Cambridge Buddhist Centre Talks
These talks have all been given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre and uploaded to the Free Buddhist Audio website.
An inspiring talk by Ratnaghosha, given at the 2013 Padmasambhava Day festival at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
The final talk in the second series of talks to mark the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Year of Kalyana Mitrata.
The penultimate talk in the second series of 'Year of Kalyana Mitrata talks' from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre. Aryajaya reflects on her experience of spiritual friendship in the context of working at Windhorse:Evolution.
Sarvananda, author of 'Solitude and loneliness, a Buddhist view', talks about the relationship between solitude and spiritual friendship. Given as part of the Year of Kalyana Mitrata at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
A talks by Sagaraghosa as part of the Cambridge Buddhist Centre's Year of Kalyana Mitrata, about friendships formed at the Buddhist Centre.
The first of the second series of talks to the Sangha 'Kalyana Mitrata talks 2'. As part of the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Year of Kalyana Mitrata.
Subhuti talks to the Cambridge Sangha about Kalyana Mitrata, in the context of Buddha Day and the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Year of Kalyana Mitrata.
Three informal talks as part of Subhuti's visit to the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, on the day after Buddha Day 2013.
On the occasion of Buddha Day, and in the context of Cambridge's Year of Kalyana Mitrata, Subhuti speaks candidly about his relationship with Sangharakshita; elucidating the nature of lived Kalyana Mitrata.
A talk from Subhuti as part of the Buddha Day celebrations in Cambridge on Saturday 25th May, 2013. Subhuti talks especially about his connection with Sangharakshita.
The fourth and final in our series of talks to mark the Year of Kalyana Mitrata at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
The third in our series of talks to mark the Year of Kalyana Mitrata at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
The second in a series of talks marking the Year of Kalyana Mitrata. Please note that the first couple of minutes are missing.
A talk by Vajradevi to launch the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Year of Kalyana Mitrata.
As part of our series of talks 'What do Buddhists think...?, Jayarava talks on Economics.
The last in our series of talks 'What do Buddhists think...?' Ratnaprabha, author of 'Finding the Mind: A Buddhist View'
The second in our series of Public Talks 'What do Buddhists think...?'. Sagaraghosa speaks on Buddhism and Physics.
As part of our series of talks 'What do Buddhists think...?, Vajrasadhu talks on The Arts.
A talk as part of Buddha Day 2012 at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.
Covering karma, emptiness,...
Covering karma, emptiness,...
Drawing together modern neuroscience, positive psychology and traditional Buddhist teachings, Ruchiraketu explores how compassion is an intrinsic mode of the mind, but one that can so easily be overwhelmed by another mode akin to fight or flight response.
He also looks at how compassion...
He also looks at how compassion...
Vajradevi explores bliss, happiness, joy and their relationship to the Buddhist path. What stops us feeling happy more of the time? Is there a difference between freedom of desire and freedom from desire?
Last of a series of four talks entitled 'The Powers of the Mind' given at...
Last of a series of four talks entitled 'The Powers of the Mind' given at...
A pithy talk exploring the Buddha's practical suggestions to find greater freedom in one's life - genuine freedom that does not rely on external factors to give a sense of freedom.
Third in a series of four talks given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in 2011 on the theme '...
Third in a series of four talks given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in 2011 on the theme '...
What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya explores the Buddha's insight that our commonsense assumptions about ourselves are the source of our suffering.
Unpicking those assumptions is the first step...
Unpicking those assumptions is the first step...
As part of Buddha Day festival, in this impassioned talk Padmavajra evokes the Buddha through the early descriptions of him, in particular the complete blissful freedom of his being. He discusses the necessity of an integration of the 'pleasure principle' and the 'reality principle...
In this short talk given to a group of men, Vajrapriya explores masculine energy in archetypal terms, before talking about energy in its Buddhist application, where it's known as virya.
The talk finishes with an evocation of the transcendental archetype of energy, the Bodhisattva...
The talk finishes with an evocation of the transcendental archetype of energy, the Bodhisattva...
A robust talk by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.
Last of three talks in the series 'Reality and What to Do About It'
Last of three talks in the series 'Reality and What to Do About It'
Vajrapriya takes the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - rebranding it as the Meaningful Eightfold Path - and considers how its eight areas contribute to a meaningful life, and how following it eventually eliminates the whole problem of meaninglessness.
Second of three public talks in...
Second of three public talks in...
Arthapriya explores the Buddhist understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how much our 'outside world' is in fact so strongly conditioned by our state of mind.
Covering karma, emptiness,...
Covering karma, emptiness,...
An overview talk at the start of a weekend studying the imagination. Subhuti gives some background to his conversations with Bhante over the last 18 months and then launches into an overview of the latest conversations he's had - on the subject of the imagination.