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Espace Sangha de Paris
Espace Sangha de Paris

Le goût de la liberté

Posted by Ujumani to Espace Sangha de Paris on Thu, 14 Jun, 2018 - 20:48

Hier soir, à la soirée Sangha, nous avons étudié les trois premières des dix entraves qui nous lient à l’existence mondaine, au samsara. Ce sont l’entrave de l’existence du soi, l’entrave de l’attachement aux observances religieuses (rites et rituels) comme à des fins en elles-mêmes, et l’entrave du doute et de l’indécision.

Sangharakshita, dans un texte intitulé Le goût de la liberté, décrit ces entraves d’une façon très utile : il en parle en termes d’habitude, de superficialité et d’imprécision.

Je vous joins ce texte,...

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Buddhist Action Month 2018
Buddhist Action Month 2018

BAM at the MId Essex Buddhist Centre

Posted by Davidrey to Buddhist Action Month 2018 on Sun, 10 Jun, 2018 - 21:33

Dear Friends,

Please have a look at our BAM 2018 Newsletter. This year we are raising funds for the Homeless and the Refugees. We will be taking donations to the refugees in Northen France later on this summer.

Please support us by sharing this newsletter and please share our fundraiser page

Thank you

With Metta to you all...

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Raising funds for the Homeless and the Refugees3.08 MB
what_are_you_doing_for_bam.jpg1.71 MB
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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Buddha Day Offerings From The Goddess of the Spring

Posted by Candradasa to Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 2 Jun, 2018 - 08:10

To mark the great festival of Buddha Day (Wesak), when we celebrate the Enlightenment and its opening up of the path that leads to the end of suffering, here’s a wonderful mythologically minded conversation with Sthanashraddha, self-confessed ritualist and all-round lover of beauty and of the Dharma as an aesthetic choice in itself.

Sthanashraddha’s considerable elegance of being and of mind comes through beautifully as we hear his magical tale of a dawn adventure to meet the goddess of the Malvern springs...
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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices
Fifty Years, Fifty Voices

50 Years, 50 Voices: Vessantara

Posted by Satyalila to Fifty Years, Fifty Voices on Thu, 31 May, 2018 - 15:00

…there was something which came through Bhante which really was full of Dharma qualities, and that’s what started Triratna…

 Vessantara’s Annals
In 1968 I’m 18, and spend eight months working in clerical jobs, earning money before going to Cambridge University to study English. I’ve adopted a hippie view of the world and spend hours in my friend Les Doyle’s attic bedroom, which is painted black and decorated with silver foil, listening to early Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. I’m reading about eastern religions,...
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Buddhist Action Month 2018
Buddhist Action Month 2018

BAM Handbooks - ideas and inspiration for June!

Posted by mokshini to Buddhist Action Month 2018 on Sun, 27 May, 2018 - 15:46

I’ve attached the Triratna version of the Buddhist Action Month Handbook which  I compiled in 2016 and is full of suggestions and ideas for Buddhist action ranging from litter picks over guerrilla gardening to a commitment to a month of ‘five minute interventions’. 

It also contains an Event Planning Guide, a template for an Energy Audit for your Buddhist Centre, supporting info on how to become a Sustainable Buddhist Centre and other helpful ideas. 

In addition and more up to date in terms of...

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buddhist_action_month_2016_handbook_final.pdf11.83 MB
2018_bam_handbook_nbo_version_.docx1.04 MB
bam_2017_handbook_nbo_version_.pdf7.29 MB
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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices
Fifty Years, Fifty Voices

50 Years, 50 Voices: Karunadevi

Posted by Candradasa to Fifty Years, Fifty Voices on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 15:00

…these issues that were very controversial, they didn’t make me want to run away. But they did make me wonder whether I could be a part of the Order.

Karunadevi’s Annals
In 1968 I had recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Iowa with my husband. I was 24 years old, had graduated from Iowa State University in ’66 and was teaching 4th grade. California was a very different culture, especially around San Francisco, and I felt both overwhelmed and enthralled...
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Triratna News
Triratna News

Triratna Safeguarding policies and Ethical guidelines 2018

Posted by Munisha to Triratna News on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 14:56

Continuing work begun in 2013, Triratna’s Ethics kula and Safeguarding team present the 2018 updated model Ethical guidelines and model policies for Safeguarding children and adults in Triratna.

The Ethical guidelines are an internal statement of our values, complementing our model Safeguarding documents, which follow national requirements of charities in England and Wales.

These documents are made available to every Triratna Centre and Group, to use as the basis for their own documents.

Further documents are in development, concerning, for example: disability; bullying and harassment; the Safeguarding of...

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Triratna Model Child protection policy 201894.05 KB
Triratna Model Child protection code of conduct 201855.55 KB
Triratna Model Safeguarding adults policy 2018116.02 KB
Triratna Model ethical guidelines 201881.12 KB
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