The second talk on the theme of What is the Sangha? at Sangha Night, this time by Subhadramati.
Subhadramati is a Public and Private Preceptor and the Women’s Mitra Convenor at the London Buddhist Centre. She is the author of Not About Being Good; an insightful book on Buddhist ethics.
I am delighted to be able to announce that Jyotipala will be having his Public Ordination at Padmaloka on Tuesday 28th March at 2.30 pm.
The ordination will mark Jyotipala’s re-entry into the Order. Jyotipala was ordained at Padmaloka by Bhante on 14th August 1976 - the first person to be ordained at Padmaloka. Jyotipala led a very full Order life, making outstanding contributions to the life and work of the Order, perhaps most notably...
In honor of Black History Month, Tricycle is presenting a special video series, “Teachings for Uncertain Times,” featuring 13 teachers of color. This week Viveka from San Francisco Buddhist Center is featured, speaking about activism and the Dharma.
“I remember… tuning into what was happening in Ferguson, Missouri as people were taking to the streets,” Viveka says in her talk. “Something was called from me… it was not appropriate to just be a voyeur.”
Viveka also speaks about self-care practices for activists, such...
Dridhamati recently informed me that he had decided to resign from our Order. Following further correspondence and friendly exchanges between Dridhamati and Purna, his Private Preceptor, and myself, his Public Preceptor, I have accepted his resignation. For those interested, an outline of his grievance may be found in previous editions of Shabda, and his resignation letter is shown below. We wish him well in the future.
Dridhamati was ordained in Feb 2008 at Sudarshanaloka in New Zealand and his Private...
Wow, racing into week 3. First thing Monday morning, timber for the roof supports was delivered and the workmen were immediately on the case, fixing up new purlins. Maybe you don’t know what purlins are, neither did we until recently. But we can all be assured now that we’ve got new ones. Many of the old timbers were very old, weakened and in some cases charred (historical fire), so have been removed and the remaining timbers, reinforced. As soon as...
Join our next four-week introductory course, Thursdays 7-9PM, February 23-March 16. Our topic is What the Buddha Taught: Big Ideas and the Possibility of Real Change in Your Life. Learn to meditate and become acquainted with the core teachings of Buddhism, which focus on seeing things as they are and on training ourselves to approach life with greater equanimity and kindness toward oursleves and others. Dh. Suddhayu will lead this course.
Registration is free. Sign up here to ensure a place. Offered...
A talk given on the Triratna Buddhist Order Men’s UK& Ireland Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana, 5 February 2017
The theme of the weekend was ‘Longing for the further shore - the vertical dimension in the spiritual life’.
