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Chairs' Letter - April 2021

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 30 Apr, 2021 - 18:40

Chairs' Letter - April 2021

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 30 Apr, 2021 - 18:40

Dear Order Members and Friends,

I have asked each of my deputies to contribute to these letters, and it seemed appropriate that Amrutdeep would write this month, from India. Amrutdeep was ordained in 1992 and has been a Public Preceptor for eight years, and I’ve very much enjoyed and appreciated getting to know him as we work alongside each other in the College. He is thoughtful and wise, kindly and ethical, and tireless in his practice of...

Centre Team

India Covid-19 Emergency: A Co-ordinated Triratna Fundraising Response

From Triratna News on Thu, 29 Apr, 2021 - 19:35

India Covid-19 Emergency: A Co-ordinated Triratna Fundraising Response

From Triratna News on Thu, 29 Apr, 2021 - 19:35

From The Abhayaratna Trust, FutureDharma Fund / India Dhamma Trust and The Karuna Trust

In this message, we’d like to clarify how the Abhayaratna Trust, Karuna Trust and FutureDharma / IDT are working together and in collaboration with our partners in India to coordinate relief to people and projects affected by the devastating second wave of COVID in India.

Many of you are giving to the Abhayaratna Trust, Karuna and other appeals. It is a credit to our Order and Movement that...

Dayajoti

Be the Ground: Buddhafield Fundraiser

From Buddhafield on Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 21:52

Be the Ground: Buddhafield Fundraiser

From Buddhafield on Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 21:52

Could you be part of the ground from which we grow, by giving regularly to us? https://chuffed.org/project/buddhafield is our fundraiser page.

Buddhafield offers so much of what is needed in this century: the Buddha’s liberating teachings, in authentic community, living close to nature: powerful antidotes to the current epidemics of lack of meaning, social isolation, and alienation from the natural world.

Sangharakshita saw Buddhafield as one of the two most important developments to have taken place in the last 25 years within the Triratna community. ...

Sophie_WLBCPublicity

Our Breathing Body Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 26 Apr, 2021 - 12:02

Our Breathing Body Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 26 Apr, 2021 - 12:02

Here, reciting his poem ‘Perhaps’, Paramananda extends an invitation to the sangha:

“Come and join Bodhilila and myself for our online retreat, Our Breathing Body starting on 2 May. This will be an opportunity to explore how the breath can help us open our minds and our hearts to the world.”

Booking: https://westlondonbuddhistcentre.com/event/our-breathing-body-online-meditation-retreat/

Maitriyogini

Duty and Delight | Hidden Gems

From Adhisthana on Sat, 24 Apr, 2021 - 10:14

Duty and Delight | Hidden Gems

From Adhisthana on Sat, 24 Apr, 2021 - 10:14

What does it mean to really beleive that friendship is the whole of the spiritual life? How will that change how we act?

Being willing to help each other is part of the central enterprise of the spiritual life - to grow. By being with people who we are not hiding anything from, it can connect us to ourselves more, and point us toward the wonder and mystery of what it is to be a human being.

Dhammarati and Saddhaloka discuss some of the jewels to be found in this study material for the online...

viriyalila

Meditating in Nature

From East Coast US Climate Action on Wed, 21 Apr, 2021 - 22:46

Amala offers two guided meditations intended to accompany you in practicing outdoors in nature.

These were recorded as part of the On Two Wings: Holding Love and Concern for the Earth retreat, April 2021.

File Name	Size
Outdoor Walking Meditation (audio)	9.46 MB
outdoor_walking_meditation_text.pdf	58.38 KB
Sitting with Nature (audio)	19.49 MB
Sitting with Nature (text)	53.43 KB

viriyalila

On Two Wings | Holding Love and Concern for the Earth

From East Coast US Climate Action on Tue, 20 Apr, 2021 - 03:13

On Two Wings | Holding Love and Concern for the Earth

From East Coast US Climate Action on Tue, 20 Apr, 2021 - 03:13

Holding both great love and great concern is a path that can lead us to wisdom and to joy. We can strengthen these two wings with awareness in nature. Nature is always with us, just as the Buddha and the possibility of awakening are always with us.

This spring retreat, coinciding with Earth Day, continues our series on Dharmic responses to environmental crises. We will cultivate our depth of heart to experience upekkha, or the Brahmavihara of equanimity. We will also practice two joys: the joy...

Maitriyogini

Friendship: Duty, Delight and Freedom

From Adhisthana on Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 12:50

Friendship: Duty, Delight and Freedom

From Adhisthana on Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 12:50

What kind of friend are you? What kind of friend would you like to be?

Is there any limitation to the heights that faithful friendship can reach?

Explore the possibilities of friendship with brothers and sisters in the sangha, through looking at traditional understandings of friendship in society and the spiritual life.

We will draw primarily on The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam seminar, with supporting material from the seminar on the Sigalavada Sutta. Both texts were studied by Sangharakshita in 1983. With The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam, he took...

Sophie_WLBCPublicity

Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 16:44

Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 16:44

Our Breathing Body

Sunday 2 May to Saturday 8 May

It is hard to overstate the importance of the breath within Buddhist meditation. It provides the ‘object’ most often used for the strengthening and purifying of our reflective consciousness. In addition, it provides a felt experience of inter penetration of all life – without such an experience ‘enlightenment is impossible.

The breath is the thread that stitches our life together. Its centrality in energetic psycho-physical work such as meditation is testified to in nearly all spiritual...

Dayajoti

Be the Ground from which we Grow

From Buddhafield on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 11:50

Be the Ground from which we Grow

From Buddhafield on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 11:50

Could you be part of the ground from which we grow, by giving regularly to us? https://chuffed.org/project/buddhafield is our fundraiser page.

Buddhafield offers so much of what is needed in this century: the Buddha’s liberating teachings, in authentic community, living close to nature; powerful antidotes to the current epidemics...

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