Padmaloka Retreat Centre

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We are all looking for some kind of liberation. This can be liberation from immediate psychological or emotional suffering, through to relief from deeper existential suffering. The Buddhadharma offers a clear path and method to relieve suffering. Through the simple act of paying attention to our breathing, bodily sensations, emotions, and thoughts we are able to see into the constantly changing nature of reality and free ourselves from clinging. This makes it possible to purify and liberate ourselves.

We’re delighted to announce that a new series of talks from Padmaloka is now available on Freebuddhistaudio.com.

In these talks given during the Winter Retreat at Padmaloka last year on the theme of Just Sitting and the Diamond Sutra, Satyaraja introduces us to the Just Sitting practice.

Please follow this link to access the talk: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC4961

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In this talk given to the Mid-Essex Buddhist centre as part of a series on Faith, Padmavajra explores Sangharakshita's saying that faith is the ultimate in us responding to the ultimate in the universe. As well as exploring the essential importance of faith in our Dharma lives, he also refers to the traditional hierarchical structure of the universe and to the saying of a German mystic, following Plotinus, that says that we can only see the sun because there is something of the sun within our eye.