Malti
Malti

The positive precepts in Malti

By Viryabodhi on Mon, 28 Aug, 2023 - 15:31

These are the positive precepts used in Malta and Malti.

See Malta Buddhist Centre on Facebook for more information on activities.

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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

A Renovating Virtue – Hartley Woolf and His Alfoxton Film

By Candradasa on Fri, 18 Aug, 2023 - 22:13

Alfoxton House in Somerset, England has a long and rich history stretching back over 1000 years. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is where the young William Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy and their great friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge helped birth the radical new Romantic movement during a magical year there in 1797.

In June 2020, a new Triratna Buddhist community received the keys to this astonishing property set within 52 acres of...
Maori
Maori

Alisha's pepeha

By Viryabodhi on Thu, 17 Aug, 2023 - 07:58

Here is a ‘pepeha’ by Alisha (Phoenix-Lee) Bradcock – putting Alisha’s practice into context.

In time there will be more explanation.

with metta, Viryabodhi 

Triratna Pepeha

1. Ko Himalaya nga Maunga
My mountain is Himalaya
(direct translation: Himalaya is the mountain)

2. Ko Niranjana te Awa
My river is Niranjana

3. Ko Bodhi te Rākau
My tree is the Bhodi (tree)

4. Ko Dharma te Waka
My canoe (mode of transport) is the Dharma

5. Ko Gautama Buddha te Tīpuna
My founding ancestor is Gautama the Buddha

5.2 Ko Sangharakshita te Rangatira
...
Triratna Translations
Triratna Translations

Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part two

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 8 Aug, 2023 - 09:13
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This is the second article on translation within Triratna, by Viryabodhi, coordinator of the International Triratna Translations Board (ITTB), which goes more into specific challenges in translating the Dharma.

Here is a short url for this post: https://tinyurl.com/article-Part-2

I have been working on this for some time and hope you will enjoy reading it. If you have any questions or feedback you can write to me at: 
int.triratna.translations.board [at] gmail.com 

There is both a pdf and an ePub (if...

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Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part 2 – pdf695.16 KB
Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part 2 – ePub811.65 KB
Deuxieme article – les defis de la traduction du dharma – pdf723.33 KB
Deuxieme article – les defis de la traduction du dharma – ePub812.1 KB
Desafíos de Traducir el Dharma – parte 2 – pdf715.31 KB
Desafíos de Traducir el Dharma – parte 2 – ePub809.09 KB
Utmaningar i att översätta Dharma – artikeln del 2 – pdf707.36 KB
Utmaningar i att översätta Dharma – artikeln del 2 – ePub811.65 KB
Uitdagingen van vertalen de Dharma (Nederlands) – deel 2 – pdf697.39 KB
Uitdagingen van vertalen de Dharma (Nederlands) – deel 2 – ePub690.83 KB
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Mindfulness and Imagination

By Centre Team on Sat, 5 Aug, 2023 - 15:15

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, we would see the world as it really is – infinite.” William Blake

If you enjoy this conversation, come explore the theme online on our Home Retreat with Vishvapani and Vidyamala! Join Entering the Mandala: Mindfulness and Imagination, September 1-7

This week we’re opening portals to awareness and the wonders that can arise when we really start to pay attention to everything that’s going on in the world around us. What would it be like...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Buddhism and AI

By Centre Team on Fri, 21 Jul, 2023 - 21:44

What do Buddhists make of AI? And what does it all mean for our ideas of human consciousness? Check out our round table conversation about all things ChatGPT and beyond!

We’re coursing this week in the heady, fascinating realm of generative and assistive AI, already seemingly omnipresent in our lives via undeniably productive next gen software tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. How do our not-computer-generated guests from different walks of Buddhist life engage with this rapidly evolving area of...