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How to Collaborate Around the World (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 435)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 31 Dec, 2022 - 20:21

The Triratna International Council has been a going concern for 11+ years–but in many ways it’s just getting started. Meeting again in person for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s undergoing something of a renaissance; renewing itself through the work of Buddhists from around the world, all united in their heart wish to work together to help exemplify a path of everyday practice for a planet that really needs a humane path out of suffering.

We meet friends...
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Summoning the World to Buddhahood: Bodhicaryāvatāra

From Adhisthana on Thu, 29 Dec, 2022 - 12:18

Summoning the World to Buddhahood: Bodhicaryāvatāra

From Adhisthana on Thu, 29 Dec, 2022 - 12:18

Evocative and uncompromising, poetic and personal, the Bodhicharyavatara is a foundational text for the Mahayana and in Triratna; calling forth each of us to place our hearts more fully upon our most cherished ideals.

Allow the beauty, power, and challenge of the verses to more deeply inform our practice, and enter an immersive retreat with a team who have dedicated their lives to the ideals enshrined within this text.

A retreat for Order Members

17-24 March | Residential + Online

More information here.
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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Aloka & Surata (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Thu, 22 Dec, 2022 - 11:36

Aloka’s Annals:

My name is Dharmachari Aloka (long first ‘a’) – born 31 March 1948, London.

In 1968 I was in Maidstone (Kent) in my penultimate year at my third and final Art School, in the midst of my love affair with hallucinogens and narcotics. I spent all of the 60s in various Art Schools starting at the age of 13.

In 1978 I completed six years doing part-time Art teaching - I contacted the movement in 1974 (Wesak) and...
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Windhorse Publications' review of the year

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 21 Dec, 2022 - 16:03

Windhorse Publications' review of the year

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 21 Dec, 2022 - 16:03

As 2022 draws to a close, we’re looking back at the past year. And what a year it’s been!

Behind the scenes in 2022

This year has been a tough one for small independent publishers. So it’s been a balancing act for Dhammamegha as Publishing Director, as we ride the waves of high printing costs and disrupted freight, to make sure that we have all the Dharma books we need in the Triratna community, and that Windhorse Publications is continuing to grow and make...
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Green Tara - a new Urgyen House video blog

From Order Connection on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 17:09

Green Tara - a new Urgyen House video blog

From Order Connection on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 17:09

The latest video blog from Urgyen House is now available online. The title of this one is Green Tara.

Dharmacharini Dhammadinna explores Sangharakshita’s long connection with the Bodhisattva Green Tara and his teacher Chattrul Sangye Dorje. With photographs, video and objects from the Urgyen House archives, that take us from Kalimpong, India to Taraloka, Tiratanaloka, London and Adhisthana, UK, we learn of the great significance of Green Tara in Sangharakshita’s life and work. 

https://www.urgyenhouse.org/blog
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Out now: ‘The Sound of One Hand’ by Satyadasa

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 11:00

Out now: ‘The Sound of One Hand’ by Satyadasa

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 11:00

We’re delighted to announce the release of Satyadasa’s unputdownable memoir, The Sound of One Hand, which is a tender account of one person’s ‘Dharma life’. What does it look like to live a contemporary Buddhist life, with a strong response to the Buddha’s teachings, as well as ambition, a partner, a sense of humour, one of the most interesting grandfathers imaginable, and a stump for a left hand?

Satyadasa self-published the book earlier this year, and we’re very pleased to be publishing...
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It's alive! Triratna Tokyo Online

From Triratna Tokyo on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 10:09
  • Early days...
  • A 'new region? Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, Seoul
  • Susana, Lily & Shraddharocani
  • Susana & Diksha. Tokyo

It's alive! Triratna Tokyo Online

From Triratna Tokyo on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 10:09

These are some of the first photos of our fledgling group that started online in early 2020.

We hope to keep you updated here and on our other social media platforms.

The beginning of the group mysteriously begin… 

Via a mutual friend - Leo Gonzalez (originally from the Merida Buddhist centre, Venezuela) - Susana Kumagai and her family met Aryapala and Sugarbha during their visit...
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Wise Up! Buddhist Teachings for Awareness and Transformation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 10 Dec, 2022 - 17:39

Wise Up! Buddhist Teachings for Awareness and Transformation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 10 Dec, 2022 - 17:39

Wise Up! Buddhist Teachings for Awareness and Transformation

A six week online course on Wednesday evenings, Jan 18  to Feb 22 , 6:30-8pm ET.

Click Here to Register

What does Buddhist teaching have to offer us in 2023? During times of pandemic, social discord and uncertainty, it is both vital and inspiring to find voices of compassion and wisdom from our past, and to connect with a community of like-minded people now. After 2500 years, the Buddha’s vision of human spiritual life...
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The Poetics of Awakening - A Home Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 7 Dec, 2022 - 10:37
  • The Poetics of Awakening

The Poetics of Awakening - A Home Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 7 Dec, 2022 - 10:37

Led by Paramananda and Bodhilila | Friday January 20th till Thursday January 26th 2023

What does it mean to really wake up? Join us for an opening of the heart and imagination to our own deepest nature and place in the world.

Seven days of meditation, soulful exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a safe space to go deeper into experience and practice.

The Buddha was known as the Awakened One, but what does it mean to really wake up? Buddhism is clear that this awakening is...

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