The class includes led meditations and dialogue with participants.

Session held on 27th October 2014.

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Ratnaguna explores some texts that describe the Buddhist path in imaginative rather than conceptual terms

These show the goal of Buddhist practice as the awakening of the imagination and the perception of beauty.

Public talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 1st November, 2014 at the beginning of a month-long Festival of Arts and the Imagination.

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What are the Dharma practices or Truths that we depend on when times are hard, the ones we are fascinated by and passionate about, the ones that are are really alive for us?

In this talk, the last of a series of five, Vidyamala talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre at a day for women in training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order, 3rd August 2014.

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What are the Dharma practices or Truths that we depend on when times are hard, the ones we are fascinated by and passionate about, the ones that are are really alive for us?

In this talk, the fourth of a series of five, Sumnadipa talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre at a day for women in training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order, 3rd August 2014.

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In this talk, the third of a series of five, Di Kaylor, later ordained as Sarasuvanna, talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre at a day for women in training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order, 3rd August 2014.

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In this talk, the second of a series of five, Dayanandi talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre at a day for women in training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order, 3rd August 2014.

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What are the Dharma practices or Truths that we depend on when times are hard, the ones we are fascinated by and passionate about, the ones that are are really alive for us?

In this talk, the first of a series of five, Claire Morris talks about her practice of the Dharma. Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre at a day for women in training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order, 3rd August 2014.

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The third and final talk from the July 2014 Sangha retreat, given on a Manchester Buddhist Centre retreat in Derbyshire

Ratnaguna asks how the spirit of the Pure Land can come about in the midst of the Sangha.

As the talk, and the retreat, was for Centre regulars who have completed a second level Buddhism course here, Ratnaguna is addressing people with existing knowledge of Buddhism.

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The second of three talks from Manchester Buddhist Centre’s July 2014 Sangha Retreat in Derbyshire

Vidyamala talks about her relationship with the archetypal Buddha Amitabha – the Buddha of Love.

Talk recorded outdoors!

Amitabha – Boundless Light – is a celestial or transcendent Buddha, so not a historical figure but a manifestation of the Buddha-principle.

We can see him as ‘The Buddha beyond the Buddha’ – an archetypal form of the historical Buddha.

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What does a Pure Land look like? The first of three talks from Manchester Buddhist Centre’s July 2014 Sangha retreat in Derbyshire

Ratnaguna brings the Pure Lands to life.

The retreat focussed on evoking the Buddha Amitabha and his Buddha-field, and aimed to stimulate many aspects of ourselves – the rational, imaginal, mysterious and archetypal – qualities necessary for a rich and fulfilling spiritual life.

As the talk, and the retreat, was for Centre regulars who have completed a second level Buddhism course here, Ratnaguna is addressing people with existing knowledge of Buddhism.

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