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What We Give
Episode 1311
"As many garlands are made from a heap of flowers, so one who is a mortal born should perform many ethically skilful deeds" - Dhammapada. Jvalamali…
1 year, 2 months ago
Letters of Gold
Episode 1309
This is an appropriately pithy talk by Surata on one of the most popular and regarded of the early Buddhist suttas, The 'Dhammapada'. The images of…
1 year, 2 months ago
Playing with Fire
Episode 1308
Bodhinaga picks up the theme 'Tantra for Today' by pulling out his guts and setting them alight (not literally). Exploring what it means to practic…
1 year, 2 months ago
Death is Certain, Commit Now!
Episode 1307
Moksatara introduces the dakini, the tantric embodiment of what's possible when all of our energy is completely engaged, alive and flowing. In orde…
1 year, 2 months ago
Wishing Others Well
Episode 1306
In a famous passage in the Itivutakka The Buddha compares Metta to the radiance of the sun and moon. He says that metta ‘shines and burns and blazes…
1 year, 2 months ago
Opening the Mystery of Friendship
Episode 1305
Aryadasa discusses his experience of moving through fear in order to live a life more dedicated to love and friendship. He talks about the difficul…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bit by Bit Freedom Emerges
Episode 1304
Fresh off a three-week solitary retreat, Vajragupta (m) shares, in a very personal and heart-felt way, what it was like, and what happened during …
1 year, 3 months ago
Fear and determination
Episode 1304
Sangharakshita describes how when faced with a tremendous fear, one with no apparent cause or object, how the Buddha’s example of sitting with it u…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Great Quality of Fearlessness
Episode 1302
Fearlessness is courage in the face of fear, not the absence of fear. When we are with someone who is dying, we are confronted by our own death. Our…
1 year, 3 months ago
We All Have A Sense of Fear
Episode 1301
Lokeshvara shares how the impact of fear and anxiety led him to learn to meditate. Fear is a universal emotion that can be quite debilitating, but …
1 year, 3 months ago