Shantigarbha is back with a two-part course for Buddhists & eco-activists concerned about the climate emergency, wishing to ground their work in a spiritual context.
Part 1: Introduction to the Burning House
Dates: 12, 19, 26 May; (skip 2 June for UK Bank Holiday); 9 June, 2022.
Sessions (2 hrs 15 mins, with break): USAPST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USAEST 14:00 | IE&UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | India: 23:30...
The American poet and educator Tracy K. Smith has published four collections of poetry. Her 2011 collection Life on Mars won the Pulitzer Prize. Tracy served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was published in 2015. She was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2021, the same year that Such Color: New and Selected Poems was published.
led by Maitreyabandhu & Jnanavaca 4th March | 7-8:30pm GMT, 8-9:30pm CET, 6-7:30am AEDT
‘Near death experiences have previously been considered unworthy of science but, now that these experiences are being seriously acknowledged and are a valid area for scientific study, it seems that we are on the threshold of expanding our current knowledge about the meaning of life and death.’
Tre föredrag om puja, vördnad och ritual, och dess plats i den buddhistiska praktiken. Varför finns detta inslag i buddhismen och hur kan det rent praktiskt gå till?
Inspelningar från en stadsretreat över en helg i februari 2022.
Dharmashalin gave this talk in February 2022 at Padmaloka during the Great Gathering, themed 'Energy and the Symbolism of the Stupa'. In this talk, he explores the stupa, the different elements (earth, water, air, fire and space) and how we can work with them in our Dharma life. Dharmashalin gives several useful, funny and down-to-earth examples to help us pick the low hanging fruits in the spiritual life.
Saddhanandi says at the beginning of this talk that she’s concerned she won’t fully convey the depth of inspiration she feels about her theme, that of Tsongkhapa’s short text “The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - she shouldn’t have worried, she does it full justice.
