A series presented by Tom Crofts (a mitra at the Croydon Buddhist Centre) on the subject of Buddhism in the 21st century. The podcasts focus on explaining the relevance if the Buddha's teachings in a complex, globalised, digitalised and increasingly urbanised world.
The series will include a third part entitled 'The world of work', coming soon.
Maitreybandhu gives a talk on the Honeball sutta (Madhupindika sutta, Majjhima nikaya 18), which Subhuti has been commenting on recently. It contains a very useful model for understanding how the mind works, both in meditation and in everyday life. Maitreybandhu brings the teaching beautifully alive, with his own experience of teaching mindfulness and living the Dharma life.
This second talk in her series on the five stages of the spiritual path has Dayanandi exploring the idea and practice of opening the heart, and the importance of making an engagement with our emotions in order to learn to be more emotionally positive. It includes reading of poetry and prose by Munisha.
The first in a major new series of talks by Vishvapani to mark the launch of his new book: 'Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One' (Quercus, 2011).