Monday, April 27, 2009

Rahula Chapter 6 - Anatta: The Doctrine of No-Self (part 1)

A recording of the teachings and discussion on Chapter 6 of Rahula's "What the Buddha Taught" (from 26th April) can be downloaded here.

Rahula Chapter 5: Magga - The Path

A recording of the teachings and discussion on Chapter 5 of Rahula's "What the Buddha Taught" (from 5th April) can be downloaded here.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A short message from Rinpoche

In a short note from his retreat, Rinpoche reminds us of the importance of renunciation and the appropriate motivation for practice:
we should say prayers and do practice in the hope that one day we will be free from the agony of time, and from the agony of the separation of all the transitory elements that, in our deluded minds, we have pieced together so convincingly. Most of us are so lost in our delusions that we actually believe them to be permanent, and when the illusion we've created reveals itself in its true colours, we suffer the most unbearable agonies. And it is from this kind of delusion that, ultimately, we need to free ourselves