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Hridayabija poster

From Hridayabija on Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 - 13:14

Hridayabija, situated in East Devon, seeks to integrate Buddhist spiritual practice into the abundance of a living eco system; A Pureland if you will. Started on a bare horse paddock in 2010, it a few short years it has undergone an astonishing transformation into an amazing and magical ‘forest garden.’ People frequently report visiting the garden as being a life changing experience. Hridayabija is an attempt to demonstrate that though while we cannot change the world, we can change at...

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Mokshini

'Leadership' - What Is It?

From European Chairs' Assembly on Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 - 07:16

It’s day 3 at the ECA’s winter meeting at Adhisthana, and in today’s podcast Dassini is ‘having a wee chat’ with Arthavadin and Subhadassi; chairs of Manchester and Brighton Buddhist Centre respectively.

The topic is leadership - the chairs have explored this over the last 2 days at the meeting including two workshops led by the above, aimed at giving those present some insight into what leadership is, the different ways it can manifest, and what kind of leader we ourselves...

Centre Team

People To People In India!

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Jan, 2017 - 19:46

People To People In India!

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Jan, 2017 - 19:46

People to People in Nagpur, India have been posting some inspiring stories about the work they do recently. Check them out!

People to People is focused on enabling educational development by empowering women, children and youth via various provided programmes such as:

women’s self-help groups
self reliance support (backed up with micro finance) to help set up women’s business
pre-schooling for the children of immigrants
outdoor primary schooling for nomadic tribes’ children
karate skills for building confidence amongst youth in the slums
personality support towards self-development
study and training clubs
free four-wheeler driving classes for young people

People to People...

Aryaketu

Satyamani Passes Away in India

From Order Connection on Mon, 9 Jan, 2017 - 15:49

Satyamani Passes Away in India

From Order Connection on Mon, 9 Jan, 2017 - 15:49

Dear Order Members,

I am sad to inform you that Dhammacharini Satyamani from Amravati, MS, India passed away today at 3:15 pm. She had been ill for the last several years and died at age 67.

The funeral will take place on tomorrow, the 10th of January at 12pm at her native home in Amravati.

Satyamani was ordained on 12th January, 2003. Her Private Preceptor is Jnanasuri and her Public Preceptor is Karunamaya. Her sadhana...

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Saccanama

Statement about sex between preceptors and those they ordain from the Preceptors' College

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 9 Jan, 2017 - 12:48

Below is a statement from the Preceptors’ College making clear our position on sex between preceptors and those they ordain.

In response to the current discussions about our history, we in the College of Public Preceptors wish to state clearly our position on sexual relations between Preceptors and those they ordain. Recognising the difficulties that have arisen in the past, it has long been our position that sexual contact between teachers and their students is undesirable.

Such contact is...

Mokshini

Dassini and Mokshini In Conversation At The Start Of The Winter ECA 2017

From European Chairs' Assembly on Sat, 7 Jan, 2017 - 21:48

It’s January and time for the winter European Chairs Assembly meeting, held at Adhistana, UK. A bumper gathering of over 60 chairs of chairs of Triratna Buddhist Centres as well as representatives of some of Triratna’s main projects are meeting for an inspiring, enjoyable, at times challenging mix of practice, talks, discussion, and ritual, for the benefit of all beings!

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Saddhaloka

Statement About Sex Between Preceptors And Those They Ordain

From Order Connection on Sat, 7 Jan, 2017 - 13:59

Statement About Sex Between Preceptors And Those They Ordain

From Order Connection on Sat, 7 Jan, 2017 - 13:59

*Updated January 9th 2017*
In response to some comments posted here the College wanted to clarify that the statement below had a very specific context and wasn’t written with the public in mind (though the position we take on this matter is public). We will be saying more publicly soon in the context of Bhante’s recent statement. The context was this:

Following discussions at the College’s November meeting, the message below was emailed by College members to all private preceptors in December,...