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FBA Podcast: Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 6 Jul, 2019 - 14:00

Here is a talk by Punyamala on Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche, (1910-1991) one of Sangharakshita’s main eight teachers. Forced to flee Tibet in 1959, Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche was an accomplished meditation teacher, scholar and holder of the Nyingma lineage, the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism. Punyamala offers a brief history of his life, his connection with Sangharakshita and a set of reflections on his teachings.

Talk given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 29th August 2006, as part of...
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Stories of Awakening - Enlightenment

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 5 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
Continuing the series at the Sub35s night, Ratnaghosha evokes the Buddha's Enlightenment. The Buddha was a human being who by his own efforts discovered the path towards Enlightenment and was able to communicate this path for others to follow. His life is full of stories that that are of relevance for those of us today who wish to follow the path towards Enlightenment.
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The Bhaddali Sutta

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 5 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
Saddharaja relates how Bhaddhali doesn’t want to do what the Buddha requests and gets a dressing down for his stubbornness. He also gets some interesting teachings about giving feedback to others.
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The Bhaddali Sutta

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 5 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
Saddharaja relates how Bhaddhali doesn’t want to do what the Buddha requests and gets a dressing down for his stubbornness. He also gets some interesting teachings about giving feedback to others.
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Free Buddhist Audio

Stories of Awakening - Enlightenment

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 5 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
Continuing the series at the Sub35s night, Ratnaghosha evokes the Buddha's Enlightenment. The Buddha was a human being who by his own efforts discovered the path towards Enlightenment and was able to communicate this path for others to follow. His life is full of stories that that are of relevance for those of us today who wish to follow the path towards Enlightenment.
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Vimalamati

Order Metta - July 2019

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 18:00

Order Metta - July 2019

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 18:00

A Wave of Metta Around the Globe:
First Sunday of the month Order Metta 8 a.m. (local time)
Sunday 7th July 2019

‘If …you practise realising the good qualities of other people, there will come a feeling of great compassion for all sentient life. In this connection you will have vision and recollection of your parents, your close kinsmen, your intimate friends, and your hearts will be filled with inexpressible joy and gratitude.

Then there will...
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Dharmabyte: Jagdish Kashyap

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 14:00

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte we meet Jagdish Kashyap, Sangharakshita’s first teacher, the Theravadin scholar/monk with whom he lived and studied Pali, logic and Buddhist philosophy at Benares. After higher ordination, on the advice of Jagdish Kashyap, Sangaharakshita moved to the Himalayan border town of Kalimpong, to work for the good of Buddhism.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Jagdish Kashyap by Vadanya at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre (15th...
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Update on Ujuka's Health

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 09:56

Update on Ujuka's Health

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 09:56

Dear Order Members,

Dharmacharini Ujuka has asked us to let the Order know she is in palliative care at home with heart failure.

At present Ujuka is able to spend time with sangha and family and has periods of her usual warm friendliness, and bright, joyful mental states.

Recently she had an experience at night when alone, that seemed to bring her near to death and gave her even more confidence in the positive spiritual practice of dying. She well expresses the wholesome and skilful quantities...
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From Spiritual Building to Spiritual Farming

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
A talk from the Buddha Day celebrations at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 19th May 2019. Amaradaya explores the idea of tathagatagarbha, the ever present possibility of Enlightenment, and having confidence in our own nature that naturally wants to grow in the direction of Enlightenment.
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From Spiritual Building to Spiritual Farming

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
A talk from the Buddha Day celebrations at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 19th May 2019. Amaradaya explores the idea of tathagatagarbha, the ever present possibility of Enlightenment, and having confidence in our own nature that naturally wants to grow in the direction of Enlightenment.
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