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Philosopher Strikes Gold

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 15 Oct, 2018 - 13:19

Philosopher Strikes Gold

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 15 Oct, 2018 - 13:19

Another review – this time by myself (Dhīvan) on an excellent new history of Buddhist philosophy in India:

The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

by Jan Westerhoff

Oxford University Press, 2018, 326pp £30 hb

review by Dhīvan

In a customary gesture in books like this one, [1] Jan Westerhoff asks in his introduction what the purpose might be in his writing another history of Buddhist philosophy, given that those already available were written by such eminent scholars. In this case, the eminent scholars are Volker Zotz (writing in...

tejadhamma

Welcome Programme organized for New Order Members

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Sun, 14 Oct, 2018 - 07:40

Welcome Programme organized for New Order Members

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Sun, 14 Oct, 2018 - 07:40

We have arranged a programme to welcome the new order who ordained on 14 Oct. 2018 at Sangharakhita Meditation and Retreat Center , Nanded.

This welcome programmes details are as under :

Welcome Program of Newly Ordained Order Members

Place :

Triratna Bouddha Mahasangha

C/o : Anagarika Dhammapal Buddhavihar,

...

Dhivan

Weighing the Evidence

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 12 Oct, 2018 - 10:55

Weighing the Evidence

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 12 Oct, 2018 - 10:55

We present a review by Nāgapriya of Anālayo’s recent study of the Buddhist teaching of rebirth and what evidence there might be for the truth of it:

Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research

by Bhikkhu Analayo

Wisdom Publications, Somerville MA, 279pp. hb. £22.50

review by Nāgapriya

Bhikkhu Anālayo has garnered a distinguished reputation as an authoritative scholar of the Pali Canon and early Buddhism. His mastery not only of Pāli sources but also of parallels in Chinese translation has enabled him to produce a growing corpus of...

Dhammalata

Befriending your Demons

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 9 Oct, 2018 - 11:34

Befriending your Demons

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 9 Oct, 2018 - 11:34

Befriending Our Demons

One of our senior order members named Purna has agreed to come over to Coogee to give a talk on the evening of Friday October 19th.

BYO Vego dinner 7.30 pm and then talk to follow

He’s going to base it on the story of Padmasambhava taming the demons of Tibet in order to build Samye Monastery - no doubt there’ll be a parallel to the way we can befriend and transform...

Ratnaprabha

Needing Nothing

From North London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 15:57

In the first of a series of three podcasts entitled The World is Burning, Ratnaprabha explains why craving is such a fundamental issue for Buddhists, how it relates to both desire and clinging, why it causes us problems, and how to deal with it.

tejadhamma

Hindi talk by Pragyasakhi in order day at Nagpur

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 12:07

Hindi talk by Pragyasakhi in order day at Nagpur

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 12:07

Each First Sunday of the month, all Order Members of Nagpur get together in Order Day. In chapter convener’s meeting at Nagpur, the series of talks have been organised by various local order members which are started by Dhammacharini Pragyasakhi , on - Practise of Awareness and transformation of our conscious.

All the praticipated Order Members enjoyed the talk. Sugatadharini was the master of ceremony, Puja led by Aryaketu and Tejadhamma led Hridayasutta and Padmasambhava chanting.

Suryaprabha

Great Ocean

From Lights In The Sky on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 23:33

‘Suryaprabha’s subtle visual means of conveying his message is an important contribution to the arts in [Triratna].’

Friendship is the lifeblood of our movement and Sangharakshita’s example is its source. But there is no real record of his friendships, and as time passes chances to create it diminish. What is needed is a film about Bhante and friendship.

‘I am grateful for your very skilled, beautiful hard work. Yes, your videos are very important to me, to us all - important even in ways...

File Name	Size
Sangharakshita and Friendship Images	6.06 MB

The Abhayaratna...

Big 10:10 Fundraising Concert

From Abhayaratna Trust on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 16:42

Big 10:10 Fundraising Concert

From Abhayaratna Trust on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 16:42

We’re celebrating 10 years of supporting the Triratna Buddhist Order, and you are invited.

Abhayaratna Trust is hosting a concert this month to celebrate all that we have achieved in 10 years of financially supporting Triratna Order members. We are raising £10,000 in our 10th year so we can continue to make modest grants to more than 100 Triratna Order members annually worldwide - many of whom have dedicated their lives to teaching Dharma and creating Sangha.

Be entertained by some of the finest classical...

Candradasa

The Five Things That Make Us Up: A Buddhist View of Being and Experience

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:36

The Five Things That Make Us Up: A Buddhist View of Being and Experience

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:36

Sundays 9.30am-12pm, October 7- November 11

Here in Portsmouth we’re spending Fall and early Winter exploring Spiritual Receptivity as part of our year-long exploration of what it means to have a rounded approach to the Dharma – and how we might live more in alignment with it. It’s been sweet as an apple to sit each week with our experience, cooling off after the heat of summer. And now it’s time to start to mulch down with the many-colored leaves that have blown our...

Sadayasihi

Evolution of a Pacifist - Sean O'Casey and Buddhism

From Dublin Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:13

From the glorification of violent struggle in ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ through the rest of his Irish trilogy, Dublin playwright Sean O’Casey demonstrated the futility of violence to achieve political aims. Eventually in ‘The Silver Tassie’, set partially in the trenches of WW1, he espoused a pacifist message of the utter futility of war.

Maitrikaya explores how O’Casey believed in the solidarity of the entire human race over narrow national interests and how,...

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