Machig Labdrön and the Courage to Face What We Avoid
Talk given by Simhavara on 2025-01-18. This talk brings to life the story of Machig Labdrön, an 11th-century Tibetan yogin whose radical clarity unsettled scholars and reshaped Buddhist practice acros...
16 Juni 45min
Energy & the Stupa as the Buddhist Path
Talk given by Padmasagara on 2026-05-24. The stupa is one of the oldest symbols in Buddhism, emerging long before images of the Buddha became common. Across traditional Buddhist countries, these strik...
2 Juni 54min
The Second Arrow: Working with Thoughts & Emotions
Talk given by Arthaketu on 2026-04-25. In this follow-up to the talk "The Second Arrow: Working with Pain", we return to the Sallatha Sutta and deepen the inquiry. The Buddha’s image is simple but cha...
26 Maj 49min
Padmasambhava's Four Precepts for Berlin
Talk given by Padmavajra on 2026-05-16. In this talk, Padmavajra evoked the spirit of Padmasambhava, the great tantric master of Tibet. He formulated four precepts that shall guide us as Buddhist prac...
18 Maj 42min
The Second Arrow: Working with Pain
Talk given by Arthaketu on 2026-04-18. In this talk, we explore the Sallatha Sutta, “The Arrow,” where the Buddha draws a sharp distinction between reactivity and practice. When pain arises, the untra...
17 Maj 50min
Being Human
Talk given by Suryagupta on 2026-05-02. Suryagupta, Chair of the London Buddhist Centre, draws on her decades of Buddhist practice alongside experiences of activism, parenting, and work in the arts, t...
12 Maj 43min
59 Years of Sangha
Talk given by Simhavara on 2026-04-06. On 6 April 1967, in a modest basement in London, Sangharakshita founded the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, the seed that would grow into today’s Triratna...
5 Maj 50min
