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Vadanya's Annual Tale of Scrooge 2025

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 - 00:00

This year's variation on the traditional Winter Solstice talk given by Vadanya. If you've been around for a while you'll know what that means - come along and see how he does it this time.

🎧 ‘Bonus Listen: FBA Dharma Story Hour Presents: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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We Are Deeply Connected to Each Other (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 - 11:29

Suryagupta explores how war, destruction and conflict are on the increase in the world, as are conflicted and destructive individual lives. How do we live in a way that brings about a less conflicted world and a more creative, integrated way of being? Excerpted from the talk entitled On War given at London Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Collectively and Individually Spreading the Dharma (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 - 14:37

Maitrivajri explores gender and leadership under the five aspects of Sangharakshita’s teaching of the true individual. Excerpted from the talk Gender, Leadership & the True Individual given in the context of Triratna Regional Order Weekend held at the London Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Transference of Merit

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 - 00:00
This is the final talk in a series on the sevenfold Puja. It is also the final talk of the GBC Mandala night in a year dedicated to the Bodhisattva Ideal as understood and practised within Triratna.
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De Tre Farkosterna - Del 2

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Tue, 16 Dec, 2025 - 00:00
Genom sin över 2 500 år långa historia har buddhismen utvecklats i tre stora faser: Theravada, mahayana och vajrayana. Under två kvällar kommer vi utifrån dessa tre stora grenar fördjupa oss i hur buddhismens idéer, texter, praktiker och kulturella uttryck har förändrats genom tiderna. Samt hur dessa möts och utövas inom Buddhistiska gemenskapen Triratna.
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Death of Amoghabandhu

From Order Connection on Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 - 15:40

Death of Amoghabandhu

From Order Connection on Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 - 15:40

Dear Friends,

I have recently received news that Amoghabandhu has recently died. I am Amoghabandhu’s private preceptor and I have very fond memories of him. He first came along to the Croydon centre in the 1980s and we made a good connection then. In 1998 I ordained him on the three-month Guhyaloka course, giving him his name and initiating him into the Amitabha Sadhana.

Amoghabandhu’s life took him in a different direction and we had not had any contact for many years. I would...
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What Is a True Individual (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 - 11:00

Mahasraddha speaks about becoming a true individual to the Oslo Sangha. He starts with the importance of being in touch with the bodhisattva ideal and the dangers of losing this connection. He then explores the relationship between the true individual, the positive group and the unhealthy group. This leads to an awareness of values and the importance of forgiving both ourselves and others when we don’t manage to live up to the ideal. He also...
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Celebrating Bodhilila

From Triratna News on Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 - 17:26

Celebrating Bodhilila

From Triratna News on Fri, 12 Dec, 2025 - 17:26

Celebration Memorial for Bodhilila

In late October, many friends of Bodhilila gathered – in London and around the world online – to rejoice, remember and appreciate our friend, teacher and former chair of the West London Buddhist Centre, who died on 30th September 2025.

This is a beautiful, moving film of Bodhilila’s memorial service, also featuring a wonderful set of mages from here life which includes her own performance on viola of Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch.
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