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FBA Podcast: Changing Power to Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 30 Nov, 2019 - 14:00

Drawing on Bhante’s paper on the Ten Pillars from 1984, the Dhammapada and the Mind Turning teachings, Dhammadinna talks about the paradigm shift we make in our ethical practice from power mode to love mode, and the renunciation of power and blame through which we enter into experience of forgiveness and ksanti.

This talk is part of the series The Order as Practice: Shifting Paradigms.

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Perfect Imperfection - Subhadramati

From London Buddhist Centre on Sat, 30 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Stories from the White Lotus Sutra.
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Perfect Imperfection - Subhadramati

From London Buddhist Centre on Sat, 30 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Stories from the White Lotus Sutra.
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LIGHTHOUSE IN THE OCEAN OF CHAN - By C.M. Chen. A Review.

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 29 Nov, 2019 - 21:13

LIGHTHOUSE IN THE OCEAN OF CHAN - By C.M. Chen. A Review.

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 29 Nov, 2019 - 21:13

Foreword

    After reading the first draft of this paper Guhyavajra sent me the following comment: “Some years ago I was chatting with Bhante about Mr. Chen’s insight during which he pointed out that once you tuned into his language, of all his teachers he was the clearest exponent of insight.”  

Mr. C.M. Chen’s Lighthouse in the Ocean of Ch’an was first translated from the Chinese by Dr. Fa-Yen Kog many decades before the turn of this century. Since then...
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Celebrating Sangha

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 29 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Our keynote talk from Sangha Day 2019. (Please note that, unfortunately, the latter part of the talk is missing from the recording).
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Celebrating Sangha

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 29 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Our keynote talk from Sangha Day 2019. (Please note that, unfortunately, the latter part of the talk is missing from the recording).
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Dharmabyte: Cultivating A Mind of Faith

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 28 Nov, 2019 - 14:00

Suryagupta shares the story of Shantideva, the monk who gave us the exposition of the Bodhicaryavatara, The Way of the Bodhisattva. Born of his direct experience this text is the basis of our Sevenfold Puja where we ritually evoke the many qualities of the Enlightened mind.

From the talk entitled Rejoicing in Merits given at London Buddhist Centre (2019) during a six-week drop-in seminar exploring the Sevenfold Puja and the Heart Sutra.

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Urgyen Sangharakshita: The Bodhisattva's Reply

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 28 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died last year, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Padmavajra first met him when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. This is the third talk given as part of a very special day at Sheffield Buddhist Centre devoted to the lives of two of the most important and influential Buddhists of modern times: Urgyen Sangharakshita and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar. Padmavajra is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order in the UK.
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Can I Make the World a Better Place? (Subhuti In Conversation with Suryagupta)

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 28 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
A series of personal exchanges with Subhuti about the central issues of life. Subhuti is among the most prominent and experienced of Western Buddhists. He has spent the past forty-odd years practising the Buddha’s teachings and travelling the world helping make it possible for others to do the same. He’s here on his Presidential visit to the London Buddhist Centre, which he was instrumental in founding in 1978.
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Urgyen Sangharakshita: The Bodhisattva's Reply

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 28 Nov, 2019 - 00:00
Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died last year, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Padmavajra first met him when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. This is the third talk given as part of a very special day at Sheffield Buddhist Centre devoted to the lives of two of the most important and influential Buddhists of modern times: Urgyen Sangharakshita and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar. Padmavajra is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order in the UK.
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