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Radio interview for ALL FM — Manchester

Chandana from the Manchester Buddhist Centre chats to the presenter, Fiona Ledgard, about the Buddhist centre, the Buddhist path and the role of meditation in adding value to life....

Is Compassion the Answer to Suffering in the World?

A talk in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions, given by Dayanandi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 26th November 2011....

Tags: Big Questions, Dayanandi

Imagination and Fantasy in the Spiritual Life

Where does fantasy end and imagination begin?....

Tags: Big Questions, Maitreyabandhu

Meeting Padmasambhava in the cave of the heart

Padmasambhava means the Lotus Born. He is a historical and mythological figure who established Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth century....

Tags: Dayanandi, Padmasambhava

Pagan Shaman Buddha: A Spiritual Path for our Time

Why Pagan Shaman Buddha?....

Tags: Big Questions, Lokabandhu

Buddhism, Sexuality and Identity

From Pride to Enlightenment! How does your sexuality relate to your sense of self? ....

Tags: Big Questions, Munisha

Buddhism and Peace — Just the Absence of War?

What is peace? And what does peace mean for Buddhists? Is it just the absence of war and conflict; guns and screaming? ....

Tags: Big Questions, Parami

Reflections on Buddhism and Peace

Munisha speaks briefly on Buddhism and Peace in advance of Parami's talk on 30th July 2011....

Tags: Munisha

We live in a beautiful world: Buddhism and nature

What is a Buddhist attitude to nature? Does our relationship with nature matter for the spiritual life?....

Tags: Big Questions, Vajragupta

Can Buddhism survive and thrive in a consumerist, materialist world?

Based on her experience of teaching both ‘hard core’ Buddhism on the one hand and secular mindfulness on the other in various countries and cultural contexts, Vidyamala explores two opposite positions that can be taken in response to this question....

Tags: Big Questions, Vidyamala

Searching for Truth: Accelerators, Telescopes and Buddhism

What is the nature of Reality? And can the answer give meaning to human existence? ....

Tags: Big Questions, Mahasraddha

How do we really learn about life?

Curriculums, exams and degrees – how do we really learn about life? The Buddhist case for truth and experience....

Tags: Big Questions, Mahabodhi

The five great stages of spiritual awakening — spontaneous compassionate activity

Giving ourselves to the world - in this talk Dayanandi covers the last of the five stages of the spiritual path....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment

The five great stages of spiritual awakening — radical transformation

Transforming in the Light of our Vision - in this talk Dayanandi covers the fourth of the five stages of the spiritual path....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment

The five great stages of the spiritual path — the insight of selflessness

In a talk called Approaching reality: finding gateways to the truth, Dayanandi covers the third of the five stages of the spiritual path....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment

The five great stages of the spiritual path — Opening the heart

Third in a series of talks by Dayanandi on the five great stages of the spiritual path....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment

The five great stages of the spiritual path — Mindfulness and the mandala of integration

Second in a series of talks on the five great stages of spiritual experience that develop and unfold as we progress on the Path to Enlightenment....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment, Mindfulness

The five great stages of the spiritual path — Introduction

Finding the path - first in a series of talks on the five great stages of spiritual experience that develop and unfold as we progress on the Path to Enlightenment....

Tags: Dayanandi, Enlightenment

Stop buying stuff and learn how to be happy Instead

What will we do instead of buying more stuff and hooking up to more electronic gadgetry? The only way is to learn the ancient art of happiness.....

Tags: Big Questions, Happiness, Ratnaguna

Searching for the Buddha — launch of Gautama Buddha by Vishvapani

A talk by Vishvapani to launch his book, Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One....

Tags: Gautama, Vishvapani

Can loss give rise to insight?

Chandana looks at the traumatic losses we can face in our lives, and how they can act as catalysts for positive change....

Tags: Chandana, Death

All in this together — is it time for a Buddhist economics?

Buddhism and the Big Questions....

Tags: Big Questions, Ethics, Kavyasiddhi

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Buddhist Scriptures: Perfection of Wisdom Sutras

Chandana talks about the Perfection of Wisdom sutras, a category of sutras in the Mahayana tradition....

Tags: Chandana, Mahayana, Scriptures

The Art of Reflection — book launch

Ratnaguna speaks about his new book on reflection as a spiritual practice....

Tags: Ratnaguna

Buddhism as a force for good in the world

A talk by Vajragupta on the history of the Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the FWBO.....

Tags: Triratna, Vajragupta

My life as a retreatant

Barbara Mathews shares her experiences of being a retreatant, in a series of talks on Work as Spiritual Practice. ....

Tags: Barbara Mathews, Retreats

Work as Spiritual Practice: Introducing Reginald Ray’s Threefold Model

Mahabodhi introduces Reginald Ray's Threefold Model In the first of a series of talks on the theme of Work as Spiritual Practice, ....

Tags: Mahabodhi, Reginald Ray, Work

FWBO 1975–77 era

In this talk Ratnaguna shares his personal experience of the mid-1970s in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, now the Triratna Buddhist Community....

Tags: FWBO, Ratnaguna, Triratna

FWBO 1971–74 era

In this talk Sona shares his personal experience of the early 1970s in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, now the Triratna Buddhist Community....

Tags: FWBO, Sona, Triratna

British Buddhism today

A talk by Munisha at the fifth annual Manchester Buddhist Conference on 19th June 2010....

Tags: Munisha

Parinirvana Day

Talk on Parinirvana Day at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, on 15th February 2010, given by Dayamala....

Tags: Dayamala, Death

The Sevenfold Puja: Transference of Merits and Self-Surrender

The ninth talk in the Sevenfold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, on Transference of Merits and Self-Surrender. Delivered on 15th March 2010 by Taravandana. ....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Puja, Taravandana

The Sevenfold Puja: The Heart Sutra

The eighth talk in the Sevenfold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, on The Heart Sutra. Delivered on 8th March 2010 by Chandana.....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Chandana, Puja

The Sevenfold Puja: Entreaty and Supplication

The seventh talk in the Sevenfold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, on Entreaty and Supplication. Delivered on 1st March 2010 by Ratnaguna....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Puja, Ratnaguna

The Sevenfold Puja: Rejoicing in Merits

The sixth talk in the Sevenfold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, Rejoicing in Merits. Delivered on 22nd February 2010 by Buddhashanti....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Buddhashanti, Puja

The Sevenfold Puja: Going for Refuge

The fourth talk in the Sevenfold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, on Going For Refuge, the definitive Buddhist act. Delivered on 1st February 2010 by Mahasraddha.....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Mahasraddha, Puja

The Sevenfold Puja: Salutation

The third talk in a series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on the Sevenfold Puja, given on 25th January 2010 by Suryaka, in which she covers the topic of Salutation....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Puja, Suryaka

The Sevenfold Puja: Worship

The Sevenfold Puja - drawn from the Bodhicaryavatara - is the main devotional ceremony performed at the Manchester Buddhist Centre. In this talk, the second in the series on the Puja, Maniraja explores the first section: Worship....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Maniraja, Puja

A Talk on the Bodhicaryavatara by Vadanya

In a rousing talk, Vadanya introduces Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara, the first talk in a series on the Sevenfold Puja at the Manchester Buddhist Centre given on 11th January 2010....

Tags: Bodhicaryavatara, Puja, Vadanya

Life with Full Attention, day-to-day mindfulness part 2

After his talk on Life with Full Attention at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th September 2009, Maitreyabandhu introduces the class to home projects on day-to-day mindfulness....

Tags: Maitreyabandhu, Mindfulness

Life with Full Attention — Maitreyabandhu on day-to-day mindfulness

Maitreyabandhu introduces the first session of an eight week course in mindfulness at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th September 2009, based on his book Life with Full Attention ....

Tags: Maitreyabandhu, Mindfulness

A Tribute to Dharmachari Sudharshan — Turning the Wheel of the Dharma

A talk given by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Dharma Day, 7th July 2009....

Tags: Sona, Sudarshan

Vision of Mahayana Buddhism — Talk by Nagapriya and Book Launch

The last in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism including the launch of his new book by the same name.....

Tags: Mahayana, Nagapriya

The Philosophy of Emptiness

The fourth in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 22nd June 2009.....

Tags: Emptiness, Mahayana, Nagapriya, Sunyata

Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures

The third in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 15th June 2009. ....

Tags: Mahayana, Nagapriya, Scriptures

The Ideal of Universal Awakening

The second in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism, given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 8th June 2009....

Tags: Bodhisattva Ideal, Mahayana, Nagapriya

What is the Mahayana?

The first in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism....

Tags: Mahayana, Nagapriya

The Significance of the Buddha’s Enlightenment

A talk given by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Wesak, 9th May 2009....

Tags: Enlightenment, Sona, Wesak

Sanghanussati

Sanghanussati means 'recollection of the Sangha' and Ratnaguna looks at the Sangha section of the Tiratana Vandana in this talk at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2009.....

Tags: Ratnaguna, Sanghanussati, Sanghavandana

Understanding money, understanding ourselves and bringing money into our practice

Siddisambhava is the fundraiser in the FWBO development team. This talk is not a fundraising talk though. It is about how, as Buddhists, do we practise with money?....

Tags: Money, Siddisambhava

Buddhanussati: The Buddha Archetype

The fifth in a series of talks on Buddhanussati: The Buddha Archetype, given by Ratnaguna at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 9th February 2009 ....

Tags: Buddhanussati, Ratnaguna

Buddhanussati: Imagining the Buddha with the Whole of One’s Being

The third in a series of talks entitled Buddhanussati: Recollection of the Buddha, given by Mahabodhi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 19th January 2009....

Tags: Buddhanussati, Mahabodhi

Buddhanussati: What would the Buddha do Now?

The second in a series of talks entitled Buddhanussati: Recollection of the Buddha, given by Parami at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 12th January 2009....

Tags: Buddhanussati, Parami

Buddhanussati: Gotama’s Journey to Awakening

The first in a series of talks entitled Buddhanussati: Recollection of the Buddha, given by Vishvapani at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 5th January 2009....

Tags: Buddhanussati, Vishvapani

Sangharakshita at Manchester Buddhist Centre 2008

Sangharakshita visited Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th April 2008 and gave a talk on the Six Emphases of the FWBO (now the Triratna Buddhist Community)....

Tags: FWBO, Sangharakshita

Refuge Tree Series: Atisha

A talk given by Dayanandi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2008....

Tags: Dayanandi, Refuge tree

Refuge Tree Series: Dogen Readings

Readings accompanying a talk given by Vidyamala at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 17th March 2008....

Tags: Refuge tree, Vidyamala

Refuge Tree Series: Dogen

A talk given by Vidyamala at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 17th March 2008....

Tags: Refuge tree, Vidyamala

Refuge Tree Series: Hakuin

A talk given by Vidyamala at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 10th March 2008....

Tags: Refuge tree, Vidyamala

Refuge Tree Series: Shinran

A talk given by Ratnaguna at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 25th February 2008....

Tags: Ratnaguna, Refuge tree

Refuge Tree Series: Dhammadinna and the Arahants

A talk given by Aryamati at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 11th February 2008....

Tags: Aryamati, Refuge tree

Refuge Tree Series: Chetul Sanghe Dorje

A talk given by Padmakara at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 28th January 2008.....

Tags: Padmakara, Refuge tree

Refuge Tree Series: Sangharakshita

A talk on the life of Sangharakshita given by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st January 2008 ....

Tags: Refuge tree, Sangharakshita, Sona

An Introduction to the Refuge Tree

An introduction to a series of talks on the Refuge Tree given by Kavyasiddhi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th January 2008....

Tags: Kavyasiddhi, Refuge tree

Bhante and the Fireworks of Nietzsche

Third talk in a series, Favourite Moments of Sangharakshita, given by Prabhasvara at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 5th November 2007....

Tags: Nietzsche, Prabhasvara, Sangharakshita

The New Buddhist Movement in India

Second talk in a series, Favourite Moments of Sangharakshita, given by Shakyajata on Sangharakshita, Dr Ambedkar, and the New Buddhist Movement in India, at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 29th October 2007. ....

Tags: Ambedkar, India, Sangharakshita, Shakyajata, TBMSG

Evolutionary Buddhism

First talk in a series, Favourite Moments of Sangharakshita, given by Padmakara at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 22nd October 2007....

Tags: Evolution, Padmakara, Sangharakshita

Mindfulness of Mental Objects

Fifth in a series of talks on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, given by Mahabodhi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 8th October 2007....