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Simplify To Sustain ::: Family

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 19:59

Simplify To Sustain ::: Family

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 19:59

Simplify To Sustain: The Radical Buddhist Approach to Living Happy in Post-Plenty America ::: Family

Friends’ Night | Wednesday, July 15, 7-9 pm

Family relationships, for most of us, are amongst the most important and enduring of our lives - for better or worse! This week we’ll be continuing our look at how to move towards a happy, simple, and sustainable way to live by considering family in a surprising light - that of being alone.

It may seem odd at first, but if we know how...
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Snaps from Bhante's recent holiday

From Sangharakshita@90 on Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 11:52
  • The marvels of Glastonbury high street
  • Bhante has always loved bookshops!
  • In front of the famous Glastonbury Tor with his good friend Paramartha

Snaps from Bhante's recent holiday

From Sangharakshita@90 on Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 11:52

It was great to see Bhante out and about for the first time in a long while during his May week in Devon and Somerset, in the SW of England.

Help preserve all of Bhante’s words for everyone, for ever at:

https://www.justgiving.com/Bhante90th/
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Finding Peace In a Frantic World

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Tue, 14 Jul, 2015 - 01:00
Peace, happiness, contentment we all want it, but where and how to find it. The buddhist tradition would say that it is in how we relate to our experience that either satisfaction or grasping can be found. Does this stand up, how do we do it, what difference does it make in the world.
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Community Study Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 13 Jul, 2015 - 06:36
  • Community Member with Dh. Subhuti
  • Maitriveer Nagarjun and Ranjit
  • Dhammadeep and Padmavajra
  • Dh. Guhyacitta
  • Offering in Puja

Community Study Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 13 Jul, 2015 - 06:36

Saddhamma Pradeep Community member has done study retreat led by Dhammachari Subhuti on Bodhicaryavatar from 7th to 11th Jul 15. Translate by Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun. Attended by Ranjit, Abhijit, Raj Mohan, Ashwajit, Dhammamitra Padmavajra from Gujrat, Dhammadeep from pimpri, along with Dh. Ratnasambhava, Dh. Atapchitta, Dh. Guhyacitta and Suchandra
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Order Retreat 26th Jun 15 to 6th Jun 15

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 13 Jul, 2015 - 06:01
  • Mansoon Order Retreat 26th to 6th Jul 15

Order Retreat 26th Jun 15 to 6th Jun 15

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 13 Jul, 2015 - 06:01

Dhammachari Subhuti led order retreat, it was attended by 91 order member from all over maharashtra as well from Gujart and Sri Lanka (Dh. Jinsen). Retreat was about Sutta in Mahjim Nikaya on importance of solitude in Dhammic life.
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Sangharakshita - His Life and Work

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sun, 12 Jul, 2015 - 00:00
This is part of a wonderfully diverse series of talks given at Croydon Buddhist Centre to celebrate Sangharakshitas 90th Birthday. In this talk Dhammadinna talks about her long friendship with Sangharakshita and the effect this has had on her life.
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Sangharakshita - His Life and Work

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sun, 12 Jul, 2015 - 00:00
This is part of a wonderfully diverse series of talks given at Croydon Buddhist Centre to celebrate Sangharakshitas 90th Birthday. In this wide-ranging talk Amaraghosha talks openly about how Sangharakshita has influenced his journey along the Buddhist path.
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New Bespoke Buddhist Retreat Centre Coming Soon!

From London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 10 Jul, 2015 - 12:30

New Bespoke Buddhist Retreat Centre Coming Soon!

From London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 10 Jul, 2015 - 12:30

Maitrivajri, Vajrasana Project Coordinator, writes;

We are now a third of the way through the building of our new retreat centre. The elegant steel framework for the shrine room and simple precast concrete portal frames for the communal areas have been installed. The accommodation block, which runs parallel to the rear of the site, is taking shape - the concrete block walls are up to roof height - the position of bedrooms, bathrooms and toilets clearly defined. The foot print of each of the...
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Break out

From Oxford Buddhist Centre - Buddhism and Meditation in Oxford on Wed, 8 Jul, 2015 - 22:23
  • Break out intro course

Break out

From Oxford Buddhist Centre - Buddhism and Meditation in Oxford on Wed, 8 Jul, 2015 - 22:23

Break out - intro course Mondays 3rd August to 7th September, 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Peace House, 19 Paradise St, Oxford, OX1 1LD

Suggested donation £30-60

 Looking to overcome your limitations? Want to live more creatively? This six-week course introduces the core teachings of the Buddha and how we can use them to free up our energy, our imaginations, and our lives. The course will involve instruction in developing mindfulness and deep positive emotion through meditation, as well as investigating some of the key principles...
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Commonality Responses

From Order Connection on Wed, 8 Jul, 2015 - 18:10

Here is a file of the responses to the commonality paper last year.  All the responses are included here, except those that only appeared in Shabda and one or two who asked for their response not to be included.

We are posting it for the sake of transparency so you can read what else was said.  We haven’t tidied them up and they are not in any order, plus the format and length vary considerably, and they are a mix of...

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