Continuing around the mandala, we now enter the realm of story and imagination with a journey to the northern realm. In today's FBA Podcast we move around to the North to meet Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity. Amoghasiddhi is also connected with Spiritual Rebirth, we hear how this relates to insight, becoming more than we are, and the way in which we draw up courage and creativity to transform ourselves and maybe make a difference in the world. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.

Continuing around the mandala, in today's FBA Podcast we meet Amitabha in a talk by Padmasuri simply called Amitabha.

Continuing around the mandala, we enter the realm of Ratnasambhava, the golden Buddha of the South. In "A Personal Take On Upekkha, this weeks FBA Podcastby Ratnavandana.

Continuing the series of personal talks on each of the Brahma Viharas from the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana shares an intensely honest, psychologically intimate, beautifully forensic history of her personal relationship to the practice of upekkha (equanimity) throughout her spiritual life. We hear about ways to assess what is going on in the subtler realms of our experience – and how to look to move beyond them so we too can live like a river…