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A Conversation with Sangharakshita on Death and Grief

From Community Highlights on Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 - 18:25The Abhayaratna Trust provides support for elderly members of the Triratna Buddhist Order who don’t have the resources to fully support themselves.

Ratnachuda writes: I have produced this booklet in gratitude to Sangharakshita who kindly agreed to give me an interview in April 2007, when I was engaged in research for a doctorate with the thesis of ‘grief and bereavement from a Buddhist perspective.’

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Candradasa

Urgyen Sangharakshita on Death and Grief

From Community Highlights on Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 - 17:38

Urgyen Sangharakshita on Death and Grief

From Community Highlights on Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 - 17:38Over on the Abhayaratna Trust’s website there’s a little-known but fascinating conversation extract from 2007 between Sangharakshita ( the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community) and Ratnachuda talking about the death of Sangharakshita’s mother and sister. It’s part of a longer, in-depth discussion of death and grief generally, and we wanted to draw your attention to that as well as to the excellent work Abhayaratna Trust does on behalf of members of the Order...

Candradasa

Three Ways To Participate!

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 - 17:14

Three Ways To Participate!

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Tue, 10 Sep, 2013 - 17:14There are three great ways to take part in the Urban Retreat this year!

1. Take part at a Buddhist Centre near you.
2. Take part in the Young Buddhists’ retreat (UK)
3. Take part online… right here!

If you take part at a Centre or go on the Young Buddhists’ retreat you can resource yourself using this space and connect with others taking part around the world…

Dhammalata

Karma's Gonna Getcha!

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 9 Sep, 2013 - 22:41

Karma's Gonna Getcha!

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 9 Sep, 2013 - 22:41Dear Meditator

Perhaps the most core of all understandings for Buddhists is that every action has a consequence. Often we don’t make the connection consciously to the consequence but you can be sure there will be one. We believe that every action that is skilful (born out of clarity, kindness and generosity) will have a positive consequence and every unskilful action (born out of confusion, ill will and greed) will have a negative consequence.

Our thoughts too are...

viriyalila

Enlightenment as Non-Experience

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 6 Sep, 2013 - 17:23

Elucidating the other side of the coin, in today’s FBA Dharmabyte,“Enlightenment as Non-Experience,” Sangharakshita explores the alternative to considering Enlightenment as experience. Nirvana is the experience you have when you stop experiencing. The full talk,“Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experience” was given in 1975.

viriyalila

We're Moving!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 6 Sep, 2013 - 17:15

We're Moving!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 6 Sep, 2013 - 17:15We’re moving! Filled with gratitude for the time we’ve had in the space we are leaving, we will be packing up and moving across town on Sunday, September 15th, beginning at 11.30, following the morning meditation.

Our new address: 84 Pleasant Street, 2nd floor. It’s a great space - we look forward to seeing you all there.

tejadhamma

Parent Meet at Hostel Project

From Bahujan Hitay, Nagpur on Fri, 6 Sep, 2013 - 06:55

Parent Meet at Hostel Project

From Bahujan Hitay, Nagpur on Fri, 6 Sep, 2013 - 06:55

Bahujan Hitay Boys Hostel Gorewada, Nagpur organised Parent Meeting on the eve of Pola Festival Celebration on which parent heavily drink and do domestic violence. We had follow up session of last parent meet regarding “serious effect of Alcoholism” as a matter of moral practises “hostel to home” ; sothat the hostel’s beneficiaries will get external condition at home...

aryaketu

New batch of MSCIT (Computer course) started for BPL category students at Bhilgaon branch...

From Aryaloka Computer Education India on Thu, 5 Sep, 2013 - 15:11

New batch of MSCIT (Computer course) started for BPL category students at Bhilgaon branch...

From Aryaloka Computer Education India on Thu, 5 Sep, 2013 - 15:11

These all young men and women are looking for break through in their life. They all are from very poor background and their family income are not more than 50,000 Rs. Most of the student’s fathers are heavy drinker and not supporting them financially. Some women are married but their husbands are not supportive and family always go through financial crises. I always like to spend sometime together with them on...

Claire Martin

Belladrum Festival 2013

From Triratna Highlands on Wed, 4 Sep, 2013 - 22:34

Belladrum Festival 2013

From Triratna Highlands on Wed, 4 Sep, 2013 - 22:34

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2013 - we had our marquee and yurt in the Heilan’ Fields, where we taught meditation, chatted to passers by, spread the word about the new Centre in Inverness and even sold a few books! The weather held out, lots of folk were interested, everyone who meditated enjoyed it and sangha members got to know eachother better over plenty of tea and cake :-)

tejadhamma

3rd Karate Branch Opening on 3 Oct. 2013

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 3 Sep, 2013 - 15:30

3rd Karate Branch Opening on 3 Oct. 2013

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 3 Sep, 2013 - 15:30We are glad to inform you that People To People is opening its 3rd new People’s Karate Branch in collabration with Triratna Buddhist Centre on Thursday 3 Oct. 2013 at Mahendranagar, Nagpur at 6-30 p.m.where Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita given talk on 18 Jan. 1992.
This project will attract youths towards Triratna through Self Defence (Karate) practises, meditation events, group discussions, workshops, leadership skill development activities and more !
For more information, contact :
tejadhamma [at] gmail.com + 91 9422138727...

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