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Mindful SpotLovingkindness Meditation by KamalashilaLovingkindness Meditation by Kamalashila https://mindfulspot.com/lovingkindness-meditation-for-beginners/The audio for this episode is courtesy of Free Buddhist Audio https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/Download a FREE WORKSHEET for this episode by visiting https://MindfulSpot.com/free-resources/2024-12-2812 min
Mindful SpotBreathing Meditation by KamalashilaListen to the guided breathing meditation by Kamalashila https://mindfulspot.com/breathing-meditation-beginners/ The audio for this episode is courtesy of Free Buddhist Audio https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/ Download the FREE WORKSHEET for this episode by visiting https://MindfulSpot.com/free-resources2024-10-1211 min
Ancient FuturesInto the Unknown – KamalashilaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ancientfutures.substack.comWho are we really, beyond our ideas about ourselves and the world? After more than half a century as a Buddhist practitioner, Kamalashila (Anthony Matthews) reflects on his life and impending death – he was recently told he had four months to live.As he wrote back in April: “What is happening to me happens to everyone and it will happen to you, so think about that too and practice some dharma.” Our conversation explores what this means from a range...2024-07-031h 12
The Buddhist CentreMindfulness of Death and Dying (Kamalashila in Conversation, with Guided Meditation)Kamalashila is dying. So are we - we are dying. Really.
In this recent conversation with Kamalashila following his diagnosis of terminal cancer - and in the closing guided meditation reflecting on death - this is the core theme to which we keep returning: the value of familiarising ourselves with our impermanence: dying and death are going to happen to every single one of us. As Kamalashila says, “Taking it out of the taboo cupboard”.
We hear Kamalashila’s perspective starting out on what he refers to in his cancer blog as “A Voyage into the Unknown”...2024-06-081h 25
The Buddhist CentreMindfulness of Death and Dying (Kamalashila in Conversation with Guided Meditation)Kamalashila is dying. So are we - we are dying. Really.
In this recent conversation with Kamalashila following his diagnosis of terminal cancer - and in the closing guided meditation reflecting on death - this is the core theme to which we keep returning: the value of familiarising ourselves with our impermanence: dying and death are going to happen to every single one of us. As Kamalashila says, “Taking it out of the taboo cupboard”.
We hear Kamalashila’s perspective starting out on what he refers to in his cancer blog as “A Voyage into the Unknown”. What it’s like to be i...2024-06-071h 25
The Buddhist CentreThe Magic Of Meditation With Kamalashila (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 434)Welcome to a new season of the podcast! ❤️
Since the 1970s Kamalashila has been exploring meditation and, as an author and teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Order, shaping our understanding of meditation in all its practical magic and mystery.
These days he spends much of his time at home in rural England, leading in-depth meditation retreats online for members of the Order. Join us in his garden amongst the summer birds and wildflowers of Suffolk for a conversation about how sadhana – a lifelong, 360º approach to Buddhist meditation and practice – transforms our consciousness and our whole way of experiencing the world.
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The Buddhist CentreThe Magic of Meditation with KamalashilaWelcome to a new season of the podcast! ❤️
Since the 1970s Kamalashila has been exploring meditation and, as an author and teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Order, shaping our understanding of meditation in all its practical magic and mystery.
These days he spends much of his time at home in rural England, leading in-depth meditation retreats online for members of the Order. Join us in his garden amongst the summer birds and wildflowers of Suffolk for a conversation about how sadhana – a lifelong, 360º approach to Buddhist meditation and practice – transforms our consciousness and our whole way of experi...2022-12-0940 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioTake Notice of InconsistenciesMagical Aspects of Emptiness Kamalashila looks at our whole relationship to nature and the elements: how the artificiality in our lives can get in the way of seeing what things are actually like - and what we might do about that in practice! Kamalashila uses these reflections as a way into evoking a more natural, deeply encouraging perspective, one that allows us to open up to the reality the Buddha pointed to under the tree and let the Dharma transform us and the world we help create. From the talk entitled The Buddha In Nature...2022-07-1303 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioTake Notice of InconsistenciesMagical Aspects of Emptiness Kamalashila looks at our whole relationship to nature and the elements: how the artificiality in our lives can get in the way of seeing what things are actually like - and what we might do about that in practice! Kamalashila uses these reflections as a way into evoking a more natural, deeply encouraging perspective, one that allows us to open up to the reality the Buddha pointed to under the tree and let the Dharma transform us and the world we help create. From the talk entitled The Buddha In Nature...2022-07-1303 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Importance of Mindfulness Kamalashila explores the centrality of mindfulness to the Buddhist path. He discusses the concept of intoxication, with reference to the 5th Precept and the Sutra of Golden Light. Kamalashila then considers the four foundations of mindfulness from the Satipatthana Sutta and concludes that mindfulness is the basis of metta and allows us to embrace the realm of truth and beauty. This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 1996. This talk was made available by the Croydon Digital Archive Project, turning crumbling cassette tape recordings into digital format. *** Help keep FBA free for everyone...2021-07-3146 min
The Almighty OhmI read chapter 7. Stages of meditation by Kamalashila.I read chapter 7. Prerequisites for meditating on calm abiding and special insight.2021-04-2407 minThe Almighty OhmChapter 6. Wisdom.The stages of the path. By Kamalashila. Wisdom. Chapter 6.2021-03-1608 minThe Almighty OhmCh5 of the stages of meditation. Suffering. By kamalashila.I read and discuss the Fifth chapter on suffering.2021-03-1517 minThe Almighty OhmStages of the path part 2. Kamalashila.Chapter 3 compassion and chapter 4 equanimity. Development and benefits. The stages of meditation by kamalashila. Reading and discussion.2021-03-1515 minThe Almighty OhmThe stages of meditation. Kamalashila.Introduction. Chapter 1 to 3. I discuss the basis of the mind illuminated. I attempt to show the entirety of the path in every teaching.2021-03-1416 minThe Almighty OhmThe sudden vs gradual enlightenment argument.I discuss the sudden vs gradual enlightenment argument and give an introduction to the stages of meditation by kamalashila.2021-03-1412 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioExploring the Movement of the Mind as WindKamalashila explores the nature of wind as energies moving around in the body as well as outside the body. Kamalashila has spent a lot of his adult life exploring meditation - and this talk is a lovely little foray into the whole subject as a crucial aspect in life and practice, with special consideration given to reflection on the six elements. From the talk entitled Simplicity given at Triratna (FWBO) Day, 2004. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our b...2020-08-2006 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioExploring the Movement of the Mind as WindKamalashila explores the nature of wind as energies moving around in the body as well as outside the body. Kamalashila has spent a lot of his adult life exploring meditation - and this talk is a lovely little foray into the whole subject as a crucial aspect in life and practice, with special consideration given to reflection on the six elements. From the talk entitled Simplicity given at Triratna (FWBO) Day, 2004. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! Follow our b...2020-08-2006 min
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 6]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-251h 04
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 5]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-251h 04
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 4]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-2556 min
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 3]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-251h 00
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 2]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-251h 01
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab SangpoStages of Meditation Retreat [session 1]This series is from a Buddhist meditation retreat on the text, "Stages of Meditation" by Kamalashila. These teachings by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and his guided meditation instructions help students to deepen their practice of calm-abiding meditation (samatha) and special insight meditation (vipashyana or "clear seeing" meditation). The union of a peaceful mind and wisdom into the nature of reality is essential to living a life filled with joy. Joy comes from a mind at ease that knows how to help others and not to harm them. In this video, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers practical teachings on how...2020-03-2554 min
Mindful Life PodcastEpisode #21 Mindful Life Podcast. Managing Stress with Khenpo Ngawang DhamchoeIn Episode #21 of the Mindful Life Podcast I present an exert from a Buddhist Dharma talk I attended with visiting Tibetan Buddhist Monk Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe (Khenpo). Khenpo is one of the most knowledgeable and resepcted teachers of the practice and philosophy of Tibetan Buddhsim in Australia. A few times a year Khenpo takes a 10hr roadtrip, leaving his own temple and community in Tilba Tilba to open the stunning and disused Buddhist Temple in Kinglake, Melbourne. The Bau Sen Buddha Ru Yi Temple was built over 10yrs ago by Khenpo's close friend Chinese Buddhist the late Master Lin, who...2019-02-1553 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Importance of MindfulnessThis week's FBA Podcast is entitled The Importance of Mindfulness by Kamalashila.
In this talk from September 1996, Kamalashila explores the centrality of mindfulness to the Buddhist path. He discuses the concept of intoxication, with reference to the 5th Precept and the Sutra of Golden Light. Kamalashila then considers the four foundations of mindfulness from the the Satipatthana Sutta and concludes that mindfulness is the basis of metta and allows us to embrace the realm of truth and beauty.
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Free Buddhist AudioThe Importance of MindfulnessThis week’s FBA Podcast is entitled The Importance of Mindfulness by Kamalashila. In this talk from September 1996, Kamalashila explores the centrality of mindfulness to the Buddhist path. He discuses the concept of intoxication, with reference to the 5th Precept and the Sutra of Golden Light. Kamalashila then considers the four foundations of mindfulness from the the Satipatthana Sutta and concludes that mindfulness is the basis of metta and allows us to embrace the realm of truth and beauty. Croydon has been home to FWBO or Triratna Buddhist communities and centres since 1968. Many early talks by...2017-04-0846 min
The Buddhist CentreSatyaraja and Kamalashila talk about meditationA lovely discussion, largely about meditation, between two people who are dedicated to it as a key way to work with the mind and discover more deeply the nature of it. We hear particularly about the devotional aspects of meditation, which is another way into the idea of insight itself. And about meditation retreats - solitary and collective - as essential to practice, including those featuring the Six Element practice as an approach to exploring the reality of existence itself.
#Satyaraja, #Kamalashila #Meditation #PreceptorsCollege #Adhisthana #Triratna #Buddhism #Buddhist #meditate2016-03-1609 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioNon-Self In Buddhist-PsychologyOur FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from Non-Self In Buddhist-Psychology by Kamalashila. The Buddha taught from his vision of interconnected conditionality which showed him that nothing is fixed or permanent. It is a radical, extraordinary vision. His way of looking at the human psyche, the mind, heart or soul, reflects this. If there is no permanent self, no lasting person, what is there, because there clearly isnand#8217;t nothing! In this talk Kamalashila will explore some new ways of looking at ourselves, others, and the world we think we live in. This Dharmabyte is excerpted from the talk...2015-05-2111 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioNon-Self In Buddhist-PsychologyOur FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from Non-Self In Buddhist-Psychology by Kamalashila. The Buddha taught from his vision of interconnected conditionality which showed him that nothing is fixed or permanent. It is a radical, extraordinary vision. His way of looking at the human psyche, the mind, heart or soul, reflects this. If there is no permanent self, no lasting person, what is there, because there clearly isnand#8217;t nothing! In this talk Kamalashila will explore some new ways of looking at ourselves, others, and the world we think we live in. This Dharmabyte is excerpted from the talk...2015-05-2111 min
Buddhist VoicesKamalashila's Quarterly No.3 - Gonzo Psychogeography And New BeginningsAnother excellent conversation with Kamalashila in our occasional series from West London, where we celebrate the opening of their incredibly impressive new Buddhist Centre. But first we touch on all things liminal in our ongoing exchanges about landscape - particularly, in this case, the "gonzo psychogeography" of London and its subterranean rivers.
We also hear about new beginnings in the shape of a Welsh contemplative community project and Buddhafield as it re-emerges from some years of change. All in the good company of Kamalashila and also featuring our first very special guest - Yashobodhi.
For...2015-04-1834 min
The Buddhist CentreKamalashila's Quarterly No.3 - Gonzo Psychogeography And New BeginningsAnother excellent conversation with Kamalashila in our occasional series from West London, where we celebrate the opening of their incredibly impressive new Buddhist Centre. But first we touch on all things liminal in our ongoing exchanges about landscape - particularly, in this case, the "gonzo psychogeography" of London and its subterranean rivers.
We also hear about new beginnings in the shape of a Welsh contemplative community project and Buddhafield as it re-emerges from some years of change. All in the good company of Kamalashila and also featuring our first very special guest - Yashobodhi.
For...2015-04-1834 min
Free Buddhist AudioBodhicitta and Spiritual DeathOur 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 2014.2015-02-0737 minFree Buddhist AudioBodhicitta and Spiritual DeathOur 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 2014.2015-02-0737 min
The Buddhist CentrePreceptors' College, Day 5 - Parami & KamalashilaParami and Kamalasila chat on the sofa. Kamalasila talks of his experience of the college over ten years, of friendships which deepen through coming together. They also talk about the college members' diverse responses to the direct pointing pilot project.
#ordination #meditation #Buddhist #Buddhism #liberation #freedom #Preceptors #sangha #community2014-11-1615 minFree Buddhist AudioThe Mandala of the BuddhaThis week’s FBA Podcast, “The Mandala of the Buddha,” is a talk given by Kamalashila on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, in which he explores the ‘Mandala of the Buddha’ – some of the Buddha’s many qualities which, perhaps, gave rise to the later Mahayana ‘Mandala of the Five Buddhas’.2014-09-0651 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Mandala of the BuddhaThis week's FBA Podcast, "The Mandala of the Buddha," is a talk given by Kamalashila on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, in which he explores the 'Mandala of the Buddha' - some of the Buddha's many qualities which, perhaps, gave rise to the later Mahayana 'Mandala of the Five Buddhas'.2014-09-0651 minFree Buddhist AudioTranquility, Imagination and InsightFor this week’s FBA Podcast we have Kamalashila speaking on the occasion of relaunching his book Buddhist Meditation. In “Tranquility, Imagination and Insight” he beautifully reveals his thoughts on how the Buddha was imbued with confidence without conviction. He seemed completely at peace with himself which lead to friendliness in all his communications. His life, his example, the embarkment on the three trainings of behavior, meditation and wisdom combine in the practice of satisampajana – mindfulness and clear comprehension. Mindfulness was the Buddha’s core practice – Cultivating the Way of Awakening.2014-01-111h 00
Free Buddhist AudioTranquility, Imagination and InsightFor this week's FBA Podcast we have Kamalashila speaking on the occasion of relaunching his book Buddhist Meditation. In "Tranquility, Imagination and Insight" he beautifully reveals his thoughts on how the Buddha was imbued with confidence without conviction. He seemed completely at peace with himself which lead to friendliness in all his communications.
His life, his example, the embarkment on the three trainings of behavior, meditation and wisdom combine in the practice of satisampajana - mindfulness an2014-01-111h 00Free Buddhist AudioDhyana Paramita, the Perfection of MeditationIn this week’s FBA Podcast , Kamalashila introduces the fifth perfection: “Dhyana Paramita, the Perfection of Meditation.” Kamalashila is the author of ‘Buddhist Meditation: Tranquillity, Imagination, Insight’, an excellent manual on the practice of Buddhist meditation. Talk given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2012.2012-12-291h 02
Free Buddhist AudioDhyana Paramita, the Perfection of MeditationIn this week's FBA Podcast , Kamalashila introduces the fifth perfection: "Dhyana Paramita, the Perfection of Meditation." Kamalashila is the author of 'Buddhist Meditation: Tranquillity, Imagination, Insight', an excellent manual on the practice of Buddhist meditation. Talk given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2012.2012-12-291h 02
Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 6, 2012 (Day 3 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-09-0500 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 6, 2012 (Day 3 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-09-0500 minDalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 5, 2012 (Day 2 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-08-2800 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 5, 2012 (Day 2 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-08-2800 minDalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 4, 2012 (Day 1 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-08-2500 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra 2012 Preliminary Teachings; January 4, 2012 (Day 1 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on Kamalashila’s “The Middling States of Meditation (gomrim barpa)”, Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)”, Geshe Langri Thangpa’s “Eight Verses of Training the Mind (lojong tsik gyema)”, Nagarjuna’s “The Praise to the World Transcendent (jigten ley deypar toepa)” and Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen’s “The Precious Lamp in Praise of Bodhicitta (jangchup sem kyi toepa rinchen drolma)”. More download and streaming files will be added as they become available.
Duration: Approximately 3 hours2012-08-2500 minFree Buddhist AudioEntering the Sangha In today’s FBA Podcast, Sangharakshita goes to Buddhafield! ” A first for him, and a first for the fabulous Buddhafield Festival that takes place each year at the height of the English summer. This talk, “Entering the Sangha” was given in a tent in Devon – and the sounds of this great Dharma celebration are everywhere around as Sangharakshita marks his entry to the ‘Dharma Parlour’ with a rolling set of thoughts and reminiscences and encouragements to practice. We move from India at the time of the peaceful revolution of ‘untouchable’ caste Hindus, to the famed hot-tubs of the festival itself. And we are...2012-06-0237 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual DeathOur FBA Podcast today brings us to the core of our practice: "The Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual Death" by Kamalashila. Beginning with a shared understanding of spiritual practice that is Sangha, we are led through a revisioning of our practice that includes the deeper, darker more mysterious perspectives of insight and wisdom. This talk was given at the London Buddhist Centre's Tuesday evening drop-in meditation class on 6th Dec 2011.2012-02-041h 07Free Buddhist AudioThe Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual DeathOur FBA Podcast today brings us to the core of our practice: “The Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual Death” by Kamalashila. Beginning with a shared understanding of spiritual practice that is Sangha, we are led through a revisioning of our practice that includes the deeper, darker more mysterious perspectives of insight and wisdom. This talk was given at the London Buddhist Centre’s Tuesday evening drop-in meditation class on 6th Dec 2011.2012-02-041h 07Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 11, 2011 (Day 3 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2600 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 11, 2011 (Day 3 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2600 minDalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 10, 2011 (Day 2 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2500 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 10, 2011 (Day 2 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2500 minDalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 9, 2011 (Day 1 of 3) - Dalai Lama Video (HQ) Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2100 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastKalachakra Preliminary Teachings; July 9, 2011 (Day 1 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness the Dalai Lama’s three day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s “37 Practices of A Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma)” and Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation – Middle Volume (gomrim barpa)” that were preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Empowerment.
Duration: 3 sessions, each approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes2011-07-2100 minFree Buddhist AudioAbsorption – After the EnlightenmentIn today’s FBA Podcast, Kamalashila delivers: ‘Absorption – After the Enlightenment’. How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalashila explores these questions in two ways – using the framework of the Western Buddhist Order’s system of meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattva’s mind and body as Enlightenment dawned; and connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the great serpent, coiling his body protectively round the meditating Buddha. Please note, there are a few words miss...2011-06-251h 08
Free Buddhist AudioAbsorption – After the EnlightenmentIn today's FBA Podcast, Kamalashila delivers: 'Absorption - After the Enlightenment'.
How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalashila explores these questions in two ways - using the framework of the Western Buddhist Order's system of meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattva's mind and body as Enlightenment dawned; and connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the2011-06-251h 08
FBA HighlightsDharmabytes Podcast #43 - "Giving Attention to Experience" by KamalashilaToday’s FBA Dharmabyte, comes to us from the talk “Simplicity” (www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=OM663)by Kamalashila: “Giving Attention to Experience”. Meditation is kind of a prayer for authenticity and truth… it is the Buddhist path of becoming more natural.
Talk given at FWBO Day, 2004
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Ultimate (i.e., final mode of things and events) truth is the mere negation of absolute reality, the one/same taste of all phenomena (not the source of phenomena). Conventional truth is the dependently originated multiplicity of phenomena each of which is mentally imputed upon a basis that is other than itself. The profound experience of dissolution (ultimate suchness) is generated...2009-06-2000 minDalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastNagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary; 02-October-2007 (Day 2 of 5) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism PodcastHis Holiness explains the four vehicles (the Human & Divine, Brahman, Sravaka/Hearer & Pratyekabuddha/Solitary Realizer, and Bodhisattva vehicles) to present a third interpretation of Nagarjuna�s rendition of the Bodhisattva aspiration (to free, save, relieve and help all beings). 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Free Buddhist AudioSimplicityKamalashila has spent a lot of his adult life exploring meditation - and this talk is a lovely little foray into the whole subject as a crucial aspect in life and practice, with special consideration given to reflection on the six elements. Oh, and look out for Brian the meditating dog...
Table of contents:
01 Brian, the meditating dog, and the natural life; experience of the elements versus artificial living
02 Meditation exposing artificiality through awareness of experience; meditation as a kind of pr2006-10-0953 minFree Buddhist AudioSimplicityKamalashila has spent a lot of his adult life exploring meditation – and this talk is a lovely little foray into the whole subject as a crucial aspect in life and practice, with special consideration given to reflection on the six elements. Oh, and look out for Brian the meditating dog… Table of contents: 01 Brian, the meditating dog, and the natural life; experience of the elements versus artificial living 02 Meditation exposing artificiality through awareness of experience; meditation as a kind of prayer for authenticity and truth; the buddhist path as a way of b...2006-10-0955 min