In our FBA Podcast this week, "Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom," Santavajri shares her connection with the Heart Sutra at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Talk given on 5th May 2008. Part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
Our FBA Podcast this week, "Dharmic Receptivity," launch of the London Buddhist Center theme for the year by Jnanavaca. Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class, Monday January 20th 2014
Vessantara has been on a three year long retreat and as he emerges he has many insights to share. Our FBA Podcast this week is filled with deep reflections marked by clarity and a brilliance we are excited to make available. In "Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma," Vessantara offers a concise explanation of karma as he explores the concepts of rebirth. Given at the Triratna Buddhist Order UK and Ireland Men's Order Weekend at Adhisthana on 1 February 2014....
Our FBA Podcast this week, "Freedom of Heart," a talk by Dhivan as part of the International Urban Retreat, the theme of which is metta 'blazing like the sun'.
We are delighted to bring you "The Power of Love" in this week's FBA Podcast . Padmavajra begins this talk with the chanting of The Karaniya Metta Sutta, in order to invoke 'the blessing power of loving kindness', which according to the sutta needs to be wielded at all times. He explores all of the stages of the metta bhavana (development of loving-kindness practice), as well as showing how metta can lead to wisdom and liberation, at the same time saying: we practice the metta bhavana to love ot...
In our FBA Podcast this week, Parami offers a delightful retrospect while looking forward in "Business As Usual – Adhisthana and the Bodhichitta." Reflecting on the history of the Order, Bhante's teachings, listening to the Dharma, developing our system of practice, and gathering together in large numbers. Inspiring as ever, Parami seeds the conversation about 'commonality of practice' as we move forward into a new era. From the UK and Ireland Area Order weekend for women at Adhisthana on 7th De...
This week for our FBA Podcast we offer a key in accessing the potentiality of consciousness in: "Consciousness Unfolds" . In this first talk from a series of three, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita's particular presentation of the Dharma....
This week's FBA Podcast "Spiritual Transmission and Lineage" is a detailed, intimate and heartfelt talk from Saddhanandi looking at the relationship between a Dharma follower and her/his teacher. The talk takes as its lead-off point, David Smith's criticisms of the FWBO as lacking relationship with a 'vertical dimension' in its systems of practice. It's a sympathetic and open response, but one that is also happy to have confidence in an inside experience of practice that arrives at different con...
We are graced with Dhammadinna's wisdom in this week's FBA Podcast "The Richly Endowed Buddha of the Southern Realm" Third in a series of talks given on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, Dhammadinna evokes the Buddha Ratnasambhava. For more talks, videos, photos etc from the retreat see www.thebuddhistcentre.com and navigate to page 'internationalretreat.'...
For this week's FBA Podcast we have Kamalashila speaking on the occasion of relaunching his book Buddhist Meditation . In "Tranquility, Imagination and Insight" he beautifully reveals his thoughts on how the Buddha was imbued with confidence without conviction. He seemed completely at peace with himself which lead to friendliness in all his communications. His life, his example, the embarkment on the three trainings of behavior, meditation and wisdom combine in the practice of satisampajana – mi...
In this week's FBA Podcast we picked one of Subhuti's "Rambles Around Reality – The 5 Niyamas." Here Subhuti talks about the fundamental basis of Buddhism's conception of reality; Pratitya Samutpada. He introduces it in the form of the 5 niyamas, in the course of his ramble he emphasises that these are forces, or the way things are rather than 'laws'. The talk culminates in the Karma and Dharma niyamas and particularly emphasising the importance of the Dhamma niyama, which is that in the univers...
In this week's FBA Podcast we hear another take on a famous Bodhisattva: "Vajrasattva: Not About Purity" by Jnanavaca given on Vajrasattva Festival Day at London Buddhist Centre on June 2009.
In this week's FBA Podcast "Vajrapani The Dharma Protector," Vadanya introduces us to this Bodhisattva of Energy given as part of a series of talks on Stories and Symbols at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 3rd July 2007.
The fires that can consume our old selves also release a new potential, the image of the phoenix evokes this transformation. In this week's FBA Podcast "Amitabha and the Phoenix," Vessantara explores Amitabha's emphasis on meditation and his wisdom of discrimination. Amitabha is also associated with spiritual death. How do all these associations come together? One point of connection is the Bodhicitta. The reorientation of self and a letting go which allows for something vaster and more beautifu...
This week's FBA Podcast "Gazing at the Setting Sun – Amitabha and the Ordination Myth" is a previously unreleased talk by Dhammadinna looking at the process of joining the Triratna (Western) Buddhist Order in the sunset light of Amitabha, the red Buddha of the West. Talk given in 2000 at the National Order Weekend.
This week's FBA Podcast "Mindfulness As the Great Love (White Tara)" is a talk given by Vajratara at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre (28th August 2007), about the symbolism of White Tara, as part of a series on Stories and Symbols.
In this week's FBA Podcast "Dwelling In the Presence of the Buddha" Subhuti considers the significance of Sangha day falling on the cusp of winter, and the importance of the seasons in human life. He recalls the genesis of Sangha day from the time of the Buddha, and considers it's relevance for us here in the 21st century. Ultimately Subhuti focus on the Sangha jewels itself; its vital importance for the individual practitioner and as a real sign of hope for this world....
This week's FBA Podcast by Ratnaprabha explores "How Genuine Sangha Can Be Created" .
This week's FBA Podcast , is by Vidyamala titled "Can Buddhism Survive and Thrive In a Secular World?" . Based on her experience of teaching both 'hard core' Buddhism on the one hand and secular mindfulness on the other in various countries and cultural contexts, Vidyamala explores two opposite positions that can be taken in response to this question. One can be 'liberal' and try to change Buddhism to align with popular values in society, or 'conservative' and try to change society to align with...
In this week's FBA Podcast , we bring you "The Messengers of the Dharma" by Vajragupta. He offers us a very accurate look at our Order from the perspective of the first three fetters.
This week's FBA Podcast , "Padmasambhava: The Lost Talk" , previously unreleased and, rather famously, given off-the-cuff at the London Buddhist Centre, Sangharakshita gives us this enjoyable and stirring evocation of the great Tantric Guru of Tibet. Talk given in 1979.
In this week's FBA Podcast , "Change Is Overdue" , Maitrisara shares her thoughts on the theme of 'A Force for Good in the World', given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival in Somerset, UK. Maitrisara lives in Oxford, UK, where she's active in a wide range of community projects – as well as Triratna's EcoDharma centre in the Pyrenees....
In this week's FBA Podcast , "Dealing with Change" , Saddharaja starts off with another story from his childhood in the 1960s about a forest fire and the effects of this upon his father, who was a forester. An example of sudden, dramatic change at work. He moves on to talk about smaller less dramatic changes in the work place which can create anxiety for Right Livelihood workers. Talk given at Windhorse Evolution ....
This week's FBA Podcast by Vadanya is called "Fighting the Fivefold Fear" . In this talk Vadanya explores how we can turn the tables on pointless anxiety and limiting fears, and use these as fuel for our practice. Talk given on Men's Event at Padmaloka, June 2013.
This week's FBA Podcast by Jnangarbha is called "The Hub of the Wheel" . This is Part 2 of a series of four talks on the Wheel of Life. This talk on The Hub was originally recorded in December 2003. It is available on Free Buddhist Audio thanks to the volunteer efforts of the Croydon Buddhist Centre Digital Archive Project....
This week's FBA Podcast "Buddhism, Modern Physics and the Nature of Reality" given by Jnanavaca at the London Buddhist Centre's Open Day in May 2010.
In this week's FBA Podcast , "Buddhism and Science" , Manjuvajra condenses the Evolution talks into one that puts the spiritual life into the context of evolution – an update of Bhante's Higher Evolution talks. Talk given at the Bristol Buddhist Centre, April 2013.
This week's FBA Podcast is a lovely talk by Vajrasakhi, current chair of Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre in Wales. In "Reality As A Way Of Life" Vajrasakhi shares her thoughts on Enlightenment as a way of living, a way of being conscious, a way of being aware, even creatively aware.
This week's FBA Podcast is the third talk in the LBC Buddhophany series by Subhuti titled: "Meeting the Buddha In Reality" . Subhuti concludes with a rousing call to take the Buddha's invitation to meet him in reality. To do this we need to engage with the Buddha on the level of history and myth.
This week's FBA Podcast , comes from Vidyamala, speaking at Manchester Buddhist Center in 2012. Entitled "Awareness is Revolutionary" , she encourages us to change our minds to change the world, speaking about the life-changing power of awareness.
