Manchester Buddhist Centre talks
Talks given over the years at the Manchester Buddhist Centre by local and visiting teachers
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 233
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2020
A Message to my Selves
Maniraja explores how Yogachara Buddhism speaks of a consciousness of four selves called manas. March 2015
Mon 16 Mar 2015
The Dhyanas: the Path of Skilfulness
Mahabodhi on how the Dhyanas are a path to skilful action of body, speech and mind. March 2015
Mon 09 Mar 2015
Reflections on the Four Gifts and the Six Emphases of Triratna
Parami explores some of the core features of the Triratna approach to Buddhism. March 2015
Mon 02 Mar 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Trust
The fourth in our series on the Sukhavati or Pure Land Sutras with Ratnaguna. February 2015
00:44:47 |
Mon 23 Feb 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Naturalness
Ratnaguna asks what the myth of Sukhavati actually means, and proposes an answer. February 2015
Mon 16 Feb 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Beauty
Ratnaguna looks at beauty in the Pure Land Sutras. February 2015
00:49:44 |
Mon 09 Feb 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Happiness
First in a four week series on the Sukhavati Sutras with Ratnaguna. This week he looks at Happiness. February 2015
Mon 02 Feb 2015
Death is Certain, Life is King
Chandana gives a personal talk about death and loss at Manchester Buddhist Centre's Parinirvana Day festival, February 2015.
00:34:20 |
Sun 01 Feb 2015
Risking it All – Sangha as Practice
Arthapriya begins by explaining his role of president. He then encourages us to go beyond ourselves - potentially way beyond ourselves. January 2015
Sun 01 Feb 2015
The Dance of the Dakini: How is the Dharma Transmitted?
Garavachitta explores making ourselves more receptive to those aspects of the Buddha's teaching that go beyond concepts. January 2015
00:51:29 |
Thu 15 Jan 2015
The Radical Edge: Buddhism and Consumerism
Arthavadin asks, as Buddhism becomes more popular in the West, is it in danger of being co-opted by consumerism? January 2015.
00:47:07 |
Thu 15 Jan 2015
Radical Embrace: Week Five
Singhashri discusses how we can liberate our mind from unhelpful habits and attachments through mindfulness. December 2014
00:14:25 |
Wed 24 Dec 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Four
Singhashri explores the mind and the extraordinary potential of self-awareness. November 2014
01:38:29 |
Wed 24 Dec 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Three
Singhashri continues her exploration, looking at Feeling and the Dhyana factors that bring pleasure and absorption in our meditation. November 2014
01:29:44 |
Tue 18 Nov 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Two
Singhashri introduces Insight Dialogue - a way of communicating the freshness and immediacy of direct experience. November 2014
01:16:42 |
Tue 04 Nov 2014
Radical Embrace: Week One
Singhashri introduces the Radical Embrace - the possibility of opening to the full range of our experience with clarity and insight. October 2014
01:45:19 |
Tue 04 Nov 2014
Arts, Imagination and the Pure Lands
Ratnaguna explores some texts that describe the Buddhist path in imaginative rather than conceptual terms. November 2014
01:07:37 |
Sun 02 Nov 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Five
Vidyamala talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given to women in training for ordination. August 2014
00:13:52 |
Mon 11 Aug 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Four
Sumnadipa talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given to women in training for ordination, August 2014
00:13:42 |
Mon 11 Aug 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Three
Di Kaylor, later ordained as Sarasuvanna, talks about her practice of the Dharma. August 2014
00:11:08 |
Mon 11 Aug 2014
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