Here’s a space for anyone to contribute and comment on anything to do with the Buddha - especially if you were taking part in the just-finished 2012 International Retreat! How do YOU imagine him - let us know! It’s an opportunity for all of us to celebrate both Enlightenment and our own imaginative creativity!
Pictures, videos, thoughtful blogs, wee audio pieces - all welcome! Just click the ‘latest’ menu above to see what’s...
From Triratna International Gathering 2017 - What The World Needs Now on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 15:16A jewel of a talk from Dhammadinna on how to cultivate a practice of reflection on the qualities of the Buddha that is relevant to your life experience, and your own culture. Taking as her theme, ‘Re-imagining the Buddha’, she opens up several key areas for us to contemplate - not least the practice of ‘waiting’ to let the images come to us.
This talk closes with a marvellous evocation of ‘felt presence’ (so key to any...
From Triratna International Gathering 2017 - What The World Needs Now on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 16:18In this talk given to the Triratna Buddhist Order International Convention, 2011, Vishvapani explores and re-imagines the life and teachings of the Buddha as they have come to us through stories about him and the ancient texts that enshrine his teaching.
Tue, 5 Jun, 2012 - 16:51Here’s a link to the Pali Buddha Puja sung by Joe on the last day of the Retreat, with a transcript of the words and their translation below…
The evening after the retreat ended, just the team left on site gathered for a quiet evening of meditation and chanting: a quietly perfect way to round off the International Retreat – some exquisite chanting of the sublime Karaniya Metta Sutta, which outlines the basis of the Buddhist practice of ‘friendship of the lovely’, ‘friendship of the beautiful’.
