Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple Podcast

The practice of precepts - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses the upcoming precepts ceremony and the importance of making this our daily practice.

Lessons from Sri Lanka - Bhante Sumana discusses lessons from his life, his practice and his visit back to Sri Lanka.

How important is our garbage? - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses how attached we can all be to our material possessions, even our garbage.

Summer Series - Jill Brasile

So much has changed - anicca - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses the many changes that have occurred over the last few months, and how this is all a part of our practice.

The four supreme efforts - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses the four supreme efforts as taught by Ayya Khema, which can briefly be expressed as "avoiding", "overcoming", "developing", and "maintaining".

Summer Series - David Schmidt - David Schmidt discusses the path that led him to the Buddhist practice, and how he later found Bhante Sujatha and the Blue Lotus Temple.

Summer Series - Mary Gustafson - Mary Gustafson reads from her soon to be released biography of Bhante Sujatha, "My Wish".

Summer Series - Bill Reddy - Bill Reddy discusses his extensive background with the Blue Lotus Temple, and how his practice has affected his life.

The three legged stool of our practice - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses three supporting factors to following the Eightfold Path - Wisdom, Meditation, and Virtue.

Training our monkey - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses how we all have monkey-mind, and there is no need to try to eliminate this, but instead how we can each learn to work with it.

Finding our breath in the face of anger - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses a recent book she discovered by Thich Nhat Hanh, and how the lessons of returning to the breath, loving-kindness and compassion shared by him apply to all of us.

Sitting with our stuff - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses how the Blue Lotus Temple offers us many things, but our real practice is once we leave the Temple.

Something missing - Bhante Sujatha offers his last dhamma talk before going on his annual humanitarian trip to Sri Lanka.

Cultivating our mind - Bhante Dhammawansha, of the Dhamma Wheel Meditation Society in Clearwater Florida, discusses how our mindfulness practice offers us a constant source of support and liberation.

The story of the sparrow - Visiting Tibetan monk Tulku Jamyang Gyatso offers a story that demonstrates how all suffering is from our own mind.

The container or the content - Bhante Sujatha discusses the foundation of Buddha's teachings and explains the respect toward all cultural traditions.

Unconditional love for ourselves and all others - Bhikkhuni Vimala discusses the recent tragedies in Boston and Texas, and explains how our compassion and loving-kindness must extend toward all living beings. (with early comments from a sangha member who participated in the Boston Marathon)

Focusing on our own practice - Vimala Bhikkhuni tells the story of the acrobats, and discusses how we must each pay attention to our own practice.

Karma and its effects - Visiting Tibetan Lama, Tulku Jamyang Gyatso, discusses karma and its effects in our daily lives.

Developing wholesome qualities in our children

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Visit from Venerable Dr. Pannavati Bhikkhuni

The story of Angulimala and developing our wholesome qualities

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