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Happy 90th birthday, Bhante!

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 23:18
  • Sangharakshita in the Adhisthana marquee
  • Sangharakshita in the Adhisthana marquee
  • Sangharakshita (Dennis) aged 3
  • Sangharakshita with the Order
  • Birthday card
  • Adhisthana landscape
  • Shrine tent at night
  • Library presentation
  • Early kesa
  • The Words tent
  • Welcoming new Order members
  • Folk music by the fire
  • Silent dance with headsets!

Happy 90th birthday, Bhante!

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 23:18

On this day, 26th August, in 1925, Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood was born in Tooting, south London, UK. His life has changed those of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

We know him as Urgyen Sangharakshita, or, simply, “Bhante”: our teacher, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community; a leading figure in ‘western’ Buddhism and in Dr Ambedkar’s ’Peaceful revolution’ among some of India’s most disadvantaged people. The Order he founded now numbers over 1,900.

Birthday celebrations are taking place in Triratna...
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Les 90 ans de Sangharakshita

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 22:01
  • Les tentes
  • Dans la tente faisant office de salle de méditation et de rassemblement
  • Un objet de la 9ème décade

Les 90 ans de Sangharakshita

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 22:01

Aujourd’hui, Sangharakshita a 90 ans !

Pour célébrer cela, un rassemblement de quelque 400 membres de l’Ordre s’est tenu pendant 4 jours autour du week-end dernier à Adhisthana, le centre de retraite situé dans la campagne près de Birmingham, où vit aujourd’hui Sangharakshita - le fondateur de notre ordre et de notre communauté...
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A 90th Birthday Celebration

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 04:17

A 90th Birthday Celebration

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 04:17

On Wednesday this week Sangharakshita – the founder of our Buddhist Order turns 90

So there’s a special puja at the Sydney Buddhist Centre this Wednesday night and then more celebrations at our retreat centre over the weekend. 

I’ve attached a link here so that you can read more if you are interested.

I will be going out to Vijayaloka on either Friday night or Saturday day

http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a9fd9916c938b2466ec76e8d6&id=dcd1d36e3f

Meditation will be on as per usual this week:

Thursday     7 – 8.30 pm     

Sunday         8 – 8.50 am

And here’s a lovely share...
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Public Ordinations - Bhaja, India, January 2015

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 24 Aug, 2015 - 14:44
  • Private Preceptor Vijaya (centre) with the women she privately ordained - Padmalochana, Anomashuri, Amoghadarshini, Vajradharini, Aryavati, Aryavajri
  • Public Preceptor Karunamaya with the women she privately ordained - Pasadajyoti, Shuddhavajri, Abhayajyoti, Sujana
  • Public Preceptor Jnanasuri (bottom row, centre) with the women she privately ordained - Prashanti, Vajrajaya, Yashonanda, Jayapriya, Yashottama, Uttpala, Modini
  • Public Preceptors Jnanasuri and Karunamaya (bottom row, 2nd and 3rd from left) with Private Preceptor Vijaya, the 17 women they ordained at Bhaja and their support team.

Public Ordinations - Bhaja, India, January 2015

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 24 Aug, 2015 - 14:44

On 4 January 2015, 17 women were publicly ordained at Bhaja Retreat Centre in India by Public Preceptors Jnanasuri and Karunamaya. This is the largest number of women to be ordained at one time in India. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
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Dharmabyte: Love and Emptiness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 24 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

Love is a force affecting a miraculous transformation. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Love and Emptiness” by Padmavajra. This is the first in a five part series by Padmavajra on all aspects of the Metta Bhavana practice and ‘The Great Love’ in Buddhist discourse and practice – from metta (loving kindness) itself to Bodhichitta. His starting point here is to source notions of love in traditional teaching from the Pali Canon and...
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Sangharakshita's 90th Birthday Classical Recital

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 23 Aug, 2015 - 22:03

A beautiful, consistently very fine set of performances from members of the Triratna Buddhist Order to mark the 90th birthday of their teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. The commitment and playing exemplifies the importance of the Arts in spiritual life, and in Triratna’s emphasis on this as part of a contemporary Buddhist path. Exquisite moments from the ‘Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful Weekend’.

See all posts from the weekend
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Sarvanananda - Communicating the Dharma Through the Arts: Show Don't Tell

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 23 Aug, 2015 - 11:38

Be prepared for the unexpected in Sarvananda’s very funny - and by turns wrongfooting - personal exploration of why the Arts are vital to the development of a genuine Buddhist community. Sarvananda discusses as background his attempts to find a synthesis between the Arts and spiritual life, leading to his current work as a successful playwright. 

But it’s in the three departures from a traditional Dharma talk that we glimpse something else - the crucial show-don’t-tell aspect...

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Week 7 - Transference of Merit and Self Surrender

From Breaking the chains - buddhist rituals to set you free on Sun, 23 Aug, 2015 - 06:38

Week 7 - Transference of Merit and Self Surrender

From Breaking the chains - buddhist rituals to set you free on Sun, 23 Aug, 2015 - 06:38

We come to the end of the course and the end of the devotional sequence - Transference of Merit and Self Surrender. Here, in this last stage of the puja, we uncover the secret behind the whole practice.

This short video (7 minutes) is a rough summary of the stages of the puja using a different metaphor - that of climbing a mountain. 

Remember - this week you have been requesting to bring a device with which you can access the internet. We will...
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Sangharakshita's Complete Works Appeal Celebration and Book Launch

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 23 Aug, 2015 - 00:06

At the start of this recording Parami refers to the assembled Order taking part in a Mahayana Sutra. Never was a comment more prescient as the thunder rolls in, the skies pour forth torrents of rain and the shrine marquee is played on like a great drum! Afterwards, rainbows - a fitting way to greet Sangharakshita who joins the throng to celebrate the success of an appeal to fund his Complete Works and to hear Kalyanaprabha...
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Happy Birthday, Bhante!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 22 Aug, 2015 - 20:46
  • Bhante's birthday card
  • Shrine room flags
  • Sarvananda and glove puppet
  • Happy Birthday, Bhante!
  • Concert audience
  • Adhisthana and tents
  • Tibetan tent
  • Words tent

Happy Birthday, Bhante!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 22 Aug, 2015 - 20:46

This morning saw Sarvananda giving a talk entitled “Communicating the Dharma through the arts: show, don’t tell”. As with Maitreyabandhu yesterday, we were by turns laughing hysterically and delving deep. Declaring a suspicion of standup comedy he tried demonstrating standup tragedy - in a Greek mask - and later ventriloquism with a shaggy-haired glove puppet character claiming to be a 15 year-old newly ordained anagarika Direct Pointing guide.

Grey weather turned very hot and humid this afternoon. Mahasukha’s Soulful singing group gave...

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