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Sutra Sundays! The friend as Hero

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 15:23

Sutra Sundays! The friend as Hero

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 15:23

CANCELLED - May 31st Sutra Sunday.

Will reschedule as soon as we can!

On this day retreat we will explore some themes of friendship through a few excerpts from the great Gandavyuha Sutra:  Why is friendship important?  How can we become better friends?  What can we do to make our friendships more meaningful and potent in our lives?  How can friendship help us enrich our lives and the lives of others?

Our next Sutra Sunday will be held on June 28th, 10-1 pm: Engage with...

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Triratna Young Buddhists: Getting Radical Worldwide

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 15:14

Triratna Young Buddhists: Getting Radical Worldwide

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 15:14

Save the dates! June 6-8th

Come celebrate and explore with other young Buddhists around the globe what it means to follow the Buddha’s Dharma as a cutting-edge personal and communal practice. Change your life, change the world!

More info coming soon! Led by Rijupatha, Candradasa & Lona

Learn more about the Young Buddhist Sangha in Triratna

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WLBC from old to new centre

From West London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 05:54

WLBC from old to new centre

From West London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 29 Apr, 2015 - 05:54

Here’s a video Suryaprabha made of the WLBC’s process from the old building to the brand new one we moved to earlier this year,

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Le Népal

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 21:13

Le Népal

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 21:13

J’imagine que vous avez tous entendu parler du séisme au Népal, et de la situation difficile de centaine de milliers, voire de millions de gens là-bas. Peut-être voulez-vous faire quelque chose, mais vous ne savez pas trop quoi ni comment - aider financièrement, par exemple, mais qui et comment ?

J’ai reçu un email de Karunamati, une membre de l’Ordre qui travaille au Népal, pour le Green Tara Trust, une association dont elle est une des fondatrices, et qui aide...

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Eco-Sattva training: an online course for aspiring "EcoSattvas"

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 14:17

Eco-Sattva training: an online course for aspiring "EcoSattvas"

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 14:17

One Earth Sangha offers online “EcoSattva” training this summer, with Buddhist teachers of several traditions including Triratna’s Guhyapati (EcoDharma). They write:

“In the face of catastrophic climate change, we as a Buddhist/mindfulness community have the opportunity to creatively define for ourselves an appropriate response: a 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...

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How come it's a challenge to keep up a meditation practice?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 12:57

How come it's a challenge to keep up a meditation practice?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 12:57

There’s so much out there about why we should meditate

Here’s some good stuff to listen to sent this week by Izzy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxhj6

And yet it’s a real challenge to set up a regular practice even when we accept that it’s so good for us and so conducive to happiness and contentment

So I want to encourage you to keep your aspiration to meditate alive. Have a kindly and patient attitude but don’t let yourself off the hook. Here are some tips:

Make a time each day and...

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Nepal earthquake appeal news

From Compassion In Action on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 11:38

Nepal earthquake appeal news

From Compassion In Action on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 11:38

Over on Triratna News you’ll find reports of Triratna fundraising for relief work in Nepal following the earthquakes last weekend, to be carried out by Green Tara Trust.

Earthquake appeal by Green Tara Trust
Earthquake appeal update

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Nepal earthquake fundraising update

From Triratna News on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 11:16

Nepal earthquake fundraising update

From Triratna News on Tue, 28 Apr, 2015 - 11:16

Karunamati is a Triratna Order member and doctor working for Green Tara Trust, working with mothers and children in Nepal. Following our piece yesterday - reposted to various Facebook sites and viewed by thousands of people - she writes from London to thank you for your donations for their earthquake relief work.

“Thank you to all who have responded with financial support and with kindness. Particular thanks to Triratna’s Karuna Trust, for their donation of GBP 5,000. 

Tremors are still happening. People are living...

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Nepal earthquake appeal

From Triratna News on Mon, 27 Apr, 2015 - 12:42

Nepal earthquake appeal

From Triratna News on Mon, 27 Apr, 2015 - 12:42

Follow Saturday’s severe earthquake in Nepal, donations are urgently needed.

Green Tara Trust is a healthcare charity working with mothers and children in Nepal, run by British members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, including Karunamati, known locally as “Dr Jane”.

Make a donation to Green Tara Trust.

Karunamati writes from London: “I was up most of the night talking on Facebook to my friends on the streets in Nepal, who have no shelter or food and do not know if...

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Dharmabyte: Six Objects of Worship

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 27 Apr, 2015 - 10:50

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte“Six Objects of Worship,” Sangharakshita explains the the first three of six garavas: Satta, Dharma, Sangha. From the talk, “Discerning the Buddha”, given in 1986. In trying to discern the Buddha, we are trying to discern the highest kind of being: an Enlightened One. The Buddha, it seems, considered that the Dharma – the truth...

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