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Tag: Pali Canon

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No Protection Needed (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 - 14:44

Buddhism is sometimes seen as weak or negative. Using examples from the Pali Canon and Mahayana texts, this lecture shows that, on the contrary, heroic and positive qualities are essential in the Buddhist spiritual aspirant’s quest for Enlightenment. Here, Sangharakshita tells the story of Devadatta who was trying to kill the Buddha. Excerpted from the talk The Heroic Ideal in Buddhism given in 1969.

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Buddhavagga (from the Dhammapada)

By Centre Team on Wed, 19 Mar, 2025 - 13:07

Beautifully read by Sangharakshita, these readings are taken from the oldest scriptural texts and evoke the real spirit of early Buddhism - the struggles, the joys and the triumphs of ordinary people who followed the path to Truth. Appears in Readings from the Pali Canon recorded in 2000 to mark the Digital Legacy project to begin transferring Dharmachakra’s archive to digital format!

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The Story of the Buddha's Sneeze (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 30 May, 2024 - 11:00

Saddhaloka talks about the tradition of storytelling in Buddhism, and recounts some of his own favourites. He is the author of a book of re-tellings of stories from the Pali Canon, the oldest collection of texts about the life and teachings of the Buddha. His obvious love of the tales comes shining through - sit back and enjoy…

From the talk Encounters with Enlightenment given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2001.

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Who is the Buddha? (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 4 May, 2024 - 11:00

After an account of the Buddha’s life, Sangharakshita asks how, if at all, such a man can be defined or categorised. This talk was given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels of Buddhism

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Dharmabytes: The Conversion of King Pasenadi

By Centre Team on Thu, 28 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Dhivan recounts the conversion of King Pasenadi by the Buddha.

Excerpted from the talk A Courtesan, a Killer and a King given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2016

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Dharmabytes: Lesser and Greater Happiness

By Centre Team on Mon, 25 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Saraha draws out examples of the Buddha’s wisdom from the Pali Canon highlighting how pleasure and bliss are not obstacles to the spiritual path, craving and attachment is the problem leading to suffering.. Excerpted from the talk entitled Wisdom In the Pali Canon given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2010.

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FBA Podcast: Celebrating the Buddha - Pingiya's Praises to the Way to the Beyond

By Centre Team on Sat, 23 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

In this talk Alokadhara explores these beautiful verses which evoke the Buddha, his qualities and the profundity of his teaching. This talk was given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2014.

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Dharmabytes: The Buddha’s Instant Response

By Centre Team on Thu, 21 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

The Buddha and Ananda once tended a sick monk, neglected by his companions because of his ‘uselessness’. Sangharakshita shows that people cannot be treated as ‘things’ in the spiritual community.

From the talk A Case of Dysentry given in 1982 as part of the series Incidents from the Pali Canon.

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Dharmabytes: Longing to Illuminate Truth

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Vishangka explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk Blending like Milk and Water: Sangha In the Buddha’s Time given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Dharmabytes: The Beauty of the Buddha

By Centre Team on Thu, 7 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

Dayanandi contemplates the words of the Tiratana Vandana and the qualities of the Buddha that it evokes. She says: “I reflect on the words as they seem to bring out the reality of his Enlightened being for me; what it might be like to really be the Enlightened One.” Excerpted from the talk Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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