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Death of Vajramayi

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:25

Death of Vajramayi

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:25

Dear Order Members,

Vajramayi died peacefully in the early hours of the morning on 20 February here in the women’s community in Amsterdam where she lived during the last five weeks of her beautiful life. She was ordained privately by Dharmacharini Anoma and publicly by Dharmacharini Maitreyi at Tiratanaloka in 2005. She was so well-named: ‘she whose essence or nature is the vajra, or she who is made of diamond’.

For the last thirty years Vajramayi lived...

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Subhadramati

Update on Dayarakshita's Health

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:21

Update on Dayarakshita's Health

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:21

Dear Order members,

I am delighted to let you know that Dayarakshita’s health is improving and she is now back home. Recuperation will take time and she’ll need regular hospital visits but she is much much better than she was. She asked me to tell you that she is very grateful for all the support she is receiving (I read her the names of everyone who sent well wishing).

With much metta,
Subhadramati

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Sadayasihi

Dāna Cafe, Sheffield

From Triratna News on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 15:38

Dāna Cafe, Sheffield

From Triratna News on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 15:38

A Newsbyte from Clearvision about a new Buddhist run business in Sheffield: a vegetarian cafe called Dāna cafe. Clear Vision spends a day with them hard at work and we hear about the setting up of the project and how the local Sangha played an important role in getting this project off the ground.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Myth of the Return Journey

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:21

This FBA Podcast is by Sangharakshita from 1971. ‘The Myth of the Return Journey’ has a theme which resonates with many similar stories in world literature. Here its important elements are related to the personal quest for meaning. This talk is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Bodhisattva’s Practice – Six Perfections

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:16

In this FBA Podcast, The Bodhisattva’s Practice - Six Perfections, Ratnaghosha, just back from four weeks of solitary retreat, explores the Six Perfections and how we practice them.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Faith - the Key to the Mystery of Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:13

This FBA Podcast is a talk by Saccanama called Faith: the Key to the Mystery of Life.

Saccanama speaks with passion, clarity and intelligence, weaving ideas with personal examples in this high quality talk.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Likes and Dislikes

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:11

This FBA Podcast is a talk by Ratnaprabha called ‘Likes and Dislikes’.

On the Wheel of Life, the whole person is symbolised by a boat with passengers, the five skandhas. Ratnaprabha focuses especially on our habit energies, and our habitual preferences. Are we ruled by our likes and dislikes? Is there a creative response? How to the five Buddhas fit in?

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Our Pure Nature

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 12:20

This FBA Dharmabyte is called ‘Our Pure Nature’ by Aryajaya. From the talk entitled ‘Vajrasattva’ who is associated with Purity and with the time of death. Aryajaya helps us to engage more deeply with the meaning and symbolism of Vajrasattva.

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Bringing Tara into Being

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 12:11

Prepare to be inspired by this FBA Dharmabyte by Tejasvini called ‘Bringing Tara Into Being’. From the talk entitled ‘Green Tara’ from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Sangha Night series on the imagination, exploring different Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

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