I am reposting an interesting excerpt which Christine from the Sheffield Buddhist Centre posted earlier today - Guyhapati from the Ecodharma Centre speaking:
The work I have been doing in recent years around sustainable activism and burnout has brought me into close contact with hundreds of activists across Europe. For many right now it’s easy to feel despondent, seeing ahead of them a long uphill struggle, amidst a political climate where their values of ecological and social justice are so marginalized. But often...
Buddhist Action Month 2015 was the best yet with around 25 Triratna centres and groups actively participating duirn ght emonth of June and engaging in a wide variety of ‘actions’, from litter picking to examining how we use our money to showing films on climage change issues followed by discussions, and a whiole lot more.
It is not too early to look ahead to 2016 and the next Buddhsit Action Month: what are your suggestions or thoughts on what we may wish to...
I would be interested to hear responses to this question. What do you see that dharma practicioners can uiquely contribute to the issues of climate change, if anything?
This page is for use in facilitating the online component of our regional Order study program. Currently, we are studying Subhuti’s new book, “Mind in Harmony.”
“Sigal suta” Mitra study retreat held at Saddhammapradip Meditation Retreat Centre Bhaje.25 Dhamma mitras all over from different places like Mumbai, Nagpur, GOA, HYDERABAD, kOLHAPUR , Solapur, Dapodi etc.participated. Dh.Anandbodhi led it and I supported in all activities like morning dual meditation, afternoon meditation, group discussions, evening puja and mediation.. Feel Happy. My entry was all of a sudden in emergency. I enjoyed.- Dhammachari Prajnaditya
This third talk in a series on the six distinctive emphases of Triratna introduces the centrality of Going for Refuge through the story of the refusal of Padmasambhava refusal to make obeisance to the King of Tibet and the teaching of the Buddha on the eight worldly winds.
In the fourth talk in the series on The Six Distinctive Emphases of Triratna, Jvalamalini introduces the importance of spiritual friendship with the Triratna movement.
We are delighted to announce that the following men were publicly ordained at Padmaloka on 1st October 2015:
James Wilde becomes Dharmadhira, a Sanskrit name meaning ‘Steadfastness in the Dharma’. (Long ‘i’) Westernised spelling: Dharmadhira Private preceptor: Priyavajra
Brian Sender becomes Santighosa, a Sanskrit name meaning ‘Voice of peace’. (Accent over the first ‘s’, long first ‘a’ and dot under the second ‘s’) Westernised spelling: Shantighosha Private preceptor: Padmavajra ...
Speaking purely from 40 years experience of Buddhist practice, Devamitra draws inspiration from the life of Padmasambhava, with reflections on fear, death and heroism.
This talk was given in the context of Padmasambhava Day Festival, September 2015.
