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The Great Secret of Morals is Love: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sat, 10 Jun, 2017 - 22:33

The Great Secret of Morals is Love: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sat, 10 Jun, 2017 - 22:33

We close the first full day chanting Sabbe Satta Sukhi Hontu after an evening of radiating metta and practising the Seven-Fold Puja together, dedicating the merits of a days study, discussion, meditation and ritual.

Earlier today, in his presentation, Saccanama evoked Metta through a variety of canonical and poetic sources, referring to the seminars which Bhante led on the Karaniya Metta Sutta, edited in Living with Kindness, as well as various suttas from the Pali Canon. He described the crucial place of...

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Telling Stories: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Fri, 9 Jun, 2017 - 22:39

Telling Stories: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Fri, 9 Jun, 2017 - 22:39

I want to begin to experiment with telling the stories of some of the events happening at Adhisthana – I want Adhisthana to be able to reach out all over the Triratna world across oceans and borders, and I want it to be a source of inspiration and positivity in the world and in this community. So over this week I’ll be on a retreat on the theme of Metta and Bodhicitta, and will try to tell you the story...

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Sangharakshita's Diary

From Triratna News on Wed, 7 Jun, 2017 - 11:24

Sangharakshita's Diary

From Triratna News on Wed, 7 Jun, 2017 - 11:24

Sthanashraddha is Bhante’s secretary. He writes:

“May has been a month of large changes around the Adhisthana land. Diggers and dumper trucks have been shifting tons of earth around for some of our largest works since opening. Inside the buildings there has also been much work taking place in several areas, not least in the shrine room where the shrine is undergoing a major transformation. Even though the machines have been rumbling away most of the month there...

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The Six Elephant Practice

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 6 Jun, 2017 - 04:05

The Six Elephant Practice

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 6 Jun, 2017 - 04:05

This Friday night at 7 pm we will have a puja in our meditation room at Jayakula Buddhist Community

63 Brook Street Coogee (opposite Woodland Street)

This is a seven part ceremony that helps us connect head and heart in our aspiration to live a Buddhist life grounded in wisdom and compassion.

As part of the ceremony there will be readings, chanting and offerings of candles
Anyone interested in exploring practice in this way is very welcome to attend. No...

Munisha

Ordinations at Akashavana

From Triratna News on Mon, 5 Jun, 2017 - 21:51

Ordinations at Akashavana

From Triratna News on Mon, 5 Jun, 2017 - 21:51

We are delighted to announce the public ordinations of the following women, at Akashavana Retreat Centre in Spain on Saturday 3rd June 2017.

Public preceptor: Parami

Monika Podgorska becomes Upeksanandi
(dot under the ‘s’, long ‘i’)
Sanskrit / Pali name meaning: She who delights in equanimity
Westernised spelling: Upekshanandi
Private preceptor: Dharmavasini

Mairead Keane becomes Prajnamayi
(tilde above the ‘n’, long ‘i’)
Sanskrit name meaning: She who is filled with wisdom
Westernised spelling: Prajnamayi
Private preceptor: Paramachitta

Theresa O’Leary becomes...

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Third Children Camp at Koradi, Nagpur.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 5 Jun, 2017 - 16:31

Third Children Camp at Koradi, Nagpur.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Mon, 5 Jun, 2017 - 16:31

Our Third Children Camp successfully finished on 5th June 2017 at Koradi, Nagpur. Children enjoyed group meditation, puzzle, Moral Values of Jataka Stories, Games, Discussion groups, health guidance and precautionary approach. This camp was organized in local Buddha Vihar with the help of local people in a participatory approach which was so wonderful to work in a inclusive way.

All the volunteers...

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Shabda June 2017

From Order Connection on Thu, 1 Jun, 2017 - 14:18

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
eBook Shabda .MOBI – read on any Kindle, and some eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save time and postage costs.

Terms and...

File Name	Size
ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)	1.13 MB
mobi (Kindle and eReaders)	853.46 KB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)	911.94 KB
HTML (Web Browsers)	148.73 KB
PDF for printing (identical with paper Shabda)	709.3 KB

Read more about Shabda June 2017

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Buddhist Action Month 2017 begins!

From Triratna News on Thu, 1 Jun, 2017 - 08:45

Buddhist Action Month 2017 begins!

From Triratna News on Thu, 1 Jun, 2017 - 08:45

June is Buddhist Action Month (BAM) and Triratna sanghas all over the world have been planning activities as part of this festival of Buddhist social action. Beginning in 2012 as a day (BAD!), this is a pan-Buddhist initiative from the UK’s Network of Buddhist Organisations. The theme this year is ‘Connecting for change’, which we’re connecting strongly with the Bodhisattva Ideal.

Over on The Buddhist Centre Online’s dedicated BAM space you can follow...

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FutureDharma Fund Champions

From FutureDharma on Wed, 31 May, 2017 - 16:24

FutureDharma Fund Champions

From FutureDharma on Wed, 31 May, 2017 - 16:24

Would you like some free training in fundraising from Amalavajra? How about the chance to come to Adhisthana on one of our weekends? You will learn all about money and how to raise it for your centre and other Triratna projects.

You’ll be joining a sangha of amazing folk who come together to share ideas, get trained up, and sing silly songs whilst eating chocolate. They’re our FutureDharma Champions - a lovely bunch of people who volunteer their time to promote FutureDharma Fund and fundraising in...

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Freedom

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 30 May, 2017 - 06:50

Freedom

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 30 May, 2017 - 06:50

I’m reading ‘Mind in Harmony’ by Subhuti at the moment. Much of what he writes hits me right between the eyes in a very positive way:

“Contentment is the positive that drives out craving, …… . We may experience the early stirrings of contentment simply as revulsion from craving, for a sensitive mind eventually starts to feel humiliated by its own craving. One experiences a loss of dignity, a feeling that one is demeaning oneself, a recognition that craving is a...

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