456: Portraits of Samadhi
Samādhi is the Sanskrit word for a state of peaceful, integrated absorption the mind can reach through meditation. And people’s faces in med...
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455: The Intimacy of Art and the Dharma
Today we meet three Buddhists with a full time professional painting practice, exhibiting at The Art Pavilion in Mile End Eco Park . And we’...
454: A Mythic Retreat Centre for Ireland: Shubha Vihara, The Place of Beauty
In Triratna, learning to understand what is truly beautiful is seen as a path to Enlightenment itself. In this episode we find ourselves exp...
453: Hinterland Sober Bar - Brewing a New Society in 2025
Enter Hinterland sober bar , “the realm beyond what’s known”… And meet founders Sanghadhara and Stephen Jeffreys in their cosy, cool, poetic...
452: The Three Body Solution - Healing and Belonging In Community
Home Retreats help us inject some of the powerful teachings of the Buddha directly into our everyday lives. This week we’re joined by Balaji...
451: Animated by the Dharma
Mandarava has always been a maker. Her way into puppetry came initially through trying to make sense of deep family grief. Mandarava’s work...
451: The Heart of Imagination in Buddhism
The mind liberated from the pressure of the will is unfolded in symbols W.B. Yeats These days, mindfulness is everywhere. How can engaging w...
450: Taking Responsibility - Happiness and Transformation with Mahamati
Prayer to Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom May all beings experience happiness and its causes Be free from suffering and its causes, Never b...
449: The Impermanence of Everyone: The Art of Hugh Mendes (Paramabodhi)
We are sitting in an East End art studio talking about death. The London tube rolls by outside, surfacing momentarily from tunnels dark as H...
448: Mindfulness of Death and Dying (Kamalashila in Conversation, with Guided Meditation)
Kamalashila is dying. So are we - we are dying. Really. In this recent conversation with Kamalashila following his diagnosis of terminal can...
447: A Luminous Emptiness - Meditating and Loving in Reality with Tejananda
In this latest episode of the Buddhist Centre podcast, we are delighted to welcome back Tejananda, one of the most experienced meditation te...
446: The Tale of Tipu's Tiger
Join us for a ‘90s story of inspired Buddhist practice in Missoula, Montana - of great friendship, fierce love, burnout and life lessons lea...
445: Buddhism and Politics
Our guests this week come together for a thoughtful, provocative conversation occasioned by Vishvapani‘s recent article for Tricycle Buddhis...
444: A Renovating Virtue – Hartley Woolf and His Alfoxton Film
Alfoxton House in Somerset, England has a long and rich history stretching back over 1000 years. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 10...
443: Mindfulness and Imagination with Vidyamala and Vishvapani
If you enjoy this conversation, come explore the theme online on our Home Retreat with Vidyamala and Vishvapani! “ Imagine an enormous subte...
442: Buddhism and AI
We’re coursing this week in the heady, fascinating realm of generative and assistive AI, already seemingly omnipresent in our lives via unde...
441: The Race Conversation with Bodhilila and Eugene Ellis
The construct of race is an integral part of Western society’s DNA and if we are to address the social injustice of racism, we need to have...
440: Roots in the Earth, Roots in the Sky - Triratna Day Special
We're delighted to share a special Triratna Day 2023 podcast episode with you, recorded earlier this week and hosted by our friend Jnanadhar...
439: Forces for Good - Challenging Emotions as Portals to Liberation
A wonderful conversation highlighting the themes of a brand new Home Retreat – the latest addition to our growing archive of in-depth, beaut...
438: Dharmachakra and the Rebirth of Free Buddhist Audio
Dharmachakra has been a going concern since Dharmachari Ananda first strapped a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his back in London in 1967 to...