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Introducing the European Chairs' Assembly

From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 14 Aug, 2015 - 21:39

The week-long summer 2015 meeting of the ECA has begun, and 40 or so Triratna Chairs - about 50:50 women and men - are gathered at Adhisthana for discussion, presentations and friendship.

Munisha talks to Viryapushpa, new Chair of Rivendell Retreat Centre, and Ratnaghosha, Chair of Cambridge Buddhist Centre, about the ECA and its meetings. Having first been a member of the ECA in 1994, Ratnaghosha describes how it’s developed over the years. (6.5 minutes)
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Birthday collection reaches £80,000

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Aug, 2015 - 09:01

Birthday collection reaches £80,000

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Aug, 2015 - 09:01

Congratulations! Today the worldwide collection for Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday passed the £80,000 mark, with 402 online donations from individuals and groups within Triratna. Help us reach our target: £100,000.

To give you more detail: the money will fund a 5-7-year project to publish Bhante’s Complete Works, including much material out of print or never published before, and in paper and digital, searchable, formats.

The editors, Kalyanaprabha and Vidyadevi, are already working on the early stages of the project, dividing his work into “baskets”....
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17 Reasons Not to Give to Sangharakshita's Complete Works...

From Sangharakshita@90 on Thu, 13 Aug, 2015 - 21:52

…and 17 responses from one of Bhante’s two editors, Kalyanaprabha.

Persuaded? You know the link by now…https://www.justgiving.com/Bhante90th

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51 years since Bhante's return from India

From Sangharakshita@90 on Thu, 13 Aug, 2015 - 08:53
  • Bhikkhu Sangharakshita with group, Hampstead Buddhist Vihara 1965

51 years since Bhante's return from India

From Sangharakshita@90 on Thu, 13 Aug, 2015 - 08:53

Fifty one years ago yesterday (12th August 1964), Sangharakshita moved into the Hampstead Buddhist Vihara in north London, having returned from 20 years in India.

You can read about this period of his life in the volume of memoirs Moving against the Stream: the Birth of a new Buddhist Movement.

Celebrate Bhante’s long and varied life by making a donation for his 90th birthday project: his complete works, to be published online and on paper, for everyone, for ever.

Just £23,000 to go! By...
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Sangharakshita, His Life and Work 3

From Sangharakshita@90 on Wed, 12 Aug, 2015 - 23:30

Today, a wonderful talk from Karunamaya, as part of the Croydon series to celebrate Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday. Shraddhavajri and Vidyadharini, two Indian Order Members who recently attended the women’s 5 month Dharma Life course at Adhisthana, also share how Bhante has influenced their life.

Donate today to give the gift of the Dharma to all!

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A Special Treat!

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 11 Aug, 2015 - 03:08

A Special Treat!

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 11 Aug, 2015 - 03:08

I don’t often give rave reviews but today I’m going to …………

On Thursday night we have a guest – A member of the Buddhist order I belong to coming along to join us. He will lead the sit and talk to us afterwards for a bit. 

Ratnavyuha worked with us at the Sydney Buddhist Centre for a number of years before going to serve the Auckland Buddhist Centre where he still remains. 

Ratvavyuha is an extraordinarily capable human being and an extraordinarily beautiful one. My...
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Public Ordination - London Buddhist Centre, March 8 2015

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 17:51
  • The giving of the kesa.

Public Ordination - London Buddhist Centre, March 8 2015

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 17:51

On 8 March 2015 at the London Buddhist Centre in England, Shraddhajit was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order by Public Preceptor Maitreyabandhu. 
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Aloka David Smith 1946-2015

From Triratna News on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 17:11
  • Aloka David Smith

Aloka David Smith 1946-2015

From Triratna News on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 17:11

Sadly we report the death of Aloka David Smith from cancer in Birmingham on 31st July. He was 69. His funeral is on Thursday 13th August. (See below.)

Vessantara writes: “Aloka David Smith’s connection with Triratna began in 1997, when he wrote to Sangharakshita enclosing a manuscript he had written, an account of how his insight had unfolded during twenty years of Dharma practice. 

Sangharakshita recognised in him ‘a kindred spirit’, and felt that his account of his Dharma experiences was ‘a treasure’. Sangharakshita felt...
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Dharmabyte: Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings”. What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya explores the Buddha’s insight that our commonsense assumptions about ourselves are the source of our suffering.

Unpicking those assumptions is the first step to the arising of a wisdom that leads to an expansive and liberating way of relating to others and the world. From the talk, ...
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FBA Podcast: The Diamond Sutra

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 8 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

This week’s FBA Podcast, “The Diamond Sutra”, is a talk given my Sangharakshita in 1969. If one does not want to ‘get caught in the grip of reality’, one should leave this great text alone! The Perfection of Wisdom Discourse that ‘Cuts Like a Diamond’…

N.B. Reference for this lecture: Buddhist Wisdom Books, translated by E. Conze. (Allen & Unwin, 1958)

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