Croydon has been home to FWBO or Triratna Buddhist communities and centres since 1968. Many early talks by well known speakers were recorded, both at Aryatara, since 1979, and at the new Croydon Centre from 1981. These are now being transferred from their crumbling cassettes to digital format, as part of the Croydon Digital Archive Project, and are being made available to everyone.
In this talk from 1995, Ratnaghosha explores the speech precepts and links them to the sangharavastus as a way of building a strong and supportive sangha. He challenges us to change our habitual ways of speaking and illustrates his ideas with quotes from Imam al-Ghazali
and Wordsworth.
The tape quality is good, but there are a couple of blips towards the end of the recording.
This lively and spontaneous talk by Aryashila is the first in a new series of talks exploring the Ten Precepts. Aryashila introduces the Precepts and gives a personal overview of how ethics is part of our everyday lives, with particular reference to the current movement of refugees from war zones throughout the world.
This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in September 2015 as part of the regular Saturday Sangha Morning class.
The official Triratna launch is Saturday 26th September.
The Shrewsbury sangha has met for many years in rented premises, but it’s a great step forward to have its own centre. Mitra Annette Clarke explains how to make one yourself.
Ingredients for cooking your own Buddhist Centre • Curiosity, love, hopefulness, vision, clarity, determination, generosity, kindness, community spirit, effort • 14 years of stirring… thoughts, maturing hopefulness, wonderings and debate • ...
For the final instalment of the summer seminar Maitreyabandhu plunges further into the importance of imagining a new kind of consciousness but drawing out the otherness of such an experience.
11:00 Doors open
11:15 Meditation and Chanting
12:30 Lunch to share
14:00 Time with our presidents, Vishvapani and Kulamitra: farewells and hellos
14:45 Padmasambhava slide show with Kulamitra
15:45 Tea...
From 27th to 30th Aug 2015 Order Weekend at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center. Subject for Order Weekend was going Deeper in Dhamma Practice. In weekend Dh. Yashosagar talk on Going Deeper in Dhamma Practice by means of Mind Watching. Dh. Jnandhavaj talk on Going Deeper in Dhamma Practice by means of Kalyana Mitrata and Dh. Karmavajra talk on Going Deeper in Dhamma Practice by menas of Work for Order.
Around 60 order members from various center attended it. Among them 15 were Dhammacharini. It...
