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Needing Nothing

From North London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 15:57

In the first of a series of three podcasts entitled The World is Burning, Ratnaprabha explains why craving is such a fundamental issue for Buddhists, how it relates to both desire and clinging, why it causes us problems, and how to deal with it.

The SoundCloud content at https://soundcloud.com/north-london-buddhist/needing-nothing is not available, or it is set to private.
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tejadhamma

Hindi talk by Pragyasakhi in order day at Nagpur

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 12:07

Hindi talk by Pragyasakhi in order day at Nagpur

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Mon, 8 Oct, 2018 - 12:07

Each  First Sunday of the month, all Order Members of Nagpur get together in Order Day. In chapter convener’s meeting at Nagpur, the series of talks have been organised by various local order members which are started by Dhammacharini Pragyasakhi , on - Practise of Awareness and transformation of our conscious. 

All the praticipated Order Members enjoyed the talk. Sugatadharini was the master of ceremony, Puja led by Aryaketu and Tejadhamma led Hridayasutta and Padmasambhava chanting.
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Suryaprabha

Great Ocean

From Lights In The Sky - living dharma on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 23:33

‘Suryaprabha’s subtle visual means of conveying his message is an important contribution to the arts in [Triratna].’ 

Friendship is the lifeblood of our movement and Sangharakshita’s example is its source. But there is no real record of his friendships, and as time passes chances to create it diminish.  What is needed is a film about Bhante and friendship.

‘I am grateful for your very skilled, beautiful hard work. Yes, your videos are very important to me, to us all - important even in ways...

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Sangharakshita and Friendship Images6.06 MB
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The Abhayaratna...

Big 10:10 Fundraising Concert

From Abhayaratna Trust on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 16:42
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Big 10:10 Fundraising Concert

From Abhayaratna Trust on Sat, 6 Oct, 2018 - 16:42

We’re celebrating 10 years of supporting the Triratna Buddhist Order, and you are invited.

Abhayaratna Trust is hosting a concert this month to celebrate all that we have achieved in 10 years of financially supporting Triratna Order members. We are raising £10,000 in our 10th year  so we can continue to make modest grants to more than 100 Triratna Order members annually worldwide - many of whom have dedicated their lives to teaching Dharma and creating Sangha. 

Be entertained by some of the finest classical...
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Candradasa

The Five Things That Make Us Up: A Buddhist View of Being and Experience

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:36

The Five Things That Make Us Up: A Buddhist View of Being and Experience

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:36

Sundays 9.30am-12pm, October 7- November 11

Here in Portsmouth we’re spending Fall and early Winter exploring Spiritual Receptivity as part of our year-long exploration of what it means to have a rounded approach to the Dharma – and how we might live more in alignment with it. It’s been sweet as an apple to sit each week with our experience, cooling off after the heat of summer. And now it’s time to start to mulch down with the many-colored leaves that have blown our way...
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Sadayasihi

Evolution of a Pacifist - Sean O'Casey and Buddhism

From Dublin Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 20:13

From the glorification of violent struggle in ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ through the rest of his Irish trilogy, Dublin playwright Sean O’Casey demonstrated the futility of violence to achieve political aims. Eventually in ‘The Silver Tassie’, set partially in the trenches of WW1, he espoused a pacifist message of the utter futility of war.

Maitrikaya explores how O’Casey believed in the solidarity of the entire human race over narrow national interests and how, though...

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Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices: Vajratara (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 14:46

I just would be an unintegrated mess if it wasn’t for the Sangha… communication with others and their help, and the inspiration of Sangha.

Vajaratra

This interview was recorded in 2012. 

Vajratara Annals

In 1968 I was not born. My parents were working in London on Vogue magazine where my father was feature’s editor and my mother worked in fashion. Apparently my father was so shy to ask my mother out that he went into her office, an office of only...
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Winners of Learning Cub Bhandara.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 11:59
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Winners of Learning Cub Bhandara.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Thu, 4 Oct, 2018 - 11:59

In Bhandara district our learning club’s students participated in singing competition to develop their hidden qualities.This learning club is helping to the children of mines labors for their educational as well as extra curricular advancements.
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Shantavira

Shabda October 2018

From Order Connection on Mon, 1 Oct, 2018 - 11:11

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – read on any Kindle, and some eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  • HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  • Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save time and postage costs.

Terms and...

File NameSize
ePub (for eBook readers, Smartphones and Tablets)1.8 MB
mobi (Kindles and eReaders)1.56 MB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)1.68 MB
HTML (Web Browsers)228.84 KB
PDF for Printing1.09 MB
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Sadayasihi

5 Years of The Buddhist Centre Online: #9 Sound and Vision

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 24 Sep, 2018 - 12:01
  • Sanghadhara from Clear Vision Trust filming during the 2017 International Gathering
  • Pride 2018 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US - photo taken as part of diversity article for The Buddhist Centre Online
  • Saddhanandi and Sangharakshita with a special cake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order in April 2018
  • Poolside Puja at the Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention in Suryavana Retreat Centre, Valencia in July 2018
  • Adhisthana Shrine for Buddha Day 2018
  • First Triratna ordinations held at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, India in February 2018
  • The first Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention was held in Berlin in 2017
  • The Public Ordination of seven Mexican women was livestreamed in April 2017
  • Indian Dharmacharinis dressed up for Sangharakshita's birthday during Women's Order Convention in Adhisthana, 2016
  • The farewell puja for Windhorse Evolution - closing after 35 years of trading - in March 2015
  • Eight Verses for Training the Mind: Dharma study during the 2018 International Council meeting in Bhaja, India
  • Amitasuri and Ambaravajri collected clothing, which they drove to the refugee camp at Calais, northern France, in Amitasuri’s van in September 2015, as part of a Buddhist response to the European Refugee Crisis
  • An outdoor shrine during Buddhafield 208
  • Ratnakumar (from India) and Upekshanandi (from Poland) shared their vision and aspiration for the next 50 years of the Order during the International Order Convention in February 2018
  • Scenes from the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Vajrasana Retreat Centre (owned by the London Buddhist Centre) in 2016
  • A group shot from the International Buddhist Youth Convention in India 2016
  • Abhayagita at the 2015 Pan-American Convention
  • Vidyadevi with the first newsletter during opening of Sangharakshita library in 2015
  • Muditasri leading meditation during the 2016 International Order Convention in Wymondham, UK
  • First online Mitra Ceremony 2016 - Candradasa conducts the Mitra ceremony of Brian Groves in the Brighton Buddhist Centre

5 Years of The Buddhist Centre Online: #9 Sound and Vision

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 24 Sep, 2018 - 12:01

“Now Buddhism.. uses both of these languages [the language of concepts and the language of images]… And both of these languages are of equal importance. One of these languages, that is to say the language of concepts, this appeals more to the conscious mind, to our conscious rational intelligence. But the other language, the language of images, which is much more concrete, much more vivid, much more...

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