More poetry, more Rumi, more listening joy from Vajradarshini. And what a title! In fact, this is another splendid journey around the idea of Enlightenment, using the languages of surrender and discipline from the Sufi context. It’s as heady as a sumptuous wine, but also sobering and down to earth, whether we’re “following a railing in the dark” or "wandering inside the red world”. Drink up!
Anatta: - el no-yo - es un concepto clave en el budismo. En esta charla además de explorar qué es, Vajranatha habla de dos malinterpretaciones comunes y como aplicar anatta en la vida diaria y la práctica de la meditación.
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.
Covering karma, emptiness, impermanence and galaxies, this is a wide ranging talk!
First talk in a series of three entitled 'Reality and what to do about it', given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK, in Nov 2010.
Vajrapriya takes the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - rebranding it as the Meaningful Eightfold Path - and considers how its eight areas contribute to a meaningful life, and how following it eventually eliminates the whole problem of meaninglessness.
Second of three public talks in the series 'Reality and what to do about it', given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in November 2010
A robust talk by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.
Last of three talks in the series 'Reality and What to Do About It'
In this thoughtful talk, Vajragupta explores the potential of the Buddha's teachings to transform society, starting with seeing how the Dhamma has helped millions of people who've suffered under the Hindu caste system change their lives. He asks how we've done in bringing this part of Bhante's vision into being in the last 40 years, and encourages us to take opportunities to change society, including helping activists in positive change, and bringing a Buddhist perspective to current social debates.
Celebrating having spent half his life in the Triratna Buddhist Community, Manjusvara shows what a full context it has given for his life, meeting his experience of Vision, embracing his artistic life, and offering growthful challenges, the support of friendship, and the opportunity of altruistic activity.
First of a series of talks exploring the Buddha's enlightenment. Subhuti describes the conditions that lead upto that experience and what lessons we can draw from it.
In his second talk at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Subhuti explores what happened to the Buddha directly after his enlightenment - an upsurge of gratitude and appreciation for all that had supported him reaching this state.
In his third talk in Bodhgaya, Subhuti tries to evoke the workings of the Buddha's mind, as we hear about his own process of discovering just what it was that happened to him under the Bodhi Tree.
More poetry, more Rumi, more listening joy from Vajradarshini. And what a title! In fact, this is another splendid journey around the idea of Enlightenment, using the languages of surrender and discipline from the Sufi context. It’s as heady as a sumptuous wine, but also sobering and down to earth, whether we’re “following a railing in the dark” or "wandering inside the red world”. Drink up!
Anatta: - el no-yo - es un concepto clave en el budismo. En esta charla además de explorar qué es, Vajranatha habla de dos malinterpretaciones comunes y como aplicar anatta en la vida diaria y la práctica de la meditación.
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.
In this thoughtful talk, Vajragupta explores the potential of the Buddha's teachings to transform society, starting with seeing how the Dhamma has helped millions of people who've suffered under the Hindu caste system change their lives. He asks how we've done in bringing this part of Bhante's vision into being in the last 40 years, and encourages us to take opportunities to change society, including helping activists in positive change, and bringing a Buddhist perspective to current social debates.