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About Padmavajra
Padmavajra is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and currently resides at Padmaloka retreat centre in Norfolk, where he has lived for over twenty years. Padmavajra has given a large number of Dharma talks over the years, many of which can be downloaded from Free Buddhist Audio, where you will also find Dharma talks by other members of the Triratna Buddhist Order.
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The Sound of Reality
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01 Background to the Dhammapada - who is the Buddha
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03 Meaning of the term 'Dhammapada'; the importance of memorising the verses
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02 An oral tradition; the place of the Dhammapada in the Buddhist texts
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04 The Section of Pairs; where Buddhism begins - the centrality of 'Mind'
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03 Tough Dharma - a radical and uncompromising stance on hatred
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01 Awakening to the nature of mind is only real if we stop blame and resentment
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06 Experiences are led by mind
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04 The activation of the heart; sraddha is a movement towards liberation
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05 "A wonderfully liberating moment"; the vast notion of mind and heart in Buddhism
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04 Traditional versus contemporary western views of the sutra
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01 The tiger's cave, tangling eyebrows with zen masters; Bill Oddie's friend and the tiger; the compassion of the Masters; the lion and the bull
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01 Root Verses of 6 Bardos; public profile of text; translations & editions; origin of name; Jung, Leary, Ted Hughes
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02 "Samsara is the tendency to find fault with others"
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07 The Yogachara school; a deep level of mind like a river; ecology of mind
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08 The ritual notion of purity versus purity of mind
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05 Coming to terms with the unsatisfactoriness of life; the importance of forgiveness
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09 What is an impure or a pure mind; Purity as clarity, brightness, strength and beauty
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06 The feminine aspect of Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom); Perfect Wisdom as a Goddess
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02 The nature of the sutra; commentaries - Conze and Master Han Shan; structure
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03 Prajnaparamita - Perfection of Wisdom; Edward Conze
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05 Reading the opening of the Diamond Sutra; reverence
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06 "Hatred is pacified by love - this is the Eternal Law"
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Initation into The Alchemy of Love
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03 “Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless”
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01 Who or what is Mara?
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08 The arrival of the bhikshus (bhikkus); simplicity and Going Forth
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08 "We are all heading for death, so compose your quarrels"
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05 The six bardos - life, dreams, meditation
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04 Loosening up; beginner's mind; making the most of the moment
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07 Blending the intellectual and the devotional; the setting of the sutra - simplicity and awareness
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10 "Like a shadow that never departs"; pure mental states create happiness
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07 Metta bhavana (loving kindness) - the most important meditation practice we can do
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The Way of the Dharma Warrior
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02 Traditional uses of the text - Nyingma; contents of the material - death, after death, rebirth, life; three themes - bardo, six realms of existence in Wheel of Life, Mandalas of the Five Buddha Families
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02 Some well-known Maras; “Being like a mountain peak”
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01 Say it with flowers - beauty as a means of communication
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01 The death of Dharmarakshita; the life of the Buddha - conditions for spiritual life
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02 The Great Doubt; mundane doubt and confusion; growing up and building character
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02 Taming the tiger; an intense and risky exchange; Huang Po, Iron Grindstone Myu and Tu Tzu
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01 Bodhidharma - the special transmission outside the scriptures
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02 Emperor Wu's questions
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04 Bodhidharma in Shaolin Monastery - wall gazing; the Treatise on the Fourfold Practice and the Twofold Entrance
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03 The Great Emptiness; self preoccupation; Yun Men
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06 The bardo of the moment of death
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03 Master Chi's explanation; commentaries on Bodhidharma's answers
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04 Two principle components of mindfulness; i. Recollection of what we are doing here and now
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04 A guidebook for the dead; Bardo Thodol - Great Liberation Through Hearing; the meaning of 'bardo'
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05 Pseudo-zen games; what does 'zen' mean? Dhyana; meditation and wisdom not separate; conditions for practice
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01 Introduction to the Diamond Sutra (Vajrachedika) - historical importance and importance in FWBO; 'Wisdom Beyond Words'
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