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Take Hold of Your Life

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 3 Jun, 2014 - 07:30

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 3 Jun, 2014 - 07:30Hi Fellow Coogee Meditators

The Buddha said that just as the oceans of the earth have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too his teachings have one taste; freedom!

So what does it mean for a human being to be free?

In my own experience quite of lot of this freedom has been finding a way out from the self-centred, narcissistic knot that I had tied myself into. A knot that was formed and...

Munisha

15 ordinations in Europe

From Triratna News on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 18:06

15 ordinations in Europe

From Triratna News on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 18:06Public Ordinations at Akashavana

We are delighted to announce that the following ordinations took place at Akashavana on 2nd June, 2014. All names are Sanskrit unless otherwise stated.

Public Preceptor: Parami
Terry Lockley becomes Sanghagita (long ‘i’, long final ‘a’) - She whose Song is of the Sangha. Westernised spelling: Sanghagita. Private Preceptor: Kalyanasri.

Jo Burbridge becomes Hridayagita (long ‘i’, long final ‘a’) - Song of the Heart. Westernised spelling: Hridayagita. Private Preceptor: Saddhanandi.

Carol Bloyce...

Rijupatha

Dharmabytes: Everyone Needs the Dharma - Milarepa's Song

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 14:48

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Everyone Needs the Dharma”, is a lovely reading of one of Milarepa’s Songs by Sangharakshita. Talk given in 1979.

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Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: The Motive (Remixed)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 14:28

FBA Podcast: The Motive (Remixed)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 14:28In our FBA Podcast today, “The Motive (Remixed),”, Padmavajra explores a great classic of Tibetan Buddhism – Gampopa’s ‘Jewel Ornament of Liberation’. The work, inspired by devotion to Manjusri, is one of the key texts in the development of the Tibetan Lam Rim teachings. And Gampopa, being one of the two principle disciples of the yogi Milarepa, presents both the monastic Lam Rim approach of Atisha and the Mahamudra meditation teachings of Milarepa himself.
Talk...

Christine

BAM! 2014 at Sheffield Buddhist Centre

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 13:33

BAM! 2014 at Sheffield Buddhist Centre

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 13:33The Sheffield Buddhist Centre is pleased to be hosting events for BAM! 2014. Let’s join the maha-sangha in kind and honest exploration of how caring for the environment can become a clearer part of our lives as Buddhists.

Sun. June 15 (9:30-17:00) > Re-imagining the Future: day retreat based on The Work That Reconnects
Wed. June 18 (19:30-21:30) > Positive & Effective Activism: Dharmic discussion on how we can take steps, big and small, that will encourage...

Munisha

UK Buddhist Action Month begins

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:59

UK Buddhist Action Month begins

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:59The UK’s Buddhist Action Month (BAM) began yesterday, with Buddhist groups all over the UK - and even in Stockholm and Essen too - beginning a month of talks and activities celebrating Buddhist social action. The theme is the environment, but you can do anything that benefits others more generally beyond your Centre and sangha, inspired by the Dharma.

Some people are going vegan for a month, or changing their search engine to Ecosia ...

Munisha

Triratna Newsbyte 1 is here!

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:44

Triratna Newsbyte 1 is here!

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:44Clear Vision recently released Triratna Newsbyte 1, the first of their new twice-yearly video news bulletins from around the Triratna world, commissioned by Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly. And the Young Buddhists are in it!

In this 47-minute video:

The opening weekend of Adhisthana, UK
Vimalasara’s book launch at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK
Danabhadri at Dhanakosa, Scotland: Cooking as practice
Nagaloka Buddhist Centre, Portland, Maine, USA
Amoghalila and the Street Angels, Lancashire, UK
Young Buddhists’ gathering 2013, Adhisthana,

Suryaprabha

RUPA QAWWALI

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43

RUPA QAWWALI

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43A GROUP RITUAL has more to do with play than performance.

Munisha

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 17:26

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 17:26Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says.

Munisha

25 ordinations in India

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 14:21

25 ordinations in India

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 14:21We are delighted to inform you that the following 25 men were publicly ordained at Bhaje (India) on 25th May 2014.

1 Chandrakant Tambe (Khed) becomes Shakyaprabha (Having the lustre of the Shakya clan); private preceptor Ratnashil; public preceptor Yashosagar.
2 Yogiraj Khobaragade (Thane) becomes Yashovajra (Vajra-like spiritual glory); private preceptor Ratnashil; public preceptor Yashosagar.
3 Pravin Gavane (Thane) becomes Nagadhvaja (A Banner of the Nagas i.e. the serpent or an elephant or a great man); private preceptor Ratnashil;...

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