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Freya M commented on Amida Podcasts's blog post 'Podcast: Exile and Return - fixed'

Namo Amida Bu! Just been listening to this as a "taster" for this year's retreat (if I make it there) and I'm sorry to say it isn't the whole talk, which was a big disappointment as I was really getting into it! Ah, well.....

November 5

caroline brazier replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

Hi Katrien I'm not sure if I've got all your points here - is the sadness about my including the section on individual practice? If so, it was included partly because I wanted to give an overview of practical ethics, but also because I believe we...

August 10

Katrien Sercu replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

When i read this, Prasada, the difference comes up between 'right' and 'limited'. Limited is not 'non-right'. Limited is just limited, as all in (human) life is limited, for instance the field of vision, the capacities, the possibilities in a conc...

August 9

caroline brazier replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND PRACTICAL ENGAGEMENT The aim of demonstrating an alternative raises issues. Buddhist practice often seems to bring the dilemmma that if we practice cut off from the world, we can often achieve a calmer mind than if we practice...

August 9

caroline brazier replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

Ning seems to have cut off part of my text I'll continue in further commentds.. COLLECTIVE PRACTICE AND ETHICS Whilst we may work individually on improving our behavious/awareness, the route of self-development poses problems. We may become self-...

August 9

Robert McCarthy replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

Dharmavidya recently spoke of us all being actors in the dharma. I have felt also that the script of all i think and know is given as grace, i am in the audience of the play i act in and it teaches me. Thought and speech are not scripted by me, ve...

August 8

caroline brazier replied to Amida Podcasts's discussion 'Lecture four - (an apology)' in the group Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

Hi, yes, I'm afraid this talk suffered impermanence. I'll try to reconstruct some of the themes I covered, though I did not entirely follow the notes I drew up in advance. The theme was practical applications of ethics. I began by talking about ...

August 8

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Summer Teachings 2009: Ethics

Listen to the Dharma talks from this years summer teachings and discuss.

August 8

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Summer Teaching 2009: Morality of Spirit, vs Codified Ethics.

Listen to Dharmavidya talking about how codes of ethics relate to the alivness of morality, and the problems of transmitting the spirit of morals, rather than simply a list of rules.

Moralsandethics.mp3 (55mins 22mb)

Posted on July 25, 2009 at 10:26am —

Summer Teaching 2009: Pureland Buddhism, Insight, and Ethics.

Dharamvidya presents the third in the series of five lectures on ethics, a response to Prasada's model of Sila, Samadhi and Prajna.

Purelandethics.mp3 (22mb 55mins)

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 3:14pm —

Summer Teaching 2009: The Three Pillars; Sila, Samadhi and Prajna

Prasada talks about the three pillars in relation to Theravada, Mahayana and Pureland and also about the contamination of Buddhist ethics from western frameworks.

threepillars.mp3 ( 23mb 55mins)

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 3:00pm —

Summer Teachings 2009: Faith and Ethics

The first Audio file from the Summer teachings is now available - Dharamvidya speaking about Faith and Ethics.

FaithandEthics.mp3 (24mb)

Coming soon - Prasada speaking about the three pillars, Sila, Samadhi and Prajna and Dharamvidya responding with a talk about ethics flowing from insight.

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 1:52pm —

Podcast: Basic Buddhism (September Introductory Retreat)

This talk by Dharmavidya was given at our introductory retreat this weekend, it introduces the basic concepts of Buddhism, begining with the story of The Buddha, and his enlightenment to Other Power.

Listen to the .mp3 (53 minutes 7mb)

Posted on September 21, 2008 at 8:29pm —