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Discover a Dharma-Jewel with our Dharmabytes Podcast

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 19 Jul, 2012 - 17:06

Discover a Dharma-Jewel with our Dharmabytes Podcast

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 19 Jul, 2012 - 17:06What’s a Dharmabyte, you ask? Why, it’s a little bite-sized piece of Dharma! A pithy few minutes from one of over a thousand full-length Dharma talks in the Dharmachakra digital archives. Hand-selected by our team twice a week, they’re great for inspiring, reminding and sharing with friends. And, as ever, it’s all completely free!

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Highlights from the 2012 Buddhafield Festival

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 17:03

Highlights from the 2012 Buddhafield Festival

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 17:03Last Friday Triratna News reported on the opening of the seventeenth Buddhafield Festival - Triratna’s largest annual event outside India. Despite being the wettest-ever, with much of the main area reduced by near-constant rain to a sea of mud, the 2,900 visitors pretty much all had a great time. Check their Facebook page for the latest comments!

Lokabandhu - a veteran of most of the previous 16 Festivals - writes, saying “The Festival was great, as always,...

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Dharma Parlour talks appearing soon on Free Buddhist Audio and VideoSangha

From Dharma Parlour on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 09:51

Dharma Parlour talks appearing soon on Free Buddhist Audio and VideoSangha

From Dharma Parlour on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 09:51Hello everyone in the Dharma Parlour group - and (if you were there) I hope you enjoyed the Festival! It was definitely a wet one! But our spirits were unbowed, in fact I think I can safely say we loved it! SADHU to everyone who survived the 17th annual Buddhafield Festival - and you’ll be pleased to know the talks and videos from the Dharma Parlour will be appearing here soon, in fact I’m working on the audio from...

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New Triratna publication in Gujarati

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 05:43

New Triratna publication in Gujarati

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 05:43Migar, chairman of Triratna’s Buddhist Centre in Ahmedabad, India, writes with news of their newly-translated Gujarati publication. Written by Subhuti, it’s a book exploring the qualities of the ‘True Individual’ - an especially valuable approach to the Dharma in India, where caste identity is so strong. He says - “These are the photos of the inauguration of Dhammchari Subhuti’s book “Individual” (Vyaktittva) which was translated into Gujarati by Dhammamitra Mrs. Sheela Shresthi. The venue is the Jubilee Baug in Baroda,...

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Living In An Illusion... Dying to Escape

From Buddhafield on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

Khemasuri talks about everyday experience as virtual reality, focusing on death to turn towards the truth, and 'thin moments'. A talk given in the Dharma Parlour on the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, under the overall theme of 'Doorways to Freedom'.

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Not Knowing It Is Near, They Seek It Afar. What a Pity!

From Buddhafield on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

The three 'Gateways to Freedom' (Vimoksa-Mukhas) from early Buddhism point to states of being that are always available in experience. How can looking honestly and fully at our present moment experience lead to this seeing? An interactive talk by Padmadharini, given in the Dharma Parlour on the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, under the overall theme of 'Doorways to Freedom'.

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Doors to Freedom - the Buddha's Psychology of Liberation

From Buddhafield on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

Dhivan, author of 'This Being, That Becomes', talks about some of the historical Buddha's ideas on how conscious awareness can influence unconscious patterns that keep us imprisoned in a fixed sense of self. Given in the Dharma Parlour on the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, under the overall theme of 'Doorways to Freedom'.

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Heart and Soul - the Power of Ritual

From Buddhafield on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

Does ritual have a place in 21st Century Buddhism? Akasati explores tradition and innovation in Buddhist ritual and creating our own rituals. A talk given in the Dharma Parlour on the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, under the overall theme of 'Doorways to Freedom'.

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Dharma Doorways and Dead Ends

From Buddhafield on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

A talk given in the Dharma Parlour on the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, under the overall theme of 'Doorways to Freedom'. The talk explores the fascinating Buddhist notion of 'near enemies', those seductive but misleading lookalikes to authentic spiritual qualities.

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