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Great Ocean (Part 3): Alchemy

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 20:54

Great Ocean (Part 3): Alchemy

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 20:54

A fascinating look through Triratna’s history via this realistic portrayal of Sangharakshita and his friendships. This film also includes a take on his sexuality in an honest and direct way.

I really enjoyed the film - and wanted it to keep going! I loved the appropriate and often witty juxtapositions… My overwhelming response was one of delight.
Sarvananda

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Vajrajyoti

New Date For Forthcoming Ordinations at Sudarshanaloka

From Order Connection on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 13:35

New Date For Forthcoming Ordinations at Sudarshanaloka

From Order Connection on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 - 13:35

Dear Friends,

Please note, the following ordinations at Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre in New Zealand will now take place one day earlier, on Wednesday 23rd July:

Beck Sinclair, Auckland
Justine Farrington, Auckland

with metta,

Vajrajyoti

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Luke Penkett

Review: A Survey of Buddhism: Chapter One by Sangharakshita (new edition 2025)

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Jul, 2025 - 14:45

Review: A Survey of Buddhism: Chapter One by Sangharakshita (new edition 2025)

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Jul, 2025 - 14:45

In the summer of 1954 Sangharakshita was invited to give four lectures on Buddhism at the Indian Institute of World Culture in Bangalore (South India). The transcripts of these lectures became the basis of A Survey of Buddhism which was published by the Institute in 1957, the same year that witnessed the 2500th anniversary of Buddhism.

An auspicious start: apart from a collection of poetry this was Bhante’s first book which went on to have many editions in English and other languages, and has been continuously in...

Centre Team

A Quest to Wisdom (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 21 Jul, 2025 - 11:00

Saraha is clear as ever in this exploration of the Four Levels of Awareness. In this excerpt, we hear about the Awareness of Reality - the awareness of things, self and people as they truly are. Excerpted from the talk entitled Introducing Buddhism the Four Levels of Awareness given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre 2015.

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A System of Training (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 19 Jul, 2025 - 11:00

Dhammarati explores Triratna’s system of practice - its background in practice, its relationship to tradition, and its implications for the very nature of spiritual life. An encouraging, grounded, flexible take on the rigorous, meaningful, and rewarding challenges of a lifetime of working with the mind and the heart.

Talk given at the national Triratna Buddhist Order weekend, February 2008.

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Viriyalila

Death of Danakamala

From Order Connection on Sat, 19 Jul, 2025 - 09:36

Death of Danakamala

From Order Connection on Sat, 19 Jul, 2025 - 09:36

Dear Order Members,

It is with a heavy heart that I write to let you know that our dear friend Danakamala from Portsmouth in the US, passed away peacefully at his home on 18 July 2025.

He had been experiencing a number of medical conditions over many years, and recently developed sepsis, a serious blood infection, arising from a complication with dialysis treatment, for which he was hospitalized. He was home for two weeks, slowly recovering, but with awareness that he was nearing the...

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Vajrajyoti

Forthcoming Ordinations at Sudarshanaloka

From Order Connection on Fri, 18 Jul, 2025 - 09:27

Forthcoming Ordinations at Sudarshanaloka

From Order Connection on Fri, 18 Jul, 2025 - 09:27

We are pleased to announce that the following women will soon be ordained at Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre in New Zealand. The private ordination will take place on Monday 21st July and the public ordination will follow on Thursday 24th July.

Beck Sinclair, Auckland
Justine Farrington, Auckland

with metta,

Vajrajyoti

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Centre Team

Why do we Suffer? (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 17 Jul, 2025 - 11:00

In this talk, Dharmaprabha explores conditioned co-production through her personal experience of living with a chronic illness. She traces the early formulations of pratitya samutpada back to the Pali canon and discusses how the four noble truths and the spiral path can guide our practice in challenging times. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Heart of the Dharma given at North London Buddhist Centre 2015.

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