{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Padmavajra and Aloka - A Nucleus of a New Society","description":"Over the last 19 years, Aloka has painted the images that adorn the shrine room at Padmaloka Retreat Centre. Padmavajra recently interviewed him about how his art arises from his practice, from the Dharma. He begins by describing how you only need a clear blue sky with an enormous rainbow-colored question mark in it. Much like meditation, creating Buddhist iconography articulates \u2018internal space,\u2019 making it more explicit so that we can relate to it.  Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2026, as part of the series Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow - Fifty years on.&amp;nbsp; More on Aloka\u2019s artwork:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/alokaartist.com\/ *** Help us keep&amp;nbsp;FBA&amp;nbsp;Podcasts free for everyone! Donate&amp;nbsp;now Subscribe to the FBA podcast:&amp;nbsp;A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. Apple Podcasts&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Spotify&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;YouTube ","author_name":"Free Buddhist Audio","author_url":"https:\/\/freebuddhistaudio.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42841405\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206108470"}