Oct 28, 2021
Here Kulanandi reflects on different qualities of beauty in the spiritual life.
From the talk entitled Beauty and the Dharma Life given at Stockholm Buddhist Centre, 2014.
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Oct 25, 2021
Embodying our higher values gives life to our heart and gives heart to our life. Saddhanandi encourages us to get on with our life by gathering our life around our aspirations.
From the talk Enlightenment as Heart, Life as Whole given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2005.
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Oct 21, 2021
There’s no true meditation without happiness. Sangharakshita describes Samadhi, often translated as ‘concentration’, as dependent upon the conditions of Sukha, that of happiness and bliss.
From the talk The Stages of the Spiritual Path, part of the series Introducing Buddhism, 1966.
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Oct 18, 2021
Here we have Nagesvara discussing samadhi as collectedness, integration of our energies, wholeness, openness, rather than concentration as primary.
From the talk entitled What Is Samadhi part of the online series Body of Bliss: Ways into Samādhi, 2021 Buddhafield.
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Oct 14, 2021
Dhivan talks about some ways in which Buddhists deny the self beginning with how the non-self teaching is presented in the Pali scriptures. From the talk entitled Denying the Self as part of the series Symposium on the Non-Self given at Adhisthana, 2018.
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