15 episodes

Talks on Buddhism and meditation. Live recordings from the London Buddhist Centre exploring the Buddha’s teaching (Dharma) in a way that is relevant to contemporary life.

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    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.4 • 25 Ratings

Talks on Buddhism and meditation. Live recordings from the London Buddhist Centre exploring the Buddha’s teaching (Dharma) in a way that is relevant to contemporary life.

    The Myth of the Return Journey - Prajnamanas

    The Myth of the Return Journey - Prajnamanas

    Prajnamanas on the Myth of the Return Journey, from Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre. 

    • 51 min
    Turning towards the Enlightened mind

    Turning towards the Enlightened mind

    In Buddhist Puja we ritually evoke the many qualities of the Enlightened mind. We use our imagination to open up to a higher vision of reality. 

    In this talk Jnanavaca argues that engaging with devotion, worship and beauty will help us open up to those moments where we experience something 'more'... more than self, more than our usual view of the world, more than the day to day mundane rhythm of daily life.  

    • 56 min
    The agonising pincer-jaws of Heaven

    The agonising pincer-jaws of Heaven

    Prajnamanas expertly navigates us around the twelve links of the wheel of life. Proving to us that this ancient Buddhist image of the wheel of life is still as relevant as ever. 

    A life spent circling round and round the twelve links is indeed a life if agonising repetition. But what is there that we can do? How can we take a creative step and get off of the wheel?




    To be a poet and not know the trade
    To be a lover and repel all women
    Twin ironies by which great saints are made
    The agonising pincer-jaws of Heaven

    -Patrick Kavanagh

    • 52 min
    It All Starts Here - The Story of the Buddha’s Awakening

    It All Starts Here - The Story of the Buddha’s Awakening

    "The Buddha's enlightenment is the most important moment in the history of the planet from the point of view of a Buddhist". 

    Ratnaprabha describes, explores and evokes the moment where the Buddha overcame all craving and hatred and illumined the path to liberation for others.

    • 46 min
    Suffering, The Spiritual Life and The Human Realm

    Suffering, The Spiritual Life and The Human Realm

    Danayutta looks at the inevitability of suffering to the human condition. She makes the case that the more we turn towards suffering and take responsibility for the suffering we cause ourselves, the more we can engage positively with that fundamental aspect of human experience. 

    • 52 min
    Watching the Gap

    Watching the Gap

    Central to the Buddha's vision was the idea that we could get off the wheel of our repetitive behaviour, repetitive behaviour driven by craving and aversion. There is a gap, a doorway, off the wheel of reactivity and on to the spiral of more and more positive mental states. Vidyadaka talks on where we can find that doorway and how to open it.  

    • 41 min

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