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Focus on India - Introducing Amrutdeep

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 7 Dec, 2015 - 13:58

Focus on India - Introducing Amrutdeep

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 7 Dec, 2015 - 13:58

In one of a number of videos taken on the recent College meeting (November 2015), Amrutdeep, from Pune and one of the members of the Indian kula of public preceptors, introduces himself.

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: The Elder Revealed – Gentleness Prevails

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 7 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

We’ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita’s writings and poems over the next few weeks. In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Elder Revealed”, an excerpt from his own elegant and moving unpublished story, Sanghrakshita evokes the spiritual efforts of a monk who occupies the ‘Holy Man’s Cave’ above an Indian village at the time of the Buddha. From “The Cave”, read by the author.

Questioning our friends affectionately leaves them...

Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 5 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

We’ve been inspired to share writings and poems by Bhante Sangharakshita this month. Our FBA Podcast today, “Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga”, is a delightful talk from 1991. Sangharakshita starts by reading an extract from the new volume of his autobiography, Facing Mount Kanchenjunga. He follows this by talking about and reading eight poems that he composed in Kalimpong which give a real feel for his appreciation of the place but also for...

Munisha

Bristol joins growing list of "sustainable centres"

From Triratna News on Fri, 4 Dec, 2015 - 17:02

Bristol joins growing list of "sustainable centres"

From Triratna News on Fri, 4 Dec, 2015 - 17:02

Triratna’s Sustainable Buddhist Centre certification scheme is growing and growing, and it’s burst out of Britain! The Dutch sanghas in Amsterdam and at Metta Vihara Retreat Centre are among 10 centres certified so far, with two more pending. (See list below.)

Bristol Buddhist Centre, UK, is the latest of these centres, where Kamalamani is the centre’s Sustainability Co-ordinator. She writes: “Triratna’s Sustainable Centre scheme is another way of reminding ourselves at home and in our public centres that...

Padmapriya

Day retreat March 2016

From Triratna East Surrey on Thu, 3 Dec, 2015 - 21:24

Day retreat March 2016

From Triratna East Surrey on Thu, 3 Dec, 2015 - 21:24

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: The Lotus of Compassion

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 3 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

We’ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita’s poems over the next few weeks. Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled “The Lotus of Compassion”. Selected from “Conquering New Worlds”, read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1986.

We invite you to join us!

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Munisha

Mindfulness at the Welsh Assembly

From Triratna News on Wed, 2 Dec, 2015 - 14:36

Mindfulness at the Welsh Assembly

From Triratna News on Wed, 2 Dec, 2015 - 14:36

Following the launch of the Mindful Nation UK report in the UK Parliament in October, Vishvapani organised an event at the Welsh Assembly/Senedd in Cardiff, capital of Wales. He reports.

“The Mindful Nation UK report makes recommendations about the role mindfulness can play in several areas of government policy. However, in the UK powers for the key areas of Health and Education are devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, so if these recommendations are to...

Dhammalata

Stay Chilled this Summer

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 1 Dec, 2015 - 02:14

Stay Chilled this Summer

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 1 Dec, 2015 - 02:14

Summer Starts Today

If you spend some time around the cool waterfall of meditation you can stay chilled even in the hottest situations.

Meditation helps us keep a cool head and a warm heart

Don’t take our word for it though - you need to try it for yourself …….

And ……

We have a retreat this weekend where you can meditate and also swim in the beautiful Georges River which runs past our retreat centre in Minto Heights

There’s a really good group attending and if you’d like to join us...

Munisha

NewsByte 4 is here

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Nov, 2015 - 23:57

NewsByte 4 is here

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Nov, 2015 - 23:57

Here is Newsbyte 4, from Clear Vision: a compilation of all the individual NewsBytes put out over the last three months. (43 minutes)

We bring you each one as it’s released, but if you missed any, here’s your chance to catch up.

00:13 Bodh Gaya International Order tetreat
08:24 Karuna phone campaign
13:42 Celebrating the arts at Adhisthana
26:42 A new centre for the Shrewsbury sangha
35:50 8th Young Buddhist retreat in Europe

+Follow Clear Vision on The Buddhist Centre...

Munisha

Shrewsbury's new Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Nov, 2015 - 23:04

Shrewsbury's new Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Nov, 2015 - 23:04

In this latest NewsByte video from Clear Vision, members of the Shrewsbury sangha in the UK explain how they came to have their own Buddhist Centre (9 minutes).

Read more about Shrewsbury’s new Centre.
+Follow Shrewsbury Triratna Buddhist Centre on Facebook.
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