To plunge ourselves into the crucial citation takes tremendous courage. Sangharakshita asks:
Are we ready to face our own death, and the total transformation it symbolizes? From the talk The Symbolism of the Cremation Ground and the Celestial Maidens part of the series Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment, 1971.
It is with great delight that we can now appoint Dharmachari Saraha as an International Order Convenor.
The process of selection was outlined in the February Shabda and the Order Connections online space and once we had proposed Saraha we gave a six week consultation period. (You can re-read the post on Order connection here).
We are happy to say that the consultation period is now over. Thank you to the many Order members who...
Radical transformation is possible if we allow Padmasambhava and all that he symbolizes to touch our lives. Ratnaghosha encourages us to face our demons, find our cremation grounds, and free up our energies.
From the talk Demons For Every Occasion given at the Padmasambhava Day festival at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2013.
Vajratara offers a provocative, fully engaged and fully engaging take on the Dharma and the challenges that face us on the Path. We approach the great figure of Padmasambhava - the ‘Second Buddha’ - through his famous meeting with the King of Tibet. There’s plenty to consider in this thoughtful interpretation of the central story - with lots of light relief too, as the Refuges are explored with walk-ons from Nirvana (the band!), Samuel Johnson,...
For almost its whole history, Buddhism has presented teachings not just about the human mind, but about the whole cosmos. In this talk (the second in a series of three), Viryadeva attempts to show why an understanding of traditional Buddhist cosmology is key to an understanding of the Buddha's teachings. He also shows how it has direct, practical relevance to urgent contemporary problems.
