In this last talk of a series of three, given during a 4 days seminar at Padmaloka in May 2015, Ratnaguna unfolds and explores some of the aspects of the Sutra on the visualisation of Buddha Amitayus.
Many thanks to Aryavasin for his translations of many basic Triratna texts into Albanian. You’ll find them on his dedicated website: https://budizmishqip.online/rituali/
This paper summarises some reflections and concerns I have about the rise of DP-practice (Direct Pointing) in the Order.
I discuss the many links DP-practitioners have with the Advaita community, and contextualise this interest in Advaita in terms of a dualistic swing away from Bhavana in the Order. I also question the nature of the outcomes of DP-practice.
In Bristol, Shraddhalocani will be celebrating her birthday this coming weekend. She writes “Dear to my heart is the celebration of Bhante’s 90th birthday next month, and the birthday present he has requested”. Instead of a personal gift she has asked her friends to make a donation towards Bhante’s birthday present. She continues “This gift would give me immense pleasure, as I wrote in Bhante’s birthday card ‘My life would be immensely impoverished without your generosity’, and without his generosity...
Fresh from a 3 month retreat in the Spainish mountains, during which Satyapurna was ordainied into the Triratna Buddhist Order, hear her personal reflections on going forth and initiation into a new life.
Fresh from a 3 month retreat in the Spainish mountains, during which Bodhipakshini was ordainied into the Triratna Buddhist Order, hear her personal reflections on going forth and initiation into a new life.
Details for the funeral arrangements of Dharmacarini Amarasraddha are as follows.
The ceremony before the cremation will take place Wednesday 22nd of Juli at 14.30 in the assembly hall of the crematorium Moscowa, Waterbergseweg 18, Arnhem.
After the ceremony there will be an opportunity to meet in the restaurant Trix the Menthenberg, Schelmseweg 1a, Arnhem, which is in the vicinity of Moscowa.
