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Writers' Convention 2015 - Poem Flags (A Series)

From Community Highlights on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 18:13

Writers' Convention 2015 - Poem Flags (A Series)

From Community Highlights on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 18:13

A couple of weeks ago the first Triratna Writers Convention at Adhisthana took place, which was a great success. Here are the poetry flags the writers installed in the Sangharaskhita Library at the end of the Convention…

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Munisha

Sangharakshita's new book

From Triratna News on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 17:17

Sangharakshita's new book

From Triratna News on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 17:17

With 30 days to go until Bhante’s 90th birthday we’re well over halfway to raising the money for the one birthday present he really wants – the publication of his Complete Works, for everyone, forever. (We’ve got 30 days to raise the remaining £45,000! Can you help?)

Meanwhile, we bring you news of his latest book, soon to be published by Windhorse Publications. Kalyanaprabha is Bhante’s editor. She writes:

“Bhante Sangharakshita moved to Moseley, Birmingham in 1997. He...

Candradasa

Meditations from the Anuruddha Sutta - Week 4, Deeper Into The Breath

From Online Meditators on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 14:49

Meditations from the Anuruddha Sutta - Week 4, Deeper Into The Breath

From Online Meditators on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 14:49

This Tuesday we continue our six week series of meditations based on the Anuruddha Sutta and the Buddha’s description of how the qualities of a Dharma farer relate to the practices they engage in - especially in meditation itself.

Tuesday 28th July, 2.30pm EST / 7.30pm UK

Add us to your circles on Google + and join the Hangout. We’ll be online 10 minutes before and we’ll sit for about 40 minutes, with an introduction and space for optional...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Ksitigarbha’s Jewel

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 11:00

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is from Vajratara entitled: “Ksitigarbha’s Jewel.” If you really want to have everything, the teaching of Ksitigarbha is not to just give you what you want, but rather to help you change your mind. That state of mind is the bodhicitta, the heart-mind of enlightenment. From the talk, “Ksitigarbha” given by Vajratara at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre (2nd May 2006), as part of a series on the Refuge...

Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 26 Jul, 2015 - 03:44

This week’s FBA Podcast is “Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (with translation in Hindi)” by Parami. Here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day of the Triratna Buddhist Order’s International Convention 2013 in India, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of the Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Manjusri Mantra with Harmonies

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 26 Jul, 2015 - 03:41

Our FBA Dharmabyte today drops us into the realm of ritual with a Manjusri Mantra with Harmonies. From a special Sevenfold Puja recorded on at Jikoji Retreat Center, California, 2008 on a Triratna Buddhist Order Convention. This excerpt is lovely harmonic chanting of the Manjushri (Manjugosha) mantra.

Listen to the full puja – it’s unusual to hear these rituals performed in Sanskrit and English, so a real treat for all ritual lovers courtesy of...

Vidyatara

Women's Dharma Life Course 2016

From Adhisthana on Wed, 22 Jul, 2015 - 15:09

Women's Dharma Life Course 2016

From Adhisthana on Wed, 22 Jul, 2015 - 15:09

One course finishes and another starts to come into being…

The next and third Young Women’s Dharma Life course at Adhisthana for eight women (four from the UK and four from overseas), will run from February to July 2016. This Dharma study and training course is primarily aimed at younger women who are either mitras or mitras training for ordination...

Rijupatha

Dharmabytes: Receiving the Green Tara Sadhana

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 22 Jul, 2015 - 14:04

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Receiving the Green Tara Sadhana.” Here’s an excerpt from a great treat from Taraloka Retreat Centre, where Sangharakshita inaugurates their new shrine cabin dedicated to Tara – the radiant Bodhisattva of compassion, inspiration to many who lead a Buddhist life aspiring to beauty and a steady openness in the face of the mysteries of existence.

From the talk, “On Tara”, by Sangharakshita.

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Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Yidams

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 22 Jul, 2015 - 13:57

This week’s FBA Podcast, “Yidams” is a talk given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre in 2007 by Padmavajra. As we approach the full moon of July, Buddhists around the world will be celebrating Dharma Day, the marking of the Buddha’s first teaching. We decided to fast forward several hundred years after the Buddha’s lifetime to introduce a host of Bodhisattva’s who emerged to help spread the Dharma throughout the world. Beginning with this full talk, we will...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: The Conversion of Shariputra

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 22 Jul, 2015 - 13:49

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “The Conversion of Shariputra” by Sangharakshita, from the talk “The Meaning of the Dharma” given in 1968.

Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddha’s teaching, especially the law of conditionality. It is the raft that carries you to Enlightenment, the further shore; it is whatever helps you to develop spiritually.

This talk is part of the series ...

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