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Dharmabyte: Softening Into Letting Go

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Coming Into Your True Nature

A tender and moving talk by Paramananda. Transformation is basically allowing the protective shell of self to dissipate. This shell only falls away if you come into relationship with your real, impermanent, fragile, vulnerable nature and soften into that or open up to that.

Excerpted from the talk The Nature of Transformation given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Waiting For the Stranger

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 10 Jul, 2022 - 00:00
In this talk Padmavajra gives his own interpretation of Bhante's Advent. A poem about waiting long into the night, waiting for a mysterious stranger and what happens when he arrives. In the course of his exploration, Padmavajra refers to the Indian devotional term viraha or anguished separation of the lover, the poetry of George Herbert, Rilke's Duino Elegies and alchemy.
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The Fragrance of the Unseen

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 10 Jul, 2022 - 00:00
In his second presentation, Padmavajra explores the poem The Unseen Flower. In the course of his talk Padmavajra explores in some detail the symbolism of perfume, emptiness, compassion and finally arriving at some reflections on Bhante's long poem The Veil of Stars.
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FBA Podcast: In Beauty May I Walk

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Beauty As the Fourth Laksana

In this talk, Punyamala takes us through the rich mandala of practice we can follow by reflecting on the laksanas. She then describes the path of beauty and how we can move from contemplating mundane beauty to the beauty of the enlightened state.

This talk was given during the Women’s Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana, December 2019.

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Jayadevi (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 - 12:28

I’d be a bitter, burned-out trade unionist, I think, if I wasn’t a Buddhist…

Jayadevi’s Annals

In 1968 - I was living in Hackney, at St Paul’s Church of England Primary School. Winning the school scripture prize, attending Girl Guides, Church (C of E) and Sunday School.

In 1978 - I was a student in Liverpool studying English Lit and Psychology with Divinity. In a long term relationship with a boyfriend. The nearest I have ever come to being married!

In 1988 - A full-on GFR Mitra...
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Dharmabyte: Gestures of Metta

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 6 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Being Open to the Beautiful

Saddhanandi shares observations on retreat of expressions of metta, kindness, and celebrates the simple beauty of such gestures. From the introduction to meditation entitled Metta and Beauty, the ninth in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on Metta as a Path to Insight, 2015.

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Death of Janaka

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Jul, 2022 - 14:32

Death of Janaka

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Jul, 2022 - 14:32

Dear Order members,

I am sad to let you know that Janaka died this morning, Tuesday 5 July at 10.50am, in the nursing home where he had been for the last few weeks. This is five days since he had a major stroke. As we heard a few days ago by Manjuvajra through the Order information service, Janaka had been receiving palliative care for cancer which was no longer treatable.

Janaka was ordained in 1993 by Suvajra. He...
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Ratnasagara's Health Update

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Jul, 2022 - 14:05

Ratnasagara's Health Update

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Jul, 2022 - 14:05

In the last week of July Ratnasagara met with his consultant and was told the following:

The tumour removed was cancerous.
The surgery successfully removed it all including the margins.
The Consultant is confident that Ratnasagara requires no further treatment such as chemotherapy for now.
He will be monitored for the next five years to see if the cancer returns.

He is very relieved! He really appreciates all the support and well wishing he received during this...
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Dharmabyte: Reimagining the Significance of Breaking

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Jul, 2022 - 06:00

Allowing Sensitivity + Poignancy 

Maitridevi explores how things that are broken can be given a fresh perspective through their repair and how, through this process, a greater beauty can be revealed. Excerpted from the talk entitled Love and the Beauty of Broken Things given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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