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50 Years, 50 Voices: Karunadevi (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 15:00

…these issues that were very controversial, they didn’t make me want to run away. But they did make me wonder whether I could be a part of the Order.

Karunadevi’s Annals
In 1968 I had recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Iowa with my husband. I was 24 years old, had graduated from Iowa State University in ’66 and was teaching 4th grade. California was a very different culture, especially around San Francisco, and I felt both overwhelmed and enthralled...

Munisha

Triratna Safeguarding policies and Ethical guidelines 2018

From Triratna News on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 14:56

Continuing work begun in 2013, Triratna’s Ethics kula and Safeguarding team present the 2018 updated model Ethical guidelines and model policies for Safeguarding children and adults in Triratna.

The Ethical guidelines are an internal statement of our values, complementing our model Safeguarding documents, which follow national requirements of charities in England and Wales.

These documents are made available to every Triratna Centre and Group, to use as the basis for their own documents.

Further documents are in development, concerning, for example: disability; bullying and harassment; the Safeguarding of...

File Name	Size
Triratna Model Child protection policy 2018	94.05 KB
Triratna Model Child protection code of conduct 2018	55.55 KB
Triratna Model Safeguarding adults policy 2018	116.02 KB
Triratna Model ethical guidelines 2018	81.12 KB

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Silent Auction Fundraiser

From Ipswich Buddhist Centre on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 13:53

Silent Auction Fundraiser

From Ipswich Buddhist Centre on Thu, 24 May, 2018 - 13:53

As part of the fundraising campaign for the Sangha Room refurbishment, we will be running a Silent Auction for a range of items including rupas, offering bowls, pictures and more!

All items will be added to our Facebook gallery here: http://bit.ly/IBCSilentAuction and to the gallery on this page.

To make a...

Sadayasihi

Second Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention takes place in July

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Tue, 22 May, 2018 - 13:54

Second Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention takes place in July

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Tue, 22 May, 2018 - 13:54

The second Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention will take place in Valencia, Spain from the 6th to 9th July. After last year’s successful Convention - the first - this year’s MEYBC will be held in the delightful surroundings of Suryavana Retreat Centre, close to Valencia. The theme is ‘The Nature of Inner Peace: Creating Sangha From the Inside’.

Elena, Estela and Nestor, the organisers of this year’s Convention, have made a short film to invite all people between 18 and 35 within the...

Windhorse Publi...

Position Available at Windhorse Publications

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 22 May, 2018 - 09:59

Position Available at Windhorse Publications

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 22 May, 2018 - 09:59

Work with Triratna for the Dharma!

We are looking for a Communications Coordinator. The general objectives of this position are maintaining and developing digital and print marketing campaigns to increase sales of Windhorse books on the website, and maintaining and developing publicity campaigns, specifically with online and social media contacts, Triratna centre bookshops, the general press, Buddhist press, and the book trade.

Post: Communications Coordinator

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Publishing Director

Start date: June-July 2018

This position is based in Cambridge. If you are interested, please email priyananda.joseph [at] windhorsepublications.com for more information and an application pack.

The closing...

Candradasa

50 Years, 50 Voices: Ratnakumar (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Thu, 17 May, 2018 - 15:00

I asked him, “If I would go there, will I get food?” And he said “Yes, obviously there will be a feast and you can have enough to eat.” And I thought then, “I’ll go.”

Ratnakumar’s Annals
In 1968 I wasn’t born.

In 1978 I wasn’t born.

In 1988 I was four years old, having been born into a low caste Hindu family in Orissa.

In 1998 I was about 14. I went to the birthday celebration of Dr Ambedkar with my cousin and decided that day to learn...

Vidyadasa

International Family Retreat : Retiro Internacional De Familias

From Triratna Buddhist Families on Thu, 17 May, 2018 - 14:47

International Family Retreat : Retiro Internacional De Familias

From Triratna Buddhist Families on Thu, 17 May, 2018 - 14:47

We offer a retreat for fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. In 2017 we ran a very successful family retreat in Suryavana and we want to continue offering this space for people interested in Buddhist practice especially as a parent. The retreat is open to anyone. The intention of gathering people from various countries with their children. This will create an atmosphere of internationality with all the wealth of a retreat with people from various cultures and ways of seeing life and raising their children living and practicing...

Munisha

New Buddhist union for Ireland

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Wed, 16 May, 2018 - 11:45

New Buddhist union for Ireland

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Wed, 16 May, 2018 - 11:45

Over on Triratna News, read all about the creation of Ireland’s first umbrella group for Buddhist organisations.

Munisha

Could you be the new Nordic Order convenor?

From Orden i Sverige on Tue, 15 May, 2018 - 08:23

Could you be the new Nordic Order convenor?

From Orden i Sverige on Tue, 15 May, 2018 - 08:23

Still nobody has forward to take up the role of Nordic regional order convenor (and delegate to the International council).

So - what to do? Advayasiddhi suggests the following:

* Everyone please have a think again, talk to each other, maybe someone forgot to reply?
* Also, consider being ‘just’ nordic order convenor, without the International Council bit?

or talk to Advayasiddhi about what it means? triratnaordereurope [at] gmail.com

If no-one comes forward, we will have to find new ways to organise ourselves,...

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Dhammalata

Meditation this Week

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 14 May, 2018 - 07:14

Meditation this Week

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 14 May, 2018 - 07:14

The Buddha encouraged us to think of the good things done for us by our parents, by our teachers, friends, whomever; and to do this intentionally, to cultivate it, rather than just letting it happen accidentally.

—Ajahn Sumedho, “The Gift of Gratitude”

Meditation this week:

Tuesday 6.30 - 7.30 pm

Sunday 8 - 9 am

Metta

Dharmalata and Padmadakini

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