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Dharmabyte: Community Sangha is Vital

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 25 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Going Beyond Duality

How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Jnanavaca shares how the practice of sangha is vital in making spiritual progress.

From the talk What Is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? Given at London Buddhist Centre as part of the series The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala, 2019.
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FBA Podcast: The Power of Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 23 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

The Love of Power

Behind this title we find the first Buddhist ethical precept and Sangharakshita’s distinction between operating in the Love Mode and operating in the Power Mode. A beautiful and engaged talk, responsive to her audience, where Kulanandi draws inspiration from the book The Ten Pillars of Buddhism, by Sangharakshita.

Talk given at Stockholm Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Ordination ceremony - 1987

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 22 Jul, 2022 - 13:21

Ordination ceremony - 1987

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 22 Jul, 2022 - 13:21

1987 Ordination ceremony image from Late Dh. Surangam collection.

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Vietnamese Bhikhuni Visit

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 22 Jul, 2022 - 13:14

Vietnamese Bhikhuni Visit

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 22 Jul, 2022 - 13:14

Vikas from Pune arrange a visit of Vietnamese Bhikhuni to retreat center.

Late evening visit.

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Rijumayi (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 - 15:21

No-one was ‘sugar-coating’ things, or trying to give me priorities I didn’t subscribe to. I think there’s a real framework for transformation in the direction that I was looking for.

Rijumayi’s Annals:

In 1968 I was not yet born.

In 1978 I was not yet born.

In 1988 I was short. Tearing around on a bike, going to primary school, playing sport and generally surviving childhood.

In 1998...

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Dharmabyte: Viewing Each Other with Kindly Eyes

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Culagosingha Sutta

Kalyanavaca shares the story of three monks living in harmony with each other, like milk and water blended together.

From the talk entitled Kalyana Mitra given at London Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Dharmabyte: Contemplating Nature

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Appreciating Natural Beauty We seek happiness, but often we find that our desires and aspirations are in conflict. Sangharakshita implores us to appreciate nature for her own sake.

From the talk Nature, Man, and Enlightenment, part of the series Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light, 1976.

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FBA Podcast: We Live in a Beautiful World

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 16 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Buddhism and Nature

Vajragupta explores the Buddhist attitude to nature. We live in a time of threat to the ecosystem. How can human beings live with more love and appreciation of the natural world? What does Buddhism have to offer?
Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2011.

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Meditation Mentoring Retreat 2022 - A Video OM

From The Sikkha Project on Fri, 15 Jul, 2022 - 11:11

Meditation Mentoring Retreat 2022 - A Video OM

From The Sikkha Project on Fri, 15 Jul, 2022 - 11:11

Do you want to help improve the quality of meditation teaching in your Buddhist Centre? Our upcoming meditation mentoring retreat will cover three main areas:

Help you deepen your own meditation practice, so that you can teach others.
Help you to become a better meditation teacher.
Help you to more effectively mentor people or befriend people when in dialogue with them one-to-one about their meditation practice.

This retreat will be a hybrid retreat - in Adhisthana in person and with online groups for people who can’t make it...