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Death of Vidyasiddhi

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Nov, 2022 - 17:04

Death of Vidyasiddhi

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Nov, 2022 - 17:04

Dear Order Members,

Vidyasiddhi died at 8.35pm last night, 20th Novemeber, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridge.

His brother Brian and sister Elizabeth were with him holding his hands. He died peacefully without pain. He had been visited over the weekend by various Order friends. He was given messages of love from other Order Members he had known.

Birth: 30th August 1956
Ordained: June 2009
Death: 20th November 2022...
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Dharmabyte: Cultivating Wholesome Friends and Companions

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 21 Nov, 2022 - 06:00

Padmasuri shares the story of Hatthaka who wanted all his friends to meet and hear the Buddha, and then was praised by the Buddha for having many wonderful spiritual qualities. From the talk The Buddha Was a Friend As We Can Be a Friend at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2013.

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Resignation of Sudhana

From Order Connection on Sun, 20 Nov, 2022 - 09:41

Resignation of Sudhana

From Order Connection on Sun, 20 Nov, 2022 - 09:41

Dear Order members

I am writing to let you know that Sudhana has resigned from the Order. Sudhana was ordained by Bhante at Il Convento, Tuscany, in November 1981. As Bhante was his private and public preceptor it now falls to me, as College Chair, to accept his resignation – which I have done after checking with him and some of his Order friends. Sudhana told me that he has been considering this step for some years, discussing it with longstanding friends...
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FBA Podcast: The Tale of Maha-Kassapa

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 19 Nov, 2022 - 06:00

Amoghavajra takes us back 2,500 years to the Kingdom of Magadha in Northern India to the birth of a boy called Kassapa. He grows up happily and as he gets older he becomes less and less worldly. Kassapa marries Bhadda who has equally renunciant tendancies. They both go forth together.

Kassapa meets the Buddha, becomes his disciple and gains Enlightenment. He is known as a superb meditator and was foremost among the bhikkus for practising austerities. According to Amoghavajra’s story,...
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Vidyasiddhi's Health - an update

From Order Connection on Fri, 18 Nov, 2022 - 18:43

Vidyasiddhi's Health - an update

From Order Connection on Fri, 18 Nov, 2022 - 18:43

18th November 2022

Dear Order members,

As you may know, Vidyasiddhi was diagnosed with serious cancer just over a month ago. He is now in a hospice in Cambridge where he is receiving end of life care. 

Last Friday 11th November, he and I were driven to Rivendell by Vajrasiddhi for a week retreat with Atula and Mandarava on myth where we shared a room. He loved their retreats on myth and it was the thing...
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Dharmabyte: Maturing The Heart

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 17 Nov, 2022 - 06:00

In a sutta from the Udana, Meghiya overestimates his spiritual development and sees the goal in terms of his own individual, personal development. Vadanya shares some reflections on the Meghiya Sutta on the theme of learning about yourself in solitude as well as in relationship to others in the Sangha.

From the talk Meghiya and The Path - Beyond Individualism given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2007.

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Death of Lalitavyuha

From Order Connection on Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 - 17:39

Death of Lalitavyuha

From Order Connection on Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 - 17:39

Dear Friends,

Lalitavyuha died this morning at 11:42 GMT. He was in hospital in Brighton and had been receiving palliative care since Saturday. 

Santacitta and his daughter Katherine were with him, reading from the Bardo Thodol. He was very peaceful over these last few days.

Green Tara is his yidam.

Born 3rd July 1947
Ordained 8th June 1990
Died 16th November 2022

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‘Our compassion is inconsistent and limited’ (Talk 6 of 8)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 - 00:00
‘Our compassion is inconsistent and limited’: Shinran, metta and bodhicitta Seeing our limitations clearly, without judgement - yet opening to metta that is limitless - metta that can never be “ours”. And what is blind belief, and how can we tell the difference between that and faith? Talks suitable for experienced practitioners only, as a sound base of experience and Dharma knowledge is taken for granted. Given on the 2022 Taraloka retreat ‘True Entrusting: Shinran, the Buddha and Bhante’, which explored Shinran’s classic text ‘Tannisho’. Talks begin with a section of this text. *Maitrisiddhi gave talks on the same themes in 2021. While there is overlap, there is also new material in each talk.*
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‘True entrusting that is as firm as a diamond….’ (Talk 7 of 8)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 - 00:00
‘True entrusting that is as firm as a diamond….’: Shinran and irreversibility. What effect would it have on us, to trust that our connection with the Dharma will take us all the way to Enlightenment? Talks suitable for experienced practitioners only, as a sound base of experience and Dharma knowledge is taken for granted. Given on the 2022 Taraloka retreat ‘True Entrusting: Shinran, the Buddha and Bhante’, which explored Shinran’s classic text ‘Tannisho’. Talks begin with a section of this text. *Maitrisiddhi gave talks on the same themes in 2021. While there is overlap, there is also new material in each talk.*
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‘Alice through the Looking-Glass’ (Talk 8 of 8)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 16 Nov, 2022 - 00:00
‘Alice through the Looking-Glass’: a summary of Shinran’s approach to the Dharma life, outlines of how we might live it, and tentative suggestions about how to communicate about it within Triratna! Talks suitable for experienced practitioners only, as a sound base of experience and Dharma knowledge is taken for granted. Given on the 2022 Taraloka retreat ‘True Entrusting: Shinran, the Buddha and Bhante’, which explored Shinran’s classic text ‘Tannisho’. Talks begin with a section of this text.
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