I visited the Centre yesterday and already walls had disappeared and there was rubble everywhere! It’s very exciting to see the space changing shape.
Now I’m busy thinking about floors, kitchen units, paints and lighting…
I’m delighted to say that we have managed to pass the half-way mark with our fundraising, which is very encouraging, but we still need help to reach our target.
If you’d like to participate, please have a look at our fundraising page or centrebouddhisteparis [at] gmail.com...
Today’s Dharmabyte is ‘Offering your Life’ by Yashobodhi.
In this personal talk Yashobodhi goes into the aspiration to be of benefit to all beings, the pitfalls an aspiring Bodhisattva can come across and about the journey from concept to experienced reality and back again.
An articulate and rousing talk on Going for Refuge, Singhamati weaves in stories from her own life to illustrate key turning points on her Going for Refuge life journey. She poses a range of useful questions for reflection and discussion useful to any level of practice. This talk was given at Taraloka on a retreat for GFR women mitras in the MidWest region.
Maitrisara explores the vipallasas, the topsy turvy views as a way to explore how our delusions inhibit our efforts in spiritual practice. She begins with an overview of what Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels means and why frameworks to explore delusion (like the topsy turvy views) can help us. She illustrates the topsy turvy views with examples from her own life. This talk was given at Taraloka on a retreat for GFR women mitras in the MidWest region.
An articulate and rousing talk on Going for Refuge, Singhamati weaves in stories from her own life to illustrate key turning points on her Going for Refuge life journey. She poses a range of useful questions for reflection and discussion useful to any level of practice. This talk was given at Taraloka on a retreat for GFR women mitras in the MidWest region.
Maitrisara explores the vipallasas, the topsy turvy views as a way to explore how our delusions inhibit our efforts in spiritual practice. She begins with an overview of what Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels means and why frameworks to explore delusion (like the topsy turvy views) can help us. She illustrates the topsy turvy views with examples from her own life. This talk was given at Taraloka on a retreat for GFR women mitras in the MidWest region.
The 2019 Generation X Dharma Teachers’ Conference is currently underway at Great Vow Zen Monastery in Oregon, USA.
This year those attending this biennial conference include three members of the Triratna Buddhist Order: Candradasa from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA; Vimalasara from Vancouver, Canada and Singhasri from London, UK. A variety of other Buddhist traditions in North America will also be represented. This is the fifth gathering of this kind, which has happened every two years since 2011.
Monks and Nuns from South Indian monastery visit retreat center with Atul Veer. It was great to talk to them. Nuns were from Nepal. Some monks from Bhutan. They are all student of Khempo Sonam.
