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Buddhafield East Cafe- NewsByte

From Clear Vision Trust on Fri, 17 Aug, 2018 - 15:25

Buddhafield East Cafe- NewsByte

From Clear Vision Trust on Fri, 17 Aug, 2018 - 15:25

Buddhafield East Cafe goes from strength to strength, moving to the heart of the field at this years Buddhafield Festival. Clear Vision spends a few days with them to see how they make baking cakes into a spiritual practice.
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Women's Ordinations at Adhisthana August 2018

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 17 Aug, 2018 - 14:39
  • All together
  • Dayanandi with Hrdayaka and Moksavadini
  • Parami with Srisara, Sraddhabha and Vilasini
  • Sanghadevi with Kalyanadhi and Vajrasri

Women's Ordinations at Adhisthana August 2018

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 17 Aug, 2018 - 14:39

We are delighted to announce that the following seven women received their Public Ordination at Adhisthana Retreat Centre on Sunday August 12th 2018. 


PUBLIC PRECEPTOR DAYANANDI: 

Maggie Muir becomes Hrdayaka
(Sanskrit: dot under the ‘r’ long last ‘a’) 
Name meaning: ”She who has a (kind) heart...
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One week until our right livelihood opportunity deadline

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 16 Aug, 2018 - 14:54

One week until our right livelihood opportunity deadline

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 16 Aug, 2018 - 14:54

The Dhanakosa community are looking for order members and committed GFR mitras to apply to join our office team.

For more information on how to apply visit http://www.dhanakosa.com/working-dhanakosa

If you would like to talk to someone about this opportunity contact Nayaka on 01877 384 213, or at nayaka [at] dhanakosa.org

Closing date for applications is 24thAugust 2018
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‘Being ourselves but not for ourselves’

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 16 Aug, 2018 - 10:30

‘Being ourselves but not for ourselves’

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 16 Aug, 2018 - 10:30

Vajragupta and Prajnaketu in conversation on Karuna appeals as a unique context for Dharma practice - sitting in the gap, getting immediate feedback door-to-door, moving towards difficulties, getting ourselves out of the way to make something beyond us possible…
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50 Years, 50 Voices: Purna (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Tue, 14 Aug, 2018 - 16:02

I couldn’t have done it any other way, as hard as it was…

Purna’s Annals 

In 1968 I turned 20 and was in the second year of a Maths and Physics degree. Joined my brother for a yacht trip around the South Pacific for two months, sailing to Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. Hove to for three days surviving a tropical cyclone. Finished my degree and started travelling in South-East Asia and India to find a Buddhist meditation teacher.

In 1978, having been ordained by Bhante on...
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Interview with the author – Shantigarbha on his new book I’ll Meet You There

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 13 Aug, 2018 - 16:43
  • I'll Meet You There

Interview with the author – Shantigarbha on his new book I’ll Meet You There

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 13 Aug, 2018 - 16:43

I’d love empathy to become a household word.

Shantigarbha, the author of our new release I’ll Meet You There: A Practical Guide to Empathy, Mindfulness and Communication shares his passion for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and inspiration for the book in an interview for NVC-UK. Shantigarbha is an experienced teacher of both NVC and Buddhism; he is also a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. He was given the name Shantigarbha, which means ‘seed of peace’.

How...
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Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices: Purna (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Tue, 14 Aug, 2018 - 16:02

I couldn’t have done it any other way, as hard as it was…

Purna’s Annals 

In 1968 I turned 20 and was in the second year of a Maths and Physics degree. Joined my brother for a yacht trip around the South Pacific for two months, sailing to Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. Hove to for three days surviving a tropical cyclone. Finished my degree and started travelling in South-East Asia and India to find a Buddhist meditation teacher.

In 1978, having been ordained by Bhante on...
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Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices: Aryadhi (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Tue, 7 Aug, 2018 - 15:30

 I think it was the missing piece of the jigsaw, as it were.

Aryadhi’s Annals

In 1968 I was 6 years old, final year at infant school and struggling with the outside world as I experienced it through school.

In 1978 I was 16 and studying for ‘A’ levels, on the brink of adulthood but feeling an outsider, never really fitting in and very afraid.

In 1988 I was working in a classical music publishers in London and leading a life immersed in the arts – in and...
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Sikkha Online

Tue, 14 Aug, 2018 - 15:17
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Sadayasihi

Buddhism and Islam - New Writing from Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 10 Aug, 2018 - 14:43
  • Illuminated folio from a 16th century Koran

Buddhism and Islam - New Writing from Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 10 Aug, 2018 - 14:43

Starting in his teenage years by reading three translations of the Koran, Sangharakshita has long taken an interest in the cultural, philosophical and mystical sides of Islam, and in 1982 he led a seminar on Al-Ghazali’s The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam. In this article, written in July 2018, he reflects on this earlier interest, with further thoughts about contact today between Buddhists and Muslims, post ‘9/11’.

This piece is open to all and can be read on Sangharakshita’s website: ...

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