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Rijupatha

Dharmabyte - The Buddhist View on Rebirth

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 27 Feb, 2014 - 17:28

Vessantara is back from his three year long retreat and has many insights to share. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for next Saturday’s full-length FBA Podcast. In “The Buddhist View on Rebirth” Vessantara dives deep as he describes how awareness continues to arise after death – there is continued experience but no ‘I’ to have that experience. The full talk Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma was...

Candradasa

The Hero With A Thousand Faces: A Multimedia Event

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 17:05

The Hero With A Thousand Faces: A Multimedia Event

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 17:05The second of our experimental videos today comes from Sam Farquharson, also in the UK. He describes the day event as “Original multi-media theatre to explore the mythic in your life.” This piece written/directed by Sam, in collaboration with writers, film-makers, actors, and musicians associated with the Triratna Buddhist movement, is the creation of a modern day myth set in Bethnal Green, in which the archetypal is exposed in our everyday world.

It will take place at the...

Candradasa

Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52

Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52The first of two videos today, each taking a different experimental path to exploring the life and teachings of the Buddha and why they are relevant to us today.

Here is a computer animation by Stephen Heppel from Moving Vision, a new Right Livelihood business in the UK, illustrating the first two verses of the Dhammapada in translation by Sangharakshita. Stephen writes:

“Buddhism is an ancient tradition which is only...

viradhamma

Letter From India by Viradhamma (No.1)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 25 Feb, 2014 - 14:10

Letter From India by Viradhamma (No.1)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 25 Feb, 2014 - 14:10The first in an occasional series of letters from India by Viradhamma from San Francisco in the U.S., on his travels through India working for DharmaJiva as part of their Buddhist Renaissance project. DharmaJiva is a non-sectarian Buddhist network that works against caste oppression and includes both Western and Asian Buddhist traditions.

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Dear Friends,

I am here in India on three-week trip, and I spent the first ten days in...

Dhammalata

The Householder's Life

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 24 Feb, 2014 - 22:27

The Householder's Life

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 24 Feb, 2014 - 22:27The Householder’s Life

…. Is how most of our lives would be described in traditional Buddhist terms. A life that is not monastic but rather more concerned with career, family, property and of course some time kept for recreation and even spiritual practice …..

The Buddha had quite a bit to say to householders – many of his followers were householders and I have always found it interesting and most instructive to read and reflect on the teachings...

lokabandhu

Introducing BAM: Buddhist Action Month

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Mon, 24 Feb, 2014 - 22:21

Here’s an interview Introducing BAM (Buddhist Action Month), happening across Triratna and the UK Buddhist world in June 2014. Lokabandhu speaks to Amalaketu and Mokshini, chairs of the Colchester and Brighton Buddhist Centres about their vision for the month - and how they’d like to go ‘Beyond BAM’. For 20 practical ideas of what your Centre or Sangha could do, click here.

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte - The Origins of the Stupa

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 24 Feb, 2014 - 16:46

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche, “The Origins of the Stupa.” In this segment Sangharakshita explains the origins of the Buddhist stupa. From the talk, Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa, given in 1971, is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra. We’ve dedicated this to Dhardo Rinpoche to help support a stupa being built in his honor at Aryaloka Buddhist...

Sanghanistha

2014 year planner

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 24 Feb, 2014 - 13:20

A handy year planner to help you plan your retreats here at Padmaloka.

File Name	Size
YearPlanner2014.pdf	45.61 KB

Viryabodhi

Insamlingkampanj för Nytt center

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 23 Feb, 2014 - 15:15

Insamlingkampanj för Nytt center

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 23 Feb, 2014 - 15:15Nu har vi lanserat en insamlingskampanj för ett Nytt buddhistcenter för Triratna i Stockholm. Det finns nu information på hemsidan och många i sanghan får hem denna folder. Läs och begrunda. Steg för steg blir det lite verkligare.

Här kan du se och läsa foldern.

med metta,
Viryabodhi

Viryabodhi

Insamlingskampanj för nytt center

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 23 Feb, 2014 - 15:08

Nu har vi lanserat en insamlingskampanj för ett Nytt buddhistcenter för Triratna i Stockholm. Det finns nu information på hemsidan och många i sanghan får hem denna folder. Läs och begrunda. Steg för steg blir det lite verkligare.

med metta,
Viryabodhi

File Name	Size
Insamlingskampanj folder februari 2014	686.6 KB

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