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• Metta, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 18 July 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  A talk by Ajahn Sumedho. Loving-kindness (Metta) to oneself and others is one of the major teachings of Buddhism. 72 minutes.

• Mindfulness and Meditation, by Ringu Tulku

  By Buddhism Now on 16 July 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Ringu Tulku Rinpoche explains the Buddhist understanding of mindfulness and meditation.

• First steps into Buddhist meditation

  By Buddhism Now on 5 July 2013 • ( 60 )

  

  You cannot change the past, arrange the future to suit yourself, or make other people say and do the things you want them to say and do. All of your power is contained within this moment, related to this particular body and mind. And this is a very powerful position to be in…

• Dzogchen, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

  By Buddhism Now on 3 July 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  Please consider this: right now, you have a body, a voice and a mind, don’t you? Of these, mind is the most important. Isn’t it true that your body and voice are the servants of mind? Mind is the boss, and here comes more about mind…

• The Grandmotherly Kindness

  By Buddhism Now on 30 June 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  As far as the Zen masters are concerned, however, they have always been motivated by something beyond this material world and even when they are being apparently extreme or severe, if they are genuine, far from being cruel or uncaring they will be acting from a grandmotherly kindness…

• Can we know what the Buddha taught? by Professor Richard Gombrich

  By Buddhism Now on 29 June 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Talk by Richard Gombrich in which he explores the difficult issue of whether we can know what the Buddha taught, using the Pali texts as his basis. 46 minutes.

• Opening the Heart, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 26 June 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Life in the West is full or problems and traumas, and we move from one to the next like a blind person finding the way along a rope bridge. We can, it is true, refuse to see the ‘bad’ things, or simply live on the surface of life, but that merely produces another kind of unhappiness with the voice of our lost psyche calling us from a long way away, with not only the problem shelved but our humanity and the richness and colour of our lives as well…

• Short talk on Meditation by Ringu Tulku

  By Buddhism Now on 22 June 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Meditation is learning to have a stable mind. Topics include: joy, tranquillity, peace of the moment, emotions and reactions. 7mins.

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