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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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
Kalyana Mitrata
Episode 859
How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality?
There is no real Buddhism if it’s al…
5 years, 7 months ago
Meeting The Lotus Born
Episode 858
Silence all around the lake, the light of the sky reflecting on it’s surface, blushing in the colors of sunset. Dusk, twilight, a time of transformat…
5 years, 7 months ago
Hidden Spiritual Treasures
Episode 857
Vidyasaki introduces Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal, his consort and disciple attributed with recording the story of the Great Guru’s establishing B…
5 years, 7 months ago
Principle of radical transformation
Episode 856
Previously unreleased and, rather famously, given off-the-cuff at the London Buddhist Centre, Sangharakshita gives an enjoyable and stirring evocati…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Three Robes of Padmasambhava
Episode 855
Subhadramati, with characteristic inspiration, shares a memory of Sangharakshita’s last public appearance before his death, and unfolds the signific…
5 years, 7 months ago