From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Thu, 9 May, 2019 - 00:28Manveer a community member writes a poem. Present poem dedicated to Ranjit who is also an artist.
What is the Bodhicitta, how can we talk about it, what parallels can we find in our own experience? These are some of the questions explored in this second talk on the Bodhicaryavatara.
Contemporary society tells us that its important to get it all out and that we need to be kind to ourselves. However when we look at the Bodhicaryavatara Shantideva takes a different tack - make war on the defilements! What are we to make of this? Talk 3 of 6 on the Bodhicaryavatara.
More counter-cultural stuff here, shouldn't we always express how we feel? Shantideva seems to be saying something else when he encourages us to be 'like a block of wood'...
Talk 4 of 6 on the Bodhicaryavatara.
The whole of the Bodhicaryavatara builds to Shantideva's exposition on Wisdom. Yet often the commentaries skip it, with humbleness and strong sense of biting off more than he can chew Dharmashalin tries to explore how we can engage with this material.
The Bodhicaryavatara culminates with verses of sublime beauty expressing a deep and profound desire for the alleviation of suffering. Maitrisara evokes these verses with tenderness and delight, whilst also turning back to that tricky topic of hell.
Under hatred lies fear, under fear there is compassion. Vajrapriya shares something of the symbolism of Akshobhya and talks about how we bring the mirror like wisdom into our daily lives.
