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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 739
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
Vajrapani – Energy Unlimited
Our FBA Podcast this week is a cracking and wonderfully detailed talk called Vajrapani – Energy Unlimited by Vessantara, author of ‘Meeting the Buddhas’. He is the ideal person to introduce us to th…
The Motive
Our FBA Podcast this week is a talk by Padmavajra entitled The Motive. This is the first talk in an eight part series by Padmavajra exploring a great classic of Tibetan Buddhism – Gampopa’s ‘Jewel O…
Actualizing the 1000 Armed Avalokiteshvara
Our FBA Podcast this week is a talk by Mahamati entitled Actualizing the 1000 Armed Avalokiteshvara. The third of four talks given on the Padmaloka May National Order weekend- Mahamati talks on actu…
The Power of the Archetypal Realm
Our FBA Podcast this week is a talk by Vajratara entitled The Power of the Archetypal Realm given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 29th May 2007 as part of a series of talks on Buddhist Symbols.
The Bodhicitta – A supra-personal spiritual force
Our FBA Podcast this week is a talk by Padmavajra entitled The Bodhicitta – A supra-personal spiritual force.
This is the second in a series of five talks given on a Going for Refuge retreat at Padm…
Sowing Seeds In the Soil of the Mind – The Alaya
Our FBA Podcast this week is a talk by Ratnaprabha entitled Sowing Seeds In the Soil of the Mind – The Alaya.
The alaya, or storehouse consciousness, is the Buddhist equivalent of the unconscious mi…
Mind and Mental Events
Our FBA Podcast this week is called Mind and Mental Events by Subhuti.
These five omnipresent mental events (sarvatragas) constitute the basic mechanics of the mind; if you are conscious, they are p…
The Buddha Beyond Siddhartha
Our FBA Podcast this week is calledThe Buddha Beyond Siddhartha by Dassini.
The first half of the talk looks at the Buddha’s early life and his battle with and the defeat of Mara. Then Dassini looks…
Anapanasati – Contemplation of Feelings
Our FBA Podcast this week is calledAnapanasati – Contemplation of Feelings given by Guhyavajra during the 2016 Anapanasati retreat at Padmaloka.
The Anapanasati meditation practice and Four Foundati…
The Sangha Context of the Anapanasati Teaching
Our FBA Podcast this week is calledThe Sangha Context of the Anapanasati Teaching, a talk given by Shubha at the London Buddhist Centre’s Women’s Night Class, Nov 21st 2013.
Drawing out the full sut…
Inquisitive Mind, Thinking and Awakening
Our FBA Podcast this week is called Inquisitive Mind, Thinking and Awakening. Here Yashobodhi talks about the relationship between thinking and insight. As long as we have a brain, we will have thou…
From View to No View
Our FBA Podcast this week is called From View to No View by Jnanavaca on views and the need for a positive emotional engagement with those views. London Buddhist Centre in 2007
Training in the Six Paramitas: Shila – The Essence of Ethics
Our FBA Podcast this week is called Training in the Six Paramitas: Shila – The Essence of Ethics by Padmavajra. This is the fifth talk in a six-part series by Padmavajra exploring the Perfection of …
Awake to the Cries of the World
Working with Energy In the Bodhicaryavatara
In this week’s FBA Podcast, Working with Energy In the Bodhicaryavatara, Suryamati explores the theme of Virya (energy) in Santideva’s Bodhicaryavatara. Talk given at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhis…
The Evolution of the Bodhisattva Ideal
Our FBA Podcast today is brought to you by Vaddhaka entitled The Evolution of the Bodhisattva Ideal. In this elegant description of the evolution of the Bodhisattva Ideal Vaddhaka draws on his exten…
The Myth of the Return Journey
Our FBA Podcast this week is by Sangharakshita from 1971. The Myth of the Return Journey has a theme which resonates with many similar stories in world literature. Here its important elements are re…
The Bodhisattva’s Practice – Six Perfections
In this week’s FBA Podcast, The Bodhisattva’s Practice – Six Perfections, Ratnaghosha, just back from four weeks of solitary retreat, explores the Six Perfections and how we practice them.
Faith: the Key to the Mystery of Life
This week’s FBA Podcast is a talk by Saccanama called Faith: the Key to the Mystery of Life. Saccanama speaks with passion, clarity and intelligence, weaving ideas with personal examples in this hig…
Likes and Dislikes
This week’s FBA Podcast is a talk by Ratnaprabha called Likes and Dislikes. On the Wheel of Life, the whole person is symbolised by a boat with passengers, the five skandhas. Ratnaprabha focuses esp…