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London Buddhist CentreA Path for the Future | MaitreyabandhuMaitreyabandhu gives the final talk of the Urban Retreat on A Path for the Future.
2025-09-2248 min
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2025-09-1000 min
PhilosophyEASTS2 Ep7: Time is not Space | Emily Herring at PhilosophyEASTEmily Herring in conversation with Maitreyabandhu about the remarkable life and work of the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859 -1941). Emily discusses her new book, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People, exploring Bergson’s life and work.
2025-07-291h 31
PhilosophyEASTS2 Ep6: Acting with the world, not on the world | Andrew Pickering at PhilosophyEASTAndrew Pickering is an international leader in the field of science and technology studies. His book, The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future (2010) analyses cybernetics as a distinctive form of life spanning brain science, psychiatry, robotics, the theory of complex systems, management, politics, the arts, education, and spirituality. He argues that cybernetics offers a promising alternative to currently hegemonic cultural formations.
His latest book, Acting with the World: Agency in the Anthropocene (2025), extends the cybernetic analysis to our relations with nature and the environment.
Here Professor Pickering discusses with Maitreyabandhu about what he calls 'the dance o...
2025-07-031h 28
PhilosophyEASTS2 Ep3: Precognitive dreams, time and consciousness | Gary Lachman at PhilosophyEASTGary Lachman in conversation with Maitreyabandhu about his work on the evolution of consciousness and the history of the occult, focusing on experiences of precognition explored in his recent book Dreaming Ahead of Time.
Lachman has written biographies of Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, C. G. Jung, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and Colin Wilson, as well as histories of Hermeticism and the Western Inner Tradition. As Gary Valentine he was a founding member of the pop group Blondie, and in 2006 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lachman was born in New Jersey, but since 1996 has lived...
2025-03-071h 19
London Buddhist CentreMeditation Masterclass with Maitreyabandhu - Week 3As part of The Meditation Challenge 2025, Maitreyabandhu is giving three Meditation Masterclasses, looking at the verses 'This very day, I go for my refuge to the powerful protectors, whose purpose is to guard the universe.'
2025-02-0449 min
London Buddhist CentreMeditation Masterclass with Maitreyabandhu - Week 3As part of The Meditation Challenge 2025, Maitreyabandhu gave three Meditation Masterclasses, looking at the verses 'This very day, I go for my refuge to the powerful protectors, whose purpose is to guard the universe.'
2025-02-0447 min
London Buddhist CentreMeditation Masterclass with Maitreyabandhu - Week 2As part of The Meditation Challenge 2025, Maitreyabandhu is giving three Meditation Masterclasses, looking at the verses 'This very day, I go for my refuge to the powerful protectors, whose purpose is to guard the universe.'
2025-02-0447 min
London Buddhist CentreMeditation Masterclass with Maitreyabandhu - Week 1As part of The Meditation Challenge 2025, Maitreyabandhu is giving three Meditation Masterclasses, looking at the verses 'This very day, I go for my refuge to the powerful protectors, whose purpose is to guard the universe.'
2025-01-0645 min
PhilosophyEASTS2 Ep1: The End of Civilisation with Patrick OphulsMaitreyabandhu interviews Patrick Ophuls, the acclaimed political scientist, ecologist and author, to discuss the pressing themes about the future of civilisation. Together, they explore Ophuls' insights into humanity's ecological and social challenges, examining the spiritual and practical dimensions of navigating an age of global uncertainty.
2024-12-101h 12
London Buddhist CentreWhat the World Needs Now: Wisdom | MaitreyabandhuEvery Autumn, the LBC offers The Urban Retreat: a week of free events exploring meditation, Buddhism and more.
On the Urban Retreat 2023, we explored the theme: What the World Needs Now. Hear responses from experienced Buddhist practitioners.
You can make a donation to the LBC here: https://www.londonbuddhistcentre.com/giving/donate
2024-11-0843 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioThe Whole Person Growing in All Directions Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination in the spiritual life. Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner. Excerpted from the talk A Further Reach - Imagination and the Radical given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2011. *** 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! Sub...
2023-12-0702 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioThe Whole Person Growing in All Directions Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination in the spiritual life. Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner. Excerpted from the talk A Further Reach - Imagination and the Radical given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2011. *** 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! Sub...
2023-12-0702 min
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
Free Buddhist AudioExploring Insight: Sadhana and the Goal of Life Maitreyabandhu explores the path to insight in the context of Triratna's system of practice. He does this by exploring the three myths of self-development, self-surrender and self-discovery, as well as spiritual death and spiritual rebirth in the dharma life. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2019. *** 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 to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every we...
2023-05-201h 09
Festival 201834. This Horde of Destructions – new perspectives on Wallace StevensMaitreyabandhu hosts a panel with Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics, Maryam Hessavi, Srishti Krishnamoorthy-Cavell and Dzifa Benson, discussing Wallace Stevens’ reputation as a poet, and as a man. Includes discussion and readings.
Wallace Stevens introductory video on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np2ce6ZrFoQ
‘Opinion has always been rather sharply divided on Stevens, both as a poet and as a man’ – Helen Vendler
2023-02-0100 min
The Practice of Health#45: Buddhism, mindfulness, and cultivating awareness and compassion - Anna NorburyAnna's been practicing yoga since childhood, and has had a meditation practice since her late teens. She's trained extensively in India and the UK in yoga, meditation and Buddhism, and has been teaching yoga for five years. She's passionate about trauma-informed yoga and has worked extensively with vulnerable groups, particularly survivors of human atrocities and gender-based violence. Her love for yoga led her on to exploring meditation and Buddhism, which now underpins her yoga teaching and practice: an approach rooted in cultivating compassion and awareness.
For the last three years she's worked in Buddhist organisations, working alongside...
2022-11-1032 min
Free Buddhist AudioA New Knowledge of Reality-Buddhism and Poetry Maitreyabandhu draws out the deeper meaning and finer detail of five different poems, each around the theme of death with the final poem focusing on spiritual rebirth. By discussing the background of the poems and poets, the intricacies of their structure, and bringing in a Buddhist interpretation of the themes raised in the poems, Maitreyabandhu shows us the importance and profundity of poetry and how it can help us to explore Dharmic themes more deeply. This talk was given Padmaloka Retreat Centre during the System of Dharma Training retreat, December 2018. *** ...
2022-08-271h 19
PhilosophyEASTS1: The Big Questions - 4. What is the Nature of Mind?In this talk, Maitreyabandhu discusses the central question of the nature of mind project: What is the Nature of Mind? https://natureofmind.net/ Join us in exploring these questions on Buddhism & The Big Questions Retreat https://adhisthana.org/retreat-calend...
2022-08-1543 min
PhilosophyEASTS1: The Big Questions - 3. What Happens When We Die?In this talk, Maitreyabandhu discusses one of the big questions that has emerged from our explorations on the Nature of Mind project - what happens when we die? https://natureofmind.net/
Join us in exploring these questions on Buddhism & The Big Questions Retreat https://adhisthana.org/retreat-calend...
2022-08-1542 min
PhilosophyEASTS1: The Big Questions - 2. What is Rebirth?In this talk, Maitreyabandhu discusses one of the big questions that has emerged from our explorations on the Nature of Mind project - what is rebirth, and what are the implications of this view on how we practically live out our lives?
https://natureofmind.net/
Join us in exploring these questions on Buddhism & The Big Questions Retreat https://adhisthana.org/retreat-calend...
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2022-07-2737 min
PhilosophyEASTS1: The Big Questions - 1. Does Brain Create Consciousness?In this talk, Maitreyabandhu discusses one of the big questions that has emerged from our explorations on the Nature of Mind project - what is often called the 'hard problem of consciousness'. Does consciousness produce the brain, or is it the other way around? And what are the implications of each of these views for the way that we live our lives? https://natureofmind.net/
Join us in exploring these questions on Buddhism & The Big Questions Retreat https://adhisthana.org/retreat-calend...
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2022-07-2731 min
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioOur Mind is Like a Great GhostThoughts are like ghosts that haunt the mind, those thoughts become speech that become actions. Most of the terrible things that have happened in the world have had to do with views and ideologies spreading like a virus through a culture, driving a culture mad. Maitreyabandhu reminds us that Buddhism says again and again, what you think and what you do matters. Everything you do matters. Excerpted from the Triratna Day talk What the World Needs Now: Triratna’s Gift, live from Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, Triratna Day, April, 2022. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes pod...
2022-06-2002 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioOur Mind is Like a Great GhostThoughts are like ghosts that haunt the mind, those thoughts become speech that become actions. Most of the terrible things that have happened in the world have had to do with views and ideologies spreading like a virus through a culture, driving a culture mad. Maitreyabandhu reminds us that Buddhism says again and again, what you think and what you do matters. Everything you do matters. Excerpted from the Triratna Day talk What the World Needs Now: Triratna’s Gift, live from Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, Triratna Day, April, 2022. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes pod...
2022-06-2002 minFree Buddhist AudioWhat the World Needs Now: Triratna's GiftMind is the most remarkable thing in the universe, it is the greatest treasure. We're still discovering the mysteries of the human mind. Buddhism says again and again, what you think and what you do matters. Everything you do matters. Live from Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, Maitreyabandhu unfolds the theme of What the World Needs Now on a day celebrating our Dharma community's contribution to the world. Triratna Day, April, 2022. *** 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 d...
2022-06-1854 min
PhilosophyEASTS1 Ep6: Art, Culture, and Our Divided Brain: Iain McGilchrist with MaitreyabandhuIn the second interview with Iain McGilchrist, we continue to explore the idea that the mind can only be understood in the broadest possible context -- from our physical and spiritual existence, the wider human culture, and how these shape each other. Listen to Iain in conversation with Maitreyabandhu.
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.
2022-05-3059 min
Planet PoetrySerious | Playful - with Caleb ParkinSend us a textThis episode of Planet Poetry sees us striding forth with our seriousness only outdone by the luminosity of our socks... Caleb Parkin entices us with his seriously playful take on eco poetry with readings from his vibrant collection This Fruiting Body. Meanwhile Peter wanders into the Roman ruins of Bath as we look at one of the earliest English poems The Ruin (in its translation by Michael Alexander) while Robin contemplates John Donne's Woman's Constancy . Plus, prompted by a thoughtful piece in The Dark Horse by Maitreyabandhu we reflect on the rigour of cri...
2022-05-2659 min
PhilosophyEASTS1 Ep3: The Compassionate Mind and Its Enemies: Paul Gilbert with MaitreyabandhuAs the founder of compassion-focused therapy (CFT), Paul Gilbert brings a fresh perspective on compassion as a source of courage and wisdom to address suffering. In this conversation with Maitreyabandhu, they explore how humans are designed to thrive on kindness, and what this means in today's world.
Paul Gilbert is a British clinical psychologist and author of several books on the topic. He is currently a Professor at the University of Derby. In 2011 Gilbert was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his continued contribution to mental healthcare.
2022-05-201h 22
PhilosophyEASTS1 Ep1: Making Sense of Near-Death Experiences: Penny Sartori with MaitreyabandhuAs a nurse for over 20 years, Penny Sartori kept seeing her patients have similar experiences as they were approaching death. Fascinated by these encounters, she became interested in what happens when we die. In this conversation with Maitreyabandhu, Penny shares insights from her research into near-death experiences, with profound implications for the way we view life, death, and consciousness.
2022-04-271h 03Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioA Weak Spot in RealityMaitreyabandhu reminds us that the Buddha was cautious to describe things that were best directly experienced. The Lakshanas are not a metaphysical description of reality. Impermanence, insubstantiality and suffering show us there is something wrong with our perception. From the talk Self-Surrender and the Laksana of Dukkha, part of the series Towards Insight: Three Myths given at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-sized inspiration three times every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe...
2021-11-1802 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA Weak Spot in RealityMaitreyabandhu reminds us that the Buddha was cautious to describe things that were best directly experienced. The Lakshanas are not a metaphysical description of reality. Impermanence, insubstantiality and suffering show us there is something wrong with our perception. From the talk Self-Surrender and the Laksana of Dukkha, part of the series Towards Insight: Three Myths given at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-sized inspiration three times every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week! (Apple Podcasts) Subscribe...
2021-11-1802 min
Apramada PodcastsCézanne: the sacred and profaneMaitreyabandhu is an award-winning poet. In this interview he tells Ratnaguna about his latest volume of poetry, After Cézanne. See video version
2021-07-1059 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 AudioMoving Towards StarsMaitreyabandhu explores the path to insight in the context of Triratna's system of practice. He does this by exploring the three myths of self-development, self-surrender and self-discovery, as well as spiritual death and spiritual rebirth in the dharma life. From the talk Exploring Insight: Sadhana and the Goal of Life given in October 2019 during the Autumn Short Order retreat at Padmaloka Retreat 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...
2020-09-2106 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioMoving Towards StarsMaitreyabandhu explores the path to insight in the context of Triratna's system of practice. He does this by exploring the three myths of self-development, self-surrender and self-discovery, as well as spiritual death and spiritual rebirth in the dharma life. From the talk Exploring Insight: Sadhana and the Goal of Life given in October 2019 during the Autumn Short Order retreat at Padmaloka Retreat 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...
2020-09-2106 min
The Buddhist CentreThe Travellers From Orissa - Maitreyabandhucountdown to #buddhaday!
For our Triratna international Buddha Day celebration, Maitreyabandhu reads us a poem from his second Bloodaxe collection called Yarn: https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/yarn-292
According to tradition, two travellers met the Buddha just after his enlightenment and became his first disciples, Tapussa and Bhallika. They disappear from literature after that point, and the Travellers from Orissa is a long dramatic monologue, written by Maitreyabandhu, imagining their story.
Make yourself a hot drink and sit comfortably, or perhaps in meditation before your shrine, and spend 20 minutes listening to Maitreyabandhu spinning this yarn…
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2020-05-0421 min
London Buddhist CentreThought for the Day: Between Darkness & LightLiving in the borderlands between darkness and light: Maitreyabandhu reflects on life in house isolation and watching Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
2020-03-2503 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA Measuring Worm-Richard WilburMaitreyabandhu draws out the deeper meaning and finer detail of the poem entitled A Measuring Worm, by Richard Wilbur. In the full talk entitled A New Knowledge of Reality-Buddhism and Poetry, Maitreyabandhu discusses five different poems, each around the theme of death, with the final poem focusing on spiritual rebirth. By discussing the background of the poems and poets, the intricacies of their structure, and bringing in a Buddhist interpretation of the themes raised in the poems, Maitreyabandhu shows us the importance and profundity of poetry and how it can help us to explore Dharmic themes more d...
2020-01-3013 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioA Measuring Worm-Richard WilburMaitreyabandhu draws out the deeper meaning and finer detail of the poem entitled A Measuring Worm, by Richard Wilbur. In the full talk entitled A New Knowledge of Reality-Buddhism and Poetry, Maitreyabandhu discusses five different poems, each around the theme of death, with the final poem focusing on spiritual rebirth. By discussing the background of the poems and poets, the intricacies of their structure, and bringing in a Buddhist interpretation of the themes raised in the poems, Maitreyabandhu shows us the importance and profundity of poetry and how it can help us to explore Dharmic themes more d...
2020-01-3013 min
Balancing ActsMaitreyabandhu on his life as an ordained Buddhist and poetIn this episode I talk with ordained Buddhist and award winning poet Maitreyabandhu (https://www.lbc.org.uk/).Maitreyabandhu lives in an all male Buddhist community above the London Buddhist Centre. We first met in 2016 when I moved into the community for six months. In this conversation Maitreyabandhu shares his journey from being raised in a traditional working class Northern family to becoming a 'full-time ordained Buddhist'. He discusses how his meditation practice has an effect on his poetry and vice versa. We discuss what it really means to be a Buddhist and what it's like to...
2019-12-1856 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioBe More Than Your CultureOur FBA Dharmabyte today is called Be More Than Your Culture by Maitreyabandhu. How do we make the most of life? Buddhism is a non-theistic, practical path of human growth and fulfilment. This series includes highlights from the eight-week course that leads participants step by step along the Buddhist path from mindfulness and emotional strength to receptivity, spiritual death and rebirth. And, as you can see from the talks, Maitreyabandhu always comes back to the here and now; how we put our spiritual insights into practice. From the talk The Journey and the Guide...
2019-06-0806 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioBe More Than Your CultureOur FBA Dharmabyte today is called Be More Than Your Culture by Maitreyabandhu. How do we make the most of life? Buddhism is a non-theistic, practical path of human growth and fulfilment. This series includes highlights from the eight-week course that leads participants step by step along the Buddhist path from mindfulness and emotional strength to receptivity, spiritual death and rebirth. And, as you can see from the talks, Maitreyabandhu always comes back to the here and now; how we put our spiritual insights into practice. From the talk The Journey and the Guide...
2019-06-0806 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioIntegration MandalasOur FBA Dharmabyte today is called Integration Mandalas by Vajragupta. In this talk, exploring the Journey and the Guide, Vajragupta leads us through creating a personal mandala so that we can discover the shape of our lives. He discusses how to use a mandala to shine a light on changes we may wish to make in our day to day conditions. If you want to engage fully with this talk you will need a pencil and paper! From the talk Using Personal Mandalas to Help Integration given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 as...
2019-05-1306 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioIntegration MandalasOur FBA Dharmabyte today is called Integration Mandalas by Vajragupta. In this talk, exploring the Journey and the Guide, Vajragupta leads us through creating a personal mandala so that we can discover the shape of our lives. He discusses how to use a mandala to shine a light on changes we may wish to make in our day to day conditions. If you want to engage fully with this talk you will need a pencil and paper! From the talk Using Personal Mandalas to Help Integration given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 as...
2019-05-1306 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioEngaging with the ArtsOur FBA Dharmabyte today is by Abhayavajra called Engaging with the Arts. What happens when Buddhist practice meets contemporary western art? Art East presents an evening with Abhayavajra at the London Buddhist Arts Centre, exploring how the Dharma life is expressed in art practice. Interviewed by Maitreyabandhu. Listen to the full talk entitled Painting the Void.
2019-04-2512 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioEngaging with the ArtsOur FBA Dharmabyte today is by Abhayavajra called Engaging with the Arts. What happens when Buddhist practice meets contemporary western art? Art East presents an evening with Abhayavajra at the London Buddhist Arts Centre, exploring how the Dharma life is expressed in art practice. Interviewed by Maitreyabandhu. Listen to the full talk entitled Painting the Void.
2019-04-2512 min
London Buddhist CentreThe Drunkard and the GuideA drunkard walks home from a pub along a muddy track. To his right and left are steep ravines. With great wit, intelligence and experience, Maitreyabandhu explores this rich Buddhist parable.
2019-02-181h 01Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioIn the World, Not of the WorldThe new consciousness that emerges does so in stages. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear from Maitreyabandhu on the particular kind of effort needed in meditation entitled In the World, Not of the World. From the talk Meditation Essentials: Stages.
2019-02-1410 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioIn the World, Not of the WorldThe new consciousness that emerges does so in stages. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear from Maitreyabandhu on the particular kind of effort needed in meditation entitled In the World, Not of the World. From the talk Meditation Essentials: Stages.
2019-02-1410 min
The Buddhist CentreMaitreyabandhu - Poetry Reading on Poetry Day Ireland 2018Maitreyabandhu reads a selection of his poetry - including from a forthcoming book on the painter Paul Cézanne - as part of Poetry Day Ireland 2018.
Recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre, 26th April 2018.
2018-07-2537 min
The Buddhist CentreInterview with Maitreyabandhu - Poetry Day Ireland 2018Maitreyabandhu discusses his childhood, forbidden love, his path to writing poetry and what Buddhism can learn from poetry (and what poetry can learn from Buddhism) in this wide-ranging interview with Jnanadhara, the chair of the Dublin Buddhist Centre. He finishes up with a short poem.
Interview recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre as part of the 2018 Poetry Day Ireland festival.
2018-07-2558 min
2018-07-1343 minFestival 201809. Ledbury Poetry Competition Winners EventJoin the 2017 Ledbury International Poetry Competition Winners as they read their winning poems! These are the freshest voices of their generation. LPFPC has been instrumental in launching many poets' careers counting among the winners Jacob Polley, Jaqueline Saphra, Maitreyabandhu, Jade Cuttle and many more.
Hosted by Festival Manager Phillippa Slinger
Reading their poems, either virtually or in person, will be:
Adults: Jonathan Greenhause, Anna Woodford*, Dana Alsamsam (pictured below)
YP: Eloise Unerman - also the Festival's Young Poet in Residence, Alicia Johnson Husbands, Emily Bown,
Children: Joe Dreyer, Ruby Davis and Naomi Rich
*There will be a screening of Anna W...
2018-07-0145 min
The Buddhist Centre02 Maitreyabandhu - Thoughts On Dharma Teaching and TrainingA set of conversations from a small, first gathering in 2017 of Dharma teachers in the Triratna Buddhist Community to discuss the Sikkha Project, looking at Dharma training throughout Triratna.
Some intriguing conversations about first steps and next stages in helping resource Dharma practitioners internationally. Watch this space!
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/sikkha-project
2018-06-2803 min
Free Buddhist AudioSpiritual Death and Radical TransformationThis week's FBA Podcast, Spiritual Death and Radical Transformation is a rousing talk by Maitreyabandhu that goes into where Buddhism begins: with ourselves as we are and with the awake Buddha. But we don't really know either ourselves or the Buddha. He emphasises that we don't know because we so easily assume we know, or fix or lessen the goal. So what do we do? There are three approaches we need to balance and four things we have to do, to close the gap between the awake Buddha and us who are as yet unawake. Given at Sangha Night, 13...
2017-08-121h 03Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioI want to be happy. You want to be happy.Our Dharmabyte podcast today is brought to you by Maitreyabandhu, called:I want to be happy. You want to be happy. We yearn to be happy, yet we don’t know where to find happiness. The central problem of human life and#8211; we try all sorts of things, it’s like a koan we are all born with. From the talk The Happiness Problem by Maitreyabandhu given as part of the LBCand#8217;s Urban Retreat in June 2009.
2016-11-0310 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioI want to be happy. You want to be happy.Our Dharmabyte podcast today is brought to you by Maitreyabandhu, called:I want to be happy. You want to be happy. We yearn to be happy, yet we don’t know where to find happiness. The central problem of human life and#8211; we try all sorts of things, it’s like a koan we are all born with. From the talk The Happiness Problem by Maitreyabandhu given as part of the LBCand#8217;s Urban Retreat in June 2009.
2016-11-0310 min
Free Buddhist AudioSpiritual Death and Radical TransformationThis week's FBA Podcast is a talk by Maitreyabandhu entitledSpiritual Death and Radical Transformation. In this rousing talk Maitreyabandhu goes into where Buddhism begins: with ourselves as we are and with the awake Buddha. But we don't really know either ourselves or the Buddha. He emphasises that we don't know because we so easily assume we know, or fix or lessen the goal. So what do we do? There are three approaches we need to balance and four things we have to do, to close the gap between the awake Buddha and us who are as yet unawake. Given...
2016-06-041h 03
The Buddhist CentreSatyaraja and Maitreyabandhu on Developments in the Guhyaloka Ordination Course - Triratna Preceptors CollegeSatyaraja and Maitreyabandhu led the 4-month ordination course for men at Guhyaloka last year and began a 3-year process of implementing changes to the course. Here they explain some of their reasons for these developments.
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2016-03-1112 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioPrecepts as PoetryThe five precepts are an expression of position emotion and#8211; they are like poetry in motion. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Precepts as Poetry is an excerpt is from the talk Generosity As A Foundation Of Positive Emotion. Vijayasri considers how having generosity at the centre of a mandala, based on the positive precepts, can help us to develop positive emotion. This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2016 as part of the Dharma study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu
2016-03-1007 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioPrecepts as PoetryThe five precepts are an expression of position emotion and#8211; they are like poetry in motion. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Precepts as Poetry is an excerpt is from the talk Generosity As A Foundation Of Positive Emotion. Vijayasri considers how having generosity at the centre of a mandala, based on the positive precepts, can help us to develop positive emotion. This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2016 as part of the Dharma study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu
2016-03-1007 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioKusala Karma = Skillful ActionIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Kusala Karma = Skillful Action Vajragupta explores the meaning of kusula karma, that being skillful action. It’s not about being right, it’s about what’s human, what’s kind, what’s mindful. From the talk Positive Emotion given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 in a study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu.
2016-03-0709 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioKusala Karma = Skillful ActionIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Kusala Karma = Skillful Action Vajragupta explores the meaning of kusula karma, that being skillful action. It’s not about being right, it’s about what’s human, what’s kind, what’s mindful. From the talk Positive Emotion given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 in a study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu.
2016-03-0709 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioImagining a New Sort of ConsciousnessSometimes we can’t imagine an adult consciousness. What you are doing when you sit down to meditate to foster, to reveal to yourself a greater consciousness. Sometimes children have a sense of this greater consciousness, remembering back can help us tap into our aims as meditators. Your child consciousness naturally relates to the world as if it relates to you. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;Imagining a New Sort of Consciousnessand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Meditation Essentials and#8211; Week Five and#8211; Self Dies to Lifeand#8221; by Maitreyabandhu.
2015-11-0506 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioImagining a New Sort of ConsciousnessSometimes we can’t imagine an adult consciousness. What you are doing when you sit down to meditate to foster, to reveal to yourself a greater consciousness. Sometimes children have a sense of this greater consciousness, remembering back can help us tap into our aims as meditators. Your child consciousness naturally relates to the world as if it relates to you. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;Imagining a New Sort of Consciousnessand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Meditation Essentials and#8211; Week Five and#8211; Self Dies to Lifeand#8221; by Maitreyabandhu.
2015-11-0506 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioPainting the VoidAbhayavajra is the featured speaker in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, the subject of an interview by Maitreyabandhu in a talk entitled and#8220;Painting the Voidand#8221;. He gives a lovely account of how his Buddhist practice and his creative life intersect and intermingle and#8211; giving us a window into why one of Triratnaand#8217;s Six Emphases is the importance of the arts in spiritual life.
2015-10-1513 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioPainting the VoidAbhayavajra is the featured speaker in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, the subject of an interview by Maitreyabandhu in a talk entitled and#8220;Painting the Voidand#8221;. He gives a lovely account of how his Buddhist practice and his creative life intersect and intermingle and#8211; giving us a window into why one of Triratnaand#8217;s Six Emphases is the importance of the arts in spiritual life.
2015-10-1513 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioGoing Forth as Skilled ActionIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Going Forth as Skilled Action, Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the theme of going forth. From the talk Positive Emotion and#8211; Skilled Action given during a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden. Maitryeabandhu gave four seminars on and#8216;The five great stages of spiritual lifeand#8217;, as it is viewed and practiced within the Triratna Buddhist community. He draws substantially on the writing and teaching that Sangharakshita and Subhuti has produced in recent years.
2015-03-1611 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioGoing Forth as Skilled ActionIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Going Forth as Skilled Action, Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the theme of going forth. From the talk Positive Emotion and#8211; Skilled Action given during a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden. Maitryeabandhu gave four seminars on and#8216;The five great stages of spiritual lifeand#8217;, as it is viewed and practiced within the Triratna Buddhist community. He draws substantially on the writing and teaching that Sangharakshita and Subhuti has produced in recent years.
2015-03-1611 min
The Buddhist CentrePreceptors' College, Day 3 - Sanghadevi & MaitreyabandhuTonight Parami chats to Sanghadevi - a public preceptor for over 20 years - and Maitreyabandhu who joined the college in March of this year. As well as their impressions of the college, they movingly share with us their experience of a Skype meeting earlier today with Vajragita. Vajragita is not with us as she is unwell with terminal cancer and in today's Skype with the college, she shared her thoughts and feelings about facing her death.
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2014-11-1313 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioHearing the Cuckoo’s Cry In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte we hear from Maitreyabandhu from the Menand#8217;s Combined Convention in and#8220;Hearing the Cuckoo’s Cry.and#8221; Reading haiku, Maitreyabandhu brings us to reflect on our shared understanding of the goal of insight and enlightenment. This is an excerpt from the second talk given on the European Triratna Menand#8217;s Convention at Adhisthana on 19 August 2014, entitled and#8220;Against Avoiding Pain.and#8221;
2014-10-1307 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioHearing the Cuckoo’s Cry In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte we hear from Maitreyabandhu from the Menand#8217;s Combined Convention in and#8220;Hearing the Cuckoo’s Cry.and#8221; Reading haiku, Maitreyabandhu brings us to reflect on our shared understanding of the goal of insight and enlightenment. This is an excerpt from the second talk given on the European Triratna Menand#8217;s Convention at Adhisthana on 19 August 2014, entitled and#8220;Against Avoiding Pain.and#8221;
2014-10-1307 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioThree Facets of Imagination Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled: and#8220;Three Facets of Imagination,and#8221; an excerpt from the beginning of a two-part series by Maitreyabandhu called and#8220;A Further Reach and#8211; Imagination and the Radical.and#8221; Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner, in these two improvised talks Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination on the spiritual life.
2014-09-2910 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioThree Facets of Imagination Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled: and#8220;Three Facets of Imagination,and#8221; an excerpt from the beginning of a two-part series by Maitreyabandhu called and#8220;A Further Reach and#8211; Imagination and the Radical.and#8221; Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner, in these two improvised talks Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination on the spiritual life.
2014-09-2910 minFree Buddhist AudioThe Broken MandalaIn our FBA Podcast today, "The Broken Mandala,", Maitreyabandhu talks about how we need a central mythic thread in our lives, and how without this the mandala of our life is either broken, destructive or chaotic. This personal, inner mandala is mirrored by the public outer world around us. Humanly and spiritually we live in a broken mandala. How do we make sense of our lives? What is our deeper priority? What can we base our mandala around that will lead to true happiness? The talk was given at Nottingham Buddhist centre on 9th April 2014.
2014-06-2154 min
FBA HighlightsGoing Deeper Into Life - Meditation Instruction by MaitreyabandhuSome tips on reflection before a meditation.
During a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden, Maitreyabandhu gave four seminars on 'The five great stages of spiritual life', as it is viewed and practiced within the Triratna Buddhist community. He draws substantially on the writing and teaching that Sangharakshita and Subhuti has produced in recent years. Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the themes, which has been highly valued by the Swedish sangha.
Listen to the seminars (in English) here:
http://thebuddhistcentre.com/dharmagiri/retreat-med-maitreyabandhu
2013-05-1314 min
Manchester Buddhist Centre talksThe Great Love – The Essential Quality of the BodhisattvaMaitreyabandhu visits from London to give this talk for the Rainy Season Urban Retreat. April 2013
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2013-04-2049 minFree Buddhist AudioPoetry East: Sasha Dugdale InterviewIn this week's FBA Podcast, Maitreyabandhu brings us "Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview." Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. She worked for the British Council in Russia in the 1990s where she set up the Russian New Writing Project with the Royal Court Theatre. Since her return in 2001 she has translated new plays for the Court, the RSC and other theatre companies. Her recent translations of Elena Shvarts' poems Birdsong on the Seabed were shortlisted for the Popescu Prize and the Academica Rossica Award. Her third book of poetry Red House appeared in August 2011 and is published by...
2013-03-0242 minFree Buddhist AudioThe Alternative to GodOur FBA Podcast this week "The Alternative to God" is a very thought provoking talk by Maitreyabandhu. Does God exist or not? How do you know? A thoughtful and critical look at this age old question in light of the Buddha's teachings. Talk given at the London Buddhist Centre in November 2006.
2012-08-0450 min
The Buddhist CentreBuddha Day 2012 at PadmalokaMaitreyabandhu celebrating Buddha Day with the Triratna Buddhist Order at Padmaloka Retreat Centre in Norfolk, UK. Marking the new statue of the Buddha that's been installed...
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2012-05-0601 minManchester Buddhist Centre talksImagination and Fantasy in the Spiritual LifeWhere does fantasy end and imagination begin? Maitreyabandhu. Oct 2011
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2011-11-0250 minFree Buddhist AudioLife with Full AttentionToday's FBA Podcast is titled "Life with Full Attention". In this half-hour talk, Maitreyabandhu (a teacher at the London Buddhist Centre) gives you a witty, practical, real-life look at how mindfulness makes us more alive and free. His book 'Life With Full Attention' will be published by Windhorse Publications in July 2009. Click here for more talks from the 2009 International Urban Retreat. For more information on this years Urban Retreat see: www.theurbanretreat.org
2011-09-1034 minManchester Buddhist Centre talksLife with Full Attention, Day-to-Day Mindfulness 2Maitreyabandhu introduces the class to home projects on day-to-day mindfulness. September 2009
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2009-09-0738 minManchester Buddhist Centre talksLife with Full Attention, Day-to-Day MindfulnessMaitreyabandhu introduces the first session of an eight-week course in mindfulness, based on his book Life with Full Attention, September 2009
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