Lokabandhu introduces the American Buddhist activist Joanna Macy and her teaching of the ‘Work That Reconnects’, part of the Southampton Buddhist Centre’s series on 21st Century Bodhisattvas. Excerpted from the talk Introduction to Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects given in Southampton, 2018.
Dayajoti offers a short talk on climate change, relating it to basic buddhist teachings, followed by a guided ‘climate’ meditation. From the talk entitled Consensus Trance - Climate given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015.
How can we find meaning in life? What do you long for? Join us at Sangha Night to find out as we travel deeper into the world of transcendental science fiction that is The White Lotus Sutra, with Paranita telling the Parable of the Good Physician.
In this series we are exploring the profound teachings of the White Lotus Sutra, presented through a combination of poetry, drama, parables and what can seem like cosmic science fiction, and the way these have the potential to free us to take our practice of the Dharma to a new level.
“We heal through the imagination, through images and fictions.”
James Hillman, ‘Healing Fiction’
At its best, meditation practice and Dharma reflection can be a means to help us gain access to the unseen underlying currents and forces that shape our lives. Yet, as practitioners in day to day life, many of us can still have an experience of somehow being ‘out of touch’ both with ourselves and...
Suvajra gives a talk about Dhardo Rimpoche on the London Buddhist Centre's Dhardo Rimpoche Day, celebrating the life of Sangharakshita's friend and teacher.
Vaddhaka introduces David Loy and his thoughts about how to bring our Buddhist practice out into the streets and engage with the world. In the full talk he also introduces Bhikkhu Bodhi, a prolific translator of the Pali Canon and respected teacher in the East, deeply rooted in the Buddha’s teachings, who returned to the USA and re-engaged with his activist roots challenging a self-oriented and withdrawn mode of Buddhist practice. From the talk entitled ...
On 1st May I took on the role of Convenor of the International Council from Arthavadin, who held it for the last 4.5 years. A few days earlier he symbolically handed over the responsibility to me in a moving short ritual in Bhante’s lounge in Urgyen House. As part of that handover he passed on to me a mala that had belonged to Bhante, and I recited the verses of acceptance, lightly revised from our ordination vow by Mahamati. ...
