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Bodhicitta Practice and Order Resources

From Order Connection on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 10:41

Bodhicitta Practice and Order Resources

From Order Connection on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 10:41

Sunday Order Bodhicitta Practice
…and some suggestions for the week ahead
Sunday 28th June

‘I place no limit on what I am prepared to do for other living beings, when the time is ripe and I am ready.’
Sangharakshita – The Bodhisattva Ideal

Please join for the two meditations this week led by:

Purna (New Zealand) – first meditation

Karunadevi (USA) – second meditation

First meditation: Second meditation:
UK...

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Ratnadharini

Resignation of Lalitavajra

From Order Connection on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 10:17

Resignation of Lalitavajra

From Order Connection on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 10:17

Dear Order members,

Lalitavajra was ordained by Sangharakshita at Padmaloka, in January 1980, and now wishes to resign from the Order.

As Bhante is no longer alive it is my responsibility, as College Chair, to receive Lalitavajra’s resignation and – after checking with him by email – I have accepted his resignation.

He has not used his Buddhist name for a couple of years, and is known as Jay or John...

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Dayajoti

Dharma & Meditation at Buddhafield Online Celebration 15th-19th July

From Buddhafield on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 09:06

Dharma & Meditation at Buddhafield Online Celebration 15th-19th July

From Buddhafield on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 09:06

There’s a host of dharma talks, workshops and meditations on offer at this event, with some wonderful contributors from different countries and traditions, listed below. Full details of whole programme are here:

https://www.flipsnack.com/6ED8D766AED/buddhafield-in-the-web-programme-2…

Acharya Kaspa Thompson Sitting with the Ashes
Amaragita Warrior, Lover, Magician, Sovereign
Archie Meban Meditation for Recovery
Caroline Brazier Holding to Nothing in changing times
David Loy Ecodharma: a New Buddhist Path?
Dhammamegha The Buddha’s Begging Bowl
Dhivan Is there a Buddhist...

vajratara

Thinking of Asking for Ordination? Undertaking the quest together

From Tiratanaloka on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 08:55

Thinking of Asking for Ordination? Undertaking the quest together

From Tiratanaloka on Sat, 27 Jun, 2020 - 08:55

This is part of an online event for people thinking of asking for ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order.

What are our next steps in this potent time, where the unconscious becomes conscious and we question where we are headed individually and collectively? What part does the Tiratana Buddhist Order play in a new post-lockdown world? Why have an Order at all? How can committing to the Order help us to deepen our Dharma practice and help the world? Vajratara explores all...

Sadayasihi

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 13:01

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 13:01

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action, by Guhyapati, Sunday 28th June

USA 11am PST | México 1pm | USA 2pm EST | UK & IE 7pm | Europe 8pm CET

The last year has seen important shifts in public narrative and awareness around the climate crisis. We’re living through enormous mobilisations on key social and ecological issues. For many, this feels like a turning point. In the midst of this historic point of disruption, awareness of the complexity of social change should...

Sadayasihi

Urgyen House website

From Triratna News on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 11:57

Urgyen House website

From Triratna News on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 11:57

After Sangharakshita’s death, the Uddiyana Trustees (the charity which is dedicated to preserving his legacy) renamed the annexe where Sangharakshita spent his final years, Urgyen House.

Urgyen House was Sangharakshita’s home for the last five-and-a-half years of his life. This building and the Sangharakshita Library (which is located in a different building at Adhisthana) provided not only living quarters for Sangharakshita but a place for his entire collection of books, letters, papers, thangkas and artefacts.

The Uddiyana Trust has now embarked on a project to...

Danapriya

Online Buddhist Events for Gay Men

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 25 Jun, 2020 - 17:29

Online Buddhist Events for Gay Men

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 25 Jun, 2020 - 17:29

I have been running Online Buddhist Events for Gay Men every Saturday morning at 0930 to 1100 (U.K. 🇬🇧 time), since the end of March. They are going really well, we have a great community of people who regularly attend from various countries around the world. It’s been so good looking at a whole range of themes.

We meditate, have inspiring talks, breakout groups to connect with a smaller number of people and Q & A....

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: What are we Doing when we Meditate?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 25 Jun, 2020 - 14:00

Untangling our Views…

Amaragita explodes and expands notions around the practice of paying attention via awareness of the breath, using the deceptively simple exercise of taking just five breaths through the day.

We hear how the practice relates to the theory of Buddhist meditation and are encouraged to choose and learn from our direct experience of how we respond to our breath in the moment. There is also a chance to try it out as you listen...

Centre Team

Into the Dark Wood (The Dharma Toolkit, Episode 30)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Wed, 24 Jun, 2020 - 01:58

Join us for a walk into the forest of the unknown. Enchantments await. Groves of images. Bridges to the unseen. A path that wanders lost until some deeper magic happens…

We are back in the realm of art and the making of images, the making of things, the making of meaning. Nagasiddhi’s trainings in technical sculpture, prop design and building, the rituals of puppetry, and carpentry with wood left by his father long ago - all these have prepared him for a...

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