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Celebrating Triratna's 50th in Krakow, Poland

From Community Highlights on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 19:04

Celebrating Triratna's 50th in Krakow, Poland

From Community Highlights on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 19:04

A big thank you to Paramashanti for sharing this lovely video of the celebration of Triratna’s 50th Anniversary at Sanghaloka in Krakow, Poland! 

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Ipswich Young Buddhists presents: Sangha Soiree night for BAM 17th June

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 14:57

Ipswich Young Buddhists presents: Sangha Soiree night for BAM 17th June

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 14:57

Doors open at 6:30pm, curry served from 6:45pm and the show will start at 7.30pm - all are welcome!

A bit of a twist on the usual Curry and Poetry night - you are invited to share a meal with others before being entertained (or entertaining others!) with poetry, music, song, dance - anything goes!

If you would like to volunteer to help out on the night or to brave the stage, look out for forms at the centre soon (or contact Jo via...

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What To Rely On In Our Dharma Lives

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 01:00
This talk was given on Triratna Order Day held at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, at the invitation of the Eastern Region Order Conveners. *** 0.00 Intro including 4 reliances 3.20 Appreciation 5.50 Experience at Chithurst Monastery 8.40 Sangharakshita as translator, big vision: effort and love, from all of us 11.00 Re-evaluation. Diversity. Bhante on value of critique 14.20 Shadow side of big vision & rapid expansion / Quality of meditation teaching / Bhante as authority, “Bhante says..” / 1st and 2nd Reliances / conceptual understanding 20.40 Gender attitudes / 4th Reliance as tool for re-evaluation 30.00 Insight in the order: (selfish? In opposition to Bodhisattva ideal?) Prejudice. 3rd Reliance. Hui Neng 38.30 ‘Official’ and ‘Unofficial’ versions of the order, public and private 44.00 Internet as tool 47.15 looking ahead, trust emergence, getting out of our own / each others' way 58.20 Concluding comments. Means as means, not ends. *** Corrections: Please note that the 7 pages of 'Transforming Self and World' mentioned in the talk have, I have since learned, been edited down in the 2008 edition to leave simply the point about women being capable of the highest spiritual attainment - that's great news. However I think the comments here are still more widely relevant because they apply to other comment on the subject, within our archive and previously published literature.
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Embracing Doubt

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 01:00
When we want to learn from the Buddha's wisdom sometimes we first have to turn towards our doubts: doubts in ourself, the teachings, Triratna. In this talk, Singhamati shares parts of her journey over the last 16 years in Triratna of: embracing doubt, building the grounds of faith as well the nature of being on a journey...Given in the context of Sangha Night.
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What to Rely on in our Dharma Lives (Open to All, final edit)

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 2 May, 2017 - 21:46

What to Rely on in our Dharma Lives (Open to All, final edit)

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 2 May, 2017 - 21:46

What to Rely on in our Dharma Lives

This article is based on a talk I was invited to give at the Eastern Region Triratna Day 49th/50th year celebration of Triratna in Cambridge. I include some relevant aspects of my own experiences of some 35 years as part of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, now Triratna.  I offer these thoughts as areas for reflection which I hope may be useful.

A key theme will be our relationship with Sangharakshita and, in this respect, I...

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New Buddhist Centre for Barcelona

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Apr, 2017 - 23:59

New Buddhist Centre for Barcelona

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Apr, 2017 - 23:59

Triratna’s sangha in Barcelona, Spain, bought their first Buddhist Centre last year. Just six weeks from opening they are working hard. They still need to raise €15,000. 

Sugarbha writes: “This is a really exciting project for Triratna Barcelona. Thanks to a legacy donation, in summer 2016 we secured a mortgage and purchased a building to convert into a centre. This is obviously a huge step forward for us, and for Triratna in mainland Europe.

We were able to secure the mortgage mainly due to a substantial sum...

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Indian Pilgrimage February 2018 - From the Bodhi Tree to Triratna

Indian Pilgrimage February 2018 - From the Bodhi Tree to Triratna

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Fri, 28 Apr, 2017 - 20:14

To coincide with the International Conventions, the India Dhamma Trust is arranging a special pilgrimage for Order members and Mitras who wish to gain a living experience of the unity of Triratna.

From the heartlands of Ancient Buddhism, order members and mitras will follow itineraries that attend the Order or Mitra conventions at Bodh Gaya, and take in the traditional pilgrimage sites of Shravasti, Kusinara, Lumbini, Vaishali and Sarnath, before combining to travel to Nagpur to explore...

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Join the Karuna fundraiser revolution during Buddhist Action Month!

From Triratna News on Thu, 27 Apr, 2017 - 23:56

Join the Karuna fundraiser revolution during Buddhist Action Month!

From Triratna News on Thu, 27 Apr, 2017 - 23:56

It’s your call to change self and world! June is Buddhist Action Month (BAM) and Triratna’s Karuna Trust is celebrating with a BAM telephone campaign, 5th June - 14th July. They’re looking for a team of 6 volunteers for 6 weeks who are willing to act to create social change. 
The closing date for application is 22nd May.

Karuna’s Nisha Mothilal writes: “Based in the Karuna office in North London, you’ll be calling our existing Karuna supporters to engage and inspire them...

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International Gathering 2017 - the programme

International Gathering 2017 - the programme

From Triratna International Gathering 2017 - What The World Needs Now on Sun, 30 Apr, 2017 - 15:39

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The overall theme for the gathering is Our Future Dharma — What the World Needs Now

On the Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning of the event we will listen to talks by Prajnaketu (European Young Buddhists Coordinator), Dhammamegha (International Council Secretary) and Arthakusalin (Chair of Ghent Buddhist Centre) - they will explore the Three Jewels as gifts we have to give the world.

Each afternoon will be taken up by a range of workshops...

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Order Retreat in Bodhgaya 2018 OM

Order Retreat in Bodhgaya 2018 OM

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 1 May, 2017 - 11:35

Are you going to the convention in Bodhgaya in February?  If so, you may like to consider going on an Order retreat on our land beforehand on 28 January to 3 February 2018.  Subhuti will be joined by all the Public Preceptors for his annual Order retreat sponsored by the India Dhamma Trust.  It’s a unique opportunity to practice deeply with our international Order at the site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment.  The India Dhamma Trust is also offering a ‘Dhamma Revolution’ pilgrimage...

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