vajratara's picture
vajratara

Tiratanaloka team leads the March Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharinis! OM

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 17:09

Tiratanaloka team leads the March Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharinis! OM

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 17:09

Passing on the Dharma: The Lineage of Responsibility

We have not discovered or invented the Dharma. We have received it as a free gift from our spiritual friends, from the Buddha downwards. The greater the gift, the greater the gratitude. We should not only feel that gratitude in our hearts; we should give expression to it in words and deeds. We can do this in three ways: by singing the praises of our spiritual friends, by practising the Dharma they have given

...
Liz_Bassett's picture
Liz_Bassett

New Books for the New Year

From FutureDharma on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 14:36

New Books for the New Year

From FutureDharma on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 14:36

Happy New Year! I’m busy getting back into work and writing thank you notes for pressies received over the festive period. The best presents you can get I reckon, are books.  And they’re also the best to give because they can change lives. That’s why FutureDharma Fund supports the Translation Project, which is producing high quality translations of Sangharakshita’s presentation of the Dharma.

By supporting translators working in a range of languages the Translations Project is helping make the Dharma available to more...
Saccanama's picture
Saccanama

Ratnasila appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 09:33
  • Ratnasila

Ratnasila appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 09:33

I’m from Mumbai and came in contact with the Movement in 1988 at Mumbai center and started my journey in the Triratna Sangha. I was ordained on 19th March 1992. I spent many years living in communities - most of the time I was in Baja at the Saddhamma-Pradeep meditation retreat centre and I also lived at Bor Dharan at the  Husen Tsang retreat centre. I was an anagarika for nearly three and half years when I...
Free Buddhist Audio's picture
Free Buddhist Audio

Day Event On the Six Elements

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 00:00
In this day event Kamalashila explores the six elements using meditations and talks. Kamalashila starts the day with a meditation session on mindfulness of breathing. He then introduces us to the six elements and leads a visualisation of these elements. We then use bodywork to discover how the elements are present in ourselves. This is followed by a stupa visualisation and the day ends with a very lively elements ritual. There is more traffic noise than usual on this tape as we are in a temporary shrine room with the windows open. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2016.
playdownload and donate
Free Buddhist Audio's picture
Free Buddhist Audio

Day Event On the Six Elements

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 - 00:00
In this day event Kamalashila explores the six elements using meditations and talks. Kamalashila starts the day with a meditation session on mindfulness of breathing. He then introduces us to the six elements and leads a visualisation of these elements. We then use bodywork to discover how the elements are present in ourselves. This is followed by a stupa visualisation and the day ends with a very lively elements ritual. There is more traffic noise than usual on this tape as we are in a temporary shrine room with the windows open. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2016.
playdownload and donate
Sangharakshita's picture
Sangharakshita

Mensaje Personal de Urgyen Sangharákshita

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 18:22

Mensaje Personal de Urgyen Sangharákshita

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 18:22

El próximo año estaremos celebrando el 50 aniversario de la AOBO/Triratna. Será una ocasión de regocijo, agradecimiento a las tres joyas y la re-dedicación a los ideales que sostiene Triratna.

Para mi la ocasión es conmovedora. Más de una vez he dicho que yo no era la mejor persona para iniciar un movimiento budista, pero sí el único que estaba disponible. Mis amigos se han dicho a sí mismos y a otros, que mis palabras no deben ser tomadas literalmente, sino...
Sangharakshita's picture
Sangharakshita

A Personal Statement From Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 18:19

A Personal Statement From Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 18:19

Update, 8th February 2017: Bhante has confirmed that his apology extends to anyone he has harmed in any way at all, including those who were Buddhists at the time if not now, and their non-Buddhist family and friends. He further wishes to make it clear that his statement was a confession. As the acknowledgment of having breached the Buddhist ethical precepts, Buddhist confession can most fully be made to other Buddhists. His statement was therefore addressed to Buddhists, whether within or without...
mitroday's picture
Mitrodaya

Death of Dhammachari Shraddharatna in India

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 02:49

Death of Dhammachari Shraddharatna in India

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 02:49

Dear Order Members,

I am sad to inform you that Dharmachari Shraddharatna from Ghaziabad, Uttarpradesh, India, passed away today on 1/1/2017 at 4:00 p.m. He had been suffering from diabetes for some years. He was hospitalized on the 24th of December and for the last three days was on a ventilator. His funeral will be tomorrow 2/1/2017 at 12 o’clock in the afternoon at his native place, Ghaziabad. UP.

Shradharatna was ordained on 10th April 2004 at Bhaja retreat centre, his private...
Free Buddhist Audio's picture
Free Buddhist Audio

The Dhamma Revolution In the West

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 00:00
In this talk Dharmasri explores different aspects of Western cultural conditioning that we need to work with if we are to deepen our practice of the Dharma. Dharmasri also asks how Buddhism can be truly established in the West where it is not part of our historical culture. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist centre in 2016 as part of our regular Saturday morning sangha class.
playdownload and donate
Free Buddhist Audio's picture
Free Buddhist Audio

The Dhamma Revolution In the West

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 - 00:00
In this talk Dharmasri explores different aspects of Western cultural conditioning that we need to work with if we are to deepen our practice of the Dharma. Dharmasri also asks how Buddhism can be truly established in the West where it is not part of our historical culture. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist centre in 2016 as part of our regular Saturday morning sangha class.
playdownload and donate

Pages