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Bhante on Conditionality and the Three self-natures

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 19:11

This article is an unpacking of a section of Bhante’s teaching in the seminar on the nature of existence chapter in the three jewels in which Bhante talks about conditionalityin relation to the Yogācāra teaching of the three self-natures.

I think it is a significant aspect of Bhante’s teaching on conditionality in that it provides a perspective that can encompass both his teachings from the survey – that conditionality is “an all -inclusive formulation of reality” that encompasses both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa1–...

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Introducing our new Customer Service Assistant, Amanda Katz

From Windhorse Publications on Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 11:40

Introducing our new Customer Service Assistant, Amanda Katz

From Windhorse Publications on Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 11:40

We are pleased to announce a new staff member. Amanda Katz recently joined our small team as Customer Service Assistant. This is a new role, as our book production manager, Michelle, was covering these types of queries. As our sales and reach have grown, so has the customer service role.

Amanda brings a wealth of skills to us. Her previous jobs include working for Windhorse Publications and Urthona Journal as a freelance proofreader. She has helped out as a bookshop assistant at...

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21 women's ordinations in India December 2017

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 09:01

21 women's ordinations in India December 2017

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 09:01

Dear friends

We are very happy to announce that on Sunday 17 December 2017 the following 21 women had their public ordination at Saddhamma Pradeep retreat centre Bhaja.

This is the largest number of Dhammacharinis to be ordained at one time in India.


Private Preceptor Karunamaya:

1) Sunanda Popatkar, Nagpur
becomes Shraddhakirti
Name meaning: She...

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Talk on Spiritual Death

From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 17:30

Vajratara has been looking up some talks from Tiratanaloka to put online.  They come as part of a series. Though the others in the series were not necessarily recorded, the individual talks stand alone.  This one was given on a retreat at Tiratanaloka for women training for Ordination.  Vajratara gives an introduction to Spiritual death. Using poetry and drawing on her experience of the Sangha, she looks at what spiritual death is, what it isn’t and how to practice it.
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Drinking the Mountain Stream

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 15:15

Drinking the Mountain Stream

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 15:15

„Things are naturally devoid of identity,
The concept of voidness itself naturally pure -
Free of concepts, no mental fixation at all -
This is the path of all buddhas.“


Reverberations from Milarepa‘s Songs

In the face of reality‘s illumination
There is neither self nor other,
No duality, no division – void of identity
And yet neither void
Nor not void,
There‘s no perceiver at all.
Until one has realised well the meaning of...

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Ordination in Auckland New Zealand on 16th December 2017

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 12:06

Ordination in Auckland New Zealand on 16th December 2017

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 12:06

Saturday December 16th 2017 was a special day with a public ordination taking place at the Auckland Buddhist Centre. Geoff Walker became Dhiramuni, having been privately ordained by Ratnavyuha a week earlier at Sudarshanaloka, and then publicly ordained by Purna.  About 80 Order members, mitras and friends were present.

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Dhammacharini Ordination 17th Dec 17

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 04:43

Dhammacharini Ordination 17th Dec 17

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 04:43

Group photo of New Dhammacharini ordain on 17th Dec 17 at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat center with there Private and Public Preceptor. 

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Memorial Service for Surana & Scattering Ashes

From Order Connection on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 17:17

Memorial Service for Surana & Scattering Ashes

From Order Connection on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 17:17

10:00-1:00, Saturday 20th January 2018
Insole Court House, Fairwater Road
Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2LN

As you have heard, Surana died suddenly just over two weeks ago, and the cremation was held in Zaragosa in Northern Spain on Friday 8th December, attended by some people from the UK and many of Surana’s Spanish friends and colleagues.

On 20th January, we’ll be holding a memorial service in Cardiff for everyone who wants to mark Surana’s passing and we warmly invite you to attend. As...

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New Book by Bhikkhu Anālayo Just Released - A Meditator's Life of the Buddha

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 13:26

New Book by Bhikkhu Anālayo Just Released - A Meditator's Life of the Buddha

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 13:26

We have good news to share. We are pleased to announce that A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Anālayo has just been released. Sponsors should have received their eBook copies already, and paperback copies are on their way. (Thank you, sponsors.)

A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha is by Anālayo, a scholar of early Buddhism, and a Buddhist monk. The book follows the Buddha’s journey through life, particularly as a meditator . Each chapter concludes with suggestions to support meditation practices.

In his foreword,...

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Evil Revisited – And Good

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 15:56

Evil Revisited – And Good

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 19 Dec, 2017 - 15:56

Open to all

‘The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.’ Thus William Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. To Blake’s examples one might add the crash of the tsunami as it hits land, the crack of thunder, and the havoc wrought by volcanoes and earthquakes. All these are manifestations of non-human energy, of the tremendous power of nature....

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