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Kalyana Mitra Yoga – Sangharakshita 100 OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 - 17:29

Kalyana Mitra Yoga – Sangharakshita 100 OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 - 17:29

I entreat you, O Buddha Shakyamuni, revealer of the Dharma,
And you, Urgyen Sangharakshita, who have given me the gift of the Dharma,
Please witness my Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,
And grant me your blessings.

On 19 January, Mahamati, as the Chair of the College, opened a year of practice, for order members, in celebration of the birth centenary year of Urgyen Sangharakshita – calling on the blessings of our teacher, through the...
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Munisha

European Buddhist Union 50th anniversary conference, Vienna 25th April 2025

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 7 Mar, 2025 - 11:34
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European Buddhist Union 50th anniversary conference, Vienna 25th April 2025

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 7 Mar, 2025 - 11:34

25th April, 2025
09:00 – 16:00 | Public Educational Centre, Praterstern 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria

An international conference open to everyone

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the European Buddhist Union (EBU) invites the Buddhist community and interested audiences to reflect on the future of European Buddhism. The conference, guided by prominent voices in contemporary Buddhist thought, including representatives of younger generations, will explore how this tradition might evolve in an era of profound social, technological,...
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Shabda March 2025

From Order Connection on Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 - 15:12

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
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Letter from the Chair of the College – March 2025

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 - 00:00
  • International Council members before the Standing Buddha at Nagaloka
  • Garlanding Dr. Ambedkar’s statue at Nagaloka
  • IC members at Dikshabhumi in Nagpur
  • IC Meeting
  • Aryajaya's Handover of Order Convenor

Letter from the Chair of the College – March 2025

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 1 Mar, 2025 - 00:00

Dear Order members and friends,

Formerly one needed courage to attack institutions. Now one needs courage to defend them – and still more courage to create them.

This aphorism of Sangharakshita first appeared in print in 1998 in A Stream of Stars: Reflections and Aphorisms. However, as with many of his published aphorisms, we have no information about the context in which it was first said or written -  it is quite possible that Bhante had jotted this down much earlier. Like...
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Who Was the Buddha? What did he Teach? Why Does it Matter?

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 26 Feb, 2025 - 16:07

Who Was the Buddha? What did he Teach? Why Does it Matter?

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 26 Feb, 2025 - 16:07

Over 2500 years ago, a young man sat beneath a tree and woke up. He then walked the wilds and villages of India, talking to anyone who would listen and passing on his vision, so that others too could wake up. His vision was passed on through the centuries and through many cultures down to us in 2025. 

What did he have to say? What was so compelling to last this long, to influence millions of people, to change lives and cultures?...
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Living in the Greater Mandala OM

From Adhisthana on Tue, 11 Feb, 2025 - 12:02

Living in the Greater Mandala OM

From Adhisthana on Tue, 11 Feb, 2025 - 12:02

Vessantara recalls his experience of being in the seminar where Sangharakshita spoke of “The greater mandala of aesthetic appreciation” and the influence this had on himself and the movement at that time.

There will be a retreat for Order members on the Ratnagunasamcayagatha material with Vessantara in April. You are welcome to come in person or attend online. For more information see the Adhisthana website.
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Shabda February 2025

From Order Connection on Sun, 9 Feb, 2025 - 16:41

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  • HTML Shabda – read with any web browser
  • PDF for printing your own Shabda
    • ...
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ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)2.75 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.6 MB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)1.69 MB
HTML (web browsers)4.79 MB
PDF for Printing1.09 MB
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Suddhayu

Exploring Meditation and Mindfulness

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 8 Feb, 2025 - 18:57

Exploring Meditation and Mindfulness

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 8 Feb, 2025 - 18:57

 A four-week course, Wednesdays 6:45-8:00 PM, February 19 - March 12 at 73 Court Street, Portsmouth 

Meditation helps us to develop contentment, clarity, integration, concentration, and a sense of peace. Practicing Mindfulness as we go about the activities of our lives helps to keep us centered, creative and in touch with our own vitality. 

This class offers a weekly opportunity to build your meditation and mindfulness skills by practicing with others in a supportive, friendly context. Led meditations and practice exercises will focus...
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Mahamati

Letter from the Chair of the College – February 2025

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 00:00

Letter from the Chair of the College – February 2025

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 00:00

Dear Order members and friends,

In 1949, when visiting Bodhgaya for the first time, Sangharakshita wrote a poem called ‘The Birthplace of Compassion’. Now, seventy-five years later, on the centenary of his birth, I send this letter from this very place, where around 800 members of the Order that Sangharakshita went on to found, are gathered for an International Order Convention.

Here, where the Goatherd’s banyan-tree
O’ershadowed, was, to world forlorn,
The first child of Enlightenment,
...
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Living Creatively in the World As It Is — a series of practice days exploring the Buddha’s ennobling truths, for women*

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 - 16:47

Living Creatively in the World As It Is — a series of practice days exploring the Buddha’s ennobling truths, for women*

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 - 16:47

The Buddha’s core insight into the conditioned nature of existence is most famously expressed in his teaching of the Four Noble Truths. These are not  abstract beliefs to be adhered to religiously. Rather they are observations grounded in direct experience and intended to inspire and guide us in exploring how to live wholeheartedly and even joyfully in the complicated context that is human society. In this sense, we can think of them as “ennobling truths” — an alternative translation of...

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