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Feb 21, 2015 · 1 hr 3 min
Adventures in the Pure Land – Happiness
Our FBA Podcast this week is "Adventures in the Pure Land – Happiness". Here Ratnaguna begins a series of four special talks at Manchester Buddhist Centre on the Pure Land sutras, with an exploration on the theme of Happiness.
Feb 14, 2015 · 48 min
Death and the Self, and the Buddha's Unanswered Questions
Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled "Death and the Self, and the Buddha's Unanswered Questions". Here Vaddhaka delves into the Buddha's unanswered questions; questions that Vacchagotta, Malunkyaputta and others asked him. Among them: 'What happens to a Buddha after death?' And what happens at our own death; what did the Buddha really say; and why did the renowned Buddhist scholar Paul Williams convert from Buddhism to Roman Catholicism?
Feb 7, 2015 · 37 min
Bodhicitta and Spiritual Death
Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled "Bodhicitta and Spiritual Death" by Vijayamala, a talk given as part of the Understanding, Exploring and Realising Spiritual Death retreat, led by Kamalashila and Vijayamala, at Adhisthana Dec 2014.
Jan 31, 2015 · 45 min
The Mystery of Exchanging Self and Other
Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled "The Mystery of Exchanging Self and Other". This is the fifth in a series of six talks given by Padmavajra, based on verses from Shantideva's 'Guide to The Bodhisattva's Way of Life', otherwise known as 'The Bodhicaryavatara'. Talks given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, on the Winter Retreat, December 2011 – January 2012.
Jan 24, 2015 · 56 min
Awareness Is Revolutionary
This week's FBA Podcast, "Awareness Is Revolutionary", by Sona, takes a sharp look at Buddhism and secular mindfulness. Calling on his many years experience working with Breathworks, Sona explores how we use the Buddha's teaching and mindfulness to alleviate pain and suffering.
Jan 17, 2015 · 54 min
Understanding Money, Understanding Ourselves
In this wide-ranging FBA Podcast entitled "Understanding Money, Understanding Ourselves", Siddhisambhava encourages us to talk about money more and suggests reasons why we often find that so hard to do. She outlines the Buddha's approach to money and encourages us become clearer and more confident in it.
Jan 10, 2015 · 53 min
The History Of and Value In Team-Based Right Livelihood
In this week's FBA Podcast Subhuti gives a rousing talk on "The History of and Value in Team-Based Right Livelihood" within the Triratna Buddhist Movement. He then goes on to explain why it is so important; because it represents an opportunity to live a 'full' Buddhist life for ourselves and present society with an alternative to consumerism
Jan 2, 2015 · 1 hr 1 min
Meaningful Work and Values
In this week's FBA Podcast Saddharaja discusses "Meaningful Work and Values" in light of his own experience in a Right Livelihood business. He posits that most people in the modern world might find meaning in their work, and explores how Buddhists can make meaningful work a spiritual practice.
Dec 27, 2014 · 55 min
Ethics as Insight Practice
In this week's FBA Podcast Guhyavajra explores "Ethics as Insight Practice". Ethics is as an important stage in the path leading to wisdom, but how are ethics and insight interrelated?
Dec 20, 2014 · 1 hr 10 min
The Texture of Reality
This week's FBA Podcast entitled "The Texture of Reality", is an early lecture from Sangharakshita on Insight, recorded in 1966, dealing with the three marks (lakshanas) of conditioned existence and their transcendence via the three liberations (vimokshas).
Dec 13, 2014 · 56 min
Meeting the Suffering of the World
This week's FBA Podcast entitled "Meeting the Suffering of the World", by Maitrisara, was the last in a series of talks at Dharmapala College celebrating "40 Years of the New Society". Here Maitrisara takes on the topic of compassion in action.
Dec 6, 2014 · 45 min
A Challenge to the Modern World
A robust talk for this week's FBA Podcast entitled "A Challenge to the Modern World", by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.
Nov 29, 2014 · 1 hr
Why We Need the New Society
Grounding his talk in the Kosambiya and Anuruddha suttas in this week's FBA Podcast entitled "Why We Need the New Society", Vajragupta guides us through how we can create the conditions for the seeds of selflessness to grow and develop in the framework of the New Society as described by Sangharakshita: communities, centres and working together.
Nov 22, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita
in this week's FBA Podcast, Padmavajra, one of Sangharakshita's closest disciples, offers his own perspective on Sangharakshita as a practitioner with a rich sense of the mythic context pervading all his thinking about the Buddha and his teaching, in a talk entitled "Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita".
Nov 21, 2014 · 3 min
Einf?hrung - Warum Schwierigkeiten so wichtig sind
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Nov 15, 2014 · 49 min
Simple Gifts
in this week's FBA Podcast, Vidyadevi remembers her time working with Sangharakshita to edit books based on his lectures and seminars. Entitled "Simple Gifts", it's a reflection on friendship with her spiritual teacher. Given during the Rainy Season Retreat at Manchester Buddhist Centre in February 2014.
Nov 8, 2014 · 43 min
Who is Sangharakshita?
Achala responds to the question, "Who is Sangharakshita?" in this week's FBA Podcast, drawing from his own experiences and those of others. He looks at Sangharakshita's significance as a spiritual teacher, his qualities and his life. This talk was given at Nottingham Buddhist centre in April 2014.
Nov 1, 2014 · 1 hr 2 min
From the Bodhicaryavatara
Vajratara brings us this week's FBA Podcast entitled: "From the Bodhicaryavatara." The Mahayana emphasizes the great goal of the spiritual life – the immeasurable energy, wisdom and compassion. This is what life is about, this is what the path of the spiritual practitioner is all about. Vajratara explores Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 18th March 2008. Part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
Oct 25, 2014 · 28 min
Spiritual Receptivity: From a Retreat
Vessantara leads us on a journey to discover "Spiritual Receptivity" for this week's FBA Podcast. This is the first in a thoroughly engaging set of talks and led meditations. From beginning to end, we get to experience the full flavor of the retreat that these segments were recorded from, held at Adhisthana in 2014. Vessantara deftly weaves Spiritual Receptivity together with the greater mandala of the Triratna System of Practice, bringing in aspects of each of the stages of the system and helping to put receptivity in the context of the spiritual life as a whole. Talks given at Adhisthana, February 2014
Oct 18, 2014 · 45 min
Great Faith, Great Wisdom
This week's FBA Podcast, "Great Faith, Great Wisdom," by Ratnaguna, is from the 2014 Men's Order Convention.