Ratnaguna gives a commentary on the Upajjhatthana Sutta

In this Sutta, the Buddha introduces the five things that everyone should reflect on often, “whether one is a woman or a man, lay or ordained”

Given at an Order Practice Day at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 29th January 2012

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Chandana chats about Manchester Buddhist Centre, the Buddhist path and the role of meditation in adding value to life

The interview ends with a short body awareness meditation.

This programme is part of ALL FM’s New Year look at personal well-being and development.

Fiona Ledgard, The Anything Goes Breakfast Show, ALL FM (96.9), broadcast January 2012

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A talk in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions, given by Dayanandi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 26th November 2011

How can we make a difference when there is so much suffering? Is it even worth trying?

There are no easy answers to these questions. We each have a journey to make, responding to individuals and situations with as much humanity as we can, but that journey can be illuminated by the commonsense wisdom and radical principles of the Buddha’s teachings.

Dayanandi covers how compassion can arise in our everyday lives, the place of ethics in our modern world, and how we can each make a real difference.

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Where does fantasy end and imagination begin?

Can imagination help us grow as a person?

A talk by Maitreyabandhu in the series Buddhism and the Big Ques­tions on Buddhism and con­tem­por­ary issues, given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 29th October 2011.

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Padmasambhava means the Lotus Born. He is a his­tor­ical and myth­o­lo­gical fig­ure who estab­lished Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth century

This talk was given by Dayanandi during the Padmasambhava Day Festival at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 6th October 2011.

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A talk by Lokabandhu in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 24th September 2011

Lokabandhu speaks about how to live a life worth living

Why Pagan Shaman Buddha?

On the Buddha’s farewell tour he spoke everywhere of ethics, meditation and wisdom:

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From Pride to Enlightenment! How does your sexuality relate to your sense of self?

It’s important to cultivate a positive attitude to ourselves, but how might identity stop us achieving our greatest potential in life? And how does all this relate to a great but little-known peaceful revolution taking place in India today?

A talk given by Munisha at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 27th August 2011 in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions.

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What is peace? And what does peace mean for Buddhists? Is it just the absence of war and con­flict; guns and scream­ing?

Or is it also the deep silence that arises when the mind and heart are in har­mony – a pos­it­ive state of mind that can be cul­tiv­ated both per­son­ally and col­lect­ively, where good and evil don’t exist as concepts?

A talk given by Parami at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 30th July 2011 in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions.

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