Q: Developing A Truly Heartfelt Buddhist Form Of Devotion

(approx. 14 minutes) KEYWORDS: Q: "Please can you talk a little about the way to develop a truly heartfelt, but genuinely Buddhist devotion, and how to relate to the Buddha in one's heart?" Personal reflections, emotions, commitment, loyalty, aliveness, concepts, meditation tools, open-hearted state, nourishment, lifestyle guru, rehydrate, awareness, candle, incense, Refuges, determinations, gratitude, avoiding negative emotions, terrifying movies, joy, happiness, caring, painting, rust, habits, losing ourselves, news items, despair, emotional repertoire, capacious, intelligence, neurosis, fear, reclaiming native sensitivity, solitary practice, Dedication of Punnya, intentional wishing, psalms, theism, anthropomorphism, external authority, trust, freedom.

Q: What Is sangha When We Are Alone?

(approx. 13 minutes) Keywords: Companions, community, conventional emotional needs, kalyanamitta, spiritual friends, mistranslations, Three Refuges, Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, irreversible transformation, unshakeably established, arahant, ariya Sangha, symbolic sangha, foundations, The Discourse on the Greatest Blessings, Mahamangala Sutta, drug dealers, abattoir workers, internet, honouring, bowing, living in suitable places, accumulated punnya, building up a storehouse of wholesomeness, potential, rightly aligned, laws, gravity, loneliness, narrow doorway, contented aloneness.