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Lifetimes of Learning
by Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia
The Lifetimes of Learning Podcast is a production of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia, a home-grown non-sectarian Buddhist Temple, founded in 1978. Buddhist Education Centre is a part of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia. Our vision and mission are to spread the Budda’s teachings to foster more wisdom and reduce suffering, to support the Buddhist communities and to help anyone who wish to learn and practice the Buddhist path. We offer the teachings and resources free of charge and ensure our volunteer teachers are easily accessible. We embrace a culture of professionalism, culturally adaptability, practicality, scholarship in all our activities. and Our current small community size has not limited us in our mission. You can find out more about our Centre and what we do to enable our vision and mission on www.buddhisteducationcentre.org.auWe are a Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, a Member of The Buddhist Council of Victoria, and an Associated Inst
Episodes
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Merit for Wellbeing and Happiness
Length (41 mins) Level: All How we live now produces our future, Not only produces the external environment we experience but it produces our internal mental world. We are a product of ourself. If we understand merit we can contribute beneficially to the shift in our mental state everyday of our...
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How Karma Works
Length (25 mins) Level: All This talk introduces a Buddhist Teaching on the subject of kamma. What is the relevance of kamma to our life here and now? What is kamma and how does it work? How is kamma related to my wellbeing and happiness? These are some of the questions that are discussed in…
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Develop Your Good Heart
Length (32 mins) Level: All To develop our good heart may sound very good, but what does it mean? How do you develop your good heart and how does that help in your journey through your life? This discussion of good heart starts with the basic underlying ground of our mind, which is our awareness....
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How to Give Up Doubt
This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of doubt and how to let it go. The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and...
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How to Give Up Sense Desire
This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of sense desire and how to let it go. The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial,...
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How To Give Up Ill Will - Part Two
The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. This podcast introduces the hindrance of ill will, so we can understand how they function as negative mental...
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How To Give Up Ill Will - Part One
The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states. This talk introduces the hindrance of ill will, so we can understand how they function as negative mental...
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Introduction To The Five Hinderances
The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear, beneficial, and peaceful mental states.
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How to Give Up Worrying
This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of anxiousness and worry and how to let it go. The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind preventing us experiencing clear,...
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How to Give Up Laziness
This talk is part of a series on 'How to overcome five hindrances' and it focuses on the hindrance of sloth and torpor, or laziness, dullness and heaviness, and how to let them go. The five hindrances are different types of dullness, distraction and disturbance that cover and suppress our mind...
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Tolerance and Respect as a Buddhist
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Tolerance and Respect as a Buddhist". This article includes a paper called “A Fair Go for All” by John D. Hughes, who was the Founder of The Buddhist Discussion Centre. It was a paper presented at the International Conference on Religious...
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Kesamutti Sutta
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Kesamutti Sutta". In this sutta you will find an acid test of Truth which if used produces a conclusive result as to the worth of any teaching. Level: Intermediate / Length: 20mins 14secs.
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Is the door of your heart open to yourself?
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Is the door of your heart open to yourself?". The article provides a detailed explanation of the dangers and difficulties associated with the unwholesome mind state of anger or hatred. Level: Beginners - Intermediate / Length: 31mins14sec
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Buddhist Practices for Peace and Solidarity in Times of Conflict
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Buddhist Practices for Peace and Solidarity in Times of Conflict", a talk presented by Frank Carter, President of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia, on a scholar’s panel presentation held during the International United Nations Day of Vesak...
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The Removal of Sceptical Doubt for a Buddha Dhamma Practitioner
One of the first steps on the Buddha Dhamma Path for the practitioner is to access correct confidence, called saddha in the Pali language. This podcast outlines why saddha is so important to real improvement and the disadvantages of it’s opposite which is doubt. Doubt is regarded as one of the…
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The Expedient Study of Chan
(Length 25:11) (Level: Beginner) In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “ The Expedient Study of Ch’an" by the Venerable Pai Sen. This teaching explains the practice of seated meditation, its importance particularly in relation to the needs of the beginner when applying…
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Sati Protects the Citta
Length (19:03) Level: Beginner – Intermediate This podcast is a talk given by Luang Poo Thate at Wat Hin Mark Peng On November 15, 1980, titled 'Sati Protects The Citta'. This talk was translated by Steven Towler. If you wish to support us and our mission, we invite you to be our patron by...
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How Buddhists Should Welcome the Twenty-first Century
(Length 13:08) (Level: Beginner) In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “ How Buddhists should welcome the 21st Century" On approaching the turn of the millennium (2000) renowned Buddhist scholar and author Dr.Ananda W.P. Guruge (Late) revisits the vast scope and breadth of...
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The Proactive Mind
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "The Proactive Mind", it highlights the important qualities of a pro-active versus a reactive mind.
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Refuge in the Triple Gem
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Refuge in the Triple Gem", which provides a concise outline of how to practice and develop refuge in the Triple Gem.
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Dhamma Talk by Venerable Piyadassi
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Dhamma Talk by Venerable Piyadassi" during his visit to Australia in 1981. It covers the importance of meditation, the exercise of mind and the states of mind during meditation.
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The Benefits of Chanting
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "The Benefits of Chanting", which discuss on many aspects of how chanting is used in Buddhism as important practice to awaken our mind.
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A Lamp for the Path
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "A Lamp for the Path - Commentary by Geshe Lhundrup Sopa", given on July 18-20, 1986 at the Atisha Centre, Vic Australia.
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Buddha Dhamma is Akaliko (timeless)
(Length 15:58) (Level: Beginner) In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “Buddha Dhamma is Akaliko (Timeless)” by Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia. If you wish to support us and our mission, we invite you to be our patron by following Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia…
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The Minds of Bhavana
The Minds of Bhavana.
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Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute) - Workshop with David Brown
Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute) - Workshop with David Brown.
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Dhammacetiya Sutta - Monuments to the Teaching
Dhammacetiya Sutta.
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Building for Buddha
Building for Buddha
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Buddhism in Bangladesh
Buddhism in Bangladesh.
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Mangala Sutta
Mangala Sutta (Length 04:00) (Level: Beginner) In this podcast, we will cover the “Mangala Sutta” , which is a Buddha’s discourse on the subject of ‘mangala’ (blessings).The Buddha describes in this sutta 'blessings' that are wholesome personal pursuits or attainments, identified in a progressive...
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Anatta Lakkana Sutta
The Anatta Lakkhana Sutta (Length 14:14) (Level: Beginner-Intermediate) In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “The Anatta Lakkhana Sutta", translated by U. Dhamindo. The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic is a record of a teaching given by the Buddha describing the...
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Verses for Silent Meals
In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “Verses for Silent Meals” by Thich Nhat Hanh at Latrobe University in Melbourne in 1986.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Lifetimes of Learning Podcast is a production of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia, a home-grown non-sectarian Buddhist Temple, founded in 1978. Buddhist Education Centre is a part of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia. Our vision and mission are to spread the Budda’s teachings to foster more wisdom and reduce suffering, to support the Buddhist communities and to help anyone who wish to learn and practice the Buddhist path. We offer the teachings and resources free of charge and ensure our volunteer teachers are easily accessible. We embrace a culture of professionalism, culturally adaptability, practicality, scholarship in all our activities. and Our current small community size has not limited us in our mission. You can find out more about our Centre and what we do to enable our vision and mission on www.buddhisteducationcentre.org.auWe are a Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, a Member of The Buddhist Council of Victoria, and an Associated Inst
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