In the final evening of our Sangha Night series on the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, Ratnaguna and friends recite and expound upon Chapter 7

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 6th May 2013.

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is a classic text in Mahayana Buddhism. In Chapter 7 there are two dialogues. The first is between Manjusri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom, and the mysterious character Vimalakirti, the second between a goddess and Sariputra.

The final chapters of the text were not covered in this series.

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The closing section of Chapter Six of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, recited and discussed by Ratnaguna

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is an import­ant Mahayana text about a strange and wonderful figure called Vimalakirti.

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 29th April 2013, as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Vimalakirti exposes the limitations of Sariputra’s understanding in this profound discourse

Chapter recited by Ratnaguna, Mahabodhi and Hridayamani, followed by a talk by Ratnaguna.

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 15th April 2013, as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Our journey into the world of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa continues in Chapter 5, The Consolation of the Invalid

Manjushri agrees to meet with Vimalakirti in one of the most significant chapters of Mahayana literature.

Talk given by Ratnaguna on 18th March 2013 at Manchester Buddhist Centre, as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Two extracts from Chapters Three and Four of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, filling in some of the back story of Vimalakirti’s exploits

In the extracts, the disciple Maudgalyayana and then the Bodhisattva Jagatimdhara tell the Buddha of their encounters with Vimalakirti.

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is one of Mahayana Buddhism’s most popular texts.

Second part of a talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 4th March 2013 as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Ratnaguna continues his exploration of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa with an account of Chapters Three and Four

We hear first about ten of the Buddha’s disciples and then about various great Bodhisattvas, and their reluctance to visit Vimalakirti, who is feigning illness.

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is one of Mahayana Buddhism’s most popular texts.

First part of a talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 4th March 2013 as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Ratnaguna answers questions about the Vimalakirti Nirdesa, before going through a slideshow illustrating different aspects of the text

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is an important Mahayana text about a strange and wonderful figure called Vimalakirti – an advanced Bodhisattva who appears to be a layman.

Session took place at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 25th February 2013 as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Ratnaguna continues his exploration of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa with a recitation of Chapter 2, Inconceivable Skilful Means

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is an important Mahayana text about a strange and wonderful figure called Vimalakirti – an advanced Bodhisattva who appears to be a layman.

The session includes a ten minute introduction and took place at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 25th February 2013 as part of a Sangha Night series.

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Ratnaguna leads a meditative recitation of the first section of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa

The Vimalakirti Nirdesa is an import­ant Mahayana text about a strange and won­der­ful fig­ure called Vimalakirti — an advanced Bodhisattva who appears to be a layman.

Recitation given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 18th February 2013 as part of a Sangha Night series

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In the first of a 2013 series, Ratnaguna introduces the richly imaginative world of Mahayana, or ‘Great Way’ Buddhism, through one of its most popular texts, the Vimalakirti Nirdesa

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 18th February 2013 in a Sangha Night series.

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