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Tantric Path - The Symbolism of Colour

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Aug, 2017 - 01:00
Colour has an important place in Buddhism, for example as a way to express different aspects of the Enlightened mind in the Five Jinas. This symbolism can open the imagination to new depths of understanding. As an artist and former art teacher, Ahimsaka has studied colour extensively and helps us explore the deeper significance of colour in Buddhist practice.
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The Tantric Path - The Cremation Ground

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Aug, 2017 - 01:00
Vidyasaki is a musician and Padmasambhava practitioner with a background in story telling. She has used these skills to dramatise The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava and is a very good guide into the symbolism of this sacred space.
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Orderretreat 5-8 Oktober 2017

From Orden i Sverige on Mon, 14 Aug, 2017 - 15:42

Orderretreat 5-8 Oktober 2017

From Orden i Sverige on Mon, 14 Aug, 2017 - 15:42

Satyaraja leder denna retreat på temat Bodhicitta praktik. För detaljar och bokning, se https://stockholmsbuddhistcenter.se/retreater/
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Curso Intensivo: Un Cielo Azul más allá de las adicciones

From Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México on Sat, 12 Aug, 2017 - 03:29

Curso Intensivo: Un Cielo Azul más allá de las adicciones

From Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México on Sat, 12 Aug, 2017 - 03:29

Curso Intensivo: Un Cielo Azul más allá de las adicciones

Curso intensivo basado en mindfulness (atención consciente) para superar las adicciones

Todos estamos en contacto con las adicciones ya sea por un amigo, un familiar o un compañero que abusa del alcohol, de fumar o píldoras bajo receta. Todos conocemos a alguna persona que padece esto –incluso nosotros mismos-. Aparentemente una de cada cuatro personas son adictas a algo.

No sólo drogas y sustancias son el objeto de adicción sino también el trabajo, las relaciones con...
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Metta for Merida

From Buddhist Action on Sun, 6 Aug, 2017 - 10:18

Metta for Merida

From Buddhist Action on Sun, 6 Aug, 2017 - 10:18

Dear friends, Vajranatha, and the Triratna Sangha in Venezuela, needs our help! 

At the recent European chairs meeting Vajrnatha, the only order member in Venezuela, spoke movingly about the situation in Venezuela, and Merida, where he lives. 

In the video he says  ”I really need help…. what’s happening in Venezuela is a humanitarian crisis. I would like Triratna to be able to respond to this crisis.”

Please watch this video and share it with your sangha friends. What can we do to help the situation? Can...
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Watch: First Mainland European Young Buddhists Convention

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 12:11

Watch: First Mainland European Young Buddhists Convention

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 8 Aug, 2017 - 12:11

In June 2017, Buddhistisches Tor Berlin hosted the first European Mainland Young Buddhist Convention, attended by 70 young people aged from 18 to 35. Organiser Hannah and contributor Prasadacharin tell us all about the event. Video created by the amazing Clear Vision Trust. 

You should also read a wonderful account of the convention by Marieke.
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Lotus Sutra: The image of the Plants

From Community Highlights on Thu, 10 Aug, 2017 - 12:31
  • Monsoon over Biligirirangans, India. (Shyamal – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Lotus Sutra: The image of the Plants

From Community Highlights on Thu, 10 Aug, 2017 - 12:31

Ratnaprabha, from West London Buddhist Centre, UK, has abridged and adapted part of the White Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma Sutra, for reading aloud. We have re-posted the lovely resource from his blog. 

From the White Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma Sutra, Chapter 5.
Abridged and adapted by Ratnaprabha for reading aloud. 
Based on the translations by Kato et al and Reeves, sub-headings not in the original.

Read Ratnaprabha’s Dharma blog

The Buddha adapts the

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Bringing us Together

From FutureDharma on Thu, 10 Aug, 2017 - 16:58

Bringing us Together

From FutureDharma on Thu, 10 Aug, 2017 - 16:58

Q. There’s no shortage of Dharma materials available online, right? So why is the buddhistcentre.com so important?

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It brings us together. Regardless of where we live we can share a wealth of news, video, talks and led meditations. It’s an online space where we can communicate, learn, and support each other in our practice - even attend a mitra ceremony!

Inspired to Give to FutureDharma and support thebuddhistcentre.com and our other amazing projects?
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Is it "better to keep one's sexual relations and one's spiritual friendships separate"?

From Threads on Fri, 11 Aug, 2017 - 12:54

Is it "better to keep one's sexual relations and one's spiritual friendships separate"?

From Threads on Fri, 11 Aug, 2017 - 12:54

The following is a response to a short passage in Sangharakshita’s “A Complex Personality: A Note”, published 5/8/2017. He there writes: “personal experience has shown me that it is better to keep one’s sexual relations and one’s spiritual friendships separate”.

While one could take this sentence simply as a stray comment in the context of an exploration dedicated to a different subject, I don’t do so. Not much later in his note, Bhante says that he had always been following the practice of...

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