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Chair's Letter – July 2023 – Subhadramati

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 1 Aug, 2023 - 17:55

Chair's Letter – July 2023 – Subhadramati

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 1 Aug, 2023 - 17:55

This month’s update from the College is a bumper edition before we take a break in August…

Recently the Ordination courses at Guhyaloka and Akashavana were completed, led by Maitreyabandhu and Subhadramati respectively; and the College-led ‘Lineage Retreat’ at Adhisthana was a great success, for which Mahamati was on the team. We wanted to share something from each of these aspects of the College’s work, and asked Subhadramati and Mahamati to write more fully. 

I will be taking part in a few
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Chair's Letter – July 2023 – Mahamati

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 1 Aug, 2023 - 17:48

Chair's Letter – July 2023 – Mahamati

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 1 Aug, 2023 - 17:48

This month’s update from the College is a bumper edition before we take a break in August…

Recently the Ordination courses at Guhyaloka and Akashavana were completed, led by Maitreyabandhu and Subhadramati respectively; and the College-led ‘Lineage Retreat’ at Adhisthana was a great success, for which Mahamati was on the team. We wanted to share something from each of these aspects of the College’s work, and asked Subhadramati and Mahamati to write more fully. 

I will be taking part in a few
...

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Shantavira

Shabda August 2023

From Order Connection on Tue, 1 Aug, 2023 - 14:53

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 (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  • Print Shabda:
  • ...
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Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Dear friends,

We are happy to be arranging our Third Transgender Retreat soon with the help of some fundraising!

In 2021 Shuan Bartone became a Mitra through the Boston Sangha and Triratna Gender Diverse Buddhists. A year later, He started working on a project to record a song about Dr. Ambedkar, called ‘Babasaheb’, which is released on BandCamp. 

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Suvannavira

Введение в буддийскую медитацию: «Визуализация тантрической ступы»

Введение в буддийскую медитацию: «Визуализация тантрической ступы»

From Буддийская община «Триратна» on Sun, 30 Jul, 2023 - 13:33

Шестинедельный видеокурс, обучающий буддийской медитации, включая практику «Визуализация тантрической ступы», который дает нам инструменты для открытия нашей истинной природы.

Аспекты курса:

- - Управляемые практики визуализации тантрической ступы, фокусируясь по очереди на ее различных цветах и формах и символизируемих им элементах: земле, воде, огне, воздухе и пространстве. Каждая часть ступы также ассоциируется с одной из Пяти Мандал Будды, чьи мантры мы поем, и с одной из чакр. Ступа визуализируется на фоне ясного голубого неба, символизирующего шуньяту (пустоту).

- - Поддерживающие практики медитации для визуализации ступы; «Осознание тела», «Медитация без формы», «Осознание дыхания», «Метта-бхавана» (Развитие любящей доброты) и управляемые практики размышлений.

- - Краткая история развития ступы в буддизме; от понимания ступы как могильного кургана вскоре после Паринирваны Будды до ее сложного духовного символизма в тантре.

- - Исследование общих значений символов и ключевых духовных тем: освобождение наших психофизических энергий, обращение к прибежищу и духовная инициация.

- - Онлайн участие, индивидуально или в небольших группах, чтобы задавать или отвечать на вопросы, а также делиться опытом.

Предварительный опыт не нужен, будет подробное объяснение.
Преподаватель Суваннавира, член буддийского ордена «Триратна».
Стоимость курса 3000 руб. (возможны социальные места - 1500 руб.)

Пишите, чтобы узнать больше и записаться и получить пароль: talkto [at] buddhayana.ru .

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Final call for THE RADIANCE OF WISDOM: Mandala of Prajnaparamita

From Order Dharma on Sun, 30 Jul, 2023 - 06:43

Final call for THE RADIANCE OF WISDOM: Mandala of Prajnaparamita

From Order Dharma on Sun, 30 Jul, 2023 - 06:43

Dear Order members, 

This is the final call for the Mandala of Prajnaparamita retreat starting in just over a week called 

THE RADIANCE OF WISDOM: Mandala of Prajnaparamita
7-13 August 2023

This follows on from the event Padmayogini and I taught in May.  This time we are developing the theme of the Mandala in relation to the Heart Sutra and practices relating to Prajnaparamita, the Great Mother.  We will start with a Chöd ritual, and as well as the practice of the five...

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Celebrating friendship with discounted books

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 26 Jul, 2023 - 15:00

Celebrating friendship with discounted books

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 26 Jul, 2023 - 15:00

Our teacher, Sangharakshita, described the order he founded as ‘a network of friendships’, and I’ve come back from the retreat with a renewed sense of gratitude for the many and varied friendships in my life, particularly my friendships with other ‘Dharma farers’. A focus on this type of friendship, what Sangharakshita called ‘spiritual friendship’, is one of the six distinctive emphases that Sangharakshita gave the Triratna Buddhist Community. 

Sangharakshita didn’t emphasise the importance of friendship just because of his own personal inclination....

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Out now: Kulandanda's 'Teachers of Enlightenment'

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 19 Jul, 2023 - 10:00

Out now: Kulandanda's 'Teachers of Enlightenment'

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 19 Jul, 2023 - 10:00

Some of you will already be familiar with Kulananda’s book, Teachers of Enlightenment, which has been out of print for quite a while now.

We have been waiting for the opportunity to make some important additions, and so we are very excited to announce that the wait has finally come to an end. This week, we are releasing a new and updated edition of Teachers of Enlightenment: The Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

Out of the depths...

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Lineage and the Esoteric Refuges OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 15:11

Lineage and the Esoteric Refuges OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 15:11

As a part of Adhisthana’s 10th anniversary programme, Ratnadharini and a team of College Members, along with the International Order and Movement Convenors led a retreat for Preceptors, Presidents, Chairs, Order and Mitra Convenors.

It was a celebration of our lineage and an opportunity for those holding these responsibilities within our community to set aside their roles and focus on shared practice and inspiration.

Talks and conversations explored the theme of the three esoteric refuges, where the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha become specific to...

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Caroline I P

Want to get better at the Mindfulness of Breathing?

From Adhisthana on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 09:50

Want to get better at the Mindfulness of Breathing?

From Adhisthana on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 09:50

The Mindfulness of Breathing is the practice that gives us a structure to take our awareness into the breath, the body, the feelings, the mind and the nature of phenomena.

Over the past six weeks Dhammarati has been leading a series on the Anapanasati Sutta - the Buddha’s instructions on this practice. This Q&A session was offered to the 200 people on the course; watch for a sneak-peak at what next week’s Order retreat on the Satipatthana will be like. There...

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