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First Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Summerfest

From Triratna News on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 00:40

First Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Summerfest

From Triratna News on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 00:40Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has been popular in the Triratna Community for the past ten years, as a way of embodying compassionate communication and building sangha. Now there’s a whole Triratna NVC festival!

Shantigarbha, from Bristol, UK) has just returned from two months in India, sharing NVC and leading a Triratna retreat. In 2012 he co-led a nine-day reconciliation event on the West Bank for 100 Israelis and Palestinians.

He says: “NVC...

Rijupatha

Highlights from the 2014 Brighton Rainy Season Retreat

From Community Highlights on Wed, 19 Mar, 2014 - 01:55

Highlights from the 2014 Brighton Rainy Season Retreat

From Community Highlights on Wed, 19 Mar, 2014 - 01:55Brighton Buddhist Centre has begun their 2014 Rainy Season Retreat, continuing through Saturday, 22 Mar, 2014 - and we can enjoy it along with them! Some spectacularly fun updates are being made every day from the retreat, including audio, video, photos and blog entries summarizing the day’s events. You can + follow along with the retreat on Brighton Buddhist Centre’s space on The Buddhist Centre Online.

This special retreat for Order...

Rijupatha

Dharmabytes: The Heart Sutra – Sunyata

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 23:25

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a short talk by Taranita entitled: “The Heart Sutra – Sunyata.” Sunyata is central to the Heart Sutra, and here Taranita discusses this subtle Buddhist teaching – often translated as Emptiness or Voidness. In doing so, amongst other things, he compares Christian transubstantiation with Buddhist insubstantiality.

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Candradasa

Inside the Milk Machine

From Vegan Buddhist on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 13:10

Inside the Milk Machine

From Vegan Buddhist on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 13:10A great, in-depth article on Modern Farmer about the milk industry today…

Read the whole article

“At one time, milk was one of the more natural processes in farming.  A bull would impregnate a cow — an actual bull, before the age of artificial insemination . She was pregnant for  nine months and then a baby cow  was born.

Afterwards, from the calf’s birth to up to three months after it was weaned, the farmer would...

Dhammalata

Equanimity

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 03:04

Equanimity

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 03:04Equanimity

Hi

Meditation helps us to sit more comfortably with the comings and goings of life. The word we often use to capture this quality is equanimity.

Years ago as I was walking our dogs the phrase came to me ‘Happy to let things come, happy to let things go’ and I feel this well expresses the gift that meditation has helped me realise over years of practice.

Through a practice such as The Mindfulness of...

Munisha

Vishvapani on the BBC

From Triratna News on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 00:03

Vishvapani on the BBC

From Triratna News on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 00:03Vishvapani has been busy on the BBC again - and elsewhere. You can catch up with him on the internet.

On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme’s Thought for the Day Vishvapani discusses the speech precepts and the importance of listening for the health of modern society.

Marking the Christian period of Lent, Vishvapani was one of three speakers discussing the spiritual significance of wilderness on Beyond Belief, a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme.
...

Munisha

Possible BAM funding?

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 14:10

Possible BAM funding?

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 14:10Together in Service is a government programme offering funding to faith groups in England for social action projects involving two or more faiths.

You can apply all through this year, until the money runs out, but the next funding deadline is 29th May.

Briefing meetings on how to apply are being held in Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Leicester, Manchester & London shortly.

More information

tejadhamma

Help to Victims of the Disaster in Nagpur

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 09:45

Help to Victims of the Disaster in Nagpur

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 09:45

Still in Need of Help to Victims of the Disaster in Nagpur

Friends… Greetings and metta !

Many heavy storms and hail hit Nagpur recently, doing a lot of harm in the in the slum where we are working with the Vadaar (wanderer) community. We have been helping to improve their childrens’ education and bring them into the mainstream of society. The...

Munisha

Training for Buddhists working with schools in the UK

From Triratna News on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 00:17

Training for Buddhists working with schools in the UK

From Triratna News on Mon, 17 Mar, 2014 - 00:17Do you currently host or make school visits for your Triratna centre or group? Would you like to?

Srivati runs the London Buddhist Centre’s education service, Bodhi Tree. She’s offering two training events: one for Buddhists conducting school visits; one for school teachers who want to teach mindfulness in their schools.

1) Buddhist school visit workshop
10am – 4.30pm
Sunday 15th June 2014
London Buddhist Centre, E2 0HU

This interactive day will be led by...