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IMPORTANT message for your web teams

From Triratna Resources on Sat, 21 Dec, 2013 - 21:20

IMPORTANT message for your web teams

From Triratna Resources on Sat, 21 Dec, 2013 - 21:20

Moving day for your space online:
Triratna server changeover coming soon

Hello all!
This is just a quick note to inform you that, if you have any websites and email systems hosted on the Triratna server, in the next few weeks the talented folks at Metta Engine will be moving them to their new home on a better, more powerful server.

Your online resources should be moved over “as-is” and function...

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Was the first western Buddhist monk an Irishman?

From Triratna News on Thu, 19 Dec, 2013 - 15:05

Was the first western Buddhist monk an Irishman?

From Triratna News on Thu, 19 Dec, 2013 - 15:05An interesting piece of Triratna-originated research recently appeared on the BBC website.

Dublin mitra and academic Dr Laurence Cox is researching the life of the Irishman Dhammaloka (Laurence Carroll) who, he believes, has a strong claim to be the first Westerner to be ordained a Buddhist monk, preceding the ordination of Ananda Metteya by a few years.

Read the BBC article.
Find out more about the Dhammaloka Project.
See Dr...
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Wisdom Seminar Week 5 - the Wheel and the Spiral

From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 18 Dec, 2013 - 00:00
Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class Mon 16th Dec 2103 - based upon the book Living Wisely by Sangharakshita
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Munisha

Vimalasara talks to TEDx about her "stinking thinking"

From Triratna News on Thu, 12 Dec, 2013 - 07:18

Vimalasara talks to TEDx about her "stinking thinking"

From Triratna News on Thu, 12 Dec, 2013 - 07:18Triratna’s Vimalasara (Dr Valerie Mason-John) talks about her recent talk to a local TEDx conference in Vancouver, Canada. (TED stands for Technology, Education and Design and is dedicated to the promotion of “ideas worth spreading” via its now world-renowned conferences featuring short talks by gifted, expert speakers.)

“I was between retreats and out of the blue an email came inviting me to give a local, TEDx, talk. I was curious; my partner eats, breathes and sleeps...
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Munisha

Karuna, Stockholm and a very "Big Give"

From Triratna News on Wed, 11 Dec, 2013 - 17:45

Karuna, Stockholm and a very "Big Give"

From Triratna News on Wed, 11 Dec, 2013 - 17:45Karuna Trust announces the result of their participation in the UK’s The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2013, in which teams of philanthropists have donated £10 million in matched funding for a variety of good causes.

Karuna intially set themselves a fundraising target of £28,000, then increased this to £33,000, which they easily exceeded. First they raised £28,200 from their own donors (including a whopping £4000 donation from just one of Triratna’s smaller sanghas: sadhu Stockholm!) Then...
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Wisdom Seminar Week 4 - Images of Emptiness

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 10 Dec, 2013 - 00:00
Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class Mon 9th Dec 2013 - based upon the book Living Wisely by Sangharakshita
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The Qualities of Amitabha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 9 Dec, 2013 - 22:15
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte “The Qualities of Amitabha“ Sangharakshita gives voice to the poetic Buddhist scripture The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha.
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Two ‘Carbon Sadhanas’

From Glastonbury Buddhist Group on Mon, 9 Dec, 2013 - 20:25
These are two ‘Carbon Sadhanas’ (meditation visualisations) I wrote a couple of years ago, around the time of the first Order Convention at Bodh Gaya in India, in fact. I hope they might help Buddhists connect a bit more imaginatively with the consequences of their actions if they choose to drive or fly. As Bhante says, “The central problem of the spiritual life - for most people at least – is to find emotional equivalents for their intellectual understanding”. So...
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Carbon Sadhana I - Flying230.98 KB
Carbon Sadhana II - Driving183.27 KB
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Maitreyasagar

MAHAPARINIRWAN DIN AT S/W CENTRE NAGPUR

From TRIRATNA BOUDDHA MAHASANGA (SOUTH/WEST) NAGPUR on Sat, 7 Dec, 2013 - 10:37

MAHAPARINIRWAN DIN AT S/W CENTRE NAGPUR

From TRIRATNA BOUDDHA MAHASANGA (SOUTH/WEST) NAGPUR on Sat, 7 Dec, 2013 - 10:37

JAIBHIM FRIENDS I AM VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT S/W CENTRE CELABRATE SMRUTI SANDHYA ON 5TH DECE . DH. AMRUTSIDDHI DELIVERED NICE TALK. ON SAME DAY OUR LIBRARY.. TRIRATNA SARWAJANIK WACHANALAYA COMPLITED 2 YEARS SUCCESFULLY. BEFORE 2 YEARS DH. SUBHUTI WAS ...

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