From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 7 Mar, 2013 - 15:44Our FBA Podcasts and Dharmabytes this month will be all about Art and Beauty as Pathways to Wisdom.
We begin the month with a full-length FBA Podcast from Maitreyabandhu’s Poetry East program offered at the London Buddhist Center: “Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview.”
Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. She worked for the British Council in Russia in the 1990s where she set up the Russian New Writing Project with the Royal...
From Triratna News on Thu, 7 Mar, 2013 - 09:56Vidyaruchi writes with news of three interviews with Sangharakshita, made for India’s Lord Buddha TV station. He says - “Following the recent Order Convention at Bodh Gaya, we are pleased to present “United for the Dhamma”, a series of three interviews given by Urgyen Sangharakshita with Maitrivir-Nagarjuna, an Indian Dhammachari.
Made in the summer of 2011, their discussions touch on many of the issues, difficulties and opportunities facing those trying to practise and propagate...
A talk given by Vajratara and Padmavajra at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre 1st July 2008 starting a section on the Vajrayana as part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
A talk given by Vadanya at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre 22nd July 2008 in a section on the Vajrayana as part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
Khemasuri explores the message of Transforming the World in The Sutra of Golden Light at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre 2008. Talk given on 17th June 2008 as part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.
From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 13:29Our February podcasts - both the full length one and our little Dharmabytes - provided opportunities to reflect on life and death while marking the Buddha’s Parinirvana with rituals and celebrations in our centres around the world. Last week we reflected on the Bardo Thodol through the eyes and the hearts of several poets with talks from Suriyvamsa, Padmavajra and Candradasa.
Days of great talks but, alas, some more problems with the PA (crazy distortion) means we can’t bring you Yashosagar’s, at least for now. We will have Paramabandhu’s though, just as soon as ever we can… :)
Days 5 & 6 were pretty full. Here are some shots from the half of one day when the men were doing some reflection at the Mahabodhi Temple (our Dharmacharis alternated venues with our Dharmacharinis for two days of ‘single sex’ conventions)…
