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Free Buddhist AudioDhamma In a Time of Climate Crisis Tejopala likens the current global climate crisis to a village with a fire that threatens everyone in it and asks what a community of monks living in such a village might do in such circumstances. He also draws on the advice given by Urgyen Sangharakshita in his talk given in 1984 called 'Buddhism, World Peace and Nuclear War' as to how Buddhists should act to address an overwhelming existential threat, in which Bhante urges civil resistance. This talk was given at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre as part of Buddhist Action Month, 2019. *** Help us keep...2025-06-2138 min
Buddhist VoicesGuhyaloka For The Ages: Jyotika with SonaGuhyaloka—the ‘Secret Valley’—has been the Triratna Buddhist Community's primary place for men’s ordination since 1987. Over 600 men have become Order members there. It has therefore been vitally important in helping to shape what the Triratna community offers the world today.
For it to thrive into the future, Guhyaloka needs to undergo major renovations, all of which require financial support. This conversation between Jyotika, who is leading the ‘Guhyaloka for the Ages’ campaign, and Sona, long-time Public Preceptor and lover of the valley, brings to life its deep history and also something of it magic and mystery.
To fi...2025-05-1229 min
The Buddhist CentreThe Heart of Imagination in Buddhism
The mind liberated from the pressure of the will is unfolded in symbols
W.B. YeatsThese days, mindfulness is everywhere. How can engaging with images - with imagination itself - take our awareness deeper and help us connect with something truly transformative? Join our guests Vishvapani and Amitajyoti to explore how a Buddhist perspective on consciousness can help move us towards a life touched more fully by a sense of creativity and freedom.
In this episode, we look at imagination within the framework of Triratna’s system of practice, an approach to Buddhism that represents a naturally unf...2024-08-3050 min
The Buddhist CentreThe Heart Of Imagination In BuddhismThe mind liberated from the pressure of the will is unfolded in symbols
W.B. Yeats
These days, mindfulness is everywhere. How can engaging with images - with imagination itself - take our awareness deeper and help us connect with something truly transformative?
Join our guests Vishvapani and Amitajyoti to explore how a Buddhist perspective on consciousness can help move us towards a life touched more fully by a sense of creativity and freedom.
In this episode, we look at imagination within the framework of Triratna’s system of practice, an approach to Buddhism that represents a naturally unfolding process of...2024-08-2250 min
The Buddhist CentreTaking Responsibility - Happiness And TransformationPrayer to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom
May all beings experience happiness and its causes
Be free from suffering and its causes,
Never be parted from happiness
And dwell in the condition of equanimity
Ever since his introduction to Buddhism in 1976, Mahamati has been attracted to collective, collaborative contexts. He was, from the start, delighted to find a group of people with whom he could live his whole life, practising and working together with a vision for the transformation of both self and the world. This has long characterized his relationship with the Triratna Buddhist Order and with its founding teacher...2024-08-161h 07
The Buddhist CentreTaking Responsibility - Happiness and Transformation with Mahamati
Prayer to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom
May all beings experience happiness and its causes
Be free from suffering and its causes,
Never be parted from happiness
And dwell in the condition of equanimity
Ever since his introduction to Buddhism in 1976, Mahamati has been attracted to collective, collaborative contexts. He was, from the start, delighted to find a group of people with whom he could live his whole life, practising and working together with a vision for the transformation of both self and the world. This has long characterized his relationship with the Triratna Buddhist...2024-08-161h 07
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA Positive Longing Padmavajra first met Sangharakshita when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died in 2018, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Excerpted from the talk entitled Urgyen Sangharakshita: The Bodhisattva's Reply given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple P...2024-04-0203 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioA Positive Longing Padmavajra first met Sangharakshita when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died in 2018, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Excerpted from the talk entitled Urgyen Sangharakshita: The Bodhisattva's Reply given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple P...2024-04-0203 min
Free Buddhist AudioA Deeper Rhythm Vishvapani explores the dynamic vision of Urgyen Sangharakshita in setting up a new Buddhist movement in the West, and asks how we might relate to him now. His central reference point in this provocative and moving talk is the Padmasambhava Abisheka - the initiation received by Sangharakshita in Kalimpong, India, in 1962 from the great Tibetan Lama, Kachu Rimpoche. The energy emanating from a simple shrine room–location of that significant meeting in Sangharakshita's life–reverberates through everything that came next, the bright and shadow sides. Voices and stories, told and untold, come echoing through as Vishvapani makes the case that...2023-10-2854 min
The Buddhist CentreMindfulness and Imagination with Vidyamala and Vishvapani
If you enjoy this conversation, come explore the theme online on our Home Retreat with Vidyamala and Vishvapani!
“Imagine an enormous subterranean chamber all lit up from within. We are living in a tiny chamber next to – indeed, part of – the larger one. We can see nothing at all of what’s going on in the large chamber. In fact, we have no idea that the large chamber is even there.”
Sangharakshita
This week we’re opening portals to awareness and the wonders that can arise when we really start to pay attention to everything t...2023-08-0536 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioCommunication Exercises Mahamati recollects some of the teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita as part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka. Excerpted from The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited, given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2016 *** 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...2023-04-1702 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioCommunication Exercises Mahamati recollects some of the teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita as part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka. Excerpted from The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited, given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2016 *** 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...2023-04-1702 min
The Buddhist CentreDharmachakra and the Rebirth of Free Buddhist Audio
Dharmachakra has been a going concern since Dharmachari Ananda first strapped a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his back in London in 1967 to record the first public lectures by Urgyen Sangharakshita under the auspices of the then Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It has evolved over the decades to become an amazing Triratna Right Livelihood team – most importantly, a team of friends, working online together across the globe to bring the world the best of Buddhism and meditation from our new Buddhist Community.
We hear from the team in Mexico City, the United Kingdom and the United States ab...2023-02-1847 min
The Buddhist CentreDharmachakra and the Rebirth of Free Buddhist Audio (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 438)Dharmachakra has been a going concern since Dharmachari Ananda first strapped a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his back in London in 1967 to record the first public lectures by Urgyen Sangharakshita under the auspices of the then Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It has evolved over the decades to become an amazing Triratna Right Livelihood team – most importantly, a team of friends, working online together across the globe to bring the world the best of Buddhism and meditation from our new Buddhist Community.
We hear from the team in Mexico City, the United Kingdom and the United States about their wo...2023-02-1747 min
Free Buddhist AudioA Deeper Rhythm Vishvapani explores the dynamic vision of Urgyen Sangharakshita in setting up a new Buddhist movement in the West, and asks how we might relate to him now. Voices and stories, told and untold, come echoing through as Vishvapani makes the case that a deeper examination of Sangharakshita's teaching and approach reveals a deeper rhythm to his life and work that is relevant to everyone practicing in Triratna today. A talk given at Adhisthana on the men's UK & Ireland Area Order weekend, November 2022. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | O...2023-01-0754 min
Buddhist VoicesAbhaya - Following an Inner CallingGrowing up in Chorley, Lancashire, in the northwest of England, Abhaya (1936-2022) recalls his early life as the youngest of four siblings, raised by parents who were run off their feet. With Dad away at the war, mum managed a small chip shop in which he and his brothers used to help out. Following in the footsteps of his older brother Jack, Abhaya would later spend several years at a Catholic Seminary, a period he jokingly characterizes as being like 12 years imprisonment. Christianity plays a strong conditioning factor in the early part of Abhaya’s life, the northwest being “rife with...2022-10-2347 min
Buddhist VoicesAmoghasiddhi - The Power of SanghaMany people in the Triratna Buddhist Community know Amoghasiddhi for his kind and welcoming smile, as well as his tireless Dharma work for our sangha in Nagpur, India. Now part of the ordination team in India, as well as a member of Indian Public Preceptors Kula, Amoghasiddhi has been ordained for over 30 years.
In this moving interview with Candradasa, originally recorded back in 2018 for the Fifty Years, Fifty Voices Project, the pair cover a lot of ground, including Amoghasiddhi's love of poetry and a visit Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita made to Nagpur in 1992. Amoghasiddhi describes the sight of 70,000 people a...2022-09-1840 min
Buddhist VoicesSucimani Interviewing Vijaya - Passing On The FlameSucimani interviews Vijaya and for the Fifty Years, Fifty Voices Project. Vijaya shares movingly about the suffering she faced growing up in a slum near Nagpur railway station, losing her younger brother and father in quick succession and, subsequently, having to fight periods of depression.
Later in life a visiting Dharmachari would come and teach her meditation and in her own words she recalls ‘this is where life is’. So deeply grateful and inspired by this encounter, both herself and her older brother would go on to ask for ordination and become members of the Triratna Buddhist Order.
2022-07-3026 min
The Buddhist CentreTelling The Story Of Sangharakshita (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 430)Some of the team at the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust join us for a deep dive into the art of digital storytelling and biographical work online, as we hear about the ongoing creative challenges involved in helping a spiritual community hold the legacy of their teacher across generations.
Sangharakshita was a brilliant, complex, sometimes provocative and controversial figure. He was also a friend, a thinker, a writer, and a hundred other things besides. Prajnaketu and Suryanaga discuss with us the making and remaking involved in creating a new web-based life of the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community and Order. The...2022-05-1445 min
The Buddhist CentreTelling the Story of SangharakshitaSome of the team at the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust join us for a deep dive into the art of digital storytelling and biographical work online, as we hear about the ongoing creative challenges involved in helping a spiritual community hold the legacy of their teacher across generations.
Sangharakshita was a brilliant, complex, sometimes provocative and controversial figure. He was also a friend, a thinker, a writer, and a hundred other things besides. Prajnaketu and Suryanaga discuss with us the making and remaking involved in creating a new web-based life of the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community and...2022-05-1445 min
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioA Dharma That Includes Passion and BeautyHow can we have a whole life of value and of meaning? Subhadramati explores the essential integration of arts and asceticism that Sangharakshita struggled to find in his early years as a monk. From the talk Beauty and Discipline, part of a series for Dharma Night focusing on Urgyen Sangharakshita's unique contribution to Buddhism. London Buddhist Centre, 2015. *** 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 ...2019-10-2110 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioA Dharma That Includes Passion and BeautyHow can we have a whole life of value and of meaning? Subhadramati explores the essential integration of arts and asceticism that Sangharakshita struggled to find in his early years as a monk. From the talk Beauty and Discipline, part of a series for Dharma Night focusing on Urgyen Sangharakshita's unique contribution to Buddhism. London Buddhist Centre, 2015. *** 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 ...2019-10-2110 min
The Buddhist CentreAbhayadana - Buddhist Voices PodcastA great conversation with the quietly brilliant Abhayadana about her Buddhist work and practice in India. Her name means 'Giver of Fearlessness' - and this is something she has dedicated her life to, helping support and free women in her community from the stigma of social caste and the violence that often goes with it.
We hear about her personal approach via meditation and reflection on the Buddhist figure of Kshitigarbha (Jizo) who descends into hell realms to liberate suffering beings. And her experience of visiting Adhisthana, former home of her teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita, and the gratitude she has to...2019-09-0913 min
Buddhist VoicesAbhayadana - Giving the Gift of Fearlessness to Women in IndiaA great conversation with the quietly brilliant Abhayadana about her Buddhist work and practice in India. Her name means 'Giver of Fearlessness' - and this is something she has dedicated her life to, helping support and free women in her community from the stigma of social caste and the violence that often goes with it.
We hear about her personal approach via meditation and reflection on the Buddhist figure of Kshitigarbha (Jizo) who descends into hell realms to liberate suffering beings. And her experience of visiting Adhisthana, former home of her teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita, and the gratitude she...2019-09-0913 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioClimate Crisis Calls for Rapid TransformationTejopala likens the current global climate crisis to a village with a fire that threatens everyone in it and asks what a community of monks living in such a village might do in such circumstances. He also draws on the advice given by Urgyen Sangharakshita in his talk given in 1984 called 'Buddhism, World Peace and Nuclear War' as to how Buddhists should act to address an overwhelming existential threat, in which Bhante urges civil resistance. Excerpted from the talk Dhamma In a Time of Climate Crisis which explores ways to work to address the climate situation as p...2019-07-2914 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioClimate Crisis Calls for Rapid TransformationTejopala likens the current global climate crisis to a village with a fire that threatens everyone in it and asks what a community of monks living in such a village might do in such circumstances. He also draws on the advice given by Urgyen Sangharakshita in his talk given in 1984 called 'Buddhism, World Peace and Nuclear War' as to how Buddhists should act to address an overwhelming existential threat, in which Bhante urges civil resistance. Excerpted from the talk Dhamma In a Time of Climate Crisis which explores ways to work to address the climate situation as p...2019-07-2914 min
Free Buddhist AudioSangharakshita as TeacherSubhuti shares his reflections on Urgyen Sangharakshita in the days following his death and funeral ceremony. He explores the double response to Sangharakshita as an effective Dharma teacher and former of Sangha alongside the various difficulties and paradoxes in his life. The two last papers Sangharakshita wrote, completed just over two weeks before he died, examine the three main paths of Buddhism, among other things, and thereby offer three different ways of understanding his own role as teacher. This helps us to understand both his human personality and his significance for us. This talk is...2019-07-131h 01
Free Buddhist AudioSangharakshita as TeacherSubhuti shares his reflections on Urgyen Sangharakshita in the days following his death and funeral ceremony. He explores the double response to Sangharakshita as an effective Dharma teacher and former of Sangha alongside the various difficulties and paradoxes in his life. The two last papers Sangharakshita wrote, completed just over two weeks before he died, examine the three main paths of Buddhism, among other things, and thereby offer three different ways of understanding his own role as teacher. This helps us to understand both his human personality and his significance for us. This talk is...2019-07-131h 01Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioKachu RimpocheIn our FBA Dharmabyte today we are introduced to Kachu Rimpoche by Vajratara one of Sangharakshita’s eight main teachers. Kachu Rimpoche was a man of great learning, renowned as a deep meditator and visionary, and a gifted sculptor. Rimpoche went out of his way to befriend Sangharakshita. In 1960, on Jampyang Khyentse’s recommendation, Kachu Rimpoche initiated Sangharakshita into the practice of Guru Padmasambhava. At the same time Kachu Rimpoche gave Sangharakshita a new name: Urgyen, the name of Padmasambhava’s mythical homeland. Excerpted from a talk of the same name given by Vajratara at Sangha Ni...2019-07-0111 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioKachu RimpocheIn our FBA Dharmabyte today we are introduced to Kachu Rimpoche by Vajratara one of Sangharakshita’s eight main teachers. Kachu Rimpoche was a man of great learning, renowned as a deep meditator and visionary, and a gifted sculptor. Rimpoche went out of his way to befriend Sangharakshita. In 1960, on Jampyang Khyentse’s recommendation, Kachu Rimpoche initiated Sangharakshita into the practice of Guru Padmasambhava. At the same time Kachu Rimpoche gave Sangharakshita a new name: Urgyen, the name of Padmasambhava’s mythical homeland. Excerpted from a talk of the same name given by Vajratara at Sangha Ni...2019-07-0111 min
Buddhist VoicesAnanda - Recollections of Bhante"So my impression of Bhante was that he was a magician who had some secrets that I wanted to get…"
Ananda was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order (then the Western Buddhist Order) on the 7th April 1968, which makes him the most long-standing member of our Order.
In this full and frank conversation with Satyalila, Ananda speaks about his own spiritual journey in the Triratna Buddhist Order and his relationship with Bhante, Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of that Order.
From his first impressions of Bhante, to getting to know him better, and developing the...2019-04-151h 00
London Buddhist CentreUrgyen Sangharakshita as teacher (Who is Urgyen Sangharakshita? - Part 3)Sangharakshita’s last two papers, completed just over two weeks before he died, examine the three main paths of Buddhism, among other things, and thereby offer three different ways of understanding his own role as teacher. This helps us to understand both his human personality and his significance for us.
In this set of three rambles, Subhuti unpacks his 15 minute funeral oration for Sangharakshita (founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order) on 10th November 2018 at Adhisthana. He demonstrates how someone can be considered a very great teacher, exemplar, and even guru, yet also be a human being with his ow...2019-03-111h 01London Buddhist CentreCharacter, Personality & Individuality (Who is Urgyen Sangharakshita? - Part 2)Subhuti, one of the most senior and respected members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, explores a distinction made by Sangharakshita that helps to understand some of the paradoxes that Sangharakshita has left us with, as well as helping us to understand how we too can be so uneven in our Dharma lives.
In this set of three rambles, Subhuti unpacks his 15 minute funeral oration for Sangharakshita (founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order) on 10th November 2018 at Adhisthana. He demonstrates how someone can be considered a very great teacher, exemplar, and even guru, yet also be a human being w...2019-03-1153 minLondon Buddhist CentreHumanity & Perfection (Who is Urgyen Sangharakshita? - Part 1)Subhuti, one of the most senior and respected members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, reflects on his own experience on the relationship between inspiration, spiritual experience, and human fallibility.
In this set of three rambles, Subhuti unpacks his 15 minute funeral oration for Sangharakshita (founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order) on 10th November 2018 at Adhisthana. He demonstrates how someone can be considered a very great teacher, exemplar, and even guru, yet also be a human being with his own personality and even failings.2019-03-1155 min
The Buddhist CentreExtracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and BurialOn the evening of Urgyen Sangharakshita's funeral and burial, after the departure of most of the 1,200 guests, those who remained gathered together to perform a special, final sevenfold puja and close an extraordinary day.
Padmavajra led the devotional ritual, specifically dedicated to Padmasambhava. In this extract we hear Surata reading verses to Vajrasattva known as 'The Confounder of Hell', followed by a rousing version of the Great Guru of Tibet's mantra.
Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell with heartfelt thanks to the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community.
Recorded on Saturday the 10th of...2018-11-2519 min
The Buddhist CentreExtracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and BurialOn the evening of Urgyen Sangharakshita's funeral and burial, after the departure of most of the 1,200 guests, those who remained gathered together to perform a special, final sevenfold puja and close an extraordinary day.
Padmavajra led the devotional ritual, specifically dedicated to Padmasambhava. In this extract we hear Surata reading verses to Vajrasattva known as 'The Confounder of Hell', followed by a rousing version of the Great Guru of Tibet's mantra.
Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell with heartfelt thanks to the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community.
R...2018-11-2519 min
The Buddhist CentreStarting to Say Goodbye to SangharakshitaA conversation with Candradasa, Munisha, Parami and Sthanashraddha towards the end of a strong week at Adhisthana, home of Urgyen Sangharakshita, who died last week at the age of 93.
We talk about our personal relationships to the founder of the Triratna Buddhist sangha over decades, and the great change his passing represents for our community.
Join us online to begin saying farewell to a man whose long work for the Dharma transformed so many lives around the world for the good.
www.thebuddhistcentre.com/sangharakshita2018-11-1032 min
The Buddhist CentreStarting to Say Goodbye to SangharakshitaA conversation with Candradasa, Munisha, Parami and Sthanashraddha towards the end of a strong week at Adhisthana, home of Urgyen Sangharakshita, who died last week at the age of 93. We talk about our personal relationships to the founder of the Triratna Buddhist sangha over decades, and the great change his passing represents for our community. Join us online to begin saying farewell to a man whose long work for the Dharma transformed so many lives around the world for the good.
www.thebuddhistcentre.com/sangharakshita2018-11-1032 min
The Buddhist CentreAbhaya On Beauty And The Imagination As Ways To LiberationA deep-dive of a conversation between Abhaya and Satyalila, framing the practice of the Dharma as a path towards beauty, letting go, and liberation of the heart and mind.
Abhaya speaks frankly about the very early days of the FWBO (now Triratna) and how his understanding of Urgyen Sangharakshita's systematic approach has evolved alongside his personal connection to his teacher and friend. We also hear how his early inspiration around the Tibetan text translated as 'Self Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness' has resonated through his life, and led him to a deeper engagement in old age with the practice...2018-01-2446 minBuddhist VoicesAbhaya On Beauty And The Imagination As Ways To LiberationA deep-dive of a conversation between Abhaya and Satyalila, framing the practice of the Dharma as a path towards beauty, letting go, and liberation of the heart and mind.
Abhaya speaks frankly about the very early days of the FWBO (now Triratna) and how his understanding of Urgyen Sangharakshita's systematic approach has evolved alongside his personal connection to his teacher and friend. We also hear how his early inspiration around the Tibetan text translated as 'Self Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness' has resonated through his life, and led him to a deeper engagement in old age with the practice...2018-01-2446 min
Buddhist VoicesAbhaya On Beauty and The Imagination as Ways to LiberationA deep-dive of a conversation between Abhaya and Satyalila, framing the practice of the Dharma as a path towards beauty, letting go, and liberation of the heart and mind.
Abhaya speaks frankly about the very early days of the FWBO (now Triratna) and how his understanding of Urgyen Sangharakshita's systematic approach has evolved alongside his personal connection to his teacher and friend. We also hear how his early inspiration around the Tibetan text translated as 'Self Liberation Through Seeing with Naked Awareness' has resonated through his life, and led him to a deeper engagement in old age w...2018-01-2346 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Meaning of Spiritual Community RevisitedThis week's FBA Podcast is entitled The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited by Mahamati. One of the talks given at Padmaloka during the 2016 'Urgyen' retreat.
The retreat was part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka, and aimed to explore the life and teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita.2017-04-2259 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Meaning of Spiritual Community RevisitedThis week’s FBA Podcast is entitled The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited by Mahamati. One of the talks given at Padmaloka during the 2016 ‘Urgyen’ retreat. The retreat was part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka, and aimed to explore the life and teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita.2017-04-2259 min
Free Buddhist AudioMind Reactive – Mind Creative...There is poetry as soon as we realize there is nothing... Continuing the series celebrating the unique contribution of Urgyen Sangharakshita to modern Buddhism, Akasamitra explores his key teaching of Mind Reactive - Mind Creative in this week's FBA Podcast.2017-01-2857 min
Free Buddhist AudioMind Reactive – Mind Creative…There is poetry as soon as we realize there is nothing… Continuing the series celebrating the unique contribution of Urgyen Sangharakshita to modern Buddhism, Akasamitra explores his key teaching of Mind Reactive – Mind Creative in this week’s FBA Podcast.2017-01-2857 min
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the PagesAmbedkar and Buddhism, Annihilation of Caste Audiobook by B.R. AmbedkarListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 730998
Title: Ambedkar and Buddhism, Annihilation of Caste
Author: B.R. Ambedkar, Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Sagar Arya
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:23:00
Language: English
Release date: 08-17-16
Publisher: Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism
Summary:
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century. Born an Untouchable - the lowest element of Indian society deemed to be outside the caste system, and literally 'untouchable' - he rose from abject village poverty to become the architect...2016-08-1711h 23
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsAmbedkar and Buddhism, Annihilation of Caste by B. R. Ambedkar, Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730998to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Ambedkar and Buddhism, Annihilation of Caste
Author: B. R. Ambedkar, Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Sagar Arya
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2016
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century. Born an Untouchable - the lowest element of Indian society deemed to be outside the caste system, and literally 'untouchable' - he rose from abject village poverty to become the architect of the new Constitution of India following its independence from...2016-08-1711h 23
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the PagesAspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal: The Original Lecture Series Audiobook by Urgyen SangharakshitaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 730956
Title: Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal: The Original Lecture Series
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:58:30
Language: English
Release date: 02-10-16
Publisher: Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism
Summary:
The Bodhisattva - one who is becoming awake or enlightened - is one of the great inspiring figures in Buddhism. The title can refer to a mythical being with qualities to which we aspire, such as Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion; or an ordinary person on the quest for enlightenment...2016-02-109h 58
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsAspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal: The Original Lecture Series by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730956to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal: The Original Lecture Series
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Release date: February 10, 2016
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The Bodhisattva - one who is becoming awake or enlightened - is one of the great inspiring figures in Buddhism. The title can refer to a mythical being with qualities to which we aspire, such as Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion; or an ordinary person on the quest for enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings. It is a...2016-02-109h 58
Download New Releases Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern ReligionsAspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal Audiobook by SangharakshitaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal
Subtitle: The Original Lecture Series
Author: Sangharakshita
Narrator: Sangharakshita
Format: Original Recording
Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 02-10-16
Publisher: Dharma Audiobooks
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The Bodhisattva - one who is becoming awake or enlightened - is one of the great inspiring figures in Buddhism. The title can refer to a mythical being with qualities to which we aspire, such as Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion; or an ordinary person on...2016-02-1010h 01
The Buddhist CentrePreparing For A Buddhist RitualThis is an invitation from Stanashraddha and Satyalila at Adhisthana to join us in spirit for a special ritual that will take place there on Tuesday January 12th at 1900 GMT.
This ritual is to consecrate and dedicate a two-foot tall Manjusri rupa that will be especially associated with Urgyen Sangharakshita's Complete Works. (Eventually the rupa will sit on a shrine in the Library, there amongst the precious collection of Bhante's rupas, thangkas, and Dharma and other books at the heart of Adhisthana.) During the ritual, which will take place in the Library, various objects will be placed...2016-01-1206 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsThe Rainbow Road: From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong - Memoirs of an English Buddhist by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730928to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Rainbow Road: From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong - Memoirs of an English Buddhist
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Ratnadhya
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 19 hours 28 minutes
Release date: January 8, 2016
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
Having realized, as a 16 year old in pre-WWII London, that he was a Buddhist, the early life of Dennis Lingwood and his path to becoming a bhikkhu named Sangharakshita is a most extraordinary personal story. He was serving as a signals officer in India when, at the conclusion of the war, he threw away his official...2016-01-087h 28
Free Buddhist AudioGlimpses of the Mythic Life of SangharakshitaToday's FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Padmavajra entitled "Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita".
Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of the Western Buddhist Order, is many things to many people. Yet all inspiration and controversies aside, he is first and foremost a follower of the Buddha's way and his own evocations of his personal practice give many clues as to the nature of a committed Dharma life.
Here Padmavajra, one of his closest disciples, offers2015-12-121h 20
Free Buddhist AudioGlimpses of the Mythic Life of SangharakshitaToday’s FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Padmavajra entitled “Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita”. Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of the Western Buddhist Order, is many things to many people. Yet all inspiration and controversies aside, he is first and foremost a follower of the Buddha’s way and his own evocations of his personal practice give many clues as to the nature of a committed Dharma life. Here Padmavajra, one of his closest disciples, offers his own perspective on Sangharakshita as a practitioner with a rich sense of the m...2015-12-121h 20
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsThe Noble Eightfold Path of the Buddha by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730964to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Noble Eightfold Path of the Buddha
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Release date: November 16, 2015
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the most important teachings in Buddhism. In this series of eight lectures, given originally in 1965, Urgyen Sangharakshita introduces each stage, from right understanding to right meditation, explaining the deeper implications involved. Sangharakshita, the London-born Buddhist teacher, is one of the most influential figures in the development of Buddhism in the West. The founder of the...2015-11-168h 45
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the PagesWho Is the Buddha? Audiobook by Urgyen SangharakshitaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 730968
Title: Who Is the Buddha?
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda Jinananda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:48:30
Language: English
Release date: 11-13-15
Publisher: Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism
Summary:
This is not an ordinary biography of the Buddha. In his characteristically individual manner, Urgyen Sangharakshita - the leading English-born Buddhist teacher and founder of the Triratana Buddhist Community - recounts the known details of the Buddha's life but enriches the story with contemporary relevance.
Unpicking the threads of historical and mythical information, he considers...2015-11-147h 48
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsWho Is the Buddha? by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730968to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Who Is the Buddha?
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda Jinananda
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Release date: November 13, 2015
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
This is not an ordinary biography of the Buddha. In his characteristically individual manner, Urgyen Sangharakshita - the leading English-born Buddhist teacher and founder of the Triratana Buddhist Community - recounts the known details of the Buddha's life but enriches the story with contemporary relevance. Unpicking the threads of historical and mythical information, he considers the underlying meaning in terms of 21st-century life - and...2015-11-137h 48
Download New Releases Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern ReligionsWho Is the Buddha? Audiobook by SangharakshitaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttp://hotaudiobook.comTitle: Who Is the Buddha?
Author: Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-13-15
Publisher: Dharma Audiobooks
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Publisher's Summary:
This is not an ordinary biography of the Buddha. In his characteristically individual manner, Urgyen Sangharakshita - the leading English-born Buddhist teacher and founder of the Triratana Buddhist Community - recounts the known details of the Buddha's life but enriches the story with contemporary relevance.
Unpicking the threads of historical and mythical information...2015-11-137h 48
Your Favorite Free Audiobook, Without the PagesWhat is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha Audiobook by Urgyen SangharakshitaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 730946
Title: What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda Jinananda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:31:56
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-15
Publisher: Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism
Summary:
What is the Dharma? To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha, we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the...2015-10-1511h 31
How to Stream Full Audiobook in Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern ReligionsWhat is the Dharma? by Urgyen Sangharakshita | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: What is the Dharma?
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-15-15
Publisher: Dharma Audiobooks
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Summary:
What is the Dharma? To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha, we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions.
...2015-10-1511h 36
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsWhat is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/730946to listen full audiobooks.
Title: What is the Dharma?: The essential teachings of the Buddha
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Jinananda Jinananda
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 31 minutes
Release date: October 15, 2015
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
What is the Dharma? To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha, we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions. Constantly...2015-10-1511h 31
Buddhist VoicesSuvajra's Seasonal - No 3, Winter: Meeting Dhardo RimpocheWe're making a virtue of the long gap since Suvajra's autumn seasonal by switching to the southern hemisphere for our frame of reference! As colder weather settles over the realms of the south we hear about a Scotsman's adventures in India...
This set of fascinating winter tales comes from the mid '80s when Suvajra travels to the east to conduct his first ordinations on behalf of his teacher, Urgyen Sangharakshita. There he encounters two important figures in the history of Triratna: Dr. Ambedkar and Dhardo Rimpoche.
From massive Ambedkarite commemorations on a beach in...2015-06-2934 min
The Buddhist CentreSuvajra's Seasonal - No 3, Winter: Meeting Dhardo RimpocheWe're making a virtue of the long gap since Suvajra's autumn seasonal by switching to the southern hemisphere for our frame of reference! As colder weather settles over the realms of the south we hear about a Scotsman's adventures in India...
This set of fascinating winter tales comes from the mid '80s when Suvajra travels to the east to conduct his first ordinations on behalf of his teacher, Urgyen Sangharakshita. There he encounters two important figures in the history of Triratna: Dr. Ambedkar and Dhardo Rimpoche.
From massive Ambedkarite commemorations on a beach in...2015-06-2934 min
Buddhist VoicesSuvajra's Seasonal - No 3, Winter: Meeting Dhardo RimpocheWe're making a virtue of the long gap since Suvajra's autumn seasonal by switching to the southern hemisphere for our frame of reference! As colder weather settles over the realms of the south we hear about a Scotsman's adventures in India...
This set of fascinating winter tales comes from the mid '80s when Suvajra travels to the east to conduct his first ordinations on behalf of his teacher, Urgyen Sangharakshita. There he encounters two important figures in the history of Triratna: Dr. Ambedkar and Dhardo Rimpoche.
From massive Ambedkarite commemorations on a beach in Mumbai to retreat near the...2015-06-2334 min
The Buddhist CentreTibetan puja versesWe're a non-Tibetan community but lovely to have an honoured guest reciting traditional Tibetan verses to mark our connection to Dhardo Rimpoche, teacher of Triratna founder Urgyen Sangharakshita. #Buddhist #Buddhism #Buddha #Tibetan #Tibet #chanting2015-03-0801 min
The Buddhist CentreSuvajra's Seasonal - No 2, Autumn: Facing Gods And DemonsIn his (slightly belated!) autumn seasonal, we hear from Suvajra about his new, unexpected circumstances, caring for his teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. It's an intimate and touching picture of their friendship, and moves naturally into an extended reflection on Suvajra's devotional practice of Chöd - "cutting" - meditation. Chöd is a ritualised practice from the Tantric tradition involving the whole body and mind. Its aim is to see deeply into the nature of self and of consciousness itself, and we get a wonderful glimpse into the true nature of empowerment, initiation, and indeed relationship to a teacher in th...2014-12-3137 min
The Buddhist CentreSuvajra's Seasonal - No 1, Summer (Part 1)A new set of Buddhist Voices from The Buddhist Centre Online gets started with the first in a regular series featuring Suvajra, one of the most experienced members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, as we trace his life and practice taking each of the four seasons as our starting point.
We begin by touching on Suvajra's current life at Adhisthana Retreat Centre in the UK, caring for his teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. And having set the scene in Herefordshire, 2014, it's time to consider our first season...
Today...2014-10-3024 minFree Buddhist AudioConsciousness UnfoldsThis week for our FBA Podcast we offer a key in accessing the potentiality of consciousness in: “Consciousness Unfolds”. In this first talk from a series of three, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s particular presentation of the Dharma.2014-02-0159 min
Free Buddhist AudioConsciousness UnfoldsThis week for our FBA Podcast we offer a key in accessing the potentiality of consciousness in: "Consciousness Unfolds". In this first talk from a series of three, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita's particular presentation of the Dharma.2014-02-0159 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Meaning of ParinirvanaIn "The Meaning of Parinirvana", Sangharakshita gives a lecture celebrating the anniversary of the Parinirvana or 'death' of the Buddha. It outlines six basic meditation practices crucial to the attainment of the 'Deathless': Enlightenment.
N.B. Last few words missing. Talk given in 1972 by Urgyen Sangharakshita.2011-03-051h 29Free Buddhist AudioThe Meaning of ParinirvanaIn “The Meaning of Parinirvana”, Sangharakshita gives a lecture celebrating the anniversary of the Parinirvana or ‘death’ of the Buddha. It outlines six basic meditation practices crucial to the attainment of the ‘Deathless’: Enlightenment. N.B. Last few words missing. Talk given in 1972 by Urgyen Sangharakshita.2011-03-051h 29
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsThe Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path: An Introduction by Urgyen SangharakshitaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/162373to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path: An Introduction
Author: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Narrator: Kulananda
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2006
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha's very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of The Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that...2006-08-015h 36