From ecodharma on Fri, 7 Feb, 2014 - 14:35The Ecodharma Centre has established a new bursary fund to enable young people to take part in nature connection retreats. Awards are available from April this year to attend both the Ecodharma Wildcamp and the Meeting the Wild retreat.
The centre’s nature based practice series is a core strand of its work. “Ecodharma is all about connection,” explains Guhyapati, the centre director. “Living in times characterized by alienation, we see much of our...
All of us at Dharmachakra are happy to report that we are nearly done transferring to our new server, which will be the faster, better and more stable home for your website. We’re very excited to have been able to partner with Metta Engine on this move and improve our service for you even more.
As part of this process, within the next week we’ll be making some improvements in security for...
From Akashavana on Tue, 4 Feb, 2014 - 20:50Hello from Manigarbha and I, back in community after a winter break. We started the holiday with a trip to the Netherlands for a week of friendship and culture … it was the annual ‘International Documentary Festival’ and having been starved of culture for a while, it was just the treat we needed. That together with seeing good friends was very nourishing.
From there we went to UK, firstly to Tiratanaloka to meet with the ‘envisioners’ and do...
From Triratna News on Mon, 3 Feb, 2014 - 17:08Viveka and Vimalasara, members of the Triratna Buddhist Order in San Francisco and Vancouver respectively, are among 100 contemporary female Buddhist teachers asked to contribute to The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women;a book of 100 stories and koans about women achieving awakening, each accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher.
Viveka writes: “The invitation to contribute to The Hidden Lamp brought to mind memories of female hermit meditators, living in...
Our next FBA Dharmabyte podcast is titled: “Adhisthana, Emptiness and Butterflies.” This short talk by Saraha as part of the theme of ‘Adhisthana as Blessing’ on the UK and Ireland Men’s Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, on 3 November 2013
The intention is to discuss and develop plans for a certification scheme where Buddhist Centres would be certified as “Sustainable Centres” along the lines of the Fair Trade Association’s Temple Certification scheme.
To become certified, Buddhist Centres need to commit to actioning a list of 10 ‘dimensions’, or steps, covering all aspects...
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From Tiratanaloka on Wed, 29 Jan, 2014 - 20:01A weekend retreat for women mitras to discuss these and any other questions with the wider women’s mitra sangha and with the team; Satyadakini, a newer and younger order member, Dayapakshini and Santasiddhi, both experienced dharmacharinis, and private preceptors and Padmasuri and Maitreyi, both members of the college of public preceptors. We’ll be having talks, meditation and puja, small and larger discussion groups.
It’s also a chance to visit Tiratanaloka if you haven’t been here before. The retreat centre...
Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class Monday February 3rd 2014
