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Akshobya’s Appearance in the Bardo Thodol (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 25 Sep, 2025 - 14:38

Saddharaja describes the qualities of Akshobya, the great blue Buddha of the eastern quarter of the mandala - the Unshakeable One, the Imperturbable Akshobya, with a reading from the Bardo of Thodol. Excerpted from the talk Akshobya given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2001

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Paranita Introduces Our New Sangha Night Theme - The Great Escape

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
This week Paranita will launch the new theme looking at the Wheel of Life as a mirror for our own mind! Come along to hear about the beings that drive our wheel, the many realms of our own experience, and practices that slow down the wheel to prepare for our Great Escape. During this theme we'll be looking at The Wheel of Life, a living symbol that encompasses the entirety of existence. We'll learn how to escape from the prison and sufferings of Samsara, towards ever increasing positive and expansive states of being, towards the ultimate goal of Awakening. We'll be taking a contemporary look at this ancient symbol, visiting it's realms and their beings from the depths of the hell realm to the heights of the heavenly abodes, and asking what do these realms look like in our modern society and world? Expect support for home practice, practical ideas of how to bring these traditional teachings into your everyday life, and reflections on how to make your Great Escape!
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9. Mudita Bhavana Led Meditation

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
Open to joyful resonance and friends who are a gift in your life. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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14. Upekkha Bhavana Led Meditation

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
Lightly led by Maitrisambhava. Sometimes suffering speaks more loudly than joy. Let joy be just as vivid as suffering!
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3. Personal Talks - Mahamani

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
Getting lost and finding yourself - and the story of a leaf. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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3. Personal Talks - Satyakavi

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
Not knowing who you are, not knowing what metta is - but knowing what Padmasambhava says! From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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3. Personal Talks - Maitrisiddhi

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
The simplicity of "this hurts", and the Death of Superwoman. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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3. Personal Talks - Maitrisambhava

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
'I really trust metta' - even in dark times. So down to earth, but also glimmers of a mysterious intangible 'something else'. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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13. Mudita Bhavana Led Meditation

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 - 00:00
Lightly led by Maitrisambhava. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.
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The Clear Light of Reality (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 23 Sep, 2025 - 15:31

According to Tibetan tradition, in the bardo, an ‘intermediate state’ in the endless round of birth and death, we are free for an instant from that round. The Tibetan book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) describes six of these opportunities for escape from reactivity. From the talk Psycho-Spiritual Symbolism in the Tibetan Book of the Dead given by Sangharakshita as part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology, 1967.

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