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FBA Podcast: Padmasambhavas Advice to the Three Fortunate Women

By Zac on Sat, 12 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

Padmolka takes us through the first section of this inspiring text from The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava. We hear about the Great Guru subduing the demons of Tibet and the circumstances around the time when this teaching is given. Padmasambhava is asked for a short, practical teaching which can be learned by heart to help Queen Nang Chung to practice the Dharma and ultimately lead her to Buddhahood. 

This talk was given at the ...

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Dharmabyte: Integrating Tensions in the Psyche

By Zac on Thu, 10 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

Saraha introduces us to Padmasambhava through his symbolism and the integration of all opposites. From the talk entitled Padmasambhava, Is He Real? What Is His Gift to the World. You, Are You Real, What Is Your Gift to the World given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Dharmabyte: Cremation Ground as Sacred Space

By Zac on Mon, 7 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

Vidyasakhi evokes the symbolism of the sacred cremation grounds where Padmasambhava engaged in his Bodhisattva training - meditating on impermanence and taming wild energies. 

From the talk entitled The Tantric Path - The Cremation Ground given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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FBA Podcast: Padmasambhava the Mysterious, the Wonderful, the Inspiring

By Zac on Sat, 5 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

In this introduction to Padmasambhava, Vidyadaka guides us through the symbolism of Padmasambhava’s appearance on a lotus, in the centre of Lake Dhanakosa. We hear about the qualities of the lake, the land of Uddiyana, King Indrabhuti’s plight and uncover their deeper meanings and relevance to our own life. Vidyadaka also describes Padmasambhava, his own initial discovery of him and Bhante’s first glimpse of the Great Guru in Darjeeling.

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Dharmabyte: Depth Charge! Tackling Primordial Forces Holding Us Back

By Zac on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

Sangharakshita gave this previously unreleased and, rather famously, off-the-cuff talk at the London Buddhist Centre in 1979. In this excerpt we hear about Padmasambhava’s principle work of subduing the demons obstructing the establishment of the Dharma in Tibet. These demons are primordial forces existing in the depths of the human mind and collective consciousness - primordial forces holding us back need to be tackled with a depth charge! This is an enjoyable and stirring evocation of the great...

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Dharmabyte: Compulsively Trying to Fix Samsara

By Zac on Mon, 28 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

In this talk, Viryadevi describes how the development and sustenance of Virya, relies on a commitment to increasing integration and purity. A commitment that we strengthen through time. 


From the talk Vajrapani’s Gateway to Freedom given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2020

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FBA Podcast: Confession as a Path to Transcendental Insight

By Zac on Sat, 26 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Sanghadevi looks at the relationship between Buddhist confession and forgiveness and the ability to see into the nature of reality.

Talk given at the Triratna [Western] Buddhist Order Women’s Convention, 1999.

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Dharmabyte: Leisure and Opportunity

By Zac on Thu, 24 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Saddhanandi says at the beginning of this talk that she’s concerned she won’t fully convey the depth of inspiration she feels about her theme, that of Tsongkhapa’s short text “The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - she shouldn’t have worried, she does it full justice. 

From the talk entitled Renunciation - Tasting Freedom given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2009.

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Dharmabyte: A Creative Response

By Zac on Mon, 21 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Buddhism starts with the mind. Mind can be reactive, and stuck in it’s usual circles, or creative and free. Devamitra kicks off this series of lectures using Sangharakshita’s classic lecture, Mind Reactive and Creative, as the basis for an exploration of Enlightenment, the deepest of all human mysteries.

From the talk Mind Reactive and Creative, given at London Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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FBA Podcast: Confession

By Zac on Sat, 19 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

In this talk Dassini looks at the individual nature of practising ethics, the need for metta in response to guilt, how to make a confession effective, and the Four Powers of Confession. 

Talk given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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