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Tanzan's Last Announcement (Death Is No Death)
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - April 25, 2024 02:12 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverend Karen Do’on Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on June 18, 2023. In this talk Sensei discusses Story #7: "Announcement" from the collection Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, in which master Tanzan announces his departure from this world. If you would ...
Bhante as Mythic Guide
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 22, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSanghamani reveals her early days on the Buddhist path by sharing a dream she had about ‘going home’ with Bhante Sangharakshita as her guide. From the talk Discipleship, Magic and Myth given at the Triratna Buddhist Order weekend, held at Adhisthana, 2014. *** Subscribe to our Dharmab...
The Platform Sutra: Transmission and Enlightenment
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - April 18, 2024 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis teisho was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on June 17, 2023. This talk was given as part of monthly sesshin. In it, Rinsen Roshi teaches on retreat practice as meeting the moment and not leaving a trace. If you would like to learn more about th...
A Context for Working on Oneself
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 18, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMahamati talks on actualizing the myth of the Order- symbolised in the 1000 armed Avalokiteshvara. Excerpted from the talk Actualizing the 1000 Armed Avalokiteshvara given on a Triratna Buddhist Order weekend at Padmaloka, 2010. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Po...
Being Taken Seriously By My Teacher
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 15, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsExcerpted from the talk Bhante - Teacher and Friend by Dhammadinna, first in a symposium of talks about Sangharakshita given at the UK and Ireland Area Order weekend at Adhisthana, 2013. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcast...
Blue Cliff Record Case 62 - Master Yunmen’s “Within there is a Jewel”
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - April 11, 2024 13:24 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Teisho was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on May 31, 2023. In this talk Rinsen Roshi explores the Blue Cliff Record (Heikiganroku) Case 62 – Master Yunmen’s “Within there is a Jewel”, and of being intimate with every dharma as it arises. ...
Exploring the Teachings for Ourselves
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 11, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs part of celebrations at Sangha Night to mark the 90th birthday of Sangharakshita, Ratnaghosha gives a personal talk on the influence of Bhante as a teacher. Excerpted from the talk Bhante As Teacher given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2015. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: ...
Shoring Up Our Sense of Self
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 09, 2024 10:49 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings“All worldly activities are as immaterial as chaff.” So said the Tibetan teacher Tsongkapa. Having explored the Eight Worldly Winds, and their effects upon us; having examined our response and looked at suggestions for ways of working, is there some overarching approach we could adopt? In short...
Unmask Yourself
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - April 04, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis dharma talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on May 28, 2023. In this talk, Rinsen Roshi discusses the discovering the masks we use to hide ourselves. He explores the importance of the Precepts as a tool and a focus to expose our true face -...
We Don't Believe the Evidence
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 04, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAkashamitra takes a look at one of the most difficult trainings offered in this approach. How can we find an opportunity for growth in that most upsetting situation - when someone we've trusted lets us down? Excerpted from the talk entitled Training the Mind: Learning From Betrayal, the sixth...
A Positive Longing
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - April 02, 2024 11:06 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPadmavajra first met Sangharakshita when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died in 2018,...
The Conversion of King Pasenadi
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 28, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDhivan recounts the conversion of King Pasenadi by the Buddha. Excerpted from the talk A Courtesan, a Killer and a King given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2016 *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bite-sized inspiration thr...
Dogen's Instruction to the Householder - Old Master Tang's "Not Concealed"
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - March 28, 2024 02:07 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Teisho was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on May 20, 2023. Rinsen Roshi discusses Dogen's Instruction for Householder Zen Training, focusing on the many themes embedded in the story of householder Jian's awakening under his teacher Master Tang...
Lesser and Greater Happiness
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 25, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSaraha draws out examples of the Buddha’s wisdom from the Pali Canon highlighting how pleasure and bliss are not obstacles to the spiritual path, craving and attachment is the problem leading to suffering.. Excerpted from the talk entitled Wisdom In the Pali Canon given at Padmaloka Retrea...
Dogen's Instructions for Householder Training (Continued): Studying With a Dharma Teacher
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - March 21, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverend Karen Do’on Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on May 14, 2023. In this talk Sensei continues exploring Dogen’s Instructions for Householder Zen training with a discussion of the importance of studying with a dharma teacher. If you would lik...
The Buddha’s Instant Response
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 21, 2024 04:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Buddha and Ananda once tended a sick monk, neglected by his companions because of his 'uselessness'. Sangharakshita shows that people cannot be treated as 'things' in the spiritual community. From the talk A Case of Dysentry given in 1982 as part of the series Incidents from the Pa...
An Unfamiliar Landscape
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 18, 2024 04:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMahamani shares some experiences around guilt, faith, losing the way and finding it. From the personal talk entitled The Way to the Top of the Hill from ‘The Way to the Beyond’ Womens AOWE held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podca...
The Stream of Wisdom
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - March 14, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverends Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi and Karen Do’on Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on May 7, 2023. In this talk Roshi and Sensei discuss the Buddha’s birth and our connection to the entire universe. If you would like to learn more about the Bud...
Friend to Friend
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 14, 2024 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRatnaprabha tells the story of Meghiya, his frustrating attempt to meditate, and the advice the Buddha gives him on the necessity of mentorship, or kalyana mitrata. From the talk Meghiya, Meditation and Mentorship given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017. *** Subscribe to our Dharmab...
Longing to Illuminate Truth
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVishangka explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk Blending like Milk and Water: Sangha In the Buddha's Time given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** Subscribe to our D...
Ingredients for Practice
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - March 07, 2024 20:02 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on April 30, 2023. In this talk Roshi continues exploration of Dogen’s Instructions for Householder Zen training and talks about what our makes our practice work and keeping alive. If yo...
The Beauty of the Buddha
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 07, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDayanandi contemplates the words of the Tiratana Vandana and the qualities of the Buddha that it evokes. She says: "I reflect on the words as they seem to bring out the reality of his Enlightened being for me; what it might be like to really be the Enlightened One." Excerpted from the talk Re...
Sharing the Love of Solitude
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAkashadevi and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha's meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk Elephants and the Buddha, part of a "Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism" given at ...
A Galaxy of Being
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - February 29, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this talk about generosity, Sona evokes some very beautiful imagery of a cosmos full of stars as he describes how in our practice of Buddhist ethics, that of caring for others, being scrupulously honest, and so on, makes us more open, more malleable, more receptive. Excerpted from the talk...
Blue Cliff Record Case 61 - Fengxue's "One Atom of Dust"
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - February 29, 2024 03:44 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Teisho was given by the Reverend Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on April 22, 2023. Rinsen Roshi discusses the Blue Cliff Record Case 61, Fengxue's "One Atom of Dust." If you would like to learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a donation in supp...
True to Something Deeper
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPadmavajra delves into the true nature of conflict and harmony by exploring two significant episodes in the life of the Buddha, one of which features disharmony from within the Sangha of monks itself. Excerpted from the talk The Quarrelsome Monks of Kosambi which was streamed from the Padmal...
Dogen's Instructions for Householder Training (Continued)
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - February 23, 2024 23:35 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverends Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi and Karen Do’on Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on April 14, 2023. In this talk Roshi and Sensei continue exploration of Dogen’s Instructions for Householder Zen training. If you would like to learn more abo...
A Kind and Intelligent Way
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - February 22, 2024 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDhammarati introduces the fourth tetrad: Inquiry into the Experience of Wisdom given on retreat as part of the series Anapanasati Sutta: Instructions for Awakening, Adhisthana, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts Bit...
Imagine We Are Enough
Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsViveka introduces the spirit and context of the Anapanasati Sutta, beginning with the first tetrad: Inquiry Into the Experience of Body given on retreat as part of the series Anapanasati Sutta: Instructions for Awakening, Adhisthana, 2019. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On...
Dogen’s Instructions for Householder Zen Training
Buddhist Temple of Toledo Podcast - February 15, 2024 22:38 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 79 ratingsThis Dharma Talk was given by the Reverends Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi and Karen Do’on Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo on April 9, 2023. In this talk Roshi and Sensei begin exploring Dogen’s Instructions for Householder Zen training with a discussion of the importance of finding a true ...
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