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BAM at the Mid Essex Buddhist Centre

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 31 May, 2019 - 08:31

BAM at the Mid Essex Buddhist Centre

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 31 May, 2019 - 08:31

We are so excited at the MEBC to be starting a new BAM this year.

Please come and join us this month of June for one of our weekly events.

Our top event this year is coming up in 7th June when we will have the pleasure to welcome Akuppa, author of “Saving the Earth, a Buddhist view”

www.mid-essex-buddhist-centre.org.uk

https://www.facebook.com/TMEBC/

jyotika

Viradhamma - A new member of the College

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 May, 2019 - 16:19

Viradhamma - A new member of the College

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 May, 2019 - 16:19

The College is delighted to announce that Viradhamma has been appointed as a Public Preceptor. He is the first male Public Preceptor appointed from the Americas.

He has written a short autobiographical sketch of his life in Triratna, which is included here:

I first encountered Triratna in 1980 at one of the first centers in America in Boston but I only became seriously involved in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Along with Karunadevi and Viveka and other friends I helped start activities and...

Dhammavijaya

Moving from MyDonate to Virgin Money Giving

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 27 May, 2019 - 16:35

Moving from MyDonate to Virgin Money Giving

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 27 May, 2019 - 16:35

India Dhamma Trust are in the midst of a transition with important effects upon the work we support in India

About a third of our regular donors give via the MyDonate website. Unfortunately, this is closing at the end of June, so we have had to find a replacement service.

Because of this we will now be using Virgin Money Giving as our platform for online gifts. It offers the same ease of use we had with MyDonate, along with the same facility to...

viriyalila

Upcoming Mitra Ceremony for Penelope

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 19:51

Upcoming Mitra Ceremony for Penelope

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 19:51

Portsmouth Buddhist Center is pleased to announce the Mitra Ceremony for Penelope Morrow on June 30, 9:30 am. Penelope has been a steady and inspiring member of our community for many years. As a professor at the University of NH, she arranged to bring hundreds of students to Aryaloka Buddhist Center over several decades. It was when to her delight that she learned Portsmouth Buddhist Center was established just a few blocks from her home that she started attending...

Munisha

'At home' with the Safeguarding team

From Order Connection on Fri, 24 May, 2019 - 08:29

'At home' with the Safeguarding team

From Order Connection on Fri, 24 May, 2019 - 08:29

Dear Order friends,

The gradual introduction in Triratna over the last five years of measures for protecting children and adults from sexual, physical and psychological harm understandably raises questions for some Order members.

If you have questions about Safeguarding in Triratna, the Safeguarding team will be available to talk to online on two Friday mornings in June. This is an experiment and if it proves popular we will offer more dates in the autumn.

Friday 14th June 2019, 10-11am UK time (booking deadline 7th June)
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Read more about 'At home' with the Safeguarding team

saddhaloka

Triratna's Panel Process and Safeguarding - Questions and Answers (Part 2)

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 23 May, 2019 - 18:07

Read Part 1 of this Q & A series

Preface
Members of the Ethics Kula respond here to some of your questions about the Panel Process and Safeguarding. Please remember that the Ethics Kula, which includes the Safeguarding team, are Order members giving their time to try and resolve some very difficult situations that arise in our community, and the Kula certainly does not see itself as some sort of final authority on all ethical matters.

The...

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Dhivan Thomas Jones

Precision Dharma

From Western Buddhist Review on Sun, 19 May, 2019 - 12:22

Precision Dharma

From Western Buddhist Review on Sun, 19 May, 2019 - 12:22

Vajratara reviews a first-class new book on early Buddhist doctrine:

Early Buddhist Teachings

by Y. Karunadasa

Boston: Wisdom Publications 2018, 240pp, hb £22.50, pb £11, ebook

review by Vajratara

In a book market saturated with books about Buddhism, one may not immediately choose a book about early Buddhist teachings written by a Pali and Buddhist studies Scholar. However, though Early Buddhist Teachings goes over some of the same ground as other books about basic Buddhism, it offers a fresh and comprehensive overview that leaves us with a deeper understanding. Professor Karunadasa explains...

gunabhadri

John’s Tips for Greenspace Climate Action

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 14 May, 2019 - 18:51

John Marder, One of the committee members of the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK produced a document on Greenspace Climate Action for Buddhist Action Month 2019. The introduction reads:

“In February this year, Buddhists from a number of different groups and traditions, gathered to discuss right actions that could be taken in response to the climate problem. Greenspace projects featured strongly amongst the ideas that were shared, prompting NBO to develop this guidance. Its intention is to provide basic...

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Sadayasihi

Mahamati - The Many Blessings of Sadhana

From Community Highlights on Tue, 14 May, 2019 - 12:22

Mahamati gave a talk on the many blessings of sadhana at the November 2018 UK and Ireland Men’s Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana.

The weekend was hosted by some of the UK based members of the College of Public Preceptors but it was also the first gathering after the death of Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita.

The theme of the weekend was sadhana - “Among our many gifts from Bhante is sadhana. Sadhana can encompass our whole Dharma life. It can be a doorway...

Maitrisiddhi

Direct Action Meditations and the Dharma

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 9 May, 2019 - 12:49

Direct Action Meditations and the Dharma

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 9 May, 2019 - 12:49

I’m passionate about the Dharma, including the wisdom perspective. I’m passionate about spreading the Dharma. As well as spending the last ten years of my life in service to Taraloka, I’ve also started up West Wales Buddhist Group, in Aberystwyth, where we’re growing a lively sangha. I’m passionate about Maitreya, my yidam - Bodhisattva of Metta and Buddha of the Future - who meditates at the city gates, in the middle of the world, not in a quiet cave somewhere....

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