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Vajradevi speaks to a large gathering of Order Members and Mitras Training for Ordination under a big marque at the annual Great Gathering on the theme of the Satipatthana Sutta.

Reflecting on the theme of the weekend Vajradevi said: "When we're mindful and present to what's happening – both 'internally' and 'externally' – our responses become steady, wise, and confident. Whatever we're doing, whether we're meditating, working, communicating, or singing, becomes a vehicle to 'grow' awareness. Mindfulness becomes panoramic and we live with immediacy and creativity." Excerpted from the talk Pure Presence: The Basis For Seeing Clearly, part of the series Dancing with Pure Presence, given at the Great Gathering at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2022. ***

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Exploration by Nagesvara of the beginning of the Anapansati meditation practice, namely the preliminaries and the breath.

"Here, gone to the forest to the root of a tree or to an empty hut, we sit down; folding our legs crosswise, keeping the body erect, and having established mindfulness to the fore, mindful, one breathes in; mindful one breathes out. While breathing in long, one knows: 'I breathe in long.' While breathing out long, one knows, 'I breathe out long.' While breathing in short, one knows: 'I breathe in short.' While breathing out short, one knows, 'I breath out short.'" Excerpted from the talk The Preliminaries and the Breath, part of the series The Flow of Life: exploring Anapanasati, given at Metta Vihara Retraitecentrum, 2022. ***

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Maitridevi talks about what the heart is like and the importance of it to the cultivation of an expansive all inclusive love for all beings and things. This talk is part of an intensive meditation retreat held at Taraloka in 2021 for women who have asked for ordination.

Excerpted from the talk The Heart Unbound: Metta As a Path to Insight (4 of 13) given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021. ***

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Ratnavandana beautifully introduces the Brahma Viharas as an integrated set of practices flowing from metta - loving kindness. Her central image is that of a tree, deep rooted and spreading its canopy wide as she evokes a profound, personal connection to the cultivation of the sublime abodes - loving kindness, compassion, joy with others, and equanimity.

Excerpted from the talk Introduction to the Brahma Viharas (With Guided Meditation) given as part of the Rainy Season Retreat at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015. ***

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Nagabodhi speaks about the process of developing awareness throughout the day and how this relates to vedanā – or hedonic tone. He explores how if we can notice the raw experience and whether it's pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, then we have freedom not to act in the usual habitual ways.

From the talk Developing Awareness as part of the series The Two Arrows: Dukkha to Insight given at Adhisthana, 2020. ***

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In this short personal talk, Prajnahridaya discusses the universal importance of love, a quality so vital if we want to live a meaningful life.

Excerpted from the talk entitled The Rising Sun given at the Annual Sub35 Men's Weekend for Young Buddhists at Padmaloka in November, 2018. ***

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How do you become a Bodhisattva? Upon the Awakening of the Bodhi Heart (Bodhichitt-otpada). In this lecture Sangharakshita defines the Bodhichitta, differentiating here between individual will and the cosmic will to enlightenment that transcends individuals. Excerpted from the talk The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart given as part of the series entitled Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal, 1969. ***

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This talk explores the emergence of the Bodhisattva Ideal in the Mahayana tradition. Nagapriya discusses the historical context in which this basic concept developed, its ties to early Buddhist texts, and what the bodhisattva's life entails, on both the mundane and cosmic levels. Here, he shares a reading on forbearance from the Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva.

Excerpted from the The Ideal of Universal Awakening given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, as part of the series Visions of Mahayana Buddhism, 2009. ***

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Prakasha takes us through the verses on transference of merit and self surrender from Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara, and communicates the feeling of completely letting go of a Bodhisattva. Excerpted from the talk Awakening Bodhicitta given at Shrewsbury Triratna Buddhist Group, 2018. ***

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Sahajatara offers an introduction to the six paramitas as she touches into the development of forbearance with humour, realism and dakini-inspiration.

From the talk Forbearance and Energy In Pursuit of the Good given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021. ***

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