Prakasha leads the Padmasambhava sadhana - which Bhante received from Kachu Rimpoche, abbot of the royal monastery of Sikkim, in Kalimpong, 1962. The words of the sadhana are of Bhante’s own composition.

Recorded during the 2019 UK & Ireland Area Order Convention at Wymondham College.

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Jnanavaca leads the Manjughosha Stuti Sadhana, which was given to Bhante in 1957 in Darjeeling by Jamyang Khyentse Rimpoche. This sadhana is also known by the name of “Cloud of Worship Pleasing to the Protector Manjusri, being the way to Practice the Profound Stuti Sadhana of the Holy Manjughosha”.

Recorded during the 2019 UK & Ireland Area Order Convention at Wymondham College.

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Here we have Akuppa exploring how someone practising the Dharma might respond if they found themselves in ‘Hell and Other Ordinary Places’ - including prison and public buses! One of a series of talks on the theme of ‘A Force for Good in the World’, given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival in Somerset, UK.

There are also very worth sharing: Shambala Warrior verses written by Akuppa, 2005.

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Prakasha explores Triratna’s system of spiritual practice - integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, spiritual rebirth and spiritual receptivity - drawing out the importance of understanding these stages principally, not just in terms of any given meditation practice.

Outlining the five stages of sadhana - Going for Refuge; Awakening the Bodhicitta; Contemplation of shunyata; Evocation of a particular Buddha or Bodhisattva; Concluding contemplation - Prakasha then relates these five stages to Triratna’s system of spiritual practice. He finishes with an exhortation, based on...