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PBC Women's Mitra Study

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 03:56

PBC Women's Mitra Study (group)

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 03:56

Welcome to the PBC Women’s Mitra Study group. Here we can post additional resources including links to talks, publications, personal reflections and more. Please feel free to add whatever you think will support our collective Dharma study.


 
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Sangha Into Focus

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 02:24

Sangha Into Focus

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 02:24Our Podcasts this month have been bringing Sangha Into Focus as we approach the time of year when celebrations of Sangha are engaged in around Triratna Buddhist Community.

Saturday’s FBA Podcast, “Creating Sangha and Changing the World” – an inspirational exploration of the Third Jewel by Saddhaloka. He looks at the distinguishing role of Sangha, spiritual community, in the development and life of the Triratna Buddhist Order, and, in fact, in any kind of...
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Cancer and the Preciousness of Life

From San Francisco Buddhist Center on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
After eight months of treatment for metastatic cancer in her pelvis and lungs, Suvarnaprabha offers a some reflections about how this deep experience of impermanence has positively influenced her life, practice, and attitude. Followed by questions and comments. The talk was given at the Gay Buddhist Fellowship, an ecumenical gathering of gay Buddhist men in San Francisco.
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What Do Buddhists Think - The Mind

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Tue, 23 Oct, 2012 - 00:00
The last in our series of talks 'What do Buddhists think...?' Ratnaprabha, author of 'Finding the Mind: A Buddhist View'
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Retreat on the Dhammapada in 2010

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 21:09
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Retreat on the Dhammapada in 2010

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 21:09Reflection retreat
with Ratnaguna
Dharmagiri 15–18 April 2010

Under denna långhelg ledde Ratnaguna oss i reflektion och kontemplation på verser från Dhammapada. Han hade valt kapitel 1, 3 och 18: tvillingverserna, om sinnet och fläckar. Jag hoppas lägga upp en svensk översättning av Bhantes översättning av dem så småningom, men du finner också två översättningar till engelska på www.accesstoinsight.org
Här är en direktlänk: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.intro.budd.html

Ratnaguna gav ett inledande föredrag och sedan en...
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Arnhem Triratna moves into city centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 06:05

Arnhem Triratna moves into city centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 06:05Sobhanandi writes from the Dutch city of Arnhem, where the small Triratna Arnhem Buddhist Centre there has just moved - into the city centre! She says - “A few lines about the Arnhem Buddhist Centre for Triratna news. We just moved into new premises! After four years in the Rietgrachtstraat we had unexpectedly to leave that address on short notice. But we found a new place in the Spijkerstraat! We are now situated in the city centre, in...
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Dhairyashil, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Mar 2008-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 14:21

Dhairyashil, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Mar 2008-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 14:21Amrutdeep writes again from India with news of the recent death of Dhairyashil, an Indian Order Member living in Ahmedabad, in the north Indian state of Gujrat. He says - “This is to inform you all that Dhammachari Dhairyashil (age about 65) from died due illness on October 18th at 12.30 p.m. He was Ordained in 2008. His private Preceptor is Jutindhar & Public Preceptor is Chandrashil; he was practicing the Shakyamuni Sadhana. His funeral took place the same...
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Gaganchitta, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Dec 1987-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 11:00

Gaganchitta, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Dec 1987-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 11:00Amrutdeep writes from India with news of the recent death of Gaganchitta, an Indian Order Member living in Mumbai. He says - “This is to inform you all that Dhammachari Gaganchitta passed away on the morning of October 5th 7.30am. He was about 80 and got ordained on 25th Dec. 1987. His Preceptor is Kamalashila and he was practising the Shakyamuni Sadhana. His funeral took place on the same day at 3.00 P.M. Please think of him and send...
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Religion Without God, Part 3 - Death and the Biggest Questions of All

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 20:57
In the third talk in our ‘Religion without God’ series, we have some big questions. When you don’t believe in an afterlife, what vision can there be around death and dying? What did the Buddha mean when he taught about karma, re-becoming and rebirth?

Here Candradasa uses Buddhist scripture, vision literature, and poetry to tease out a sense of the Buddha’s awesome vision of what life is, and how that might affect our ideas of what happens after death...
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Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16

Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16Maitreyabandhu visited us from London to share his reflections on aspects of the imagination, followed by questions and answers. 9.10.2012

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