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Introducing the Eight Guidelines OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 28 Dec, 2020 - 14:08

Introducing the Eight Guidelines OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 28 Dec, 2020 - 14:08

Dear Order members,

We are pleased to introduce to you a revised and expanded version of the Six Guidelines – now become the Eight Guidelines. The Eight Guidelines were adopted by the College of Public Preceptors at our recent international meeting. While the Six Guidelines have been very useful over the years, they do not address all the principal areas of ordination training.

The new Eight Guidelines offer a more comprehensive framework through which Order members can reflect on a mitra’s readiness for ordination....

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Free Buddhist Audio

The Twelve Days of FBA – 2020 Style!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 26 Dec, 2020 - 02:35

The Twelve Days of FBA – 2020 Style!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 26 Dec, 2020 - 02:35

Warmest greetings and well wishes to you and your friends and family this festive season, from all of us at Free Buddhist Audio!

To rejoice in the turning of the year we are delighted to bring you our annual Twelve Days of FBA celebration! From December 26 - January 6, join us every day on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to hear some of the most inspiring Dharma talks around, recommended by our team and supporters around the world. Or click + follow above. Take part every...

kamalavajra

Dharmachakra is Looking for an Experienced Front-end Developer

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 24 Dec, 2020 - 14:18

Dharmachakra is Looking for an Experienced Front-end Developer

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 24 Dec, 2020 - 14:18

Dharmachakra (the team behind The Buddhist Centre Online and Free Buddhist Audio) is hiring as we turn our attention to building and maintaining Triratna web sites and services that work beautifully on mobile and across all devices.

We’re looking for an experienced front-end developer to start with us in the new year. This would initially be envisaged as a fixed-term contract for 18 months, with the possibility of extending further. The position could be full or part-time by arrangement.

If the thought of helping...

Windhorse Publi...

2020: A Review of the Year

From Community Highlights on Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 - 16:15

2020: A Review of the Year

From Community Highlights on Tue, 22 Dec, 2020 - 16:15

Windhorse Publications is one of only a handful of Buddhist publishers in the West, and, to our knowledge, we’re the only Buddhist publisher based in the UK. For the past forty-five years, the books we’ve published (by Sangharakshita and other authors) have been instrumental in the continued spread of the Dharma to the West and have formed a rich treasure-trove of resources for the Triratna Buddhist Community. Our vision is for Windhorse Publications to continue to spread life-changing Dharma...

Sudaka

Help us build the "Enlightened Forest" :: Ayudarnos construir el "Bosque iluminado"

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 06:11

Help us build the "Enlightened Forest" :: Ayudarnos construir el "Bosque iluminado"

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Mon, 21 Dec, 2020 - 06:11

ESPAÑOL ABAJO

Help us build the “Enlightened Forest”

We are living difficult times, all of us, without a doubt. From the long perspective this is nothing new. “Samsara”, the world we live in is characterized by a mixture of joy and suffering. What can we offer to this world?

What we can do is collaborate, help each other, manifest what we can call “Team Human”, that is, a collaboration between several people contributes much more than a single person alone can do. Suryavana...

SophieAnn

Taraloka's 2021 online retreat programme!

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 18 Dec, 2020 - 13:24

Taraloka's 2021 online retreat programme!

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 18 Dec, 2020 - 13:24

Putting 2020 behind us and looking to 2021, take a first look at Taraloka’s 2021 retreat programme, all *ONLINE* and now available for booking through Taraloka’s website.

It is our hope that women will be able to make the most of online retreats until we are able to open our doors for residential retreats again, perhaps after Easter.

In the...

Nagapriya

Budismo y filosofía

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 18:51

Budismo y filosofía

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 18:51

Budismo y filosofía

Aquí puedes ver un webinar que hice con la Editorial Siglantana sobre el tema del budismo y la filosofía. En parte el propósito es promover mi libro ‘Karma y renacimiento’ en Español que puedes comprar de su sitio de web. Ojalá que la disfruten.

ECA Safeguarding

Learning from the FPMT in the case of Dagri Rinpoche

From Triratna Safeguarding on Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 16:50

Learning from the FPMT in the case of Dagri Rinpoche

From Triratna Safeguarding on Thu, 17 Dec, 2020 - 16:50

Post updated 11th February 2021; see final paragraph.

November saw the publication within the Tibetan tradition FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana) of a report on allegations of sexual assault carried out by Dagri Rinpoche. Dagri Rinpoche is not a member of FPMT, but is a visiting teacher ordained in the same lineage.

Whenever such reports are published, the ECA’s Safeguarding team looks carefully to see what we in Triratna can learn from others’ experience. In the spirit of...

Windhorse Publi...

Introducing 'I Hear Her Words'

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 16 Dec, 2020 - 16:00

Introducing 'I Hear Her Words'

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 16 Dec, 2020 - 16:00

We’re delighted to announce that in May we’ll be publishing I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism by Alice Collett.

Core Buddhist doctrines and ethical formulations provide no justification for the notion that women are inferior to men. However, Buddhism was born and took root in ancient and medieval societies that held traditional views of women. In this way, social and cultural norms positioning women as inferior to men found their way into Buddhist tradition and some Buddhist texts. As...

ECA Safeguarding

Learning from the Catholic Church

From Triratna Safeguarding on Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 14:35

Learning from the Catholic Church

From Triratna Safeguarding on Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 14:35

Following October’s release of a report on failures in preventing addressing child sexual abuse in the Anglican Church in England and Wales, November saw the publication of a 123-page report on similar failures in the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

NB: ‘Child sexual abuse’ includes the ‘non-contact’ offences of viewing, possessing or producing indecent images of children.

Whenever such reports are published, we at the ECA’s Safeguarding team look carefully to see what we can learn. We’ll...

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