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📘 Just Released: Reimagining Buddhism by Vishvapani

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 13 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

📘 Just Released: Reimagining Buddhism by Vishvapani

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 13 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

We’re delighted to announce the publication of Reimagining Buddhism: Understanding Sangharakshita and this Teachings, a timely new book by Vishvapani. The book’s release coincides with the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Sangharakshita (born 26 August 1925), founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community and Order.

Reimagining Buddhism is an in-depth exploration of Sangharakshita (1925-2018), a significant figure in modern Buddhism who played a crucial role in bringing Buddhism to the West and reviving it in India.

The book provides a comprehensive account of his understanding of...

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Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- August

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 1 Aug, 2025 - 00:15

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- August

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 1 Aug, 2025 - 00:15

This month’s letter comes from Ratnavyuha, one of the Deputy Chair’s of the College: After making initial contact at Aryaloka Retreat Centre (USA) in 1992, Ratnavyuha moved to the UK in 1996 to join Windhorse Trading and train for ordination. After spending some years in the midst of central Triratna institutions he then moved to the Sydney Buddhist Centre in 2004 and, seven years later, to the Auckland Buddhist Centre, contributing over this time to city centre and retreat...

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108 hours of circumambulation

From Adhisthana on Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 - 15:14

108 hours of circumambulation

From Adhisthana on Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 - 15:14

Tune into our 108 hours of continual circumambulation around Sangharakshita’s burial mound. Our third year in a row, there is someone walking around constantly for the next few days.

Sudaka

Suryavana in Summer

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sat, 26 Jul, 2025 - 11:59

Suryavana in Summer

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sat, 26 Jul, 2025 - 11:59

Verde que te quiero verde: Federico García Lorca

Romance sonámbulo

A Gloria Giner y Fernando de los Ríos

Verde que te quiero verde.

Verde viento. Verdes ramas.

El barco sobre la mar

y el caballo en la montaña.

Con la sombra en la cintura

ella sueña en su...

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Help support Buddhist filmmaking

From Lights In The Sky on Fri, 25 Jul, 2025 - 18:02

Help support Buddhist filmmaking

From Lights In The Sky on Fri, 25 Jul, 2025 - 18:02

Watch Suryaprabha’s films to mark Sangharakshita’s centenary

Watch all of Suryaprabha’s work at Lights in the Sky and support independent Buddhist film making

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New Podcast Episode - Train Your Mind: Lojong and the Art of Wise Compassion

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 12:11

New Podcast Episode - Train Your Mind: Lojong and the Art of Wise Compassion

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 12:11

What if your struggles could become tools for awakening? What if a few short slogans could reshape how you meet life’s challenges?

In this episode, Dhammamegha speaks with Dhirananda and Viryabodhi, authors of Train Your Mind: Tibetan Exercises in Wisdom and Compassion — a fresh, practical guide to the ancient Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong. Together, they explore how mind-training slogans like “Don’t expect applause”, “At this crucial time, practise the essentials”, and “Blame it all on the one culprit” offer pithy,...

Suddhayu

The Wheel of Life | A User’s Manual for Samsara

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 15 Jul, 2025 - 16:57

The Wheel of Life | A User’s Manual for Samsara

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 15 Jul, 2025 - 16:57

In our Sunday sessions this summer, we will explore some core ideas about the difficulties of the human situation and the possibilities that the Dharma (the teaching of the Buddha) presents for us as we try to navigate it. The Bhavachakra or Wheel of Life is both a teaching tool and a mirror. It vividly illustrates the workings of the Buddha’s insight into conditionality and karma. When we look into the Wheel, we see ourselves: our pleasure, our pain, our...

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Padmasambhava Invocation by Mangala

From Lights In The Sky on Wed, 9 Jul, 2025 - 20:30

Padmasambhava Invocation by Mangala

From Lights In The Sky on Wed, 9 Jul, 2025 - 20:30

Wanstead, London 5 July 2025

Hi Suryaprabha - many thanks indeed. The filming and recording is excellent - far far better than I imagined it would be. My invocation is actually quite good, isn’t it ?!! I should share it, but don’t know how to do it, unless you mean to individuals on whatsapp ? Also, I think calling it an Invocation is exactly right - I wasn’t sure what to call it before. Many thanks again - can’t believe you did this on...

Munisha

Videos from the EBU 50th anniversary conference 2025

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Sat, 5 Jul, 2025 - 11:46

Videos from the EBU 50th anniversary conference 2025

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Sat, 5 Jul, 2025 - 11:46

Now available, videos from the European Buddhist Union’s 50th anniversary conference - “Buddhism 2075 - Shaping the ideas of the identity of European Buddhism” - held in Vienna in April this year.

All recordings are here on the EBU website.

But to pick out two, here you can see the short trailer.

And here you can see the third panel discussion, including Stephen Batchelor and moderated by me, Munisha, Triratna’s Liaison officer. (I’m an EBU council member and...

Suddhayu

Transforming Kindness

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 18:39

Transforming Kindness

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 18:39

Three Sundays: September 28, October 26, November 23
12:30 - 3pm, in-person only, at Gateway Taiji

The Dalai Lama has famously said, “my religion is kindness.” The Buddha said, “I teach suffering and the cessation of suffering.” In our fall women’s practice days, we will explore the connections between these two pithy summations of the Buddhist path and what they can bring to our own lives. To frame and structure our three sessions, we will use a classic teaching on kindness,...

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