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Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioAspects of Generosity Here Vessantara explores how the Dharma has been practiced by people following many different lifestyles – from homeless wanderers to kings and queens in their palaces. If there isn’t one ‘Dharma lifestyle’ then what do all these different ways of living have in common, and how can they all be expressions of the Buddha’s teaching? What are the principles underlying them all, and what does all this mean for us in our 21st century world? Excerpted from the talk Abundance, Simplicity and Sharing given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016 for Buddhist Action Month. *** Subscribe to our Dha...2024-09-0903 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioAspects of Generosity Here Vessantara explores how the Dharma has been practiced by people following many different lifestyles – from homeless wanderers to kings and queens in their palaces. If there isn’t one ‘Dharma lifestyle’ then what do all these different ways of living have in common, and how can they all be expressions of the Buddha’s teaching? What are the principles underlying them all, and what does all this mean for us in our 21st century world? Excerpted from the talk Abundance, Simplicity and Sharing given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016 for Buddhist Action Month. *** Subscribe to our Dha...2024-09-0903 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Origin of Bodhicitta in the Brahma Viharas Vessantara offers an introduction to the origin of the Bodhicitta in the brahma viharas, moves on from the blue sky to the refuges and an exploration of the view of scientific materialism. This talk was given in 2020 at Adhisthana as part of the series The Bodhicitta Practice which includes many led meditation practices. *** 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 Po...2024-08-1726 min
Bright On BuddhismWho is Akshobhya?Bright on Buddhism Episode 84 - Who is Akshobhya? What are some stories about him? How is he depicted in iconography?
Resources: Nattier, Jan (2000). "The Realm of Aksobhya: A Missing Piece in the History of Pure Land Buddhism". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 23 (1), 71–102.; Sato, Naomi (2004). Some Aspects of the Cult of Aksobhya in Mahayana, Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies 52 (2), 18-23; Strauch, Ingo (2008). "The Bajaur collection: A new collection of Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts. A preliminary catalogue and survey (in progress)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-03.; Vessantara, Meeting the Buddhas, Windhorse Publications 2003, chapter 9; Brunnhölzl, Karl (20...2024-03-1523 min
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioWhat’s Actually Going On? Here, Vessantara explores moving back and forth between physical and imaginal experience, questioning our assumptions about imagination and reality. From the talk The Gift of Awareness, part of the series When I Give, I Give Myself given on retreat at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every we2023-07-1703 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioWhat’s Actually Going On? Here, Vessantara explores moving back and forth between physical and imaginal experience, questioning our assumptions about imagination and reality. From the talk The Gift of Awareness, part of the series When I Give, I Give Myself given on retreat at Adhisthana, 2020. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration three times every we2023-07-1703 min
Mythos & LogosJataka Tales: Past Lives of the Buddha from Animal to EnlightenmentExploring Jātaka tales, stories of the past lives of the Buddha, allows us to better understand the world of folktales, history of the early Buddhist community, and the journey of the soul in reincarnation across the cosmos toward enlightenment. We will explore nine of the 547 Jātakas: Sammodamana, Suvannahamsa, Nigrodhamiga, Mandhatu, Vedabbha, Mahajanaka, Sama, Muga-Pakkha, and Vessantara.
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The Windhorse Publications PodcastLearning to live in a free way - a conversation with VessantaraThirty years after the first publication of Meeting the Buddhas, Dhammamegha speaks with Vessantara about the new edition of this classic Dharma text. After learning how the book came to be, the discussion turns to the qualities of the enlightened mind, and the nature and power of these Buddha and Bodhisattva figures, and a whole path to living in freedom.
We had this conversation in Vessantara’s lounge in January this year, and the sound quality isn’t as good as we would have liked, but still definitely worth a listen.
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Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsPrincipal Texts of the Khuddaka Nik?ya: Volume 2 by AnonymousPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/731404to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nik?ya: Volume 2
Author: Anonymous
Narrator: Jinananda Jinananda, Elizabeth English
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 25 hours 27 minutes
Release date: September 15, 2022
Genres: World Religions
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This is Volume 2 of Dharma Audiobooks' ground-breaking overview of Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikaya, the fifth section of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravada Pali Canon. Far less known than the first four (Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Sa?yutta Nikaya, A?guttara Nikaya) perhaps because of its character as an anthology rather than a self-contained work, it nevertheless contains...2022-09-151h 27
Buddhist VoicesVessantara - Finding deeper and deeper reservoirs of energy."Things have changed in the last 10 years or so. A lot of it was just building on what I’d received from Bhante and other Order Members and other people… over the years. But I think, for me, it feels as if those three years with all that time to completely focus on the Dharma did sort of liberate things or bring to fruition a lot of seeds that had been planted by Bhante and other people over a long period of time."
When Vessantara first stumbled through the doors of Pundarika Buddhist Centre in 1972, he encountered the germinal begi...2022-05-201h 30
Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioOpening the Jewel BoxIn this wonderful personal talk about Padmasambhava, Vessantara talks about his connection with the strange figure of Padmasambhava. On the way, he gives an insight into what it’s like to relate to these Buddha and Bodhisattva figures deeply, and how we can do this. And he explores the effects doing this can have on our mind, our heart and our Dharma lives. From the talk entitled Padmasambhava Practice – a Personal Unfolding given in the Dublin Buddhist Centre, 2017. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite...2022-03-2403 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioOpening the Jewel BoxIn this wonderful personal talk about Padmasambhava, Vessantara talks about his connection with the strange figure of Padmasambhava. On the way, he gives an insight into what it’s like to relate to these Buddha and Bodhisattva figures deeply, and how we can do this. And he explores the effects doing this can have on our mind, our heart and our Dharma lives. From the talk entitled Padmasambhava Practice – a Personal Unfolding given in the Dublin Buddhist Centre, 2017. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite...2022-03-2403 min
Learn Burmese from Natural TalkOn Dance, Drama, and ComediansAnyeint, Zat, Pwe: these are terms associated with classical music, dance, and drama, sometimes performed in respected public halls but more often in open spaces and fields, under makeshift tents and on temporary stages lit with torches or dangling lightbulbs. What kind of instruments can you expect to hear in these performances? What is the role of the comedians dressed in large gaung baungs, or headdresses? And what is the proper protocol for summoning a dancer to the stage? In this episode, my cohost Mol Mol from Burmese Language Academy of Yangon (BLAY) and I talk about B...2022-03-1323 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioResisting DukkhaVessantara offers a pithy look into the suffering of suffering and the myriad of strategies that pull us away from tending to what’s happening in the present moment. From the talk entitled Dukkha Dukkha, part of a series of talks and led meditation from a retreat at Adhisthana on Dukkha and the Unbiased, 2018. *** Follow the Free Buddhist Audio podcast. High quality, full-length Dharma talks weekly since 2006! Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week: Subscribe using these...2021-09-2004 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioResisting DukkhaVessantara offers a pithy look into the suffering of suffering and the myriad of strategies that pull us away from tending to what’s happening in the present moment. From the talk entitled Dukkha Dukkha, part of a series of talks and led meditation from a retreat at Adhisthana on Dukkha and the Unbiased, 2018. *** Follow the Free Buddhist Audio podcast. High quality, full-length Dharma talks weekly since 2006! Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast - a full Dharma talk every week: Subscribe using these...2021-09-2004 min
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Free Buddhist AudioSitting At the Centre of the MandalaOnce again at the Centre of the Mandala, we meet Vairocana. How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the Sun and relaxed being, the practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet, of course, this requires effort. Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches: Can we hold both at once? What do we give significance to? What do we make real ? Can we open to a world of richer and deeper meaning? Vessantara gave this talk as part of the...2021-04-101h 06Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioUncertainty as Positive EmotionA Tibetan Story shared by Vessantara about a young boy and his family and the uncertainty of the course of our lives. Excerpted from the talk entitled Positive Emotion as part of the series The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion Retreat given on a retreat called The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion at Adhisthana, 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 FB...2021-01-1807 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioUncertainty as Positive EmotionA Tibetan Story shared by Vessantara about a young boy and his family and the uncertainty of the course of our lives. Excerpted from the talk entitled Positive Emotion as part of the series The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion Retreat given on a retreat called The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion at Adhisthana, 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 FB...2021-01-1807 min
Free Buddhist AudioSpiritual Receptivity and Just SittingVessantara shares reflections that emerged during his three year retreat, namely a poignant opportunity to let go of self reference and enjoy the simple awareness of the present moment. This talk was given at the Triratna Buddhist Order European Order Gathering at Wymondham College August 25, 2012. *** Help keep FBA free for everyone! Become a supporter today. Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-size pieces of Dharma inspiration, two times a week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook2020-06-2757 minFree Buddhist AudioSpiritual Receptivity and Just SittingVessantara shares reflections that emerged during his three year retreat, namely a poignant opportunity to let go of self reference and enjoy the simple awareness of the present moment. This talk was given at the Triratna Buddhist Order European Order Gathering at Wymondham College August 25, 2012. *** Help keep FBA free for everyone! Become a supporter today. Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast - bite-size pieces of Dharma inspiration, two times a week! Follow our blog for news and new Dharma FBA on Twitter FBA on Facebook2020-06-2757 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioTurning Towards SufferingExcerpted from the talk The Cloud of Suffering by Vessantara as part of a series of talks and led meditation from a retreat at Adhisthana on Dukkha and the Unbiased. *** 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 Soundcloud2020-01-0210 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioTurning Towards SufferingExcerpted from the talk The Cloud of Suffering by Vessantara as part of a series of talks and led meditation from a retreat at Adhisthana on Dukkha and the Unbiased. *** 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 Soundcloud2020-01-0210 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsBuddhist Meditation: The Heart: The Development of Loving Kindness by VessantaraPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/731487to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Buddhist Meditation: The Heart: The Development of Loving Kindness
Author: Vessantara
Narrator: Vessantara
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Release date: January 24, 2019
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
Loving-kindness is one of the most important principles in Buddhism, and the ‘metta bhavana', traditionally devised by the Buddha to develop it, is one of the most popular and important meditation practices. It is used throughout the world - practised in both in a secular and a Buddhist context for, as Vessantara (Tony McMahon) the English-born Buddhist meditation teacher with 40 years of ex...2019-01-245h 27Dharmabytes from free buddhist audioGoing Deeper into the Heart of How Things AreTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Going Deeper into the Heart of How Things Are, from the talk entitled Prajnaparamita, the female Bodhisattva of wisdom, by Vessantara. This excerpt goes into detail of the several mantras associated with this figure. From the series of talks for Sangha Night on Buddhas and Bodhisattva given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.2018-12-0606 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioGoing Deeper into the Heart of How Things AreTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Going Deeper into the Heart of How Things Are, from the talk entitled Prajnaparamita, the female Bodhisattva of wisdom, by Vessantara. This excerpt goes into detail of the several mantras associated with this figure. From the series of talks for Sangha Night on Buddhas and Bodhisattva given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.2018-12-0606 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, World ReligionsBuddhist Meditation: The Breath: The Mindfulness of Breathing by VessantaraPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/731387to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Buddhist Meditation: The Breath: The Mindfulness of Breathing
Author: Vessantara
Narrator: Vessantara
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Release date: November 14, 2018
Genres: World Religions
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The Mindfulness of Breathing meditation has been practised in the Buddhist tradition for 2,500 years. It is now widely used not just among Buddhists but increasingly in the secular world as the basis of mindfulness training, and in other contexts such as yoga and, in recent times, stress and pain management. After all, as the author and teacher Vessantara observes, ‘The breath is always wi...2018-11-143h 30
Free Buddhist AudioVajrapani – Energy UnlimitedOur FBA Podcast this week is a cracking and wonderfully detailed talk called Vajrapani – Energy Unlimited by Vessantara, author of ‘Meeting the Buddhas’. He is the ideal person to introduce us to the complex and fascinating Tantric figure of Vajrapani – ‘Lord of Secrets’, embodiment of ”virya’ (Energy in Pursuit of the Good). Vessantara’s style is familiar and well-earthed, and therefore eminently well suited to material that bristles with electricity and is not always so easy to communicate. We get the origin and development of the Tantra itself, as well as of this key figure who meets the impermanent nature of Reality...2018-11-031h 14
Free Buddhist AudioVajrapani – Energy UnlimitedOur FBA Podcast this week is a cracking and wonderfully detailed talk called Vajrapani - Energy Unlimited by Vessantara, author of 'Meeting the Buddhas'. He is the ideal person to introduce us to the complex and fascinating Tantric figure of Vajrapani - 'Lord of Secrets', embodiment of ''virya' (Energy in Pursuit of the Good). Vessantara's style is familiar and well-earthed, and therefore eminently well suited to material that bristles with electricity and is not always so easy to communicate. We get the2018-11-031h 14
New Books in Southeast Asian StudiesKatherine A. Bowie, “Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand” (U Wisconsin Press, 2017)From the sidelines of the Asian Studies Association of Australia’s biennial conference, where she presented the inaugural keynote address of the Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars, Katherine A. Bowie, joined New Books in Southeast Asian Studies to talk about Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand (University of Wisconsin Press, 2017).
Bowie at first hated the Vessantara Jataka: a story in which women and children are objects to be given away so as to demonstrate extraordinary generosity of the Buddha-to-be. But she reconciled her initially negative reaction with a growi...2018-07-2744 min
New Books in Buddhist StudiesKatherine A. Bowie, “Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand” (U Wisconsin Press, 2017)From the sidelines of the Asian Studies Association of Australia’s biennial conference, where she presented the inaugural keynote address of the Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars, Katherine A. Bowie, joined New Books in Southeast Asian Studies to talk about Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand (University of Wisconsin Press, 2017).
Bowie at first hated the Vessantara Jataka: a story in which women and children are objects to be given away so as to demonstrate extraordinary generosity of the Buddha-to-be. But she reconciled her initially negative reaction with a growi...2018-07-2744 minNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesAstrid Noren-Nilsson, “Cambodia’s Second Kingdom: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy (Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 2016)Billed as “an exploration of the role of nationalist imaginings, discourses, and narratives in Cambodia since the 1993 reintroduction of a multiparty democratic system,” Cambodia’s Second Kingdom: Nation, Imagination, and Democracy (Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 2016) pays special attention to how competing nationalistic imaginings are a prominent part of contestation in the country’s post-war reconstruction politics. These imaginings, the book’s author Astrid Noren-Nilsson argues, constitute resources with which parties obtain popular support and win elections. In making her case, she draws on an impressive array of primary sources, including extensive interview data with members of Cambodia’s political elite.2017-10-0344 minNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesPatrick Jory, “Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man” (SUNY Press, 2016)In Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man (SUNY Press, 2016; in paperback from 2017), Patrick Jory offers a compelling reinterpretation of religious text as political theory. The Vessantara Jataka is one of the most historically significant stories of Gautama Buddha’s previous births. Rather than reading the jataka as religious narrative or folktale, Jory convincingly resituates it at the centre of statecraft and ruling ideology in pre-modern Thailand. Tracking the jataka’s rising popularity from the period of early state formation, he shows how its preeminence gradually came to an end with Europe...2016-11-2057 minNew Books in Buddhist StudiesPatrick Jory, “Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man” (SUNY Press, 2016)In Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man (SUNY Press, 2016; in paperback from 2017), Patrick Jory offers a compelling reinterpretation of religious text as political theory. The Vessantara Jataka is one of the most historically significant stories of Gautama Buddha’s previous births. Rather than reading the jataka as religious narrative or folktale, Jory convincingly resituates it at the centre of statecraft and ruling ideology in pre-modern Thailand. Tracking the jataka’s rising popularity from the period of early state formation, he shows how its preeminence gradually came to an end with Europe...2016-11-2057 min
Beyond Pages: A SUNY Press PodcastPatrick Jory, “Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man” (SUNY Press, 2016)In Thailand’s Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man (SUNY Press, 2016; in paperback from 2017), Patrick Jory offers a compelling reinterpretation of religious text as political theory. The Vessantara Jataka is one of the most historically significant stories of Gautama Buddha’s previous births. Rather than reading the jataka as religious narrative or folktale, Jory convincingly resituates it at the centre of statecraft and ruling ideology in pre-modern Thailand. Tracking the jataka’s rising popularity from the period of early state formation, he shows how its preeminence gradually came to an end with Europe...2016-11-2057 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Empty BoatThis week’s FBA Podcast is a talk by Vessantara entitledThe Empty Boat. Early navigators were able to traverse vast distances using intuitive messages from the sun, wind, stars. Going for refuge is kind of a journey that needs ongoing mindfulness, a vision of the goal The second in a series of four talks by Vessantara exploring Going for Refuge is an accessible talk on the Insight aspect. From the four-part series, Aspects of Going for Refuge, given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in early 2016.2016-05-2855 min
Free Buddhist AudioThe Empty BoatThis week's FBA Podcast is a talk by Vessantara entitledThe Empty Boat. Early navigators were able to traverse vast distances using intuitive messages from the sun, wind, stars. Going for refuge is kind of a journey that needs ongoing mindfulness, a vision of the goal
The second in a series of four talks by Vessantara exploring Going for Refuge is an accessible talk on the Insight aspect.
From the four-part series, Aspects of Going for Refuge, given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in early 2016.2016-05-2855 min
Free Buddhist AudioWayfindingToday's FBA Podcast is entitled Wayfinding by Vessantara. A rich talk using the metaphor of wayfinding to navigate our way across the sea of suffering to the safe refuge of the Buddha Dharma. The first of 4 talks exploring Going For Refuge given on Sangha Night at Cambridge Buddhist Center.2016-03-2649 min
Free Buddhist AudioWayfindingToday’s FBA Podcast is entitled Wayfinding by Vessantara. A rich talk using the metaphor of wayfinding to navigate our way across the sea of suffering to the safe refuge of the Buddha Dharma. The first of 4 talks exploring Going For Refuge given on Sangha Night at Cambridge Buddhist Center.2016-03-2649 min
Free Buddhist AudioSitting At the Centre of the MandalaContinuing with our journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, we find ourselves at the centre with Vairocana. Today's FBA Podcast is entitled Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala by Vessantara.
How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the sun and relaxed being. The practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet of course this requires effort.
Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches : can we hold both at once? What do we g2016-02-0604 min
Free Buddhist AudioSitting At the Centre of the MandalaContinuing with our journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, we find ourselves at the centre with Vairocana. Today’s FBA Podcast is entitled Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala by Vessantara. How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the sun and relaxed being. The practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet of course this requires effort. Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches : can we hold both at once? What do we give significance to? what do we ma...2016-02-0604 minDharmabytes from Free Buddhist AudioInvocation to RatnasambhavaTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an Invocation to Ratnasambhava recited by Gambhiranandi, written by Vessantara, to open a Full Moon Puja dedicated to Ratnasambhava. Given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in August 2015 as part of the regular Saturday Sangha Morning class.2016-01-2104 minDharmabytes from free buddhist audioInvocation to RatnasambhavaTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an Invocation to Ratnasambhava recited by Gambhiranandi, written by Vessantara, to open a Full Moon Puja dedicated to Ratnasambhava. Given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in August 2015 as part of the regular Saturday Sangha Morning class.2016-01-2104 min
Free Buddhist AudioEntering the MandalaFor the next month or so we'll be entering the mandala with a variety of talks and reflections from members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. We'll begin at the beginning with "Entering the Mandala" by Vessantara for the first FBA Podcast in this series. Vessantara introduces Mandalas, in terms of personal, symbolic and specifically buddhist representations. He then invites us to enter the Mandala as a initiatory voyage of discovery and development, making reference to the System of Practice and the need to b2016-01-0249 minFree Buddhist AudioEntering the MandalaFor the next month or so we’ll be entering the mandala with a variety of talks and reflections from members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. We’ll begin at the beginning with “Entering the Mandala” by Vessantara for the first FBA Podcast in this series. Vessantara introduces Mandalas, in terms of personal, symbolic and specifically buddhist representations. He then invites us to enter the Mandala as a initiatory voyage of discovery and development, making reference to the System of Practice and the need to balance effort with openness. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the F...2016-01-0249 min
Free Buddhist AudioHere Be Dragons: Pitfalls, Disasters and Dead-Ends on the Spiritual QuestThis week'sFBA Podcast entitled "Here Be Dragons: Pitfalls, Disasters and Dead-Ends on the Spiritual Quest" by Vessantara. A hugely enjoyable piece - and something a little bit different from the average Dharma talk. For here we have the Buddhist path laid out in terms of Arthurian legend and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Knights, chivalry, adventures and disasters - it's all here. And, of course, true wisdom where the gallant, sometimes errant, hero least expects to find it. Just like in a story...
Talk g2015-06-271h 14Free Buddhist AudioHere Be Dragons: Pitfalls, Disasters and Dead-Ends on the Spiritual Quest This week’sFBA Podcast entitled “Here Be Dragons: Pitfalls, Disasters and Dead-Ends on the Spiritual Quest” by Vessantara. A hugely enjoyable piece – and something a little bit different from the average Dharma talk. For here we have the Buddhist path laid out in terms of Arthurian legend and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Knights, chivalry, adventures and disasters – it’s all here. And, of course, true wisdom where the gallant, sometimes errant, hero least expects to find it. Just like in a story… Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Men’s National Order Weekend, August 20022015-06-271h 14
Free Buddhist AudioSpiritual Receptivity: From a RetreatVessantara leads us on a journey to discover "Spiritual Receptivity" for this week's FBA Podcast. This is the first in a thoroughly engaging set of talks and led meditations. From beginning to end, we get to experience the full flavor of the retreat that these segments were recorded from, held at Adhisthana in 2014. Vessantara deftly weaves Spiritual Receptivity together with the greater mandala of the Triratna System of Practice, bringing in aspects of each of the stages of the system and helping to put r2014-10-2528 minFree Buddhist AudioSpiritual Receptivity: From a RetreatVessantara leads us on a journey to discover “Spiritual Receptivity” for this week’s FBA Podcast. This is the first in a thoroughly engaging set of talks and led meditations. From beginning to end, we get to experience the full flavor of the retreat that these segments were recorded from, held at Adhisthana in 2014. Vessantara deftly weaves Spiritual Receptivity together with the greater mandala of the Triratna System of Practice, bringing in aspects of each of the stages of the system and helping to put receptivity in the context of the spiritual life as a whole. Talks given...2014-10-2528 min
Free Buddhist AudioKarma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless DharmaVessantara has been on a three year long retreat and as he emerges he has many insights to share. Our FBA Podcast this week is filled with deep reflections marked by clarity and a brilliance we are excited to make available. In "Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma," Vessantara offers a concise explanation of karma as he explores the concepts of rebirth. Given at the Triratna Buddhist Order UK and Ireland Men's Order Weekend at Adhisthana on 1 February 2014.2014-03-011h 01Free Buddhist AudioKarma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless DharmaVessantara has been on a three year long retreat and as he emerges he has many insights to share. Our FBA Podcast this week is filled with deep reflections marked by clarity and a brilliance we are excited to make available. In “Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma,” Vessantara offers a concise explanation of karma as he explores the concepts of rebirth. Given at the Triratna Buddhist Order UK and Ireland Men’s Order Weekend at Adhisthana on 1 February 2014.2014-03-011h 01Free Buddhist AudioAmitabha and the Phoenix The fires that can consume our old selves also release a new potential, the image of the phoenix evokes this transformation. In this week’s FBA Podcast “Amitabha and the Phoenix,” Vessantara explores Amitabha’s emphasis on meditation and his wisdom of discrimination. Amitabha is also associated with spiritual death. How do all these associations come together? One point of connection is the Bodhicitta. The reorientation of self and a letting go which allows for something vaster and more beautiful to inform our lives. In the first place, this might be expressed through being more empathic and compassionate to others.2013-12-141h 04
Free Buddhist AudioAmitabha and the PhoenixThe fires that can consume our old selves also release a new potential, the image of the phoenix evokes this transformation. In this week's FBA Podcast "Amitabha and the Phoenix," Vessantara explores Amitabha's emphasis on meditation and his wisdom of discrimination. Amitabha is also associated with spiritual death. How do all these associations come together? One point of connection is the Bodhicitta. The reorientation of self and a letting go which allows for something vaster and more beautiful to inform2013-12-141h 04Free Buddhist AudioConditionality and MeditationFBA Podcast, this week, “Conditionality and Meditation” is a talk by Vessantara who has just completed a three year, three month, three day retreat. Conditionality is a central theme of the teaching of the Buddha, and it is very helpful to bring our understanding of it into the arena of our meditation practice. During this talk, Vessantara looks at how to set up good conditions for our meditation to unfold in a natural, expansive way. He also explores how to meditate on conditionality, so that we take our understanding of it deeper, until we know its truth in o...2012-09-2937 min
Free Buddhist AudioConditionality and MeditationFBA Podcast, this week, “Conditionality and Meditation” is a talk by Vessantara who has just completed a three year, three month, three day retreat. Conditionality is a central theme of the teaching of the Buddha, and it is very helpful to bring our understanding of it into the arena of our meditation practice. During this talk, Vessantara looks at how to set up good conditions for our meditation to unfold in a natural, expansive way. He also explores how to meditate on conditionality, so that we take our understanding of it deeper, until we know its truth in o...2012-09-2937 min
The Buddhist CentreJust Sitting BooThis is one of those essential listening things. Vessantara on day 3 of the European Chairs' Assembly helping us explore the rich area of spiritual receptivity and its place in the Triratna system of practice. Much of the day was spent practicing and talking about 'Just Sitting'. Tune in to hear what we did and see how you might ask the questions about your own experience that can lead to the arising of Insight into the nature of Reality itself.
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FBA HighlightsDharmabytes Podcast #56 - "Devotion, Dharma & Faith: Tibetan Buddhism" by VessantaraToday’s FBA Dharmabyte “Devotion, Dharma & Faith” is an excerpt from Saturday’s FBA Podcast “Learning from Tibetan Buddhism – A Personal Account” (http://freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=OM730) by Vessantara. A lovely, thoughtful talk that pays tribute to the effect of one ancient form of Dharma in a modern practitioner’s own life.
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Free Buddhist AudioLearning from Tibetan Buddhism – A Personal AccountIn today's FBA Podcast, "Learning from Tibetan Buddhism - A Personal Account" Vessantara shares from his many years of engagement with Tibetan Buddhist approaches to meditation and general Buddhist practice. He carefully weighs up the different aspects of exploring a tradition outside of your own, and evokes Tibetan Buddhism itself through the story of his initiation into the Vajrayogini sadhana. A lovely, thoughtful talk that pays tribute to the effect of one ancient form of Dharma in a modern practitioner2011-08-0657 min
The 12-Step Buddhist PodcastEpisode 009: Vajrasattva - a Purification Meditation (Tibetan 10th Step)Episode 009 - the 12-Step Buddhist Podcast: Vajrasattva - a Purification Meditation
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Time: 23:07
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Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
Meditation from A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra (Meeting the Buddhas)">A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra by Vessantara
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the 12-Step Buddhist PodcastEpisode 009: Vajrasattva - a Purification Meditation (Tibetan 10th Step)Episode 009 - the 12-Step Buddhist Podcast: Vajrasattva - a Purification Meditation
Website: http://the12stepbuddhist.com
Format: 128kbps MP3
Time: 23:07
Highlights:
Thanks to jazz pianist Clay Giberson for the show intro
Meditation from A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra (Meeting the Buddhas)">A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra by Vessantara
Upcoming retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs Jan. 8-10th, 2010
Webcasts, Worksho
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-12-step-buddhist-podcast/support2009-09-2323 minFree Buddhist AudioVajrapani – Energy UnlimitedTo get us moving again now the new site is up and running, here’s a cracking and wonderfully detailed talk by Vessantara, author of ‘Meeting the Buddhas’. He is the ideal person to introduce us to the complex and fascinating Tantric figure of Vajrapani – ‘Lord of Secrets’, embodiment of ”virya’ (‘Energy in Pursuit of the Good’). Vessantara’s style is familiar and well-earthed, and therefore eminently suited to material that bristles with electricity and is not always so easy to communicate. We get the origin and development of the Tantra itself, as well as of this key figure who meets the imperman...2006-12-061h 16
Free Buddhist AudioVajrapani – Energy UnlimitedTo get us moving again now the new site is up and running, here's a cracking and wonderfully detailed talk by Vessantara, author of 'Meeting the Buddhas'. He is the ideal person to introduce us to the complex and fascinating Tantric figure of Vajrapani - 'Lord of Secrets', embodiment of ''virya' ('Energy in Pursuit of the Good'). Vessantara's style is familiar and well-earthed, and therefore eminently suited to material that bristles with electricity and is not always so easy to communicate. We get the orig2006-12-061h 13