Tag: Buddhist Symbols

The Symbol of the Wheel of Life (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 - 11:00

Maitreyi’s visit to the Mid Essex Buddhist Centre, talking about communicating through symbols, this time round through the hub of the wheel of life. Excerpted from the talk entitled Communicating Through Symbols: The Hub of the Wheel of Life given at Mid Essex Buddhist Centre, 2020.

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The Symbolism of the Jewel (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 28 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Ratnaghosha looks at the parable of the Jewel in the Garment from the White Lotus Sutra and explores jewel symbolism elsewhere in the Lotus Sutra and in Buddhism more broadly. This talk was given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2024.

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Symbols Speak for Themselves (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 21 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

Vidyasakhi speaks here about the nature of symbols. From the talk entitled Padmasambhava and the Naga King, given on Padmasambhava Day at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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A Great Healing Balm (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 11:02

The Divine Healer, identifiable in Egyptian and Greek myths, also appears in the White Lotus Sutra as both the Medicine Buddha and the Good Physician, in the parable of that name, who leaves his sons to cure themselves. Excerpted from the talk The Archetype of the Divine Healer by Sangharakshita, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra, 1971.

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