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Triratna book wins USA Best Book Award

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 17:08

Triratna book wins USA Best Book Award

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 17:08Congratulations to Triratna authors Paramabandhu and Vimalasara, whose book Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction, was recently named in the 2014 USA Best Book Awards, in the self-help category.

Publishers Windhorse Publications are, not surprisingly, delighted at the book’s success. “In terms of sales, Eight Step Recovery is the most successful book that we have published in many, many years, with 2,121 print copies sold and 528 eBooks. Coming up...

Windhorse Evolution

Evolution - Making Less Impact #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 14:57

Evolution - Making Less Impact #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 14:57We are nearly in the last two weeks of the 100 Days of Ethical Giving Campaign. We’ve told you about how we trade, how we work, what we donate and what we sell. We’ve been asking you to make more impact with your Christmas spending by supporting ethical shopping choices and Evolution.

This week we want to let you know how Evolution makes less...

Suchandra

Diwali Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 14:56

Diwali Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 9 Dec, 2014 - 14:56Diwali Retreat was conducted at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat center. As every year more people are coming to retreat, this year two diwali retreat were arrange 1. 18th to 25th Oct 14 and 2. 26th Oct to 1st Nov 14. For both retreat around 65 mens and women were present. First retreat was led by Dh. Anomdassi, subject for retreat was Revolution and Counter-Revolution an article by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, retreat was support by Dh. Adityabodhi, Dh. Pradynadity, Dh. Anandbodhi, Dhni...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Buddhism and Activism

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 21:55

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte Lokabandhu speaks on the topic of “Buddhism and Activism”, describing how becoming an active force for good in the world through direct social engagement is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Part of the longer talk “Buddhism, Social Engagement, and Non-Violent Direct Action” given in the Dharma Parlour at the...

Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: A Challenge to the Modern World

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 21:46

FBA Podcast: A Challenge to the Modern World

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A robust talk for this week’s FBA Podcast entitled “A Challenge to the Modern World”, by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Introducing Eco Dharma

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 21:32

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte Amalaketu talks about Eco Dharma at Colchester Buddhist Centre’s Sangha Night series on Engaged Buddhism. Entitled “Introducing Eco Dharma”, he maps out the possible Buddhist response to the environmental crisis.

Candradasa

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 3: Appamada

From Online Meditators on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 17:56

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 3: Appamada

From Online Meditators on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 17:56Join us for our third flavour of mindfulness in our continued look at how to sustain the kind of attention we bring to bear in meditation.

On Tuesdays our course for regular meditators is looking at mindfulness (sati, sampajanna, appamada, call-it-what-you-will!) in the context of the Five Spiritual Faculties. This will also give us a chance to explore the area of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation, as well as generally develop and maybe even flex the great...

Dhammalata

At the still point of the turning world

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 16:52

At the still point of the turning world

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 16:52There’s a poem by T.S. Eliot that one of our order members quoted from in a talk some years back that has the lines:

‘At the still point of the turning world …. and there is only the dance …..’

They are etched into my memory now and sometimes (like now) when I’ve overcommitted myself and I’m scrambling to keep up with the hustle of my obligations they drift into my consciousness and I remind myself that...

Windhorse Evolution

Behind the Scenes with the Evolution Web Order Processing Team - #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 15:44

Behind the Scenes with the Evolution Web Order Processing Team - #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 15:44Although online shopping can be highly convenient, one of the down sides is that people miss out with the human experience. One of the ways we try to counteract that is our little personal messages and drawings on the side of each order, along with who your order was packed and dispatched by. Customers have fed back on how much they enjoy this and how it helps to make online shopping that bit more human.

We wanted...

tejadhamma

Role of media in violence against women Campaign

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 7 Dec, 2014 - 16:19

Role of media in violence against women Campaign

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 7 Dec, 2014 - 16:19

The ‘role of media’ discussion oraganized with social worker and media people on the campaign on violence against women at Nagpur ! On this ocassion verious issues came up related with caste and economical dependancy of women in society including traditional way of thinking !
This event provided a wonderful floor to bring out the issues and given change to the both media and social worker. Some of...

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