Listen Again & Resources
Talks from the Bristol Buddhist Centre
Sangha Night June 10th. Using a series of talks by Sangharakshita given in Brighton in 1976 Kulamitra describes his experience of the forming principles of the Triratna movement
Kulamitras Q and A after his talk on the early days of the establishment of Triratna
Ali Mendoza’s Buddha day talk
Judith Hooper’s Buddha day talk
A selection of talks on Buddhism by Triratna order members in Bristol and beyond is available at Free Buddhist Audio.
Satyalila’s talk. Going on solitary retreat Sangha Night 20th May
Simhanadas talk. Tyranny – A Buddhist response
Three DPA (Dialectical Process Analysis) maps which provide more detail on the dialectics discussed during Simhanadas talk:
Kulamitra’s talk Paranirvana Festival 2025
Amaladipa’s Talk Paranirvana Festival 2025
5 week Course: Transforming Poison into Wisdom with Bhadra
Week One. The Nature of poison
Exploring the nature of poison manifesting as compulsion and fixed views arising in our bubbling cauldron of awareness.
Week Two. Manifestation of the Poisons
Investigating the haunting imagery of the Wheel of life illustrating how the poisons condense into the variety of lived experience.
Week Three. Imagination and Emptiness
Transformation of perception using reflections on emptiness and the tantric symbol of the Vajra.
Week Four. Mandala of Wisdom
The beautiful vision of Liberation encapsulated in the rainbow light of the Buddha Mandala
Week Five. The Transformation of Vision
Seeing through the poisons into their inherent wisdom nature using imaginative investigation into our lived experience
‘Be the Revolution’ – Drop into talks on the Heart Sutra, working with the mind in meditation, effort, conditions and more.
Follow-On Meditation Course 2022
Resources form the course in April/May 22, with Pranjamati.
‘Tools for Building a Sustainable Practice’
Diving the Potential of Sangha | Sangha Week Retreat 2021
Below a forest canopy… Bhadra, our chair, recorded talks from the week. A potent, challenging and heart-warming listen.
The Satthipathana and Anapanasati Suttas | Rains Retreat 2021
Dhammarati, a guest from the Adhisthana Retreat Centre, shares teachings and guided meditations on the Satthipathana and Anapanasati Suttas.
Listen back to the wide ranging talks from Sangha Night 2020.
On this retreat Tejananda, a teacher at Vajraloka Retreat Centre, leads us into a somatic approach to the five principles, that is, one based in the living energy of our body and being. Through being open to the energy of the body, and by becoming attuned to it’s actual nature we’ll discover ways to “integrate” all five principles experientially into a single, embodied ’non-practice’ of Simply Being.
Joy in the Cremation Ground | Sangha Week Retreat 2020
This retreat invited us to share the practice of enlivening the Sangha jewel, allowing its solace and joy to soak into our bones and hearts. We did this through meditation, a daily talk from Bhadra, bodywork, groups and evening rituals.
Explore the theme of awakening the heart.
Pathways to the Beautiful Mind | Rains Retreat 2019
Awareness and Wisdom are both qualities of the mind that is beautiful, clear seeing and free. These and other qualities of the ‘kalyana’ or ethically lovely mind were explored throughout our Rains retreat week.
A couple of talks from the ‘Big Sangha Retreat’ in 2019. This is an annual retreat where members of the Bristol Sangha take a long weekend at the Adhisthana Retreat Centre in Herefordshire.
Myth, niyamas, metta and the bodhisattvas. Stretch your ears back a few years and find some delights!