tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71908657203739293742024-03-05T09:16:16.323+00:00West Wight Sangha Audio MiscellaneousWest Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190865720373929374.post-72300140571960402002017-11-03T15:06:00.000+00:002017-11-03T15:36:14.503+00:00How the Mind Works - Sleep ParalysisThe subject of Sleep Paralysis came up at our Sangha meeting on Tuesday and coincidentally it was also the main subject in the first program of the new series of Radio 4's <i>All In The Mind </i>which was broadcast the same night!<br />
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Claudia Hammond talks to Professor Christopher French from Goldsmiths, University of London about the strange phenomenon of sleep paralysis. As many as 1 in 20 people will experience vivid hallucinations while falling asleep or waking up while also completely unable to move. People also describe a very powerful sense of fear and the feeling of being crushed or that an intruder or something supernatural is there with them. Despite being relatively common, this sleep anomaly is little understood. Even less well known or understood is the frightening experience of 'Exploding Head Syndrome' where someone perceives abrupt and very loud noises when going to sleep or waking up.<br />
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Just before Christmas Fi Glover introduced a conversation between a Buddhist Father Christmas and a Baptist chaplain about how they spend Christmas morning in the hospice. Another in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.<br />
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An exhibition called Afghanistan: Rescued Treasures of Buddhism organized by the Czech National Museum in Prague aims to present the war-torn country in a different light, to draw attention to its rich cultural history and point out the many influences that left their mark on Afghan culture and traditions. The exhibition focuses on the country’s pre-Islamic Buddhist period. Its chief organizer Lubomír Novák showed Daniela Lazarová from Radio Prague around and began by explaining what makes the exhibition so special.<br />
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Melvyn and his guests discuss the Indian Emperor Ashoka. Active in the 3rd century BC, Ashoka conquered almost all of the landmass covered by modern-day India, creating the largest empire South Asia had ever known. After his campaign of conquest he converted to Buddhism, and spread the religion throughout his domain. His edicts were inscribed on the sides of an extraordinary collection of stone pillars spread far and wide across his empire, many of which survive today. Our knowledge of ancient India and its chronology, and how this aligns with the history of Europe, is largely dependent on this important set of inscriptions, which were deciphered only in the nineteenth century.<br />
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When I ran my podcast download software today there was this talk, "The Role Of Devotion" by Ajahn Brahmali of the Bodhinyana monastery in Perth, Western Australia....... <a href="http://west-wight-sangha.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/ajahn-brahm-expelled-over-bhikkhuni.html">yes, that monastery!</a><br />
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tradition of philosophy and religious belief, <br />
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than two thousand years ago. For centuries it was the most popular
religion in China; in the West its religious aspects are not as well
known as its practices, which include meditation and Feng Shui, and for
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Daoists believe in following life in its natural flow, what they refer
to as an 'effortless action'. This transcendence can be linked to
Buddhism, the Indian religion that came to China in the 2nd century BC
and influenced Daoism - an exchange which went both ways. Daoism is
closely related to, but has also at times conflicted with, the religion
of the Chinese Imperial court, Confucianism.<br />
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of great significance in Daoism, and its hierarchy and power often take
precedence over events and people in real life. But how did this ancient
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While I was driving back from Newport the other day, Saturday, I turned on the car radio and found myself in the middle of the Women's Hour weekend omnibus edition, not something I normally listen to. Before I could change channels or switch off, the program started its next item "Tibetan Unrest and the Drapchi Nuns"....... the story of how, in 1993, a group of Tibetan nuns, in the notorious Drapchi prison in Lhasa, secretly recorded songs of freedom. Against all odds, the recordings were smuggled out of prison and the songs were heard by the outside world. <a href="http://drapchi14reunion.com/">The Drapchi 14</a>, as they became known, were beaten for their actions and their sentences extended - by between five and nine years each.<br />
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This program is not easy listening but I urge you to hear it out, it is saddening but also hugely inspiring..........<br />
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The BBC Radio 4 program, Beyond Belief debates exploring the place of religion and faith in today's complex world.<br />
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In this episode Ernie Rea explores the relationship between religion and depression with expert guests: Sabnum Dharamsi, a Muslim; Dr John Swinton, a Christian; and Ed Halliwell, a Buddhist who is a writer and mindfulness teacher, <a href="http://mindfulnesssussex.co.uk/index.html">based in Sussex</a>. He is co-author of the Mindful Manifesto.
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A religion without gods, scriptures or a founder, Shinto is perhaps better described as a system of belief. Central to it is the idea of kami, spirits or deities associated with places, people and things. Shinto shrines are some of the most prominent features of the landscape in Japan, where over 100 million people - most of the population - count themselves as adherents.<br />
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Since its emergence as a distinct religion many centuries ago, Shinto has happily coexisted with Buddhism; in fact, adherents often practise both simultaneously. Although it has changed considerably in the face of political upheaval and international conflict, it remains one of the most significant influences on Japanese culture.<br />
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Burmese President elect, Aung San Suu Kyi, examines what drives people to dissent in the second of the 2011 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/the-reith-lectures/archive/">Reith Lecture series</a>. 'Securing Freedom'.<br />
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Reflecting on the history of her own party, the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, examines the meaning of opposition and dissident. She also explains her reasons for following the path of non-violence.<br />
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Examining the themes of dissent and freedom, Suu Kyi will share the five-lecture series with former MI5 director general Eliza Manningham-Buller, whose talks will mark the 10th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks on America.<br />
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Andrew Marr explores how far empathy, or the lack of it, can explain cruelty. Simon Baron-Cohen proposes turning the focus away from evil or specific personality disorders, and to understand human behaviour by studying the 'empathy circuit' in the brain. Gwen Adshead, a forensic psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital and the crime writer Val McDermid question whether this would help in their line of work, and the philosopher Julian Baggini tries to pin down what we mean when we talk about the self.<br />
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Keeping it topical, here's a talk on Buddhist economics by Kavyasiddhi.<br />
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"All in this together - is it time for a Buddhist economics?"<br />
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From the BBC Radio 4 series "A History of the World in a Hundred Objects", Neil MacGregor tells the story of one of the world's best known figures, the Buddha.<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190865720373929374.post-40177757409596723952012-08-15T11:51:00.000+01:002012-09-04T17:24:48.810+01:00The four Noble Truths by Steve Armstrong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's one of my favourite talks, "The four Noble Truths" by Steve Armstrong <br />
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This one is by another of my favourite speakers, Ajahn Brahm (he of the infamous "<a href="http://west-wight-sangha.blogspot.com/2009/11/ajahn-brahm-expelled-over-bhikkhuni.html">Bhikkhuni ordinations</a>"). This one is called "The Buddhist Approach To World Conflict"<br />
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And another, by Ajahn Brahm "Buddhism and Atheism"<br />
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