Update: we’ve had so much great material from Taraloka we’re going to keep going with this well into the week! Meditations and talks coming soon…
This weekend we’re focussing on how to practice Buddhism and meditation as a parent (or parent-to-be!), and we’re delighted to be able to bring you resources live from the Retreat for Mothers that’s just getting started on at Taraloka Retreat Centre for women. We hope mums and dads everywhere...
Viveka gives a great introduction to the meaning of Going for Refuge in today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled “Understanding Going for Refuge”, continuing our exploration of the Six Emphases of Triratna. From the talk “Going for Refuge”, she speaks to the question of what it is to look to the ‘Three Jewels’ as a response to our dissatisfaction.
Just a quick one this week. I’ve had a couple of conversations lately in which the heroic nature of change came up. The Buddhist tradition teaches that to change oneself at a fundamental level; to take on one’s unhelpful habits and refine and transform them is a very big challenge. But whilst it is difficult it is profoundly worthwhile.
Meditation is one of the very best ways to support our intention to change for the...
Did the Buddha’s teaching really travel to ancient Greece and enter western philosophy by that route?
Over on The Western Buddhist Review, Dhivan looks at the evidence and teases out the questions that have to be asked, even of such an intriguing proposition…
Change is coming to the seasons. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, the visible signs of natural impermanence are arriving on every autumnal breeze. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, new life is unfurling all around…
What better way to mark the change that is upon us by sitting together, quietly, in stillness, and always in good company wherever we are in the world. Come and join us to sit online for the next five Tuesdays, September 22nd through...
Sthanashraddha is Sangharakshita’s new secretary. He writes:
“A few days into September and it’s clear that we have passed the midpoint of the year. Though the days are often gloriously sunny here at Adhisthana, the mornings and evenings are colder now with the one or two overcast days being noticeably chilly, and the wasps have become sluggish and irritable in their hunt for food.
Since the end of July Bhante has been continuing to enjoy regular nights of sleep and rest, with nights of poor sleep becoming more...
In principle, and in contrast with other approaches to contemporary Buddhism, any approach to the Dharma that conduces to a deepening of spiritual practice is valued in the Triratna context with a critical eye towards what constitutes fundamental Buddhism, and what works in practice.
As part of our recent coverage of the Arts event ‘Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful’, which took place at at Adhisthana, we brought you a recording of Sarvananda’s excellent and, at times, hilarious talk ‘Show, Don’t Tell - Communicating the Dharma Through the Arts’.
Usually audio recordings of talks are an ideal way to revisit them - and since Sarvananda is a great radio man (he writes plays for radio...
Bhante writes: “I would like to express my thanks to the one thousand and more donors who contributed to my 90th birthday gift of £135,000 [€184,300/ US$210,300/ INR12,981,000].
This gift will go towards the publication of my Complete Works, as well as towards the translation of some of those works into other languages.
Both projects are very dear to my heart, and it gives me great satisfaction to think that, thanks...
