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The Nature of Reality

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 3 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.

Covering karma, emptiness, impermanence and galaxies, this is a wide ranging talk!

First talk in a series of three entitled 'Reality and what to do about it', given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK, in Nov 2010.
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Living a Meaningful Life

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 3 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Vajrapriya takes the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - rebranding it as the Meaningful Eightfold Path - and considers how its eight areas contribute to a meaningful life, and how following it eventually eliminates the whole problem of meaninglessness.

Second of three public talks in the series 'Reality and what to do about it', given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in November 2010
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A Challenge to the Modern World

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 3 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
A robust talk by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.

Last of three talks in the series 'Reality and What to Do About It'
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Buddhism, a Force For Good In the World

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Wed, 29 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
In this thoughtful talk, Vajragupta explores the potential of the Buddha's teachings to transform society, starting with seeing how the Dhamma has helped millions of people who've suffered under the Hindu caste system change their lives. He asks how we've done in bringing this part of Bhante's vision into being in the last 40 years, and encourages us to take opportunities to change society, including helping activists in positive change, and bringing a Buddhist perspective to current social debates.
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Half My Life In Triratna

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Wed, 29 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
Celebrating having spent half his life in the Triratna Buddhist Community, Manjusvara shows what a full context it has given for his life, meeting his experience of Vision, embracing his artistic life, and offering growthful challenges, the support of friendship, and the opportunity of altruistic activity.
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Following the Buddha 1 - Leading Upto Enlightenment

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
First of a series of talks exploring the Buddha's enlightenment. Subhuti describes the conditions that lead upto that experience and what lessons we can draw from it.
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Following the Buddha 2 - Gratitude and Appreciation

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
In his second talk at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Subhuti explores what happened to the Buddha directly after his enlightenment - an upsurge of gratitude and appreciation for all that had supported him reaching this state.
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Following the Buddha 3 - Assimilating and Exploring

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
In his third talk in Bodhgaya, Subhuti tries to evoke the workings of the Buddha's mind, as we hear about his own process of discovering just what it was that happened to him under the Bodhi Tree.
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Following the Buddha 4 - The Launch of the Dhammakranti

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
In his 4th talk at Bodhgaya we hear about the Buddha's first meeting with another human being - he encounters an arrogant Brahmin whose conception of life is one of rigid hierarchy. The Buddha denies this, but then is presented with the question - if people are like this, can I communicate with them?
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Following the Buddha 5 - In the Realm of Dreams and Images

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
In the fifth talk given in Bodhgaya, we enter the realm of imagination. The Buddha meets an enormous snake and see's a vision of Human development - what does this mean?

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