Sep 28, 2023
Maitreyabandhu moves on to the anatta reflection in the context of the myth of self-surrender. Towards Insight: Three Myths, an online retreat led by Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu from Adhisthana.
From the talk entitled Anatta and Self-Surrender as part of the series Towards Insight: Three Myths given at
Sep 25, 2023
Yashobodhi talks about the relationship between thinking and insight. As long as we have a brain, we will have thoughts. Some of these thoughts are helpful. Some not so much. Becoming aware of thoughts is a good start. Whatever next?
Excerpted from the talk entitled Inquisitive Mind, Thinking and Awakening given at...
Sep 21, 2023
Knowing yourself is an important step in self-development. Here, Sangharakshita describes the three psychological types enumerated in Buddhagosha’s Visuddhimagga, the Path of Purification. From the lecture entitled The Question of Psychological Types which introduces a number of Western and Eastern...
Sep 18, 2023
Ratnaprabha explains why craving is such a fundamental issue for Buddhists, how it relates to both desire and clinging, why it causes us problems, and how to deal with it.
Excerpted from the talk entitled
Needing Nothing
given at
North London Buddhist Centre,
2018.
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Sep 14, 2023
Here is an excellent introduction to the most subtle and complex part of the Buddha's teaching on impermanence: that all things in conditioned existence are empty of any innate self-nature. Insubstantiality might never be really 'simple' to understand - but this is a good place to start and Locana an...