Author Archives
The Golden Buddha Centre project began in 1998. Its particular aim is to help the growing number of Buddhists who are looking to live a Buddhist way of life in retirement.
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Parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant
‘Dhamma is like this!… Dhamma is like that!’ Thus have I heard: Parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant.
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The Buddhist Path – Footprint of the Buddha
A look at how Buddhism is practised in Sri Lanka and India. Ronald Eyre meets [the late] Venerable Ananda Maitreya a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka.
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Dalai Lama talks about what is present
Everyday Buddhist: Dalai Lama Talks About What is Present [Short Buddhist film about 2 minutes]
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Loving kindness and equanimity, by Ajahn Sumedho
But metta is much deeper than just nice ideas and good thoughts, isn’t it? It is a way of receiving everything and allowing things to be what they are, both internally and externally…
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The Development of Loving-kindness
Just as the radiance of all the stars does not equal a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, but the moon’s radiance surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant, even so, whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the mind-release of loving-kindness…
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Doctrine of Dependent Origination, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Anybody who is able to comprehend the doctrine of dependent origination has the capability to engage in his own cultivation and end his suffering…
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History of Buddhist Bronzes
Chinese and Korean bronzes that tell a story of religious art in Asia from the 4th to the 10th century AD.
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Four Noble Truths, talk by Ajahn Sumedho
Ajahn Sumedho giving a talk on The Four Noble Truths. (40-minute film)
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Sympathetic Joy
Finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths
We received a warm welcome from the many Tibetans we met — a life-changing experience for me, a homecoming — the landscape, buildings and the people merging, and overnight stays with Tibetan families wherever possible.
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