Oct 3, 2022
In this talk, Khemabandhu
takes us on a journey into the terrifying cremation grounds which
Padmasambhava
deliberately sought out. The facing of our deepest fears presents
us with and incredible opportunity for spiritual development, but
how do we summon up the courage necessary to do so?
This talk was given during a...
Sep 29, 2022
In Mahasraddha talks about the act of going for refuge by way of taking a good, hard look at our lives and the experience of dukkha, aka suffering, in light of the Buddha’s teaching.
From the talk The
Sevenfold Puja: Going For Refuge, given at
Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2010.
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Sep 26, 2022
When one approaches the transcendental, one approaches the three transcendental samadhis, which Sangharakshita describes as three doors of liberation - namely as that of emptiness, signlessness, and directionlessness.
From the talk
The Rain of the Dharma given in the USA, 1994.
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Sep 22, 2022
A recording of the salutation to
the Three Jewels, the Tiratanavandana, chanted in the
Padmaloka Retreat
Centre, 2020.
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Sep 19, 2022
Vishvapani looks behind
the veils of history, legend and the texts themselves to conjur a
vivid, felt image of the Buddha's personality. In a series of
beautifully observed close-up drawings from the Pali Canon we are
left with a portrait of spiritual genius that is both enigmatically
distant and thoroughly human.