Part one of two improvised talks in which Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination on the spiritual life. Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner.
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.
This is the first in an excellent series of talks by Dayanandi on the five great stages of spiritual experience that develop and unfold as we progress on the Path to Enlightenment
In this talk Dayanandi gives an overview of the whole Path and how it has arise in the Buddhist tradition.
What will we do instead of buying more stuff and hooking up to more electronic gadgetry? The only way is to learn the ancient art of happiness.
The Buddha repeatedly said that the only reason he taught was to alleviate suffering, and he in fact enumerated three level of happiness. This teaching is no longer simply an issue of personal growth - it has become vital to the future of our planet.
Talk given by Ratnaguna at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 26th February 2011 in a series of free public talks, Buddhism and the Big Questions.
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).
Vishvapani is a well known figure in the Triratna Buddhist Community and is a regular contributor on the BBC's 'Thought for the Day'.
In this talk we meet the Buddha set firmly in his own historical context, with space too for the legendary and particular reference to the natural world. Vishvapani explores the presence of nature in the Pali suttas, exploring its significance in the texts, in our own contemporary mental landscapes and in the imaginative life of a country and its people. Ancient India comes alive as we wander with the Buddha, facing his fears amongst the ghosts of the jungle. There is much that is important for reflection here - the Dharma made fascinating by dint of the author's depth of engagement with Buddhist practice and the sheer breadth of his cultural reference.
Features an extended question-and-answer session (NB, poor sound quality on the questions themselves).
Talk given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, January 2011.
In this short talk given to a group of men, Vajrapriya explores masculine energy in archetypal terms, before talking about energy in its Buddhist application, where it's known as virya.
The talk finishes with an evocation of the transcendental archetype of energy, the Bodhisattva Vajrapani.
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). 
In this short talk given to a group of men, Vajrapriya explores masculine energy in archetypal terms, before talking about energy in its Buddhist application, where it's known as virya.