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3rd International Council: Executive Summary - The Film...

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 16 Sep, 2014 - 18:27

3rd International Council: Executive Summary - The Film...

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 16 Sep, 2014 - 18:27From 5-13 August this year, 28 members of the Triratna Order from 9 countries met at Adhisthana to discuss a range of issues that are currently alive in the Triratna Community. This is an Executive Summary of the meeting - the 3rd International Council.

Full day-by-day Minutes are also being prepared and will be uploaded on this webspace. In the meantime, you can get a sense of the meeting and the people involved in the meeting by reading the...

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Vessantara explains why The Abhayaratna Trust needs our support

From Abhayaratna Trust on Tue, 16 Sep, 2014 - 12:28

Vessantara explains why The Abhayaratna Trust needs our support

From Abhayaratna Trust on Tue, 16 Sep, 2014 - 12:28At the recent Triratna Order Convention,
Vessantara made this appeal on behalf of
The Abhayaratna Trust - to help Triratna
Order members around the world
experiencing financial hardship.

Dhammalata

A couple of inspiring things

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 15 Sep, 2014 - 23:20

A couple of inspiring things

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 15 Sep, 2014 - 23:20Hi

Michael gave me a book a while back titled ‘The Art of Meditation’ by scientist, philosopher and Buddhist Mattheiu Richard. I have been reading portions of it lately: here’s one of them:

‘One of the great tragedies of our time is that we significantly underestimate our capacity for change. Our character traits remain the same as long as we do nothing to change them, and as long as we continue to tolerate and reinforce our habits and...

Suryaprabha

TRIRATNA HISTORY FILMS—all in Finnish

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 23:40

TRIRATNA HISTORY FILMS—all in Finnish

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 23:40

Messages from Sarvamitra in Tempere…1 Friday Hello Suryaprabha, Erkki Ranta has translated the subtitles for FWBO/Triratna history films 2, 3 and 4, and we are going to watch them together this Sunday in Tampere…

2 Sunday This was most of us on Sunday, with some people coming and going during the day. Starting at 12,...

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Dharmabytes Podcast #381 - 'What is freedom?' by Sagaraghosa

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 16:22

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “What is freedom?” Sagaraghosa offers a pithy talk exploring the Buddha’s practical suggestions to find greater freedom in one’s life – genuine freedom that does not rely on external factors to give a sense of freedom.

From the talk, “The Liberated Mind,” third in a series of four talks given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in 2011...

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FBA Podcast No.246: Dreams and Rebirth by Sangharakshita

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 16:08

FBA Podcast No.246: Dreams and Rebirth by Sangharakshita

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This week’s FBA Podcast is a quite unusual and unexpectedly intimate talk from Sangharakshita, ‘Dreams and Rebirth’. Given at the wonderful old converted church that is now the resplendent Sheffield Buddhist Centre in the UK. Some lovely, evocative accounts from his personal dreamlife – tales of mediaeval monks! - and a significant and highly personal exploration of...

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Get your picture on Triratna News

From Triratna News on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 00:50

Get your picture on Triratna News

From Triratna News on Sun, 14 Sep, 2014 - 00:50We need great header images from all over the world for the top of Triratna News. Click on the image to the left to see the whole of one we used earlier this year, taken by Shraddhasiddhi at the London Buddhist Centre.

We’d like to feature a new image every month - something from around the world of Triratna in particular, or Buddhism in general. It just has to relate to the Buddha, Dharma or Sangha and be

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thin
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Ordinations at Akashavana, Spain

From Triratna News on Sat, 13 Sep, 2014 - 16:30

Ordinations at Akashavana, Spain

From Triratna News on Sat, 13 Sep, 2014 - 16:30The following women were publicly ordained during a bilingual Spanish-English retreat at Akashavana yesterday, 12th September 2014:

Public preceptor Dayanandi:
Ursula Tidd becomes Dharmakarunya, a Sanskrit name meaning “She Whose Compassion is from the Dharma”. (Long third and final ‘a’; dot under the ‘n’.)
Westernised spelling: Dharmakarunya
Private preceptor Samantabhadri

Sarah Bedworth becomes Sraddhagupta, a Sanskrit name meaning “She who is protected by Faith”. (Accent over the ‘s’; long second and final ‘a’s.)
Westernised spelling: Shraddhagupta
Private preceptor...

Munisha

“Pride: The Movie” - the Triratna factor

From Triratna News on Fri, 12 Sep, 2014 - 00:20

“Pride: The Movie” - the Triratna factor

From Triratna News on Fri, 12 Sep, 2014 - 00:20

A new British comedy film opens today in the UK. One of the conditions for the arising of this moving and hilarious film is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order: Upekshapriya, member of the Manchester sangha and longtime film-maker at Clear Vision.

Starring leading British actors Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton, Pride: The Movie is an account of a little-known episode in recent British history. In the 1980s, under Margaret Thatcher’s government, a group of...

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Dharmabytes Podcast - The Bardo of Dream by Sangharakshita

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 10 Sep, 2014 - 15:25

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According to Tibetan tradition, in the bardo, an ‘intermediate state’ in the endless round of birth and death, we are free for an instant from that round. The Tibetan book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) describes six of these opportunities for escape from reactivity. In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Bardo of Dream,” Sangharakshita describes the second of the six bardos, the bardo of dreams. From the talk “Psycho-Spiritual Symbolism...

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