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My Contacts with Tibetan Buddhism

From Shabda Articles on Sat, 22 Apr, 2017 - 11:17

My Contacts with Tibetan Buddhism

From Shabda Articles on Sat, 22 Apr, 2017 - 11:17

[I wrote this article last year, but wanted Subhuti to read it before I published it. His workload is exceptionally large, so it took a while for him to do so. It has also been read to Bhante, and I’ve incorporated his suggestions into the final version.]

Reasons for Writing this Article

In May 2016, I met up with Subhuti at the newly-reopened and upgraded Vajrasana retreat centre in Suffolk. In the course of a long meeting, amongst other things we discussed my...

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Last daily quote from 'The Survey': the true miracle

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 15:16

Last daily quote from 'The Survey': the true miracle

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 15:16

The ‘Transcendental Principle’ retreat is over. Here is your last quote from ‘The Survey’! I hope you enjoyed us sharing a bit of our retreat with you:

The only true miracle, the only one that really counts, is when a man turns from an ignoble to a noble way of life. Ch1.17

Daily quote from 'The Survey': happiness

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 15:13

Daily quote from 'The Survey': happiness

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 15:13

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘A Survey of Buddhism’, here is your daily quote:

Happiness can be attained wither when existence accords with our desires, or when our desires are in harmony with existence. True the second alternative is difficult; but the first is impossible. If we cannot gain happiness by refashioning the world we shall have to find it by reforming ourselves. Ch1.18

Samagama Sutta - Dh. Aryaketu OM

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 11:41

Talk given by Dh. Aryaketu on Samagama Sutta in Chapter Convener Retreat on bases of Dh. Subhuti talk in Bhaja in year 2000 at Bhaja. It is series of four Talk.

Other three talk FBA are as follow

https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3049

https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3051

https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3052

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Chapter Converner Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 07:20

Chapter Converner Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 21 Apr, 2017 - 07:20

From 15th to 21st Apr 17 Chapter Convener Retreat at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center led by Dh. Aryaketu on Samagama Sutta. It is attended by 24 Dhammacharini and 13 Dhammacharini.

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Daily quote from 'The Survey': that most perfect of poems

From Tiratanaloka on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 22:07

Daily quote from 'The Survey': that most perfect of poems

From Tiratanaloka on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 22:07

To celebrate 60 years since the publication of ‘A Survey of Buddhism’, here is your daily quote:

Morality is, as it were, the words of that most perfect of all poems, the holy life, the language which makes intelligible the secrets of spirituality. Meditation and Wisdom, the two remaining stages of the Way, are its rhythm and its imagery. Ch1.16

Ordinations Live From Mexico City! Sunday April 23rd

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 19:09

Ordinations Live From Mexico City! Sunday April 23rd

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 19:09

Watch the full event video here!

This Sunday, as part of marking a year of celebrating Triratna@50, we’ll be in Mexico City to bring you live coverage of the first public ordinations of the next 50 years!

We’ll bring you pictures, video and podcasts all weekend, building to the ceremony itself.

A group of women from Mexico will be taking this great step in their lives - and you can watch along on Facebook, and right here on our dedicated Features channel.

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Ordinations Live From Mexico City! Sunday April 23rd

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 19:09

Ordinations Live From Mexico City! Sunday April 23rd

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 20 Apr, 2017 - 19:09

Watch the full event video here!

This Sunday, as part of marking a year of celebrating Triratna@50, we’ll be in Mexico City to bring you live coverage of the first public ordinations of the next 50 years!

We’ll bring you pictures, video and podcasts all weekend, building to the ceremony itself.

A group of women from Mexico will be taking this great step in their lives - and you can watch along on Facebook, and right here on our dedicated Features channel.

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Buddhist Action

Buddhist Action (project)

Created on Thu, 20 April, 2017 - 18:28

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Buddhist Action is our space for the annual BAM! (Buddhist Action Month) celebrations worldwide in June - and the place to carry on the work all year round.

We hope you’ll continue to take up opportunities to reach out and engage with friends or local communities in ways that express our care and concern for our planet and our environment. For all living beings.

Join us to help raise awareness, to share and discuss concerns, hopes and ideals. Let’s put into action concrete steps that help...

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Drumroll please for the latest edition of Urthona Buddhist Arts Magazine

From Triratna News on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 09:10

Drumroll please for the latest edition of Urthona Buddhist Arts Magazine

From Triratna News on Mon, 17 Apr, 2017 - 09:10

Make sure you get your hands on the latest edition of Urthona Buddhist Arts Magazine, to be released in May. Issue 33, The Friendship Issue, is set to be a real delight - with treats from Sahajatara, Maitreyabandhu, Ratnagarbha, Amitajyoti and more.

Editor Ratnagarbha writes “Friendship is being talked about again. But do we really know what it is? And what really has it got to do with the arts – for haven’t artists, after all, always been eccentric loners who bordered...

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