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Karuna support ground-breaking legal case in India

From Triratna News on Wed, 1 Feb, 2012 - 06:11

Karuna support ground-breaking legal case in India

From Triratna News on Wed, 1 Feb, 2012 - 06:11Andrea writes from Triratna’s Karuna Trust with news of a ground-breaking legal victory won by one of Karuna’s Indian project partners, the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN). The case was the first time perpetrators of a caste atrocity - still common in India - have been brought to justice by receiving life imprisonment under the Prevention of Atrocities Act (1989). She says -

“The Mirchpur Dalit atrocity case concerns a Dalit father and daughter,...

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First Indian Buddhist Artists' Retreat

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Jan, 2012 - 10:38

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First Indian Buddhist Artists' Retreat

From Triratna News on Mon, 30 Jan, 2012 - 10:38Samuel Rawlings, Subhuti’s secretary, writes from India with news of an exciting new Triratna venture: the first-ever Indian Buddhist Artists’ Retreat. He says -

“The event was the first of its kind to take place in India, with artists coming from all corners of the sub-continent to explore the relationship between Art and the Buddha-Dhamma. Most of the participants were from a Dalit background, and it was very moving to hear how deeply they had all struggled to produce...

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Two ordinations in Australia

From Triratna News on Fri, 27 Jan, 2012 - 11:58

Two ordinations in Australia

From Triratna News on Fri, 27 Jan, 2012 - 11:58Sona writes from Australia with news of the first ordinations of 2012, saying -

“On Saturday 21 Jan 2012 at Triratna’s Vijayaloka Retreat Centre, Sydney, Australia, David Spotswood and Guy Holden had their public ordinations attended by about 120 family, friends and sangha. This was the last day of a 2 week men’s ‘Going For Refuge’ retreat and the beginning of the 4-day Australasian Triratna Buddhist Order Convention.

The ceremony was conducted outdoors and the auspicious...

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News from Kerala and Jai Bhim International

From Triratna News on Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 05:26

News from Kerala and Jai Bhim International

From Triratna News on Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 05:26Dayamudra, an American Order Member with strong links to India, writes from Kerala, where she’s recently completed her third tour and retreat in south India with the growing Triratna team there, where they are known as ‘Jai Bhim Kerala’. She says -

“Dear Friends- Our team has just concluded our 6-day Communicative English and Basic Buddhism Retreat in Kollam, Kerala, in southwest India. It was our 3rd annual collaboration with the Jai Bhim Kerala team and we...

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Sex - LBC Open Day January 2012

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 24 Jan, 2012 - 00:00

Talk given by Maitreyabandhu as part of the LBC's Open Day on Saturday 21st January 2012.

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News following a three-year retreat...

From Triratna News on Mon, 23 Jan, 2012 - 11:02

News following a three-year retreat...

From Triratna News on Mon, 23 Jan, 2012 - 11:02Vessantara, ordained in 1974 and recently returned from a three-year retreat, writes with news of his return, a brief glimpse of what it was like to be on retreat for three years - and what he plans to do next… He says -“In the summer of 2008 FWBO News (as it was then) reported that Vijayamala and I were going to France to do a 3-year retreat in a couple of old wooden circus wagons in the...

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News from EcoDharma's UK “Dharma and Society” tour

From Triratna News on Thu, 19 Jan, 2012 - 10:44

News from EcoDharma's UK “Dharma and Society” tour

From Triratna News on Thu, 19 Jan, 2012 - 10:44Back in 2010 Triratna’s European Chairs Assembly set a series of priorities for their work over the next period of years. Joint top of their list was the wish to “Re-emphasise the Power of Dharma to Transform Society” - their intention being to bring back into focus part of Triratna’s founding vision, namely “the inseparability of transforming self and world”. Amidst growing awareness of ecological fragility and economic instability, never before has this emphasis been so needed.

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