Sheila Groonell, Aryaloka, USA
Vajratara, Sheffield, UK
Mary, FBA Team
Candradasa, FBA Team
Coleen, FBA Team
Ratnaghosha, FBA Chairman
Padmatara, San Francisco, USA
Coleen, FBA Team
October 22nd, 2011
In today’s FBA Podcast Suriyavamsa begins “Life for a Limited Time Only” with the inevitability of death and some of our habitual attitudes to death and suffering, reading from contemporary poets. He brings out the Buddhist perspective that life and death are not separate, but parts of the same process.
This talk was given on Parinirvana Day 2010 at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre.
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September 26th, 2011
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte “Seeing into One’s Own Nature” is from the talk “Zen and the Psychotherapeutic Process” by Sangharakshita. With a metaphysical, transcendental penetration into the ultimate depths of one’s own true nature, far behind the mind, in a new dimension all together, one emerges into Buddhahood.
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August 20th, 2011
Today’s Podcast “Compassionate Koans – The Heart of the Matter does in fact take us to the heart of the matter! An excellent, personal set of reflections by Vijayamala on the relationship between our longing and our pain. The Buddhist tradition posits compassion as the best response, but it isn’t always clear how that works. No answers here – but a few leads and some thoughtful tales from life and from a longstanding practice of meditation.
Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Women’s Convention, 2005
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August 18th, 2011
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte “I Bow Down To Compassion” is a preview to next Saturday’s FBA Podcast “Compassionate Koans – The Heart of the Matter,” containing an excellent, personal set of reflections by Vijayamala on the relationship between our longing and our pain.
Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Women’s Convention, 2005
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February 26th, 2011
In this thoughtful, sympathetic talk, “Becoming a Citizen of the Present”, Srivati expounds on the most delicate of tasks in any life – how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspects of past and present, of memory and expectation, we encounter impermanence as the touchstone of our experience through storytelling (Bahiya of the Bark Garment) and the practice of writing – especially poetry. A lovely set of challenges to become ‘citizens of the present’ and inhabit properly our own potential for change.
Talk given to the Triratna (Western) Buddhist Order National Order Weekend, 2001
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