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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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Freed from the Burning House

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 3 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

Freed from the Burning House

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 3 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

It can effect your dream life, it can effect your meditation, it can effect your life. If you really enter into the imaginative, dream world of the Lotus Sutra, it starts to affect how you experience the world around you.

Ratnaghosha on the White Lotus Sutra.

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To hear, read, and recite..with a single mind

By Maitriyogini on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 16:09

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To hear, read, and recite..with a single mind

By Maitriyogini on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 16:09

Greater still are the merits of those who hear, read and recite it with single mind, explain it clearly and distinctly to the people in the Great Assembly, and practise it as taught.
The White Lotus sutra

On a recent solitary retreat in a cabin in the Finnish countryside, in the midst of quiet countryside and mild autumn days, I spent a period every day for two weeks reading aloud the whole of the White Lotus Sutra.

Back in 1970 Bhante gave a series of talks...

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Dharmabytes: Plant Symbolism in Buddhism

By Centre Team on Mon, 5 Jun, 2023 - 11:00

Continuing the series on the White Lotus Sutra, Jayaka gives a talk on the Parable of the Rain Cloud. The parable evokes the qualities of the dharma through the imagery of a mighty rain cloud, falling on all equally. Excerpted from the talk The Parable of The Rain Cloud given at London Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Dharmabytes: The Dharma Nourishes

By Centre Team on Thu, 1 Jun, 2023 - 11:00

Subhadramati continues the Dharma night series exploring the wisdom of the White Lotus Sutra by reflecting on the setting and context of the parables. From the talk entitled Myths and Parables From the White Lotus Sutra - Queerer Than We Can Suppose at London Buddhist Centre, 2015.

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Calling the Earth to Witness: A Buddhist Perspective on Ecology

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 14:56

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Calling the Earth to Witness: A Buddhist Perspective on Ecology

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 14:56

A Conversation with Shantigarbha and Dhivan

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The first ethical precept in Buddhism outlines the central importance of non-harm in all our behaviour. Of course, in the Buddha’s day over 2,500 years ago, there was no climate emergency, or...

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The Burning House: A Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 14 Jul, 2020 - 15:16

The Burning House: A Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 14 Jul, 2020 - 15:16

The Burning House: A Buddhist response to the climate and ecological emergency with Shantigarbha
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FBA Podcast: The Wisdom in the Parable of The Burning House

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 28 Dec, 2019 - 14:00

Jnanavaca explores the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. This week he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Includes some questions from the audience.

Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre, April 6th 2015.

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FBA Podcast: The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 21 Dec, 2019 - 14:00

After considering the history and the meaning of the title, Sangharakshita provides a summary of The White Lotus Sutra’s dramatic structure, with brief explanations of the significance of certain details.

Talk given in 1971.

This talk is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.

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Dharmabyte: Our Shared Predicament

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 19 Dec, 2019 - 14:00

Dassini takes us into the Parable of the Burning House from the White Lotus Sutra. Through readings from the sutra and retelling of the parable the main themes of the story are brought out, and the problem at the heart of the parable is revealed, that of unawareness or heedlessness.

From the talk Housebuilder, Now You Are Seen given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2009. The talk concludes with some suggested practices for how to address this problem.

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