From Community Highlights on Sat, 16 Feb, 2013 - 15:41We arrived at Nagaloka for the Triratna International Council after the fun of an overnight train from Mumbai… A place of peace and an awe-inspiring great golden statue of the Buddha!
A talk given as part of the theme 'Moving from Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama' on the Triratna Buddhist Order Men's Order Weekend (UK and Ireland Area) at Padmaloka on February 3 2013
From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 - 22:47In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Psychical Energies of the Stupa” Sangharakshita takes us through a poetic and magical journey of the psychical energies of the five elements within and around us.
From the talk, “Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa” by Sangharakshita, 1971, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.
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From Online Meditators on Tue, 12 Feb, 2013 - 16:20I’ll be in India for the next few weeks (look out for reports on some great gatherings there across the site and social media!) so the wonderful Animisha has very kindly undertaken to organise our weekly sits from her home in the Outer Hebrides! Usual time of 11am EST, 4pm UK, 9.30pm Maharashtra. We’ll definitely be on Skype (user: thebuddhistcentre.com, IM to be added to the call)and possibly Google +...
Fourth talk of Padmaloka's 2012 Winter Retreat on the 5 Buddhas, here we enter Amitabha's realm. Again linked back to the historical Buddha and Mara's assault. The symbolism of transforming an attack into flowers and how we can do that in our own lives. This leads onto Spiritual Death and the possibility of letting go of all limitations. If we argue with life we will always lose, why not go with the flow of reality instead.
This is the fifth talk in the series 'Evolution and the meaning of life'. To take the next evolutionary step, we need to purify the mind. This talk
continues the exploration of the mind, looking at the unskilful states relating to hatred, the skilful states free of hatred, and the purifying process of ethical practice which can lead us from one to the other
The fourth in a series of eight talks given at the LBC's Dharma Night. An eight-week seminar exploring a practical path to Enlightenment using the five stages of spiritual life: integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, rebirth and spiritual receptivity. We'll be dedicating ourselves to day-to-day practice inspired by the Buddha's example.
From Community Highlights on Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 - 15:35This week Triratna Buddhist Centres all over the world will be marking the Buddha’s last days and Parinirvana. It’s a time when we come together to reflect on his life and death, and remember those we have known who have passed away. A chance to strengthen our practice of one of the most essential reflections in any spiritually healthy life - the recollection of impermanence - by engaging with the ‘purification’ practice of ‘...
From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 - 12:54Just Listen. Do you hear the Dharma in the wind? in the trees?
Just Look. Do you see the Dharma in your breakfast food? In the candle by your shrine?
Just Feel. Do you feel the Dharma as you dress? as you walk? as you sit?
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A talk given as part of the theme 'Moving from Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama' on the Triratna Buddhist Order Men's Order Weekend (UK and Ireland Area) at Padmaloka on February 3 2013
This is the fifth talk in the series 'Evolution and the meaning of life'. To take the next evolutionary step, we need to purify the mind. This talk
The fourth in a series of eight talks given at the LBC's Dharma Night. An eight-week seminar exploring a practical path to Enlightenment using the five stages of spiritual life: integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, rebirth and spiritual receptivity. We'll be dedicating ourselves to day-to-day practice inspired by the Buddha's example.
