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The Lifetimes of Learning Podcast is a production of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia. The Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia is a home-grown non-sectarian Australian Buddhist Temple, founded in 1978. Our vision and mission is to spread the Dhamma to foster more wisdom and reduce suffering, to support the Sangha and to help those who wish to learn and practice the Buddhist Path. Our small community size has not limited us in our mission – to offer the Buddha Dhamma free of charge, and to be professional, culturally adaptable, practical, scholarly in all our activities and ensure our volunteer teachers are easily accessible. The following are our continuing and new classes/services/projects: -Maintenance of a multilingual reference library which houses a collection of 4000+ books for Buddha Dhamma Scholars and Practitioners; -Development of an online Dhamma Teaching resource to preserve and share a large range of Dhamma texts and teachings to a global audience; -Book and Buddha Dhamma articles publication; -Sharing Buddha’s teaching via social media platforms and APPs such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Insight Timer and Podbean; -Free nightly online guided meditation; -Free weekly Saturday Buddha Dhamma classes; -Free four and five day Bhavana Courses throughout the year; -Regular chanting and Pujas (in person and online); -Regular Chan Painting classes; -Regular Podcasts and weekly “Buddhist Hour” radio broadcasts; -World Buddhist Radio broadcasting online 24 hours per day. -Maintenance and expansion of our temple -Building of a Buddha Dhamma content production studio on site -Financially supporting a Buddhist orphanage in Bangladesh -Volunteering support -We welcome people from all walks of life and from various ethnic backgrounds and cultures. We offer abundant merit making opportunities to support mind development and to practise generosity, where individuals can apply existing skills and develop new ones, while supporting our mission. As a Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists and Member of The Buddhist Council of Victoria we engage to support the broader Buddhist community as well as others such as funding to support a local women’s refuge. We are also an Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University. Thank you for listening to our podcast. If you enjoy them and wish to support us and our mission to allow the Dhamma to reach to those who connect with our style of teaching and sharing. We would welcome and be grateful of your donation and be our Patreon. Patreon page link- https://www.patreon.com/BuddhistDiscussionCentreAustralia To learn more about us, please go to our website: www.bdcu.org.au
Episodes
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In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Tolerance and Respect as a Buddhist". This article includes a paper called “A Fair Go for All” by John D. Hughes, who was the Founder of The Buddhist Discussion Centre. It was a paper presented at the International Conference on Religious Cooperation, Taiwan, 2001.
Level: Beginners / Length: 14mins 04secs
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In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Kesamutti Sutta". In this sutta you will find an acid test of Truth which if used produces a conclusive result as to the worth of any teaching.
Level: Intermediate / Length: 20mins 14secs.
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5 days ago
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Is the door of your heart open to yourself?". The article provides a detailed explanation of the dangers and difficulties associated with the unwholesome mind state of anger or hatred.
Level: Beginners - Intermediate / Length: 31mins14sec
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In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Buddhist Practices for Peace and Solidarity in Times of Conflict", a talk presented by Frank Carter, President of the Buddhist Discussion Centre Australia, on a scholar’s panel presentation held during the International United Nations Day of Vesak commemoration in Bangkok, Thailand on the 13th of May 2022.
Level: Beginners / Length: 30mins 37secs.
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
One of the first steps on the Buddha Dhamma Path for the practitioner is to access correct confidence, called saddha in the Pali language.
This podcast outlines why saddha is so important to real improvement and the disadvantages of it’s opposite which is doubt. Doubt is regarded as one of the Five Hindrances to spiritual growth.
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
(Length 25:11) (Level: Beginner)
In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “ The Expedient Study of Ch’an" by the Venerable Pai Sen.
This teaching explains the practice of seated meditation, its importance particularly in relation to the needs of the beginner when applying themselves to the study of Chan, and the view of Chan School.
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Length (19:03) Level: Beginner – Intermediate
This podcast is a talk given by Luang Poo Thate at Wat Hin Mark Peng On November 15, 1980, titled 'Sati Protects The Citta'. This talk was translated by Steven Towler.
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
(Length 13:08) (Level: Beginner)
In this podcast, we will cover a Dharma Teaching titled “ How Buddhists should welcome the 21st Century"
On approaching the turn of the millennium (2000) renowned Buddhist scholar and author Dr.Ananda W.P. Guruge (Late) revisits the vast scope and breadth of mankind’s
technological advances and asks of us to weigh up the existential threat to
humanity and the profound inequities that have arisen from the concentration of
wealth and power that has resulted.
Dr Guruge reaches back to the ancient past to look for a way
forward for our world.
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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "The Proactive Mind", it highlights the important qualities of a pro-active versus a reactive mind.
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
In this podcast, we will cover a teaching titled "Refuge in the Triple Gem", which provides a concise outline of how to practice and develop refuge in the Triple Gem.