The Universal Buddha Centre

schedule

“As a deep lake is clear and still,
so the wise listen carefully to the Dhamma.” Dhammapada

BUDDHA CENTRE SCHEDULE (2025 CE)

All times are SLT (PT).

Regular dharma talks with Seten Tomh will be held every Saturday @ 11am SLT (2pm ET).

Talks are one hour, in voice. Please make sure Voice (in Preferences, Sound) is checked. It will show up as a white dot above your head.

This talk will repeat live on YouTube on Sunday at 4pm SLT (7pm ET).

If you would like to hear dharma talks on or at a different day or time, please drop a notecard in the suggestion box.

Commencing Monday, September 22, 2025 Seten Tomh will present a Guru Yoga guided meditation every Monday between 1 and 1:30pm SLT (4-4:30pm ET).

We are also a guest dharma teacher at Buddha Garden in Ahimsa sim alternate Sundays @ 11am SLT starting September 21, 2025.

Repeating practices with Ankh Jos Joszpe:

Guided Heart sutra meditation
The Heart Sutra teaches the central concept in the Buddha’s doctrine. After a short introduction to the meaning of the Sutra we will work with this teaching and its mantra, in a guided meditation.
We will use voice!
Time: Friday 12 noon SLT
duration: 25 minutes

Guided Loving Kindness meditation
Guided Loving Kindness meditation, rooted in Tibetan Buddhist tradition. This practice, known as “Metta Bhavana,” aims to cultivate an open heart and unconditional goodwill toward ourselves and others.
Voice!
Wednesday 12 pm (Noon) SLT.
duration, > 25 minutes.

We will be using voice!

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The Buddha Centre Canon of 108 Dharma Talks

Fundamental View: Introduction to the Dharma

  1. The Human Condition
  2. He Who Went This Way
  3. Towards the Dharma
  4. The Dharma of Community
  5. The Way of Karma
  6. The Problem of Samsara
  7. The Way of Transcendence
  8. The Art of Meditation
  9. The Cultivation of Wisdom
  10. The Phenomenology of the Path

Conversations with the Buddha: The Digha Nikaya

  1. The Net of Confusion
  2. The Fruits of the Contemplative Life
  3. Ambattha
  4. Sonadanda
  5. Kutadanta
  6. Mihali
  7. The Great Lion’s Roar (The Hair-Raising Discourse) (DN)
  8. Potthapada
  9. Subha
  10. Kevaddha
  11. Lohicca
  12. The Threefold Knowledge
  13. The Great Lineage
  14. The Great Causality
  15. The Ultimate Emancipation
  16. The Great Sudassana
  17. Janavasabha
  18. The Great Govinda
  19. The Great Gathering
  20. Sakka’s Questions
  21. Radical Presence
  22. Payasi
  23. Patika
  24. The Lion’s Roar at Udumbarika
  25. The Lion’s Roar on the Wheel Turning King
  26. Origins
  27. The Discourse that is Worthy of Approval
  28. The Delightful Discourse
  29. The Marks
  30. Teaching Sigala
  31. The Protective Discourse
  32. The Recitation
  33. Right View
  34. The Great Lion’s Roar (The Hair-Raising Discourse) (MN)
  35. The Simile of the Water Snake
  36. The Noble Search (The Heap of Snares)
  37. Upali
  38. What Cannot Be Avoided
  39. Sakuludayi
  40. Ratthapala

Dharma Talks: Studies in the Dharma

  1. Gotama’s Quest: The Life of the Buddha
  2. Buddhist Hermeneutics and the Problem of Tradition
  3. The Oldest Buddhist Scripture
  4. The Pali Canon Phenomenon
  5. The Early Buddhist Schools
  6. The Status of Women in Ancient India and the Pali Tradition
  7. The Quest for the Buddhavacana
  8. The Path of the Buddha
  9. Four Short Talks on the Path
  10. The Coming Buddha
  11. The Concept of Karma in the Jataka Tales of the Buddha
  12. Ethics in the Pali Canon
  13. Overview of the Vinaya
  14. Beyond Good and Evil: The Story of Angulimala
  15. What is the Self that is not a Self?
  16. Near Earth Realms, Fallen Angels, Human Beings in Buddhist Cosmology
  17. Buddhism and the UFO Phenomenon
  18. Padmasambhava: The Early Texts
  19. Neither Slack nor Tense: The Discipline of Spiritual Energy
  20. Principles of Universal Buddhism
  21. The Wisdom of Laozi
  22. The Good Path of Laozi: A New Translation of the Tao Te Ching (4th cent. BCE)
  23. Buddhist Poems of Seten Tomh

The Lotus Sutra (1st cent. BCE-2nd cent. CE)

  1. The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings (6th cent. CE)
  2. Introduction
  3. The Method
  4. A Parable
  5. Transcendent Liberation
  6. Healing Medicine
  7. The Prophecies
  8. The Ancient Way
  9. The Power of Renunciation
  10. Ananda’s Divine Activity
  11. Recap
  12. True Teachers
  13. The Dharma UFO
  14. Devadatta
  15. Enthusiasm
  16. The Happy Way
  17. The Wisdom Beings Emerge out of the Earth
  18. Recap
  19. The Immortality of the Tathagata
  20. Efficacious Merit
  21. The Exposition of Meritorious Joy
  22. In Praise of True Teachers
  23. Sadaparibhuta
  24. The Power of the Tathagata
  25. The Essential Gift
  26. The History of Medicine King
  27. Gadgadasvara
  28. The Chapter of the Multifaced One
  29. Protective Verses
  30. The History of King Subhavyuha
  31. The Inspiration of Samantabhadra
  32. The Sutra of Contemplation of the Dharma Practice of Universal Sage Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (6th cent. CE)

Addenda

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Reminder notices will be sent out to members of the Buddha Centre group the day before and the day of and posted in SL Events.

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