Tag: Five Buddha Mandala

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Amoghasiddhi & The Call of the Forest (FBA Podcast)

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

Ksantikara delves us deeper into the mandala of the five Buddhas by. evoking the mystery, power and courage of the deep-green Buddha Amoghasiddhi. Ksantikara extols us to be brave enough to encounter the depths of our being. And from the depths to gather the power to act, to move towards enlightenment and set ourselves free. Given at London Buddhist Centre as part of the series The Symbolic World of the Five...

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Amitabha's Infinite Light (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 21 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Padmasagara gives a talk on the Buddha Amitabha, Avalokitesvara and the Bodhisattva vow. He shares three stories, each of them drawing out the boundless radiant love of Amitabha and the inconceivable nature of true compassion. Given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019, as part of the series Faces of Enlightenment.

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Beauty As a Path to Freedom (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 14 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Allow life to flourish in the realm of Ratnasambhava. Garavavati explores the symbols, wisdom and transformational power of the yellow Buddha in the southern realm of the Five Buddha Mandala. This talk was given on London Buddhist Centre’s Winter Retreat, 2022.

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Aspects of Generosity (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 9 Sep, 2024 - 11:59

Here Vessantara explores how the Dharma has been practiced by people following many different lifestyles – from homeless wanderers to kings and queens in their palaces. If there isn’t one ‘Dharma lifestyle’ then what do all these different ways of living have in common, and how can they all be expressions of the Buddha’s teaching? What are the principles underlying them all, and what does all this mean for us in our 21st century world? Excerpted from...

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Facing Change with Wonder (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 5 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Paramabandhu kicks off the 2019 London Buddhist Centre Winter retreat with a talk introducing colourful, symbolic world of the Five Buddha Mandala. After introducing the theme of the five Buddha mandala, Paramabandhu goes on to explore the image and symbolism of Akshobhya - the deep blue Buddha of the eastern realm. In this talk Paramabandhu particularly emphasizes the patience (ksanti) of Akshobhya and how it can help us overcome our own anger. Excerpted from the talk ...

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FBA Podcast: Akasadatesvari and the Centre of the Mandala

By Centre Team on Sat, 15 Jul, 2023 - 11:00

Space, white light and the wisdom of the Dharmadhatu: Maitrivajri explores the qualities of Akasadatesvari. This talk was given on a retreat at Taraloka Retreat Centre on the Mandala of the Five Female Buddhas, 2016.

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Dharmabytes: Another Kind of Context

By Centre Team on Mon, 10 Jul, 2023 - 11:00

Prasadachitta  explores the realms of the mandala of the 5 Buddhas and their connection to the thread of all sorrows. From the talk entitled The Thread of All Sorrows given on a men’s ordination training, San Francisco Buddhist Center 2017.

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FBA Podcast: Vairocana & the Sunlight of the Enlightened Mind

By Centre Team on Sat, 8 Jul, 2023 - 11:00

Suryagupta concludes the five Buddha mandala with a talk on the historical Buddha and on Vairocana. In this talk Suryagupta weaves the story of the historical Buddha with themes from her own life and in doing so encourages us to honour the bigger questions of what it means to be alive. Using the Buddha as her example, Suryagupta invites us to step onto the path… and quest!

This talk was given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2019,...

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Dharmabyte: Vajrasattva as Blue Sky

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 29 Apr, 2021 - 06:00

With a magician-like quality, Jnanavaca introduces us to the pure white Vajrasattva with a talk ranging from Carl Sagan to childhood magic sets, rainbow men in the sky to the moment of death; Jnanavaca offers a vision of reality that transcends time and space.

From the talk Vajrasattva, Time, Space & Rainbows, part of the series The Symbolic World of the Five Buddha Mandala given at London Buddhist Centre’s Winter Retreat 2019.

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FBA Podcast: The Gap and the Buddha Mandala

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 24 Apr, 2021 - 06:00

Bhadra offers this insightful and thorough exploration of the Five Buddha Mandala through the lens of the gap between feeling and craving. Here we are able to transform the mental poisons (illustrated by the six realms) into the Wisdom of the each of the Five Buddhas.

Talk given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2017, the last in a series on the Wheel of Life.

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