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Talks given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Meditation and Buddhism

Episode Date
Friendly Ethical Shopping at the Centre
Nov 08, 2024
Double Snowdon Fundraiser
Jul 07, 2024
Hinterland: Basement Sober Bar and Café
Jun 05, 2024
Our Future Location: Conversations Continue
Aug 01, 2023
What’s it like to do a Course here?
Feb 11, 2023
Our Centre’s Location – An Update
Jan 28, 2023
Moving on Together – First Steps
Oct 29, 2022
Moving on from Turner Street
Oct 03, 2022
Another Way of Looking at Fundraising
May 31, 2022
Would you like to work from the Buddhist Centre?
May 16, 2022
Books are Us
Jan 03, 2022
Women’s Public Ordinations at Adhisthana
Apr 29, 2021
Introducing the MBC Sangha Facebook Group
Mar 20, 2021
Community Voices: Dharma Practice and Race
Dec 11, 2020
Thanks from Patricia and Earth Café
Nov 06, 2020
Connection and Inspiration in a Time of Crisis
Oct 21, 2020
So Much Love for Earth Café
Sep 26, 2020
Sad News about Earth Café
Aug 27, 2020
What do our Trustees do?
Aug 18, 2020
Closure of Clear Vision
Aug 04, 2020
Thank you to all our Donors!
Jun 09, 2020
The Love of Trees
May 16, 2020
Making Portable Shrines Together
May 15, 2020
Dharma Wondrous Strange: A Bad Apple
Apr 24, 2020
A Moving and Generous Offer from Claire Morris…
Apr 22, 2020
Practising in Strange Times
Apr 15, 2020
European Chairs Assembly – Not at all Dry!
Feb 29, 2020
Sharing Skills and Building Friendships
Feb 18, 2020
Appreciating Sangharakshita
Jan 02, 2020
Ethical Shopping at our Centre
Dec 06, 2019
Give as you Live
Dec 06, 2019
An Update on the Disability Access Pavement Lift
Nov 29, 2019
Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest
Nov 13, 2019
White Tara
Nov 13, 2019
From Spiritual Building to Spiritual Farming
Jul 04, 2019
Humanity is Basically One
May 15, 2019
Religion in a Secular World
May 15, 2019
Buddhism – A Universal Religion of Humanity
May 02, 2019
Celebrating the Experience of Women in Buddhism
Apr 29, 2019
Disciples of the Buddha
Mar 24, 2019
Getting to know Urgyen Sangharakshita through his Poetry
Mar 04, 2019
The Sunflower’s Farewell
Jan 30, 2019
The Relevance and Legacy of Dr Ambedkar
Jan 02, 2019
The Buddha beyond the Buddha
Jan 01, 2019
The Buddha was born as we are born
Jan 01, 2019
Stepping Down and Going Out
Sep 09, 2018
The Greater Mandala of Uselessness
Apr 06, 2018
Sailing the Worldly Winds
Mar 20, 2018
Love and the Beauty of Broken Things
Mar 04, 2018
Me and my Mate Pingya
Jan 22, 2018
Insight and Perception
Dec 01, 2017
The Role of Communication in Sangha
Nov 12, 2017
Sangha and Harmony
Nov 12, 2017
Introducing the Sangha Jewel
Nov 12, 2017
A Body at Peace with Itself
Oct 23, 2017
The Curse of Narcissus – Getting over Yourself!
Oct 15, 2017
The Reluctant Bodhisattva
Sep 25, 2017
Facing Complexity: The Radical Simplicity of Solidarity and Groundlessness
Jul 17, 2017
Strong for the Many
Jul 09, 2017
Red Shift: The Discriminating Wisdom of Amitabha
Apr 27, 2017
Walking through the Wilderness – How to develop Faith
Apr 27, 2017
Buddhafield: Lifestyle as Practice
Apr 08, 2017
The Imaginal Faculty
Apr 07, 2017
Triratna Sangha in India
Feb 09, 2017
Triratna in India
Feb 08, 2017
An Introduction to Dr Ambedkar and the India Dhamma Trust
Feb 08, 2017
On Death and Bubbles
Sep 16, 2016
Self Metta: An Exploration
Sep 05, 2016
Taking a New Name into a New Life
Aug 09, 2016
Origins of our System of Practice
Jul 25, 2016
The Path to Buddhist Engagement
Jun 27, 2016
Introducing Vajrapani
Jun 20, 2016
The Business of Buddhist Action
Jun 13, 2016
The Buried Life
May 22, 2016
From Pinball Machine to River
May 21, 2016
Sona speaks on Abundance
May 20, 2016
Power Mode and Love Mode in the Spiritual Life
Mar 14, 2016
From Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama
Mar 13, 2016
Buddhism, Feminism and Self-transcendence
Mar 12, 2016
Sanghakaya and the Heart’s Release
Mar 11, 2016
Silabodhi: Changing my Life
Mar 07, 2016
The Dharma as Context for Living and Dying
Feb 29, 2016
Loneliness, Friendship and Spiritual Community
Feb 15, 2016
What happens when we die (and teddy bears)
Feb 14, 2016
Entering the Forest
Dec 13, 2015
Metta and the Bodhisattva Ideal
Dec 13, 2015
Awakening in the Sangha
Dec 13, 2015
The Greater Mandala
Dec 13, 2015
Singhashri: Farewell to Manchester
Oct 05, 2015
The Seven Moods of the Puja
Sep 28, 2015
Unfolding Consciousness
Sep 24, 2015
Appreciating Manchester Buddhist Centre
Sep 21, 2015
The Great Turning: Talk 2
May 24, 2015
The Great Turning: Talk 1
May 23, 2015
Transforming Mara
May 18, 2015
Buddhism, Capitalism and the Gift Relationship
May 11, 2015
Self Compassion as Liberation
May 04, 2015
Faith and Doubt
May 04, 2015
Change your Mind to Change the World
Apr 13, 2015
Compassion: Self and Other
Mar 30, 2015
Living what we love — a Response to the Four Sights
Mar 23, 2015
A Message to my Selves
Mar 16, 2015
The Dhyanas: the Path of Skilfulness
Mar 09, 2015
Reflections on the Four Gifts and the Six Emphases of Triratna
Mar 02, 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Trust
Feb 23, 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Naturalness
Feb 16, 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Beauty
Feb 09, 2015
Adventures in the Pure Land – Happiness
Feb 02, 2015
Death is Certain, Life is King
Feb 01, 2015
Risking it All – Sangha as Practice
Feb 01, 2015
The Dance of the Dakini: How is the Dharma Transmitted?
Jan 15, 2015
The Radical Edge: Buddhism and Consumerism
Jan 15, 2015
Radical Embrace: Week Five
Dec 24, 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Four
Dec 24, 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Three
Nov 18, 2014
Radical Embrace: Week Two
Nov 04, 2014
Radical Embrace: Week One
Nov 04, 2014
Arts, Imagination and the Pure Lands
Nov 02, 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Five
Aug 11, 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Four
Aug 11, 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Three
Aug 11, 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk Two
Aug 11, 2014
Going for Refuge to the Dharma Jewel: Talk One
Aug 11, 2014
Sangha as Pure Land
Jul 30, 2014
Imagining Amitabha
Jul 30, 2014
The Pure Lands
Jul 30, 2014
Buddharaksita on Compassion
May 27, 2014
Bhante – Friendship, Sangha and Bodhicitta
Feb 22, 2014
On the Road with Bhante in India
Feb 21, 2014
Bhante’s Elucidation of the Dharma
Feb 20, 2014
Bhante – Poetry, Myth and Imagination
Feb 19, 2014
The Five Dimensions of Spiritual Life
Feb 18, 2014
Simple Gifts
Feb 17, 2014
Who is Sangharakshita?
Feb 16, 2014
Loss, Grief, Spiritual Death and Spiritual Rebirth
Feb 15, 2014
Amitasuri on Parinirvana Day
Feb 02, 2014
Arthavadin introduces Arthapriya as President
Jan 31, 2014
What are the Secrets of Sangha?
Nov 20, 2013
Pramodana on Hearing the Dharma
Sep 27, 2013
The Life of the Buddha
Jun 10, 2013
Finding our Personal Myth
May 14, 2013
Cultivating the Bodhicitta
Apr 28, 2013
Bodhicitta in our Lives and Practice
Apr 28, 2013
Rejoicings and Gratitude to those who have gone before
Apr 27, 2013
The Spiritual Significance of Confession
Apr 27, 2013
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 3
Apr 26, 2013
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 2
Apr 26, 2013
Integrating the Dharma into Daily Life 1
Apr 26, 2013
A Conversation on Arthacarya
Apr 25, 2013
Loving and Liberating Speech
Apr 24, 2013
Rainy Season Retreat 2013: Generosity
Apr 24, 2013
Love, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity – the Sublime Abodes
Apr 23, 2013
Introducing the Sangrahavastus
Apr 23, 2013
The Great Love – The Essential Quality of the Bodhisattva
Apr 20, 2013
Bringing the Ideal into the Real
Apr 20, 2013
Introducing the 2013 Rainy Season Urban Retreat
Apr 20, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Seven
Apr 19, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Six continued
Apr 18, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Six
Apr 17, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Five
Apr 01, 2013
Recitation of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa – Two Flashbacks
Mar 06, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapters Three and Four
Mar 06, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Two – Slideshow
Feb 25, 2013
Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter Two
Feb 25, 2013
Recitation of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Chapter One
Feb 18, 2013
Introducing the Vimalakirti Nirdesa
Feb 18, 2013
The Buddha’s Parinibbana
Feb 17, 2013
Reflections on the Bardo Thodol
Feb 16, 2013
Building the Buddhaland: Sangha as Symphony
Jan 28, 2013
Building the Buddhaland
Jan 28, 2013
What’s Love got to do with it?
Dec 05, 2012
Finding the Mind
Nov 12, 2012
Spiritual Rebirth 3
Nov 06, 2012
Spiritual Rebirth 2
Nov 05, 2012
Spiritual Rebirth 1 – Getting to know the Buddha
Nov 05, 2012
Padmasambhava Day Talk
Nov 01, 2012
Awareness is Revolutionary
Jul 24, 2012
Dharma Day Talk
Jul 24, 2012
Radical Change: Learning to be Free!
Apr 28, 2012
A Conversation on Spiritual Death
Apr 19, 2012
Sona on Spiritual Receptivity
Apr 18, 2012
Dayamala on Spiritual Receptivity
Apr 18, 2012
Four Brahma Viharas
Apr 10, 2012
Life, Death, Mystery – A Buddhist Perspective
Apr 04, 2012
Parinirvana Day – Reflections on Death
Feb 18, 2012
The five things everyone should reflect on often
Feb 04, 2012
Radio interview for ALL FM – Manchester
Jan 16, 2012
Is Compassion the Answer to Suffering in the World?
Nov 29, 2011
Imagination and Fantasy in the Spiritual Life
Nov 02, 2011
Meeting Padmasambhava in the Cave of the Heart
Oct 07, 2011
Pagan Shaman Buddha: A Spiritual Path for our Time
Sep 28, 2011
Buddhism, Sexuality and Identity
Aug 30, 2011
Buddhism and Peace – Just the Absence of War?
Aug 02, 2011
We live in a Beautiful World: Buddhism and Nature
Jun 30, 2011
Can Buddhism sur­vive and thrive in a consumerist, materialist world?
Jun 13, 2011
Searching for Truth: Accel­er­at­ors, Tele­scopes and Buddhism
May 06, 2011
How do we really learn about life?
Apr 22, 2011
The Five Great Stages of Spiritual Awakening – Spon­tan­eous Compassionate Activ­ity
Apr 21, 2011
The Five Great Stages of Spiritual Awakening – Radical Transformation
Apr 21, 2011
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – The Insight of Selflessness
Apr 18, 2011
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Opening the Heart
Mar 17, 2011
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Mindfulness and the Mandala of Integration
Mar 10, 2011
The Five Great Stages of the Spiritual Path – Introduction
Mar 07, 2011
Stop buy­ing stuff and learn how to be happy Instead
Feb 28, 2011
Searching for the Buddha – Launch of Gautama Buddha by Vishvapani
Feb 18, 2011
Can Loss give Rise to Insight?
Feb 14, 2011
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Buddhist Scriptures: Perfection of Wisdom Sutras
Nov 18, 2010
The Art of Reflection – Book Launch
Nov 01, 2010
Buddhism as a Force for Good in the World
Oct 25, 2010
My Life as a Retreatant
Sep 27, 2010
Work as Spiritual Practice: Reginald Ray’s Threefold Model
Sep 06, 2010
FWBO in the 1975-77 Era
Jul 08, 2010
FWBO in the 1971-74 Era
Jul 06, 2010
Parinirvana Day Talk
Mar 16, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Transference of Merits and Self-Surrender
Mar 15, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Entreaty and Supplication
Mar 01, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Rejoicing in Merits
Feb 22, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Going for Refuge
Feb 01, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Salutation
Jan 25, 2010
The Sevenfold Puja: Worship
Jan 18, 2010
A Talk on the Bodhicaryavatara
Jan 13, 2010
Life with Full Attention, Day-to-Day Mindfulness 2
Sep 07, 2009
Life with Full Attention, Day-to-Day Mindfulness
Sep 07, 2009
Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
Jul 14, 2009
Visions of Mahayana Buddhism – Talk and Book Launch
Jul 13, 2009
The Philosophy of Emptiness
Jun 26, 2009
Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures
Jun 15, 2009
The Ideal of Universal Awakening
Jun 08, 2009
What is the Mahayana?
Jun 01, 2009
The Significance of the Buddha’s Enlightenment
May 11, 2009
Sanghanussati
Apr 20, 2009
Understanding Money, Ourselves and our Practice
Feb 15, 2009
Buddhanussati: The Buddha Archetype
Feb 09, 2009
Buddhanussati: Imagining the Buddha with the Whole of One’s Being
Jan 19, 2009
Buddhanussati: What would the Buddha do now?
Jan 12, 2009
Buddhanussati: Gotama’s Journey to Awakening
Jan 05, 2009
Sangharakshita at Manchester Buddhist Centre 2008
Apr 22, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Atisha
Apr 21, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Dogen Readings
Mar 17, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Dogen
Mar 17, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Hakuin
Mar 10, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Shinran
Feb 25, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Dhammadinna and the Arahants
Feb 11, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Chetul Sanghe Dorje
Jan 28, 2008
Refuge Tree Series: Sangharakshita
Jan 21, 2008
An Introduction to the Refuge Tree
Jan 07, 2008
Bhante and the Fireworks of Nietzsche
Nov 05, 2007
The New Buddhist Movement in India
Oct 29, 2007
Evolutionary Buddhism
Oct 22, 2007
Bahiya, the Final Frontier
Jul 23, 2007
Swamplands of the Soul
Jul 16, 2007
How to be Idle
Jul 09, 2007
Just Sitting
Jul 02, 2007
Beware Ideology
Jun 25, 2007
Doing Nothing is Hard Work: Introduction
Jun 25, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Wisdom
Jun 18, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Samadhi
Jun 11, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Virya
Jun 04, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Patience
May 21, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Ethics
May 14, 2007
The Six Paramitas: Generosity
Apr 30, 2007
Buddhism and Consciousness week 4
Apr 23, 2007
Buddhism and Consciousness week 3
Apr 16, 2007
Buddhism, Philosophy and Consciousness week 2
Apr 02, 2007
Science and Consciousness week 1
Mar 26, 2007
Parinirvana Day Talk
Feb 17, 2007
Beyond: Pingiya’s Faith
Feb 16, 2007
Beyond: There is Nothing to Drop
Feb 09, 2007
Beyond: Drop Everything
Jan 26, 2007
Beyond: The Brahmin’s Questions
Jan 19, 2007
Boundless Sangha
Nov 05, 2006
At Home Everywhere – Homelessness and Appreciation
Jun 05, 2006
One Moment at a Time – Living Mindfully
Jan 05, 2006
Ratnaguna on Happiness
Nov 05, 2005