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2025 Karuna Appeals!

From Karuna Fundraisers on Fri, 6 Dec, 2024 - 08:50
  • 2025 Karuna Appeals

2025 Karuna Appeals!

From Karuna Fundraisers on Fri, 6 Dec, 2024 - 08:50

FULL RESIDENCIAL appeals are back! If you volunteer for a Karuna appeal, you live together as a community and form life-long bonds with your fellow volunteer fundraisers.

Appeals are about stepping outside yourself and meeting what is alive! It encourages you to reflect on how you communicate with both yourself and others in this 6 week process of transformation and growth.

Applications open for 2025 - we supply a financial support package to help make this happen!

Sign up for a Karuna appeal today

https://www.appeals.karuna.org/

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We've launched our new campaign:

From Karuna Fundraisers on Fri, 6 Dec, 2024 - 08:46
  • Plant Tomorrow, Today

We've launched our new campaign:

From Karuna Fundraisers on Fri, 6 Dec, 2024 - 08:46

Plant Tomorrow, Today.

Climate change is hitting the world’s poorest communities the hardest. Families are losing their homes and livelihoods because of floods, droughts, and failing crops. Many don’t have the resources to adapt, but together, we can help.

At Karuna, we’re working with local communities to tackle this crisis by:

1️. Teaching smarter farming techniques that help families grow food even with changing weather.

2️. Planting trees and restoring nature to protect against disasters like floods and landslides.

3️. Supporting local leaders to create lasting, positive change for their communities.

With...
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Accepting the Responsibility of Chair of the Preceptors’ College

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 3 Dec, 2024 - 09:39

Accepting the Responsibility of Chair of the Preceptors’ College

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 3 Dec, 2024 - 09:39

𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔…
𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔…
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕…
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔…

As a part of the Chair’s handover ceremony, Mahamati recited a variation on the ‘four lines of acceptance’, which form a part of our Public Ordination, and then reflected on accepting the responsibility of College Chair in this spirit. You can hear his full talk here, which is excerpted in the video of the Chair’s Handover.
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The College Chair's Handover

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

The College Chair's Handover

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

During the annual international meeting of the College of Public Preceptors at Adhisthana, Ratnadharini ritually concluded her term as College Chair and Mahamati took up the responsibility. Many people participated in the evening: current and retired members of the College (including all the previous Chairs), the Adhisthana communities, the seven Mitras from the current young men’s Dharma Life Course and local Order members.

In the context of a Threefold Puja, the previous Chair places the ‘initiation vase’ that Bhante himself used for...
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Shabda December 2024

From Order Connection on Sun, 1 Dec, 2024 - 17:55

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  • HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
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File NameSize
ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)2.37 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.44 MB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)1.54 MB
HTML (web browsers)2.88 MB
PDF for Printing1.14 MB
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Celebrating the Completion of the Complete Works

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 27 Nov, 2024 - 18:00
  • Sangharakshita at Padmaloka, Norfolk, UK. 1980s. © Copyright Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust

Celebrating the Completion of the Complete Works

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 27 Nov, 2024 - 18:00

The following excerpt is taken from a blog post by Dhivan, a Pali Scholar and Chair of Trustees of Windhorse Publications. You can find the whole article on our website.

The last three volumes of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works are being dispatched to subscribers worldwide – marking the culmination of a monumental publishing journey. Over 27 volumes, averaging 750 pages each, this project encompasses an extraordinary 20,000 pages and 10 million words. It stands as the most

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Great Ocean: Sangharakshita and Friends - Abiding Part Two

From Lights In The Sky on Mon, 11 Nov, 2024 - 21:02

Great Ocean: Sangharakshita and Friends - Abiding Part Two

From Lights In The Sky on Mon, 11 Nov, 2024 - 21:02

Great Ocean, Urgyen Sangharakshita and Friends, a biography is now complete with this 150-minute film (with a part break). 

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Watch Abiding Part One

Watch Abiding Part Two

Watch the full catalogue of films on Lights in the Sky



 
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Call for papers

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Tue, 5 Nov, 2024 - 14:03

Call for papers

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Tue, 5 Nov, 2024 - 14:03

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the International Council for the day of Vesak invite academic papers reflecting the significance of Vesak and addressing the central theme of the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025, along with any of the following sub-themes:

Main Theme: Unity and Inclusivity for Human Dignity: Buddhist Insights for World Peace and Sustainable Development.

Sub-Themes: (1) Cultivating Inner Peace for World Peace; (2) Forgiveness and Mindful Healing: A Path to Reconciliation; (3) Buddhist Compassion in Action: Shared Responsibility for Human Development; (4) Mindfulness...
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Shabda November 2024

From Order Connection on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 15:29

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  • HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  • PDF
    • ...
File NameSize
ePub (for eBook readers, Smartphones and Tablets2.05 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.9 MB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)2.13 MB
HTML (web browsers)246.68 KB
PDF for printing1.14 MB
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Chair's Letter – October

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Chair's Letter – October

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Dear Order Members and Friends,

This is the last update that I’ll be writing as Chair of the College of Public Preceptors so I’ll begin by writing about this current month and then go on say something about the last five years more generally.

Last month I wrote about my three weeks in New Zealand which was the first half of my trip to the other side of the world; my three weeks in...

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