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Buddhist Voices - Kalyanaprabha On Editing Sangharakshita

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 3 Sep, 2015 - 11:14

An excellent conversation with Kalyanaprabha on what it’s like to work with and edit Sangharakshita, as his latest book, ‘A Moseley Miscellany’ hits the bookshops and the project to publish his Complete Works gets underway. Words and their meanings, the transformative effect of literature in a life, writing as a gateway to spiritual insight - these are just some of the topics covered as we hear from someone whose passion for literary work is both inspiring...

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Sangharakshita: A Moseley Miscellany - Free Preview!

From Community Highlights on Thu, 3 Sep, 2015 - 11:13

Sangharakshita’s new book, ‘A Moseley Miscellany’ is out! It’s the latest work edited by Kalyanaprabha under the Ibis books imprint distributed by Windhorse Publications - and we have a free preview for you!

Buy ‘A Moseley Miscellany - Prose and Verse 1997-2012’

Listen to Kalyanaprabha talk about editing this book and Sangharakshita’s Complete Works

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Dharmabyte: The Buddha as Transcendental Guest

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

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “The Buddha as Transcendental Guest” from the talk “The Symbolism of Offerings and Self-Sacrifice” by Sangharakshita. In this lecture we are shown how the symbolism of ritual offerings originated in the Hinayana and Mahayana, and later flowered with the Tantric offerings, particularly the offering of the Mandala.

Part of the series “Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment”, given in 1971.

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Bhante 90th Birthday Celebration in Community

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 2 Sep, 2015 - 12:58

Bhante 90th Birthday Celebration in Community

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 2 Sep, 2015 - 12:58

Community at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat center celebrated Bhante 90th Birthday in morning by talking about memory of Bhante, watching Bhante Final tour video to India and in evening puja led by Dhammamitra Dhammadeep and Cheif quest on this occasion was Dh. Milind Shakya from Dapodi. Sadhamma Pradeep Retreat center is having one box among 56 distributed all over world. It was 12th year of opening box and doing ritual and devotion practice.

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Eco-Sattva Training

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 1 Sep, 2015 - 18:11

Eco-Sattva Training

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 1 Sep, 2015 - 18:11

Join the EcoSattva training course, from Sept 13th:

“In the face of catastrophic climate change, we as a Buddhist/mindfulness community have the opportunity to creatively define for ourselves appropriate response: response that is wise, compassionate, transformative, resolute and equanimous. To realize this potential, the community needs leaders of all kinds at all levels. This is the path of the EcoSattva.

Building on a series of five online “Mindfulness and Climate Action” conversations in the fall of 2014, One Earth Sangha is offering...

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Dharmabyte: Aligning yourself with the Karma Niyama

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 31 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Aligning yourself with the Karma Niyama” from the talk “Spiritual Death and Rebirth, a New Perspective On the Dharma Niyama” by Subhuti.

The stages of spiritual death and rebirth are key to the system of meditation, they represent the culimination and fulfilment of the Buddhas vision. During this talk given at Padmaloka Subhuti explains some new elements of Sangharakshitas thinking about how they relate to the Niyamas,...

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The Presentation (A Gallery)

From Sangharakshita@90 on Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 16:10

The Presentation (A Gallery)

From Sangharakshita@90 on Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 16:10

At the end of last weekend’s ‘Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful’ weekend to celebrate Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday, Amalavajra was able to present Bhante with the money to fund his Complete Works!

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FBA Podcast: Revering and Relying Upon the Dharma

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Revering and Relying Upon the Dharma” Subhuti reflects on his recent conversations with Bhante which gave rise to his article: ‘Revering and Relying upon the Dharma: Sangharakshita’s approach to Right View’.

A talk given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined European Order Weekend at Wymondham College, 21 August 2010.

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Sahajatara - Apparell'd In Celestial Light

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 07:34

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell’d in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.

Appropriately enough, a talk in a rainstorm! Sahajatara offers a beautiful discourse to close the Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful Arts event. She opens with this short extract from Wordsworth’s ‘Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’ and a long reading from...

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Part Time Office Administrator at Virya Group

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 28 Aug, 2015 - 16:49

Part Time Office Administrator at Virya Group

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 28 Aug, 2015 - 16:49

Are you a well organised, professional and friendly person? Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your skills in an office environment?

About Virya Group

We are an innovative forward-thinking technology business which specialises in Open Source technologies. Our business is founded as a Buddhist Right Livelihood and operates to an ethos statement which explains how we work in basic terms. You don’t have to be Buddhist to work for us, but every employee needs to be at least sympathetic to all five...

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