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47 Years of Friendship and Service: Saddhanandi Interviews Sona

From Adhisthana on Thu, 31 Oct, 2019 - 15:42

47 Years of Friendship and Service: Saddhanandi Interviews Sona

From Adhisthana on Thu, 31 Oct, 2019 - 15:42

On the 30th October 2019 there was a community practice day at Adhisthana to mark the first anniversary of the death of Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist community. Sangharakshita spent the last few years of his life at Adhisthana and is now buried there.

During that day Saddhanandi, the chair of Adhisthana, interviewed Sona about his relationship with Sangharakshita. Sona was ordained by Sangharakshita in 1974 and had a long-standing friendship with him.

Recorded at Adhisthana, 30th October 2019.
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Dharmabyte: The Lineage of Responsibility

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 31 Oct, 2019 - 13:00

Vidyatara was one of the forces behind the development of the Triratna International Council after its foundation in 2011. Here she talks about the structure of the International Council as a bottom-up organization upholding an aspect of the Lineage of Responsibility.

Excerpted from the talk Co-Creating Structures That Serve the Arising of the Bodhicitta given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Womens UK and Ireland Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana on February 28, 2014. The...
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Podcast - Working in an Online Team: A Buddhist Perspective

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 30 Oct, 2019 - 17:31

This podcast features the Dharmachakra team - who bring you The Buddhist Centre Online website and platform, Free Buddhist Audio, podcasts like this one, event coverage, technical support and more besides!

As part of an online practice week in August some of this team gathered to talk about the Dharma and how they practice it in the context of their lives - in particular, in a busy, online ‘team-based right livelihood’, working with other Buddhists, bringing...
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Maitridevi

Taraloka declares an ecological emergency

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 13:14
  • A Taraloka swallow. In 2019, no swallows bred at Taraloka, for the first time.

Taraloka declares an ecological emergency

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 13:14

In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated that without dramatic action we will not be able to limit global warming to a 1.5C increase. They state “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid and far-reaching changes… at an unprecedented scale.”

In 2019 the UN Biodiversity report estimated that around one million species “already face extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history.”

It is clear from these reports that planet Earth is at present under severe ecological threat....
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Centre Team

Podcast - Working in an Online Team: A Buddhist Perspective

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 30 Oct, 2019 - 17:31

This podcast features the Dharmachakra team - who bring you The Buddhist Centre Online website and platform, Free Buddhist Audio, podcasts like this one, event coverage, technical support and more besides!

As part of an online practice week in August some of this team gathered to talk about the Dharma and how they practice it in the context of their lives - in particular, in a busy, online ‘team-based right livelihood’, working with other Buddhists, bringing...
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The Buddha Here and Now

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Oct, 2019 - 00:00
Padmavajra evokes the spirit of Tantric Buddhism, which transforms the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha from abstract ideals into living qualities of our present experience. He explores the guru, the yidam and the dakini as Tantric embodiments of Enlightenment here and now, sharing stories from his own experience of practice. This sangha night theme explores the scary, exhilarating, radical and challenging nature of the Tantric Dharma. Over the course of these talks we will be forging a Western tantra to bring the vital spirit of Vajrayana teachings into our actual lives. Questions for reflection and discussion: How much are you giving yourself to Buddhist practice, prioritising ethics, meditation and study in your life? Are there people in your life who face you moments of 'stark confrontation with reality'? What are you prepared to give for Enlightenment? Recorded at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 29.10.19
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Free Buddhist Audio

The Buddha Here and Now

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Oct, 2019 - 00:00
Padmavajra evokes the spirit of Tantric Buddhism, which transforms the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha from abstract ideals into living qualities of our present experience. He explores the guru, the yidam and the dakini as Tantric embodiments of Enlightenment here and now, sharing stories from his own experience of practice. This sangha night theme explores the scary, exhilarating, radical and challenging nature of the Tantric Dharma. Over the course of these talks we will be forging a Western tantra to bring the vital spirit of Vajrayana teachings into our actual lives. Questions for reflection and discussion: How much are you giving yourself to Buddhist practice, prioritising ethics, meditation and study in your life? Are there people in your life who face you moments of 'stark confrontation with reality'? What are you prepared to give for Enlightenment? Recorded at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 29.10.19
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Death of Karunashanti

From Order Connection on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 10:15

Death of Karunashanti

From Order Connection on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 10:15

Dear Order members,

I am sad to inform you that Karunashanti died on 28th October at about 3.15am. He died peacefully at Enso House, the Zen hospice on Whidby Island (Seattle, USA) where he had been for two weeks. He was 75 years old.

He started coming to classes at the Seattle Buddhist Center in 1995 and practiced and later taught there for the rest of his life. He was ordained in May...
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What Is Sangha and Kalyana Mitrata?

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 00:00
The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala - Week 5 How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Join Jnanavaca and Subhadramati for a five-week drop-in seminar on Dharma Night exploring this vital aspect of Bhante Sangharakshita’s presentation of the Buddha’s teaching.
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Free Buddhist Audio

What Is Sangha and Kalyana Mitrata?

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 29 Oct, 2019 - 00:00
The Bi-Tendential Value of Being & The Greater Mandala - Week 5 How do we go beyond the duality of subject and object, self and other, to experience the true nature of reality? Join Jnanavaca and Subhadramati for a five-week drop-in seminar on Dharma Night exploring this vital aspect of Bhante Sangharakshita’s presentation of the Buddha’s teaching.
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