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Back to SearchThe Wheel of Life as a mirror
Episode 799
Sangharakshita describes in all its wealth of detail, the Wheel of Life. It’s really a painting but a mirror, giving one successively more profound i…
6 years, 1 month ago
Permeating the Shell
Episode 798
Akashamitra introduces a series of podcasts ('Budcasts') at the North London Buddhist Centre on the theme of the Eight Ways of the Noble Ones with a …
6 years, 1 month ago
Working Together to Hold Suffering
Episode 797
Saraha speaks to several themes from the Sigalaka Sutra. Firstly, friends are helpful, stand by you, give you time. Secondly, those who serve and sup…
6 years, 1 month ago
Live Like a River Flows
Episode 796
Ratnavandana offers a personal sharing of her reflections on a six month solitary retreat where she was focussing on the Heart Sutra.
With Avalokit…
6 years, 1 month ago
Good Friends Reflect Us Back
Episode 795
Maitreyi shares the story of Meghiya to illustrate the importance of having strong friendships on the spiritual path.
From the talk entitled Sanghak…
6 years, 1 month ago
Keeping Good Company
Episode 794
Here Padmasuri shares stories of friendship between the early Buddhist nuns and the Buddha. Featuring glimpses into the lives of Mahapajapati, Pataj…
6 years, 1 month ago
Armed with Love Flowers
Episode 793
Here Karunadhi introduces us to the Red Rite of Fascination. Friendship emerges from love for our friends, but also can evoke strong attachment. Com…
6 years, 1 month ago
Sangha Doesn’t Happen By Chance
Episode 792
Suryamati reminds us that the spiritual life is difficult to practice on one’s own. Here we here the story of Meghiya where the Buddha advises that s…
6 years, 1 month ago
A Perfected Universe, A Perfected Self
Episode 791
A very interesting introduction to the mandala here from Garava - the idea, the myth, the image, the symbol, the experience. His own practice as an a…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Mandala Unifies Disintegration
Episode 790
We can find mandalas everywhere – in the East, in the West, in art, literature, even in dreams. Mandalas represent a resolution, or the beginnings of…
6 years, 2 months ago