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Satyakavi explores how everything has the potential to become pure. How do we transform our energies to realise insubstantiality - the blue-sky nature of everything? We need compost - all our 'stuff' - and the faith that everything can transform, given time. Excerpted from the talk entitled Padmasambhava and Insubstantiality given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2026, as part of the series the Mystery of Mantra.

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Vajrashura gives the opening talk of Padmasambhava Festival Month at the Dublin Buddhist Centre by introducing the Greatly Precious Guru, Padmasambhava, and exploring his story in the context of Bhante's paradigm of the Manu, the Buddha, the Guru and the Terton (or treasure revealer). We are confronted by the fact that the spiritual life can be messy – but the good news is that the forces for the Dharma can win out. We are urged to seek out the treasure of the Dharma ourselves and, by practising it, reveal its riches to the world. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Revealer of Treasures given at Dublin Buddhist Centre, 2026.

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In this talk given on a Padmaloka Great Gathering, Padmavajra talks about Sangharakshita's particular connection with Guru Padmasambhava. Eventually, his talk arrives at the state of the world and the need for the presence of Padmasambhava now. In particular, he addresses the various kinds of pride and conceit and the need for a new kind of pride. Excerpted from the talk entitled Guru Padmsambhava In the Age of Darkness given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2026.

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Bhadra introduces the archetypal magician, Padmasambhava, at a day for men in Bristol. He uses episodes from the magician's life to illustrate how engaging the imagination through ritual and being willing to make the journey of descent are key elements of a fruitful practice. Excerpted from the talk The Art of Ritual and Descent given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Previously unreleased and, rather famously, given off-the-cuff at the London Buddhist Centre, this is an enjoyable and stirring evocation of the great Tantric Guru of Tibet by our founder, Sangharakshita. Excerpted from the talk entitled Padmasambhava, 1979.

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How do we transform our energies to realise insubstantiality - the blue-sky nature of everything? We need compost - all our 'stuff' - and the faith that everything can transform, given time. This excerpt is from the talk entitled Padmasambhava and Insubstantiality by Satyakavi given at Taraloka Retreat Centre as part of the series Mystery of Mantra, 2026.

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Suryagupta draws on her decades of Buddhist practice alongside experiences of activism, parenting, and work in the arts, to reflect on what it means to be fully human: to struggle, to long for growth, and to seek connection, meaning, and love. Excerpted from the talk Being Human given for Buddhistisches Tor Berlin, 2026. ***

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Drawing on her experience as a poet, Varasahaya discusses creativity, imagination, and the writing process as a spiritual practice. She reads some of her poems, and explains the process by which they came to birth, and what she learnt about letting go of self as she grappled with writing. Excerpted from the talk entitled Writing As Spiritual Practice given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017. ***

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The imagination is a superpower. Buddhism offers unique tools to harness this superpower for the benefit of all beings. Sagaravajra encourages us to let the muse communicate through us.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Maps of the Imagination, given at the Buddhafield Festival as part of the series The Dharma Parlour: Buddhafield 2023 - Liberation Through Imagination.

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"Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist's sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives." Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution. Excerpted from the talk entitled Art and the Spiritual Life given as part of the series The Higher Evolution, 1969.

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