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Episode 869
Is kindness possible here? How does clarity help us open up to love? Maitrisiddhi explores the active and receptive aspects of the Metta Bhavana as e…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Man in Rags
Episode 868
This is a quietly passionate talk by Jinapriya on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience - impossible to pin down, utterly transforma…
5 years, 5 months ago
Going Beyond Individual Effort
Episode 867
Here Vijayasri looks at the culmination of the sevenfold puja by exploring the Transference of merit and self-surrender section. She considers the im…
5 years, 5 months ago
An Inexhaustible Treasure
Episode 866
How can we be helpful? Do we go beyond ourselves to do things for others? Are we inspired by the ways in which we are helpful?
Taravandana explores t…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Current That Carries Us
Episode 865
Spiritual practice can be thought of in terms of developing positive qualities within ourselves. But in a very real sense it also consists in creatin…
5 years, 5 months ago
What's Actually Going On
Episode 864
Jayaratna shares his story of about a recent journey to track down his difficulties with the Sevenfold Puja, and what he learned about himself in the…
5 years, 5 months ago
Bound or Free?
Episode 863
Most of our life strategies are to avoid pain. We can ask ourselves - Do I want to be bound by suffering, or free from suffering? Aryajaya describes …
5 years, 5 months ago
With the Lamp There is the Light
Episode 862
Here Sangharakshita explores the Four Reliances as he distinguishes the meaning of vijnana (Discriminating Consciousness) and jnana (Transcendental A…
5 years, 5 months ago
Introduction to Talking Meditation
Episode 861
Vajradevi introduces the idea of 'talking meditation', where we carry the thread of awareness through verbal communication. This extends beyond aware…
5 years, 6 months ago
Taking Delight in Friends
Episode 860
The Buddha and Ananda once tended a sick monk, neglected by his companions because of his 'uselessness'. Sangharakshita shows that people cannot be t…
5 years, 6 months ago