All Episodes
Manchester Buddhist Centre talks — 235 episodes
Appreciating Sangharakshita
Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest
Humanity is Basically One
Religion in a Secular World
Buddhism – A Universal Religion of Humanity
Disciples of the Buddha
The Relevance and Legacy of Dr Ambedkar
The Buddha beyond the Buddha
The Buddha was born as we are born
The Greater Mandala of Uselessness
Sailing the Worldly Winds
Love and the Beauty of Broken Things
Me and my Mate Pingya
Insight and Perception
The Role of Communication in Sangha
Sangha and Harmony
Introducing the Sangha Jewel
A Body at Peace with Itself
The Curse of Narcissus – Getting over Yourself!
The Reluctant Bodhisattva
Facing Complexity: The Radical Simplicity of Solidarity and Groundlessness
Strong for the Many
Red Shift: The Discriminating Wisdom of Amitabha
Walking through the Wilderness – How to develop Faith
Triratna Sangha in India
Triratna in India
An Introduction to Dr Ambedkar and the India Dhamma Trust
On Death and Bubbles
Self Metta: An Exploration
Taking a New Name into a New Life
Origins of our System of Practice
The Path to Buddhist Engagement
Introducing Vajrapani
The Business of Buddhist Action
The Buried Life
From Pinball Machine to River
Sona speaks on Abundance
Power Mode and Love Mode in the Spiritual Life
From Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama
Buddhism, Feminism and Self-transcendence
Sanghakaya and the Heart’s Release
Silabodhi: Changing my Life
The Dharma as Context for Living and Dying
Loneliness, Friendship and Spiritual Community
What happens when we die (and teddy bears)
Entering the Forest
Metta and the Bodhisattva Ideal
Awakening in the Sangha
The Greater Mandala
Singhashri: Farewell to Manchester
The Seven Moods of the Puja
Unfolding Consciousness
Appreciating Manchester Buddhist Centre
The Great Turning: Talk 2
The Great Turning: Talk 1
Transforming Mara
Buddhism, Capitalism and the Gift Relationship
Self Compassion as Liberation
Faith and Doubt
Change your Mind to Change the World
Compassion: Self and Other
Living what we love — a Response to the Four Sights
A Message to my Selves
The Dhyanas: the Path of Skilfulness
Reflections on the Four Gifts and the Six Emphases of Triratna
Adventures in the Pure Land – Trust
Adventures in the Pure Land – Naturalness
Adventures in the Pure Land – Beauty
Adventures in the Pure Land – Happiness
Death is Certain, Life is King
Risking it All – Sangha as Practice
The Dance of the Dakini: How is the Dharma Transmitted?
The Radical Edge: Buddhism and Consumerism
Radical Embrace: Week Five
Radical Embrace: Week Four
Radical Embrace: Week Three
Radical Embrace: Week Two
Radical Embrace: Week One
Arts, Imagination and the Pure Lands
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Five
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Four
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Three
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Two
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk One
Sangha as Pure Land
Imagining Amitabha
The Pure Lands
Buddharaksita on Compassion
Bhante – Friendship, Sangha and Bodhicitta
On the Road with Bhante in India
Bhante’s Elucidation of the Dharma
Bhante – Poetry, Myth and Imagination
The Five Dimensions of Spiritual Life
Simple Gifts
Who is Sangharakshita?
Loss, Grief, Spiritual Death and Spiritual Rebirth
Amitasuri on Parinirvana Day
Arthavadin introduces Arthapriya as President
What are the Secrets of Sangha?
Pramodana on Hearing the Dharma
The Life of the Buddha
Finding our Personal Myth
Cultivating the Bodhicitta
Bodhicitta in our Lives and Practice
Rejoicings and Gratitude to those who have gone before
The Spiritual Significance of Confession
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 3
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 2
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 1
A Conversation on Arthacarya
Loving and Liberating Speech
Rainy Season Retreat 2013: Generosity
Love, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity – the Sublime Abodes
Introducing the Sangrahavastus
The Great Love – The Essential Quality of the Bodhisattva
Bringing the Ideal into the Real
Introducing the 2013 Rainy Season Urban Retreat
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Seven
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Six continued
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Six
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Five
Recitation of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa – Two Flashbacks
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapters Three and Four
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Two – Slideshow
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Two
Recitation of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter One
Introducing the Vimalakirti Nirdesa
The Buddha’s Parinibbana
Reflections on the Bardo Thodol
Building the Buddhaland: Sangha as Symphony
Building the Buddhaland
What’s Love got to do with it?
Finding the Mind
Spiritual Rebirth 3
Spiritual Rebirth 2
Spiritual Rebirth 1 – Getting to know the Buddha
Padmasambhava Day Talk
Awareness is Revolutionary
Dharma Day Talk
Radical Change: Learning to be Free!
A Conversation on Spiritual Death
Sona on Spiritual Receptivity
Dayamala on Spiritual Receptivity
Four Brahma Viharas
Life, Death, Mystery – A Buddhist Perspective
Parinirvana Day – Reflections on Death
The five things everyone should reflect on often
Radio interview for ALL FM – Manchester
Is Compassion the Answer to Suffering in the World?
Imagination and Fantasy in the Spiritual Life
Meeting Padmasambhava in the Cave of the Heart
Pagan Shaman Buddha: A Spiritual Path for our Time
Buddhism, Sexuality and Identity
Buddhism and Peace – Just the Absence of War?
We live in a Beautiful World: Buddhism and Nature
Can Buddhism survive and thrive in a consumerist, materialist world?
Searching for Truth: Accelerators, Telescopes and Buddhism
How do we really learn about life?
The Five Great Stages of Spiritual Awakening – Spontaneous Compassionate Activity
The Five Great Stages of Spiritual Awakening – Radical Transformation
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – The Insight of Selflessness
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Opening the Heart
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Mindfulness and the Mandala of Integration
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Introduction
Stop buying stuff and learn how to be happy Instead
Searching for the Buddha – Launch of Gautama Buddha by Vishvapani
Can Loss give Rise to Insight?
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Buddhist Scriptures: Perfection of Wisdom Sutras
The Art of Reflection – Book Launch
Buddhism as a Force for Good in the World
My Life as a Retreatant
Work as Spiritual Practice: Reginald Ray’s Threefold Model
FWBO in the 1975-77 Era
FWBO in the 1971-74 Era
Parinirvana Day Talk
The Sevenfold Puja: Transference of Merits and Self-Surrender
The Sevenfold Puja: Entreaty and Supplication
The Sevenfold Puja: Rejoicing in Merits
The Sevenfold Puja: Going for Refuge
The Sevenfold Puja: Salutation
The Sevenfold Puja: Worship
A Talk on the Bodhicaryavatara
Life with Full Attention, Day-to-Day Mindfulness 2
Life with Full Attention, Day-to-Day Mindfulness
Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
Visions of Mahayana Buddhism – Talk and Book Launch
The Philosophy of Emptiness
Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures
The Ideal of Universal Awakening
What is the Mahayana?
The Significance of the Buddha’s Enlightenment
Sanghanussati
Understanding Money, Ourselves and our Practice
Buddhanussati: The Buddha Archetype
Buddhanussati: Imagining the Buddha with the Whole of One’s Being
Buddhanussati: What would the Buddha do now?
Buddhanussati: Gotama’s Journey to Awakening
Sangharakshita at Manchester Buddhist Centre 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Atisha
Refuge Tree Series: Dogen Readings
Refuge Tree Series: Dogen
Refuge Tree Series: Hakuin
Refuge Tree Series: Shinran
Refuge Tree Series: Dhammadinna and the Arahants
Refuge Tree Series: Chetul Sanghe Dorje
Refuge Tree Series: Sangharakshita
An Introduction to the Refuge Tree
Bhante and the Fireworks of Nietzsche
The New Buddhist Movement in India
Evolutionary Buddhism
Bahiya, the Final Frontier
Swamplands of the Soul
How to be Idle
Just Sitting
Beware Ideology
Doing Nothing is Hard Work: Introduction
The Six Paramitas: Wisdom
The Six Paramitas: Samadhi
The Six Paramitas: Virya
The Six Paramitas: Patience
The Six Paramitas: Ethics
The Six Paramitas: Generosity
Buddhism and Consciousness week 4
Buddhism and Consciousness week 3
Buddhism, Philosophy and Consciousness week 2
Science and Consciousness week 1
Parinirvana Day Talk
Beyond: Pingiya’s Faith
Beyond: There is Nothing to Drop
Beyond: Drop Everything
Beyond: The Brahmin’s Questions
Boundless Sangha
At Home Everywhere – Homelessness and Appreciation
One Moment at a Time – Living Mindfully
Ratnaguna on Happiness