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London Buddhist CentreThe Direct Path | JnanavacaJnanavaca gives the third talk of the Urban Retreat on The Direct Path.
2025-09-2158 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioA Vision Bigger Than Life Here, Jnanavaca explores the Bardo of Life. Excerpted from the talk entitled Root Verses of the Six Bardos: Life given at Vajrasana Retreat Centre, 2023. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB YouTube:
2025-09-0805 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA Vision Bigger Than Life Here, Jnanavaca explores the Bardo of Life. Excerpted from the talk entitled Root Verses of the Six Bardos: Life given at Vajrasana Retreat Centre, 2023. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB YouTube:
2025-09-0805 min
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioThe Buddha Speaks Jnanavaca kicks off a new seminar series exploring the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. Here he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Excerpted from the talk Parables From the White Lotus Sutra - The Burning House, given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2015. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharm...
2024-12-0803 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioThe Buddha Speaks Jnanavaca kicks off a new seminar series exploring the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. Here he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Excerpted from the talk Parables From the White Lotus Sutra - The Burning House, given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2015. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharm...
2024-12-0803 min
London Buddhist CentreGuided Meditation: Becoming Aware of our Body, with JnanavacaA 15-minute meditation to connect to your embodied experience. Led by Jnanavaca.
2024-09-1314 min
London Buddhist CentreThe Bardo of Reality | JnanavacaIn this stirring three-part series, Jnanavaca explores the‘The Root Verses of the Six Bardos’, which exhort us to make the very best of our human situation. Each talk looks at a different Bardo, those moments of potential when something new can arise.
The first talk is on: The Bardo of Reality
"O now, when the Bardo of the Reality upon me is dawning,
Abandoning all awe, fear, and terror of all [phenomena],
May I recognise whatever appeareth as being mine own thought-forms,
May I know them to be apparitions in the Intermediate State;
[I...
2024-08-181h 11
London Buddhist CentreThe Bardo of Death | JnanavacaIn this stirring three-part series, Jnanavaca explores the‘The Root Verses of the Six Bardos’, which exhort us to make the very best of our human situation. Each talk reflects on a different Bardo, those moments of potential when something new can arise.
The second talk is on: The Bardo of Death
"O now, when the Bardo of the Moment of Death upon me is dawning!
Abandoning attraction and craving, and weakness for all [worldly things],
May I be undistracted in the space of the bright [enlightening] teachings,
May I [be able to] transfuse myself...
2024-08-171h 00
London Buddhist CentreThe Bardo of Life | JnanavacaIn this stirring three-part series, Jnanavaca explores the‘The Root Verses of the Six Bardos’, which exhort us to make the very best of our human situation. Each talk reflects on a different Bardo, those moments of potential when something new can arise.
The first talk is on: The Bardo of Life
"O now, when the Birthplace Bardo upon me is dawning!
Abandoning idleness -- there being no idleness in a devotee's life --
Entering into the Reality undistractedly, listening, reflecting, and meditating,
Carrying on to the Path knowledge of the true nature of appear...
2024-08-151h 16
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioLessen the Fabrication of Self 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 Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week.
2023-09-2802 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioLessen the Fabrication of Self 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 Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week.
2023-09-2802 min
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioBeing a Friend How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Here, Jnanavaca shares personal experiences about the challenges of creating sangha and being a friend. Excerpted from the talk What Is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? given at London Buddhist Centre. 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full...
2023-07-2502 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioBeing a Friend How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Here, Jnanavaca shares personal experiences about the challenges of creating sangha and being a friend. Excerpted from the talk What Is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? given at London Buddhist Centre. 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full...
2023-07-2502 min
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioFreedom that Manifests as LoveJnanavaca weaves magic and myth with the day to day practice of the Dharma in this talk From the talk entitled Freedom Or Death given on Buddha Day at the London Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Fr...
2022-10-2402 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioFreedom that Manifests as LoveJnanavaca weaves magic and myth with the day to day practice of the Dharma in this talk From the talk entitled Freedom Or Death given on Buddha Day at the London Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Fr...
2022-10-2402 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioCommunity Sangha is VitalGoing Beyond Duality How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Jnanavaca shares how the practice of sangha is vital in making spiritual progress. From the talk What Is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? Given at London Buddhist Centre as part of the series The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free B...
2022-07-2501 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioCommunity Sangha is VitalGoing Beyond Duality How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Jnanavaca shares how the practice of sangha is vital in making spiritual progress. From the talk What Is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? Given at London Buddhist Centre as part of the series The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free B...
2022-07-2501 min
PhilosophyEASTS1 Ep5: Consciousness and The Limits of Reason: Iain McGilchrist with JnanavacaIn the first interview with Iain McGilchrist, we explore the idea that the mind can only be understood in the broadest possible context -- from our embodied existence, the wider human culture, and how these shape and mould each other. Listen to Iain in conversation with Jnanavaca.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.
2022-05-2354 min
Apramada PodcastsThe Master and His EmissaryRatnaguna interviews Jñanavaca on The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist. He finds out why he thinks it’s a book well worth reading. See video version
2021-10-061h 09
Free Buddhist AudioThe Power of InitiationHere Jnanavaca discusses how Tantric Buddhism is concerned with the direct experience of who we are and what we can become. Its aim is to help us realize our potential by transforming the energy locked in by old habits, fears, and views. Talk given at London Buddhist Centre, 2020. *** Follow our Dharmabytes podcast. Bite-size Dharma twice a week! Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Subscribe using these RSS feeds or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook
2021-08-2858 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioMoving Towards Timelessness Jnanavaca discusses metta as the foundation of samadhi, taking us back to basics and reminding us to dwell with patience and acceptance in the body. Excerpted from the talk entitled Metta as the Foundation of Samadhi given as part of the online retreat Towards Insight: Three Myths led by Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Sound...
2021-06-1705 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioMoving Towards Timelessness Jnanavaca discusses metta as the foundation of samadhi, taking us back to basics and reminding us to dwell with patience and acceptance in the body. Excerpted from the talk entitled Metta as the Foundation of Samadhi given as part of the online retreat Towards Insight: Three Myths led by Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Sound...
2021-06-1705 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioVajrasatva as Blue SkyWith a magician-like quality, Jnanavaca introduces us to the pure white Vajrasatva with a talk ranging from Carl Sagan to childhood magic sets, rainbow men in the sky to the moment of death; Jnanavaca offers a vision of reality that transcends time and space. From the talk Vajrasatva, Time, Space & Rainbows, part of the series The Symbolic World of the Five Buddha Mandala given at London Buddhist Centre’s Winter Retreat 2019. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news...
2021-04-2912 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioVajrasatva as Blue SkyWith a magician-like quality, Jnanavaca introduces us to the pure white Vajrasatva with a talk ranging from Carl Sagan to childhood magic sets, rainbow men in the sky to the moment of death; Jnanavaca offers a vision of reality that transcends time and space. From the talk Vajrasatva, Time, Space & Rainbows, part of the series The Symbolic World of the Five Buddha Mandala given at London Buddhist Centre’s Winter Retreat 2019. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news...
2021-04-2912 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioKalyana MitrataHow do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? There is no real Buddhism if it’s all about self liberation. We have to see other people as like ourselves. Jnanavaca, telling the story of Meghiya, unequivocally draws out the importance of sangha and kalyana mitrata as the means to bring the Dharma to life in the world. Excerpted from the talk What is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? From the series entitled The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala given by Jnanavaca and Su...
2020-11-0914 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioKalyana MitrataHow do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? There is no real Buddhism if it’s all about self liberation. We have to see other people as like ourselves. Jnanavaca, telling the story of Meghiya, unequivocally draws out the importance of sangha and kalyana mitrata as the means to bring the Dharma to life in the world. Excerpted from the talk What is Sangha & Kalyana Mitrata? From the series entitled The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala given by Jnanavaca and Su...
2020-11-0914 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioThe Quest for FreedomJnanavaca weaves magic and myth with the day to day practice of the Dharma in exploring vimukti, freedom, which arises just before full and perfect Enlightenment in the spiral path. Excerpted from the talk entitled Freedom Or Death given on Buddha Day 2019 at the London Buddhist Centre. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud
2020-10-0112 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioThe Quest for FreedomJnanavaca weaves magic and myth with the day to day practice of the Dharma in exploring vimukti, freedom, which arises just before full and perfect Enlightenment in the spiral path. Excerpted from the talk entitled Freedom Or Death given on Buddha Day 2019 at the London Buddhist Centre. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud
2020-10-0112 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA New Type of ConsciousnessWhat if everyone could see the enormity of their potential and be able to grow into that potential? What if those people then created a community... and that community becomes more & more a force for good in the world? Buddhism teaches us that it is possible to transcend the notion that I exist as a fixed and separate entity in the world and in doing so release a force of unbounded, unconditional love. Jnanavaca explores these questions and more in this thoughtful and thought-provoking talk entitled 'Buddhism & World Problems' (The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The...
2020-07-2017 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioA New Type of ConsciousnessWhat if everyone could see the enormity of their potential and be able to grow into that potential? What if those people then created a community... and that community becomes more & more a force for good in the world? Buddhism teaches us that it is possible to transcend the notion that I exist as a fixed and separate entity in the world and in doing so release a force of unbounded, unconditional love. Jnanavaca explores these questions and more in this thoughtful and thought-provoking talk entitled 'Buddhism & World Problems' (The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The...
2020-07-2017 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioWe Are All DreamingJnanavaca offers a far-reaching and uncompromising vision of human fellowship based on transcendental ideals: Sangha. With reference to terrorism, romance, consumerism and Star Wars.... This FBA Dharmabyte is from the talk called What The World Knows Now, part of the series Where do we go from here? given at the London Buddhist Centre Winter Retreat, 2016. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud
2019-12-3011 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioWe Are All DreamingJnanavaca offers a far-reaching and uncompromising vision of human fellowship based on transcendental ideals: Sangha. With reference to terrorism, romance, consumerism and Star Wars.... This FBA Dharmabyte is from the talk called What The World Knows Now, part of the series Where do we go from here? given at the London Buddhist Centre Winter Retreat, 2016. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud
2019-12-3011 minFree Buddhist AudioThe Wisdom in the Parable of The Burning HouseJnanavaca explores the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. This week he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Includes some questions from the audience. Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre, April 6th 2015. *** Help keep FBA free for everyone! Become a supporter today. Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-size pieces of Dharma inspiration, two times a week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA on Soundcloud
2019-12-2856 minFree Buddhist AudioPeace Is a FireThe Buddha said the world is on fire, fueled by our greed hatred and delusion. Jnanavaca explores how we can raise ourselves to meet the challenges faced by humankind on both an individual and global basis. Can Metta be cultivated so that in can burn brightly with the brilliant flames of peace? Talk given at London Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Help keep FBA free for everyone! Become a supporter today. Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-size pieces of Dharma inspiration, two times a week! Follow our blog for news an...
2019-10-1259 min
London Buddhist CentreTurning towards the Enlightened mindIn Buddhist Puja we ritually evoke the many qualities of the Enlightened mind. We use our imagination to open up to a higher vision of reality.
In this talk Jnanavaca argues that engaging with devotion, worship and beauty will help us open up to those moments where we experience something 'more'... more than self, more than our usual view of the world, more than the day to day mundane rhythm of daily life.
2019-10-0256 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioNot to be DefinedOur FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled 'Not to be Defined' by Jnanavaca. Excerpted from the talk Is A Guru Necessary? Jnanavaca revisits one of Sangharakshita's classic talks from 1970 and gives his contemporary reflections on its abiding relevance. This was given as part of the London Buddhist Centre Dharma Night Series, Bhante Classics, September 2012. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA o...
2019-06-2711 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioNot to be DefinedOur FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled 'Not to be Defined' by Jnanavaca. Excerpted from the talk Is A Guru Necessary? Jnanavaca revisits one of Sangharakshita's classic talks from 1970 and gives his contemporary reflections on its abiding relevance. This was given as part of the London Buddhist Centre Dharma Night Series, Bhante Classics, September 2012. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook FBA o...
2019-06-2711 min
Free Buddhist AudioFrom View to No ViewOur FBA Podcast this week is called From View to No View by Jnanavaca on views and the need for a positive emotional engagement with those views. London Buddhist Centre in 2007
2018-04-211h 09
Free Buddhist AudioThe Wisdom of WordsThis week's FBA Podcast FBA Podcast is a fabulous talk by Jnanavaca called The Wisdom of Words. The spiritual community, the Sangha, is the ideal context in which we can practise the Dharma. It is also a force for good in the world and an ideal in its own right. But how is the Sangha sustained? Continuing our exploration of 'The Four Sangharavastus' (or Means of Unification of the Sangha). Jnanavaca launches the year with a keynote talk on the second of these, Kindly Speech.
2017-02-041h 12
Free Buddhist AudioThe Texture of RealityWe are delighted to bring in Jnanavaca for today's FBA Podcast entitled The Texture of Reality. In this talk, he explores the notions of conditioned and unconditioned reality, and the relationship between the two.
2016-05-0755 min
Free Buddhist AudioWho Hates the Metta Bhavana?Today's FBA Podcast is so provocative we don't even need a description. Who Hates the Metta Bhavana? by Jnanavaca. Week two of a five week seminar on the Metta Bhavana practice at the London Buddhist Center.
2016-03-1247 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioFalling into Space: AmoghasiddhiWe continue our exploration of the Five Buddha Mandala in the northern realm. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk Touching the Void by Jnanavaca. In Falling Into Space: Amoghasiddhi Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpsonand#8217;s popular mountaineering book and#8216;Touching the Voidand#8217; to aspects of Buddhist practice. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004
2016-02-0407 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioFalling into Space: AmoghasiddhiWe continue our exploration of the Five Buddha Mandala in the northern realm. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk Touching the Void by Jnanavaca. In Falling Into Space: Amoghasiddhi Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpsonand#8217;s popular mountaineering book and#8216;Touching the Voidand#8217; to aspects of Buddhist practice. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004
2016-02-0407 min
Free Buddhist AudioMind Over Matter This week's FBA Podcast features Jnanavaca in a talk entitled "Mind Over Matter". Most people think of science as insisting that only dead matter really exists as a substrate of everything in the universe, and that mind is something that does not have the same reality as matter. However modern physics shows that matter itself is not made up of definite things, and that it may even be influenced by being observed by a conscious mind. Jnanavaca describes evidence from the double slit experiment, and draws lessons for seeing through the illusion of personal separateness and discovering the imperative...
2015-11-071h 02
Manchester Buddhist Centre talksUnfolding ConsciousnessA talk given by Jnanavaca on Trirtana Night at Manchester Buddhist Centre, September 2015
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2015-09-2407 minFree Buddhist AudioParables From the White Lotus Sutra – the Burning House In this week'sFBA Podcast, "Parables From the White Lotus Sutra – the Burning House", Jnanavaca kicks off a new seminar series exploring the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. In this talk he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Dharma Night at the LBC, April 6th 2015
2015-06-0656 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioSeeing Beauty in NatureIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Seeing Beauty in Nature, Jnanavaca continues the seminar series exploring Eros and Beauty, drawing inspiration from Keats on the ascent of beauty. From the talk and#8220;Eros and Beauty and#8211; Jnanavaca On Fireand#8221; given at the London Buddhist Center, 9th March 2015.
2015-04-0908 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioSeeing Beauty in NatureIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Seeing Beauty in Nature, Jnanavaca continues the seminar series exploring Eros and Beauty, drawing inspiration from Keats on the ascent of beauty. From the talk and#8220;Eros and Beauty and#8211; Jnanavaca On Fireand#8221; given at the London Buddhist Center, 9th March 2015.
2015-04-0908 minFree Buddhist AudioThe Diamond ThroneDoes Buddhism have anything to say about the recent attacks in Paris? What about liberal democracy; does Buddhism agree? Our FBA Podcast this week, "The Diamond Throne" explores these very questions. With characteristic intelligence and sensitivity, Chairman of the Centre Jnanavaca launches 2015 by exploring such issues via the vision of the Vajrasana – the diamond throne.
2015-03-0757 minFree Buddhist AudioDharmic ReceptivityOur FBA Podcast this week, "Dharmic Receptivity," launch of the London Buddhist Center theme for the year by Jnanavaca. Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class, Monday January 20th 2014
2014-03-081h 04Free Buddhist AudioVajrasattva: Not About PurityIn this week's FBA Podcast we hear another take on a famous Bodhisattva: "Vajrasattva: Not About Purity" by Jnanavaca given on Vajrasattva Festival Day at London Buddhist Centre on June 2009.
2013-12-2850 min
FBA HighlightsDharmabytes Podcast #286 - "Cutting the Rope" by JnanavacaToday’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Cutting the Rope,” is an excerpt from the talk “Touching the Void” (www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=OM697) by Jnanavaca.
Here he talks about the analogy of ‘cutting the rope’ and taking responsibility. In the full talk Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpson’s popular mountaineering book ‘Touching the Void’ to aspects of Buddhist practice. Look out for some wonderful quotes – from T.E. Lawrence to Einstein. Inspiring stuff all round… Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004
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2013-10-1406 minFree Buddhist AudioBuddhism, Modern Physics and the Nature of Reality This week's FBA Podcast "Buddhism, Modern Physics and the Nature of Reality" given by Jnanavaca at the London Buddhist Centre's Open Day in May 2010.
2013-09-2158 minFree Buddhist AudioLoving What IsIn this talk "Loving What Is" Vajrapriya shares his own nitty gritty practice of dealing with hatred, clearing the way for a more mettaful response. "Metta is what arises when you realize that being human isn't easy." With an introduction by Jnanavaca. To read about some of our volunteers who helped make this talk available, please see our post on Triratna News.
2010-12-2155 minFree Buddhist AudioBuddhism and Quantum PhysicsJnanavaca is back! Last time it was mountaineering (see our very first podcast), this time it's Einstein, Schroedinger, double slits, and all that stuff you wished you understood about quantum physics but despaired of ever knowing so as to impress at parties… Well, now you can learn all about it â€" as well as how it relates to Dharma practice and the Buddha's view of a truly luminous Reality. Very classy stuff from a great speaker with the most infectious laugh on the planet! We won't give any more away here â€" settle back and enjoy a brain-expanding, soul questioning talk.
2006-05-1700 minFree Buddhist AudioTouching the VoidIn this moving talk Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpson's popular mountaineering book 'Touching the Void' to aspects of Buddhist practice. For more talks and to help us keep this free, visit freebuddhistaudio.com
2005-07-141h 08