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Dharmabyte: Glimpses of Vision

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 16:51

This Dharmabyte podcast is a short talk by Nityabodha given as part of the LBC’s Urban Retreat in June 2009 entitled “Glimpses of Vision”.

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: The Sea as Spiritual Death

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 16:44

We’ve titled this FBA Dharmabyte podcast, “Fluidity in Our Nature: The Sea”. In this gentle talk, Arthabandhu gives us the image of the sea and the raft. We hold onto our raft, but this brings suffering - can we let go, enter the sea and become spiritually reborn? This is the question Arthabandhu asks us.

Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of life with honesty...

Sadayasihi

New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

From Triratna News on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37

New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

From Triratna News on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37

Maitrikaya from the Dublin Buddhist Centre writes: “On March 24th 2018 at the historic Rotunda building in Dublin a meeting took place to establish the Irish Buddhist Union (IBU) to represent Buddhism in Ireland. The IBU is a new umbrella association of Buddhist Sanghas and Organisations in Ireland. It is envisioned as a fellowship of Irish Buddhists, intending to bring Buddhist ideas and principles to the attention of wider Irish society.

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Sadayasihi

Karuna Looking for Volunteers for Phone Appeal

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 15:52

Karuna Looking for Volunteers for Phone Appeal

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 15:52

Karuna are looking for volunteers to join them for their telephone appeal, based in the Karuna office in North London as part of this year’s Buddhist Action Month.

Karuna works to end caste-based discrimination, poverty and inequality in India and Nepal. By providing tools, skills and support to grassroots organisations, Karuna can create community champions and build local networks. These networks then spread, benefiting even more people and sustaining the cycle of transformation. You can watch the short...

Jayarava

Form is (not) Emptiness.

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 10:40

The last essay in the series of three on the Heart Sutra–to go with my presentations at the Eastern ROW–deals with the central enigma of the text, i.e. ”form is emptiness”. This is a precis of my full-length article of the same title for the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. Rather than taking my cue from later commentaries, my method is historical. I trace the phrases back through the Prajñāpāramitā literature and beyond. In the process, I...

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Sanghamani

Meeting my selves! By Caroline Ivimey-Parr

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:56

Meeting my selves! By Caroline Ivimey-Parr

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:56

The phrase “the hardest thing I’d ever have done” is often used to describe appeals. It’s true – I’ve never done something as completely challenging and engaging on every level.

The hardest person for me to meet on the appeal has turned out to be myself. I love meeting strangers; I’m hungry for the connection and I find it much easier to hold rejection from others lightly. Facing up to the everyday ways I’m making my own life harder though is terrifying.

When you...

mokshini

2017 BAM report

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:40

Christine Thuring is one of our greatest BAM enthusiasts. After several years organising and running events in Sheffield, Christine has been coordinating Buddhist Action Month on behalf of the Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO) since 2016. The NBO initiated the BAM campaign in 2012, and is a UK-based organisation uniting numerous Buddhist traditions. (Because Triratna is a member of the NBO, all members of the Triratna sangha in the UK are automatically members of the NBO. Check it out, there are lots of interesting projects...

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Carol Robertson

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

From Successful Community Living on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

From Successful Community Living on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Carol and Malcolm are mitras in ordination training in Croydon. We have a room available immediately in our small community. Do get in touch for more information.

Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices - The Trailer!

From Buddhist Voices on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 17:55

50 Years, 50 Voices - The Trailer!

From Buddhist Voices on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 17:55

Our beautiful new online project to document 50 years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world.

The Triratna Buddhist Order turns 50 on the 7th of April 2018. The Dharma is alive amongst our 2,000+ Order Members across the globe, in many forms.

Triratna is founded on a radically traditional vision – what does that mean in practice? What does that really look like, feel like, ‘taste like’? This fiftieth birthday is an ideal time to bring together a...

Sadayasihi

Supporting the Venezuelan Sangha

From Triratna News on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 11:15

Supporting the Venezuelan Sangha

From Triratna News on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 11:15

With the help of Future Dharma Fund, three Order Members from the UK and Spain visited Merida in Venezuela to help the Sangha there, who are growing despite being in challenging conditions. Aryavachin (living in Nottingham but from Venezuela), Manjusiha (from Padmaloka, UK) and Padmashalin (from Valencia, Spain) have been kept busy in Venezuala!

Aryavachin has been keeping a record of the visit, which started with an afternoon on William Blake and the integration of...

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