Number three in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.

Number five in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.

Number six in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015. Knowing our resistance as dukkha, and knowing this as a shared, universal experience. Talk then guided metta meditation.

A beautiful talk given on the Area Order Weekend at Taraloka. Sahajatara evokes the current issues surrounding climate change and our relationship to nature in the context of Tara and the love for beauty of Bhante Sangharakshita.

Also entitling this talk, This Very Precious opportunity, Samantabhadri speaks about the first reminder on a reflection retreat for mitras given at Taraloka. She also draws on the Tiratana Vandana, the teachings of Gampopa and on her own personal experience. She evokes how the unique playing out of conditionality in each particular life enables us to practice, to progress towards enlightenment and to feel love and compassion for others. This is the wonder of human consciousness.