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Resignation of Ambaravajri

From Order Connection on Sun, 18 Jul, 2021 - 10:47

Resignation of Ambaravajri

From Order Connection on Sun, 18 Jul, 2021 - 10:47

Dear Order Members,

Ambaravajri has written to me as her Public Preceptor to let me know that she wishes to resign from the Order and I have accepted her resignation. I have been in touch with Ambaravajri, and also with Dhammadassin her Private Preceptor, with whom she has been in dialogue for some time about this process, and with whom she has explored her concerns.

She is now clear that she wishes to resign,...

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Third Precept

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 17 Jul, 2021 - 06:00

Vimalasara gives a thorough talk on the third precept, exploring some of the issues we all need to reflect on if we are to live life more fully with simplicity, contentment and stillness. Relevant to modern day living, this talk also signposts some of the issues that women and queer people have to contend with when reflecting on this precept.

Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2013.

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Centre Team

Beauty and Environmental Action (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 41)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 17 Jul, 2021 - 17:05

Join us for a deep dive into the relationship between art, aesthetics, the environment, and the inner life of people, objects and houses! In this episode we discuss the current ecological and biodiversity crises with an artist and a poet, asking how an appreciation and fuller understanding of beauty itself can help us take action in our own lives.

Be prepared to have your notions of “the beautiful” challenged and, hopefully, also affirmed as we range with our guests Padmacandra and Vilokini...

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Third Precept

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 17 Jul, 2021 - 06:00

Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2013.

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Kiss the Earth: Buddhafield 2021- the Talks!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 15 Jul, 2021 - 20:56

Kiss the Earth: Buddhafield 2021- the Talks!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 15 Jul, 2021 - 20:56

When we connect with the earth, we are also connecting with ourselves and with other beings, recognizing we are part of a greater whole. We can begin to let go of the barriers that separate us from one another

We have learnt this past few years how rapidly things can change, and seen the illusion that humanity is in total control swept away. A more humble, respectful approach is need to rebalance our world, both internally and externally.

To kiss the earth is to...

Liz Evers

Review: I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism by Alice Collett

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 9 Jul, 2021 - 17:27

Review: I Hear Her Words: An Introduction to Women in Buddhism by Alice Collett

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 9 Jul, 2021 - 17:27

The last two decades have seen a growth in Western scholarship about women in Buddhism. The Therīgāthā, a selection of 73 poems by enlightened Buddhist nuns over a 300-year period from the sixth century BCE, has had multiple recent translations and commentaries. Scholars including Rita Gross and Anne C. Klein have conducted feminist re-evaluations of Buddhism, while others have explored the experiences of women practising in specific cultures (for example, Martine Batchelor on her experience as a Jogye Zen...

akasajoti

Eight Guidelines | Understanding the Dharma

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 15 Jul, 2021 - 12:27

Eight Guidelines | Understanding the Dharma

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 15 Jul, 2021 - 12:27

Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu, from London, UK, discuss the process of studying and understanding Sangharakshita’s distinctive presentation of the Dharma, in the third in a series of informal, personal, conversations between Public Preceptors about the Eight Guidelines for Ordination Training in Triratna.

The Eight Guidelines offer a framework through which Order Members and Mitras can reflect on and communicate about their going for refuge and process of training for Ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order. In this series, members of the Preceptors’...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Coming to Stillness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 15 Jul, 2021 - 06:00

Drawing on sources from Russell Brand to Tenzin Palmo, Suryadarshini navigates the third precept. Covering sex, relationships, confessional writing, and social media, she offers suggestions for how to start a shift from attention and attachment into stillness, simplicity and contentment.

From the talk entitled Sex and Social Media: From Attention and Attachment to Contentment given at Norwich Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Satyakirti

Autumn - Winter 2021 Programme is now Live!

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 15:45

Autumn - Winter 2021 Programme is now Live!

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 15:45

We are delighted to announce that the Padmaloka Autumn-Winter programme has just gone live and is ready for bookings.

This final phase of the year marks a step towards a normal programme of residential retreats here at Padmaloka. All of the retreats will be in-person, albeit with initially lower attendance limits.

The programme includes some of the classic Ordination Training retreats:

Spiritual Friendship: Exploring the centrality of Kalyana Mitrata, and how to practice it.
The System of Dharma Life: A look at the key elements of an...

vajratara

Sub35 Online Day Retreat: Why Join An Order?

From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 11:35

Sub35 Online Day Retreat: Why Join An Order?

From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 11:35

Saturday 4 September

Why join an Order? Isn’t enough to simply practice Buddhism without joining anything? Vajratara and Karunadhi from the women’s ordination team along with Dharmacharinis from the young people’s steering group, will communicate a glimpse of the vision of the Order and the potential of spiritual friendship. The Order is more than it appears to be, and to realise that, we must also realise that we are more than we appear to be…

Join us for an online day for young people training...

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