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Dharmachakra

The Rise of the Asuras and the Sword of Wisdom

NOV 29, 202546 MIN
Free Buddhist Audio

The Rise of the Asuras and the Sword of Wisdom

NOV 29, 202546 MIN

Description

Vajragupta offers a Buddhist reflection on the social and political times we are living through. The talk takes the myth of the asuras (the Titan realm on the Wheel of Life) as a way of seeing and understanding the kind of world we are creating. In that myth, the Buddha appears in the realm of the asuras holding a sword. What does that symbolise? Vajragupta suggests it can be seen as a sword of fearlessness, a sword of truth and wisdom, a sword of justice, and the sword of the archetypal "king". This talk was given at Cardiff Buddhist Centre, 2022.

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