teachers on what we can do to reveal a deeper beauty of life.

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Padmasambhava: The Lightning Guru of Energy

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 00:00

In this short talk given during the Young Men's Weekend retreat at Padmaloka, Khemabandhu shares some experiences of his personal encounters with Guru Padmasambhava, the effects that those had on his life, as well some reflections on Bhante Sangharakshita's teaching on energy.

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Bristol Women's Mitra Convenor

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 09:56

Bristol Women's Mitra Convenor

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 09:56

The Bristol Buddhist Centre is looking for a Women’s Mitra Convenor. We have 65 women mitras, 37 of whom have asked for ordination. It is a lively and engaged mitra sangha, with an increasing number of young women involved.

There are 17 Dharmacharinis in and around the Bristol Centre, 9 of whom are actively involved in a women’s mitra convening kula. You would work within that kula. You would also be part of a supportive and effective Heart Kula, which is the...

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Free Buddhist Audio: Highlights from 2021

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

Free Buddhist Audio: Highlights from 2021

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

In 2021 Free Buddhist Audio turned 15! Since December 2006 we have been making recordings of high quality, full-length Dharma talks freely available, so that all may access the Dharma.

But of course, Free Buddhist wouldn’t be here without the regular support of individuals like you.

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On Free Buddhist Audio not only will you find the entirety of Sangharakshita’s recorded body of teachings, but also the best of...

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Padmasambhava the Mysterious, the Wonderful, the Inspiring

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 00:00

In this introduction to Padmasambhava Vidyadaka guides us through the symbolism of Padmasambhava's appearance on a lotus, in the centre of Lake Dhanakosa. We hear about the qualities of the lake, the land of Uddiyana, King Indrabhuti's plight and uncover their deeper meanings and relevance to our own life. Vidyadaka also describes Padmasambhava, his own initial discovery of him and Bhante's first glimpse of the Great Guru in Darjeeling.

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Death of Vijayamuni

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 10:38

Death of Vijayamuni

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 10:38

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our sangha brother Dharmachari Vijayamuni breathed his final breath at 7.30pm yesterday, a couple of hours after arriving at the Mercy Hospice, in Auckland.

Susannah, his dear sister, and Sanghamuni, his dear friend, were sitting under a tree in the hospice grounds, while Vijayamuni was having his (final) ablutions. A nurse approached them and asked them to return to be with Vijayamuni.

The nurse left the room respectfully after he’d taken his last breath. Sanghamuni played the Amitabha mantra chanted by women at...

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Dharmabyte: Happiness and Joy: Mudita

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. Here Sangharakshita talks about how joy and happiness are characteristic Buddhist emotions that we seem to be missing out on. Mudita, the happiness we feel in other people’s good fortune, can be cultivated through practice.

From the talk entitled Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life: Right Resolve, outlining the positive emotions emphasized in Buddhism. Talk given in 1968...

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Anapanasati: the breath of freedom

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 3 Jan, 2022 - 14:34

Anapanasati: the breath of freedom

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 3 Jan, 2022 - 14:34

Want to transform your meditation practice this year? Why not go back to where it all began, with the Anapanasati? In this blog post about her upcoming retreat at Taraloka, Bodhilila illuminates the power and tenderness of the breath, and shares how building an embodied relationship with it can change our lives.

The breath works on lots of different levels. There’s a very physical experience of breathing and all these sort of archetypal, symbolic, metaphorical ways you can experience the...

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Dharmabyte: Altruistic Joy

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 3 Jan, 2022 - 01:00

If our metta is strong enough, it will become mudita, altruistic joy for others. Concise and essential, Satyaraja draws out practical and profound aspects of the four Brahmaviharas, considering them as both meditation practices and as realms that we can occupy.

From the talk entitled Mudita, part of the series Brahmaviharas and the Awakening of the Bodhi Mind, Padmaloka Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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