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Daily quote from 'The Survey': transcending opposites

From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 19 Apr, 2017 - 22:00

Daily quote from 'The Survey': transcending opposites

From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 19 Apr, 2017 - 22:00

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘The Survey of Buddhism’, here is today’s quote:

At every stage of the spiritual life we are faced by the necessity of making a choice between either of two opposites, on the one hand, and the mean which reconciles the opposition by transcending it, on the other’.  Ch1.16

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Are you ready for BAM?

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 19 Apr, 2017 - 21:09

Are you ready for BAM?

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 19 Apr, 2017 - 21:09

  In the middle of BAM Elton John is playing a concert at Portman Road, which is 300 metres from the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. I hope his business people will be OK that I’ve put new words to one of his songs, usually rendered as “Are You Ready for Love?”. The chorus works well, but I’ve only managed one verse and even that is work in progress, so all suggestions for further development are welcome.

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Daily quote from 'The Survey': simply for its own irresistible sake

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 19:34

Daily quote from 'The Survey': simply for its own irresistible sake

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 19:34

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘The Survey of Buddhism’, here is today’s quote:

Not for our own sake, not even for the sake of others, should we seek to attain the Divine, but simply and solely for its own irresistible sake. Ch1.15

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Forthcoming ordinations in Mexico

From Order Connection on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 17:29

Forthcoming ordinations in Mexico

From Order Connection on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 17:29

Dear Order Members,

We are delighted to inform you that the following women will be ordained here in Mexico. The private ordinations will take place in Chintamani retreat centre through the day on Wednesday 19th April. The public ceremony will take place at the México City Buddhist Centre on Sunday 23rd April at 2.00pm local time (GMT- 5). 

Nos alegramos informarles que las siguientes mujeres se van a ordenar aquí en México.  Las...
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What is mindfulness?

From Exeter Triratna Group on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 14:36

What is mindfulness?

From Exeter Triratna Group on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 14:36

Last week Vidyadasi led the class and explored what we mean by ‘Mindfulness’ - what qualities are we looking for? In addition to a guided practice and discussion there was time to reflect on some notes & points on the theme of mindfulness: 

Mindfulness is not the same as thinking about something.   It is more like ‘awareness’.

In mindfulness, we are just ‘being’, not ‘doing’.

These things are ‘doing’: planning, worrying, remembering, replaying, ruminating, comparing, going over, wondering, imagining.

Turn off the autopilot.

‘Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying...
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Anapanasati Retreat - Padmaloka 2017

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 18 Apr, 2017 - 01:00
The Anapanasati meditation practice and Four Foundations of Mindfulness are woven into a system of practice which when developed and cultivated is of great fruit and great benefit. Based on the Buddha's principal discourse on the subject found in the Anapanasati sutta of the Pali Canon, we explore our human experience rooted in the six senses; from the perspective of body, feeling and mind in the context of mindfulness with breathing. This series of talks was given by Guhyavajra during the 2017 Anapanasati meditation retreat at Padmaloka.
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Daily quote from 'The Survey': cessation is not the last word

From Tiratanaloka on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 19:48

Daily quote from 'The Survey': cessation is not the last word

From Tiratanaloka on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 19:48

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘The Survey of Buddhism’, here is today’s quote:

Cessation is, however, far from being the last word of Buddhism.  Though indicated mainly by negative expressions, Nirvāna, the goal of the disciple’s career, is not in itself a state of mere non-existence… What the disciple achieves with the breaking of the last link of the chain binding him to phenomenal existence can be described not only as the cessation of ignorance, but also, more positively, as

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Triratna50 in Bristol playlist

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 16:56

Triratna50 in Bristol playlist

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 16:56

Four short talks on Sangharakshita’s poem ‘The Four Gifts’ - plus general video of the day.

Four Gifts
I come to you with four gifts.
The first gift is a lotus-flower.
Do you understand?
My second gift is a golden net.
Can you recognize it?
My third gift is a shepherds’ round-dance.
Do your feet know how to dance?
My fourth gift is a garden planted in a wilderness.
Could you work there?
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Daily quote from 'The Survey': the secret of bondage is the secret of liberation

From Tiratanaloka on Sun, 16 Apr, 2017 - 19:22

Daily quote from 'The Survey': the secret of bondage is the secret of liberation

From Tiratanaloka on Sun, 16 Apr, 2017 - 19:22

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘The Survey of Buddhism’, here is today’s quote:

Far from being due to fate or chance or the fiat of the creator-god, human bondage to phenomenal existence is the product of human volitional action.. The secret of bondage is also the secret of liberation.  By exerting a force strong than that of hate, stronger than desire, stronger even than ignorance, the Wheel of Becoming can be made to revolve in the opposite direction… Ch1.13
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Gift of Shepherds' Round-Dance

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sun, 16 Apr, 2017 - 01:00
The third of a symposium of talks on Sangharakshita's poem The Four Gifts,for a celebration of the Triratna Buddhist Community's 50th anniversary, at Bristol Buddhist Centre, April 2017. I come to you with four gifts. The first gift is a lotus-flower. Do you understand? My second gift is a golden net. Can you recognize it? My third gift is a shepherds’ round-dance. Do your feet know how to dance?
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