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Lotus in Life

We created "Lotus in Life" because we wanted a conversational exploration of Buddhist concepts and relate it to daily life from two perspectives, one from youth and one from experience. These podcasts serve as our person

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  • 9. Lotus in Life: 9. Courageous Dialogue based on Prayer

    15:02||Ep. 9
    This video is the fourth of a four part series on Human Security. This video talks about meaningful struggle and how we can use it to unlock the unlimited power of our Buddhahood. It also talks about the importance of dialogue and connection in changing the world. This series aims to answer the question 'How can we be happy when others around the world are suffering'. 

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  • 8. Lotus in Life: 8. Challenging Inner Negativity and Creating a Victory of the Heart

    21:09||Ep. 8
    This video is the third of a four part series on Human Security. This video explores the meaning of 'Fundamental darkness' and ' Enlightenment' . It also talks about changing your heart to achieve happiness. This series aims to answer the question 'How can we be happy when others around the world are suffering'. 
  • 7. Lotus in Life: 7. Human Dignity and Human Revolution

    20:26||Ep. 7
    This video is the second of a four part series on Human Security. This video covers one of the most important part of the practice, the Human Revolution as well as exploring what human dignity is. This series aims to answer the question 'How can we be happpy when others around the world are suffering'. 
  • 6. Lotus in Life: 6. Human Security and Establishing Peace

    16:11||Ep. 6
    This video is the first of another four part series on Human Security. We chose this topic because I asked Sam ' How can we be happy when others around the world are suffering?' and this series explores the answer to that question. This video is about 'Human Security and Establishing Peace', where we explore what human security is and focuses on inner transformation to establish peace.
  • 5. Lotus in Life: 5. The Three Realms and Ichinen Sanzen

    20:48||Ep. 5
    In this episode we explore what the three realms are and how they relate to our daily life. This episode is the fourth of our four part series on Ichinen Sanzen. By multiplying the ten worlds, mutual possession of the ten worlds, the ten factors and the three realms, we get three thousand realms in a single life moment (Ichinen Sanzen), which is a fundamental concept that encapsulates all aspects of life and shows us that we can move between them and choose Buddhahood. 
  • 4. Lotus in Life: 4. The Ten Factors

    18:01||Ep. 4
    This episode is the third part of the four part series on Ichinen Sanzen. In this episode we explore what the ten factors are and how they relate to real life. We explore our inner tendencies and how we use our practice to face these challenges . 
  • 3. Lotus in Life : 3. Mutual Possession of the Ten Worlds

    15:59||Ep. 3
    This episode is the second part of the four part series on Ichinen Sanzen. In this episode we build on the knowledge of the ten worlds from the episode before. We explain how they are all linked which empowers individuals with the knowledge that they don't need to be trapped in any one world.