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Launch of new online space for Triratna Buddhist Families

From Triratna News on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 13:36

Launch of new online space for Triratna Buddhist Families

From Triratna News on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 13:36

We recently launched a new space for Triratna Buddhist Families. 

The Triratna Buddhist Parents Network Facebook page has been providing invaluable support for many parents practising in Triratna. In response to recent discussions on that group, our own Rijupatha on the The Buddhist Centre Online team (and dad of two), has set up a project space on our website to:

  • Provide further opportunities for children, parents (and grandparents!) to connect and network to discuss their Dharma lives within Triratna.
  • Provide helpful resources for family Dharma
    • ...
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Watch: First Mainland European Young Buddhists Convention

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 12:11

Watch: First Mainland European Young Buddhists Convention

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 12:11

In June 2017, Buddhistisches Tor Berlin hosted the first European Mainland Young Buddhist Convention, attended by 70 young people aged from 18 to 35. Organiser Hannah and contributor Prasadacharin tell us all about the event. Video created by the amazing Clear Vision Trust. 

You should also read a wonderful account of the convention by Marieke.
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Inspired to invest in the Dharma

From Community Highlights on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 10:43
  • Sanghadeva at Adhisthana

Inspired to invest in the Dharma

From Community Highlights on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 10:43

Sanghadeva loans some of his savings to Triratna Projects.

Find out more in this post we’ve highlighted from Liz Bassett at FutureDharma Fund. 

“When you meet Sanghadeva you realise how much he values community. As his name would suggest, he’s all about sangha - he’s been living and working in communities for over 36 years.

Sanghadeva was one of the first people to move to Adhisthana in 2012. When the small community of Order members arrived to live, practise and work together there, they began to rebuild and convert the...
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Poster suggestion

From metta for merida on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 23:20

Just created a poster that could be used to promote this project. What do you think?

I’ve also created a QR code that can de read by mobiles to bring people right here and a short ULR for this group which is easier to type in, which is: https://goo.gl/EALYj8

File NameSize
poster.pdf183.32 KB
QR bar code to link to this group 930 bytes
poster.jpg341.92 KB
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FutureDharma Fund supports ongoing appeal for Venezeula crisis

From Triratna News on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 17:23
  • Merida Council: Aryavachin, Vajranatha , Parami & Jñanadakini

FutureDharma Fund supports ongoing appeal for Venezeula crisis

From Triratna News on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 17:23

Thanks to the generosity of the European Chairs Assembly, in just a few minutes FutureDharma Fund raised £5000 in pledges to help sangha members in Venezuela, whose country is in crisis. 

Chairs from Triratna Buddhist Centres across Europe and representatives from major Triratna projects had gathered together at Vajrasana for a 10-day meeting. They were joined by several other Chairs from around the world, including Vajranatha. He is the only Order Member in Venezuela and Chair of Merida Buddhist Centre, supporting a sangha including 22 mitras,...
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London Buddhist Centre Autumn Magazine

London Buddhist Centre Autumn Magazine

From Community Highlights on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 16:38

Each season the London Buddhist Centre publishes a wonderful magazine and programme packed full of great articles, poems, images and more.

In this edition we are treated to a celebration of the children and families in the Sangha, paintings by Kusalasara, a poem by Vishvantara, a cartoon strip on hindrances to meditation, banker-turned-Buddhist fundraiser Amalavajra, from FutureDharma Fund, on love and money, and music maker Tim Exile features in the latest instalment of Diary of a London Buddhist.

You can also follow the ...
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Mara appears to me

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 12:54

Mara appears to me

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Mon, 7 Aug, 2017 - 12:54

Soon after my arrival at Adhisthana last Friday, I was sitting at my desk reflecting on current events, when, my thoughts coming to a pause, I gazed into the middle distance, suddenly aware that there was someone or something edging its way into my consciousness. I turned slightly to the left, bringing the newly-implanted Japanese-made lens of my right eye to bear on the phenomenon. And there he was, a swarthy, athletic figure of a man with long dark hair. 
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Metta for Merida

From Buddhist Action on Sun, 6 Aug, 2017 - 10:18

Metta for Merida

From Buddhist Action on Sun, 6 Aug, 2017 - 10:18

Dear friends, Vajranatha, and the Triratna Sangha in Venezuela, needs our help! 

At the recent European chairs meeting Vajrnatha, the only order member in Venezuela, spoke movingly about the situation in Venezuela, and Merida, where he lives. 

In the video he says  ”I really need help…. what’s happening in Venezuela is a humanitarian crisis. I would like Triratna to be able to respond to this crisis.”

Please watch this video and share it with your sangha friends. What can we do to help the situation? Can...
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This Sunday: Meditate in the Park!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 5 Aug, 2017 - 13:30

This Sunday: Meditate in the Park!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 5 Aug, 2017 - 13:30

Once again, we will hold our Sunday gathering in the fresh air of Goodwin Park. This week we continue our focus on the historical Buddha, as we launch a new Sunday topic: If the Buddha Lived in Portsmouth.

Sunday August 6, 10AM-12:30 PM

Each week we will look at a story about the Buddha’s life and what it says about the kind of person he was. We will also consider...
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A Complex Personality: A Note

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Sat, 5 Aug, 2017 - 12:52

A Complex Personality: A Note

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Sat, 5 Aug, 2017 - 12:52

In the personal statement that I issued on December 30th 2016 I said, among other things, 1) that the FWBO/Triratna sometimes bore the marks not of the Dharma but of my own particular personality and 2) that that personality was a complex one.  These words have been the subject of much discussion within the Order and in some quarters they have been seriously misunderstood.  The fact that I spoke of the FWBO/Triratna sometimes bearing the marks not of...

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