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The Story of the Buddha's Sneeze
Episode 1230
Saddhaloka talks about the tradition of storytelling in Buddhism, and recounts some of his own favourites. He is the author of a book of re-telling…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Subtle Elements
Episode 1229
How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalashila uses the framewo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Meeting Mara with Flowers
Episode 1228
Sanghamani draws inspiration from the use of images in nature linked to the Buddha's Enlightenment. Invoking Mara's assault and calling the earth g…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Natural Unfoldment
Episode 1227
Nagesvara draws out the significance of the episode from the life of the Buddha where he recollects a memory from childhood of natural, spontaneous…
1 year, 11 months ago
Becoming a Buddha
Episode 1226
Sangharakshita tells the story of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, up to the time of his Enlightenment, drawing out the significance of some o…
2 years ago
A Sure Sign of Ignorance
Episode 1225
According to the Buddha we see permanence where there is impermanence, substantiality where there is insubstantiality, see the unlovely as beautiful…
2 years ago
Dissolving Restricted Views
Episode 1224
Here, Bhadra evokes the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice in his description of the Middle Way. From the talk Finding the Middle Way Between the…
2 years ago
The Parable of the Elephant
Episode 1223
Suryamati shares a parable from the Udana to illustrate why the Buddha spoke so little about the nature of Enlightenment. From the talk The Myster…
2 years ago
The Fourth Sight
Episode 1222
Ratnaprabha looks at what motivated the Buddha to leave a comfortable life for an uncertain quest in the Jungle: the Four Sights of Old Age, Illnes…
2 years ago
Getting Lost
Episode 1221
Paraga offers some reflections on his personal experience of being in the Order. Excerpted from the talk Reflections On the Benefits of Being In th…
2 years ago