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Have we got what it takes to wake up? Sanghagita follows Siddhartha Gautama's extraordinary quest to its turning point. In him we meet a see...

Vessantara explores Sangharakshita's idea that fundamentally there is one spiritual experience, which has different aspects that we can unfo...

In this talk, Suryagupta discusses the language of the depths, which refers to communication beyond the surface level of experience. She beg...

As part of Adhisthana's 2023 Triratna Day celebrations, Saddhanandi speaks to us about the 'existential communication' that can arise betwee...

Ratnaprabha presents traditional Buddhist advice on communicating well, in particular the images that the Buddha used to teaches own seven-y...

We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. Sangharakshita outlin...

Vishvapani explores the dynamic vision of Urgyen Sangharakshita in setting up a new Buddhist movement in the West, and asks how we might rel...

Have we got what it takes to wake up? Sanghagita invites us to follow Siddhartha Gautama's extraordinary quest to its turning point. In him,...

In the telling of the story of 'The Buddha's 4 Sights', Bodhinaga invites us to contemplate the people and events that have inspired us to c...

Padmavajra delivers an enthralling account of the Buddha's passing into Paranirvana. Drawing on events in the Mahaparanibbana Sutta, he eluc...

The Buddha's Enlightenment and his Parinirvana are the two key events in his life. But what significance do they hold for us in our approach...

This is pretty fantastic in its way. Danavira is one of the best speakers we know - he is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to t...

Ratnaghosha commemorates the death of the Buddha not by focusing on death, but rather by focusing on the Buddha's early life and the myriad...

Ratnadeva traces the significance and depth of the Buddha's teaching of karma, as well as addressing the complexities and common misconcepti...

Dhivan talks about the spiral path and emphasises how it naturally unfolds. This talk was given at Dhanakosa Retreat Centre , 2014. *** Help...

Through the lense of Upaya 'the skilful means' of the Bodhisattva, Parami explores the seemingly contradictory themes of withdrawal and enga...

In this talk Bhadra describes the six realms as a mirror in which to fully know the particulars of our own self created universe. This talk...

Vadanya explores three great Buddhist symbols that describe the way things are: the wheel of life, the spiral path and the ultimate goal of...

In this talk, Dharmasara relates the story of how Padmasambhava subdued the demons of Tibet to build Samye monastery. The monastery works as...

In this talk, given during the 2013 Young men's retreat at Padmaloka, Padmavajra describes the qualities of the Dharma Warrior and how Dharm...

Mahasraddha speaks about becoming a true individual to the Oslo Sangha. He starts with the importance of being in touch with the bodhisattva...

How do we listen to the 'voice within'? How do we become an individual? How can imagination free us? Satyalila weaves together Sangharakshit...

Vajragupta offers a Buddhist reflection on the social and political times we are living through. The talk takes the myth of the asuras (the...

In the game of life we wander between realms, moving from lower states to higher as our actions affect the state of our mind. Pradaya tours...

Sanghagita explores some of the most evocative and mysterious imagery from the Wheel of Life. In this talk we'll turn our attention to three...

Suddhayu introduces the Wheel of Life beginning with an exploration of the three poisons and how our actions form our lives. From 'The Wheel...

Suryagupta explores the story of Padmasambhava, the great tantric master, who was invited to Tibet when Buddhism could not take root through...

The Bodhisattva Ruchiraketu dreams of a golden drum radiating golden light which fills a totally transformed world...Classic Sangharakshita...

Ratnaprabha takes us through this great, but short, Buddhist text, using his own re-rendering, and inspired by Han Shan's commentary. This t...

Bhante Sangharakshita described the Diamond Sutra as one of two books 'by which I have been most profoundly influenced.' We could see it as...

Using Shantideva's 'Bodhicharyavatara' as a root text, Padmavajra brings us face to face with the big questions implicit in any life that se...

Amala speaks here on the fifth Paramita, of Meditative Absorption. This talk was given as part of Part of the series A Koan for Our Times ,...

Satyaraja offers this practical exploration of some themes from the Bardo Thodol, or the Great Liberation through Hearing in the Intermediat...

In this talk Vajradevi reflects on our good conditions, and our own conditioning in the light of Pratitya Samutpada and relates this reflect...

Padmavajra explores the great text that reveals the realms between death and new life, where anything is possible in the Bardo - the 'interm...

A personal talk about gifts and teachings that Satyaraja has received from his Teachers, from the first retreat with S. N. Goenka in India e...

Nagabodhi's book : The Boy, the Monk, the Man examines the life of Sangharakshita - audacious reformer, and for some a deeply controversial...

Subhuti gives us an early sight of the developing vision behind the Sangharakshita Library and Study Centre at Adhisthana, via a stirring ev...

Dayanandi shares how she was encouraged and inspired by Bhante's teachings on the Bodhicitta spirit. "Bhante encouraging shared collective c...

Vessantara reflects on ways we create suffering through the tension of resistance and anticipation. Excerpted from a talk called Dukkha of R...

In the weeks following Urgyen Sangharakshita's death in 2018, Mahamati , one of his secretaries and companions, spoke informally at a number...

Saccanama explores the First Noble Truth of dukkha or unsatisfactoriness. Through looking at incidents from the life of the Buddha, he explo...

Dhammarati explores Triratna's system of practice - its background in practice, its relationship to tradition, and its implications for the...

Dassini looks at the Eight Worldly Winds and the Four Right Efforts, relating them back to the Four Mind Turning Reflections. This talk was...

Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddha's teaching, especially the law of...

What is 'animism' and what kind of philosophy does it entail? Dhivan considers how animism rests on an intuition about the aliveness of the...

Tejopala likens the current global climate crisis to a village with a fire that threatens everyone in it and asks what a community of monks...

Referencing Sangharakshita's teaching on personal responsibility, Khemasuri shows how, through self-development and sangha, we can make a ra...

Bhadra gave this talk as part of BAM 2018. He references David Loy's two icebergs and explores how we might revise the Triratana mandala of...

Saraha addresses the UK & IE Triratna Buddhist Order convention, exploring the collective practice of taking part in Order chapters. The Bud...