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New Talk from Vessantara: Conditionality and Meditation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 14:46

New Talk from Vessantara: Conditionality and Meditation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 14:46New talk from Vessantara - featured in this weeks FBA Podcast

“Conditionality and Meditation” is a talk by Vessantara who has just completed a three year, three month, three day retreat.

Conditionality is a central theme of the teaching of the Buddha, and it is very helpful to bring our understanding of it into the arena of our meditation practice. During this talk, Vessantara looks at how to set up good conditions for...

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New American charity supports the Indian Buddhist Revival

From Triratna News on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 05:32

New American charity supports the Indian Buddhist Revival

From Triratna News on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 05:32Viradhamma writes from San Francisco with news of a new Triratna charity - an American-Indian joint venture to be known as DharmaJiva, which aims to support the Indian Buddhist Revival by raising awareness across America and providing support for social projects and Dharma teaching in India. He says - “The Buddhist Revival in India has brought the Dharma to hundreds of thousands of people, but most people outside India know little about this remarkable movement. However it has...

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The Metta Sutta

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 01:00

Talk delivered to the Women's Night Class at the LBC on July 12th 2012

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Befriending One's Self In Meditation

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 01:00

Talk given at the LBC meditation day on July 15th 2012

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Meditation and Spiritual Friendship

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 1 Oct, 2012 - 01:00

Talk given at the LBC meditation day July 15th 2012

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Välkomna tre nya ordensmedlemmar

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 30 Sep, 2012 - 12:30

Välkomna tre nya ordensmedlemmar

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 30 Sep, 2012 - 12:30SANGHAKVÄLLEN, måndag 1 oktober, kl 18.30 – 21.00

Jo, bevars. Det händer mycket i sanghan. För några veckor sedan välkomnade vi Pavarabodhi på Sanghakvällen, och den 1 oktober kommer turen till tre nya ordensmedlemmar: Dhammasiri (ex-Karin), Bhavapriya (ex-Kristina) och Vajramuni (ex-Sven). Så här många och täta ordinationer har vi inte haft tidigare, ännu fler chanser att glädjas och som sagt VÄLKOMNA dem. Det här är en kväll många av oss inte vill missa. Kom tidigt och hjälp...

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'Religion Without God'

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 28 Sep, 2012 - 18:26

'Religion Without God'

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 28 Sep, 2012 - 18:26‘Religion Without God’, an exciting series planned for our October Sangha Nights.

This October we’ll be looking at how you can have a full spiritual life as a 21st Century American without recourse to blind faith or setting yourself against the rational world we find ourselves in. The Buddha faced some of the same dilemmas as us in India in 500 BCE, and we face some new challenges with 2500 years of culture and experience in between his...

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Video interview explores ‘A Buddhist Manifesto’

From Triratna News on Fri, 28 Sep, 2012 - 11:45

Video interview explores ‘A Buddhist Manifesto’

From Triratna News on Fri, 28 Sep, 2012 - 11:45Munisha writes from ClearVision, Triratna’s in-house video producers, with news of a recently-published interview with Subhuti, recorded soon after the publication of ‘A Buddhist Manifesto: The Principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community’.

She says - “Triratna News recently published news of Subhuti’s ‘A Buddhist Manifesto’, and readers may have wondered what was behind it. To find out, the Clear Vision team interviewed Subhuti during the European Order Gathering in August. We’ve edited it into two versions -...

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Sangha and Friendship

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 27 Sep, 2012 - 20:56

Sangha and Friendship

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 27 Sep, 2012 - 20:56As part of a mini-series, looking at the distinctive emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Order, Suryamati explains the importance of Sangha and Friendship. Talk given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, Sangha Night, 18th September 2012.

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Favorite Talk...

From Lovers of FBA! on Thu, 27 Sep, 2012 - 14:22

Favorite Talk...

From Lovers of FBA! on Thu, 27 Sep, 2012 - 14:22What’s your favorite talk on FBA?
One that you keep coming back to over and over again.
Who gave it, where was it given and when?
What inspires you about it?

Mine is a talk a by Srivati titled “Becoming a Citizen of the Present” given at a National Order Weekend in 2001. I love how she talks about Mindfulness in Track 7 using her own poetry to describe her own process and connect...

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