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Coming to Stillness

Episode 930

Drawing on sources from Russell Brand to Tenzin Palmo, Suryadarshini navigates the third precept. Covering sex, relationships, confessional writing, …

4 years, 10 months ago

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The Altruistic Aspect of the Bodhisattva

Episode 929

What’s in it for me? Our natural human tendency is to take, to grasp, to cling. If you can give though, there is hope, spiritually speaking. Generosi…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Letting Our Inner Riches Shine

Episode 928

Danapriya explores how our inner world reflects to the outer world. How do we want to live in the world? How do our views impact our practice of gene…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Freedom from Oppression

Episode 927

Dayapakshini explores the relevance of the First Precept to our lives with extracts from the Abhisanda sutta, especially that of freedom from oppres…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Abstention from Violence – Love

Episode 926

How can we decide between right and wrong? The Eastern criterion of ethics is psychological rather than theological: ethical behaviour is said to exp…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Awakening Through Collective Practices

Episode 925

Siladevi reflects on an aspect of Buddhism that is often played down, but is nonetheless an organic part of Buddhism - that of working together with …

4 years, 10 months ago

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The Experience of Awakening

Episode 924

Is awakening near or far, is the path sudden or gradual? Dharmashalin presents Sangharakshita’s metaphor on Buddhahood being like an evolutionary pro…

4 years, 10 months ago

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How Does a Bodhisattva Regard Living Beings?

Episode 923

Kulaprabha recounts an episode from the Vimalakirti Nirdesa to draw out how one generates the great love in response to the suffering of beings.

This…

4 years, 10 months ago

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Moving Towards Timelessness

Episode 922

Jnanavaca discusses metta as the foundation of samadhi, taking us back to basics and reminding us to dwell with patience and acceptance in the body.…

4 years, 11 months ago

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Early Sangha Buddhist Attitudes to Wealth

Episode 921

Jvalamalini introduces us to Vasakha, a generous laywoman disciple of the Buddha. Her story from the early sangha is about the Buddhist attitude to w…

4 years, 11 months ago

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