A talk given on Parinirvana Day, 14 February 2016 at the Manchester Buddhist Centre.
Karunavajra describes his experience of being diagnosed with cancer and the opportunties it gave him to practice.
The following men were publicly ordained at Bhaja, India, on 24th January 2016, bringing the total number of living Order members worldwide to 2,000. Around 1,000 people attended the ceremony.
The public preceptors were Amoghasiddhi, Amritdip, Yashosagar, Subhuti and Sona but we do not have the details of which men were ordained by Amoghasiddhi, Amritdip and Yashosagar.
Shamsundar D. Jondhale becomes Chandragarbha Meaning of name: Cool like the interior of the moon Private preceptor: Chandrabodhi
Manik D. Akhade becomes Kalyanaratna Private preceptor: Jnanadhvaja
Yashvant Shripati Gholap becomes Samantratna Meaning of name: A complete...
We are planning to create a cookbook called something like “The Aryaloka Buddhist Center Cookbook.” What we hope to do is to publish a collection of everyone’s favorite recipes plus essays about mindful eating, making healthy vegetarian/vegan dishes, etc. We hope to be able to create a quality product that will be low enough in cost to be a fundraiser, as well as something that could find a larger market in area bookstores (and beyond, maybe).
*UPDATE*: Mokshapriya indicates that an answer by the 21st would be feasible if Valentines day is too soon for you to make plans! :)
Young Buddhists actively involved with your Centres, are you interested in a trip to India with other international young Buddhists?
On 14th October 2016 Buddhist India will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism and the immediate conversions of hundreds of thousands of his followers. The greatest of those celebrations will be held at...
The Solitude of Small Doors, Ananda (Stephen Parr)
Wolf at the Door, Bristol 2015, £11.52, pb, 250 pp
(To order go to Lulu.com and search for Stephen Parr
Reviewed by Ratnagarbha
Ananda’s major new collection, The Solitude of Small Doors has a distilled reflectiveness about it. We get the feeling that this is the fruit of a lifetime of reflection, observation and wrangling with the intractibles of this precious, confusing all to brief event we call human life. But human life, in Ananda’s universe, is always reflected and refracted through...
On Tuesday 23rd February, Nandavajra, an ordained member of the Triratna Buddhist order, is visiting Reading. He has kindly offered to join our regular Tuesday night meeting to give us his views on Mindfulness meditation practice.
It would be wonderful if you could join us to meet Nandavajra. Cake will be available!
We meet at the usual time of 7.30pm at the Quakers’ Friends Meeting House, 2 Church Street,...
