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The Parable of the Rain Cloud (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 26 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Just as plants need soil, warmth, light, and rain to grow, so humans need health and leisure, spiritual friendship, intellectual clarity, and the ‘Rain of the Dharma’. Sangharakshita draws out the White Lotus Sutra’s ‘Parable of the Rain Cloud’, in a talk entitled The Rain of the Dharma given in the USA, 1993.

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The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 5 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Pursuing the theme of the Mahayana, Sangharakshita outlines its path, its historical roots and its principal scriptures, giving introduction to the White Lotus Sutra as a drama of cosmic enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra given in 1971.

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Truly Human Individuals (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Zac on Tue, 5 Nov, 2024 - 13:07

In a paper of great clarity and insight, Sangharakshita introduces the figure of the Bodhisattva, who embodies the principle of perpetual self-transcendence. Excerpted from the talk The Bodhisattva Principle, given in 1983, as part of the series Two Lectures to a Conference on Reality, Consciousness and Order.

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A Transforming Principle (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 17 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

Previously unreleased and, rather famously, given off-the-cuff at the London Buddhist Centre, Sangharakshita gives us an enjoyable and stirring evocation of the great Tantric Guru of Tibet. Excerpted from the talk simply entitled Padmasambhava Talk given in 1979.

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The Analytical Knowledge of Courage (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 30 Sep, 2024 - 13:47

The Sutra’s hero, Vimalakirti, a master of the Bodhisattva’s ‘Skilful Means’, discussed here in terms of the Four Analytical Knowledges, the Four Elements of Conversion, and the Magical Formulae. In this excerpt from the talk Sangharakshita describes the fourth of the Four Analytical Knowledges, that of Courage. From from the talk On Being All Things to All Men, part of the series The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha...

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The Manifestation of the Buddha Amitabha (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 12:03

Sangharakshita gives voice to this poetic Buddhist scripture describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha. Excerpted from The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra.

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A Great Healing Balm (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 11:02

The Divine Healer, identifiable in Egyptian and Greek myths, also appears in the White Lotus Sutra as both the Medicine Buddha and the Good Physician, in the parable of that name, who leaves his sons to cure themselves. Excerpted from the talk The Archetype of the Divine Healer by Sangharakshita, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra, 1971.

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Breaking Through Time (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 15 Aug, 2024 - 11:00

At times in the spiritual life we may considerable energy to overcome obstacles, such as negative emotions, psychological conditionings, rational thinking, and even the sense of ‘time’ itself. How, when, and where can we break through? Excerpted from the talk entitled Breaking Through into Buddhahood by Sangharakshita given in 1969.

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Recollection on Death (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 20 Jul, 2024 - 11:00

Reflecting on her response to Bhante Sangharakshita’s death, Khemasuri celebrates the gratitude she feels for what she has learned in her Dharma practice, partciluarly the ability to open up and turn towards what is difficult in a very real way. This is a series of talks and practices from the Four Reminders Retreat at Taraloka Retreat Centre, November, 2018.

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Thinking Critically (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 4 Jul, 2024 - 11:00

In this very personal talk Vijayasri remembers being part of a study seminar led by Sangharakshita, in 1982, on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa.Vijayasri talks about the effect being part of the study group has had on her life and explores Gampopas teachings on the importance of a human birth. Excerpted from the talk entitled This Precious Human Life given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2015.

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