Other talks from Taraloka
This is the third of four talks exploring Vasubandhu's Four Factors. In his treatise Generating Bodhi Resolve, Vasubandhu describes them as able to generate the resolve to cultivate and accumulate the bases for the Arising of the Bodhicitta. You can find out more about them in Sangharakshita's books The Meaning of Conversion in Buddhism and The Bodhisattva Ideal.
Kulaprabha gave this talk on a meditation retreat for women who have asked for ordination. The complete set of talks are as follows and each one finishes with a led reflection on the theme.
Factor 1: Reflecting on the Buddha, by Saddhanandi
Factor 2: Contemplating the Faults of Existence, by Dhammadassin
Factor 3: Contemplating the Suffering Beings, by Kulaprabha
Factor 4: Contemplating the Qualities of the Tathagathas, by Samantabhadri
Given at Taraloka in February, 2010.
This talk is part of the series Contemplating Vasubandhu's Four Factors.
1. | Robins, Despair, Earthquakes, Other People (5:41) | |
2. | Our Reaction to Suffering (4:55) | |
3. | When a Bodhisattva Is Sick (5:04) | |
4. | Fascination with Self (8:06) | |
5. | I-Making and Mine-Making (5:49) | |
6. | How a Bodhisattva Regards Beings (5:31) | |
7. | In the Long Night of Time (6:12) | |
8. | Led Reflection (27:51) |
Total running time: 1:09:09