From Imagine the Buddha on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 23:24Thought I had better post this here too… :)
Hi all, here are a few things to bear in mind for the online version of the retreat, which we’ll be running from Friday till Tuesday - and beyond! We hope it’ll be a great space to connect with each other and keep your inspiration burning bright when the tents are all folded away and everyone’s home again…
From Imagine the Buddha on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 23:19If you’re partial to a Tweet or two (but not a twit!) the hashtag for Twitter shenanigans with the International Retreat is #internationalretreat.
If you want to help spread the love for the new social network itself, the hashtag is #triratnaconnect.
ps. Our actual Twitter account is here, should you wish to follow…
From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 23:04Hi all, here are a few things to bear in mind for the online version of the retreat, which we’ll be running from Friday till Tuesday - and beyond! We hope it’ll be a great space to connect with each other and keep your inspiration burning bright when the tents are all folded away and everyone’s home again…
1. This main space (the ‘Project’) will be the place to check for news and events and media from...
From Imagine the Buddha on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 22:38So, the theme of the retreat is ‘Imagining the Buddha’. We need a related theme for our special Facebook discussion on Monday - but first we need a time! Make your choices here and we’ll try and accommodate as many folk as we can… Thanks!
From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 22:06I created this video for one of the young people’s meetings of the Ipswich & Colchester group - we were asked to bring some creative source which inspires us.
I took two songs which at some point of my life meant something to me, or gave me some ‘insight’ into life, or the way things are, and put them to images. It’s a bit loud at the start, fair warning!
From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 21:52This was a video which I made for my Mitra Study project.
The module we studied was Year 3, Module 6 - An Interconnected World - Buddhist Ethics and Contemporary Issues.
I took two pieces of music which I felt echoed areas of the material we were studying, and set some short video clips, images and words to these. I’ll be adding a final section when I get time at the recommendation of the group (I lost confidence...
From Imagine the Buddha on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 21:01We’re almost deliriously happy to launch formally our new kind of social network here on thebuddhistcentre.com. Here’s a wee video we made to celebrate!
This weekend’s International Retreat will be the first with an online component! We loved the experiment last year with the Urban Retreat, so let’s go for it again…
From Triratna News on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 20:54We’re very happy to announce the launch of a new kind of social network here on thebuddhistcentre.com, the home of the Triratna Buddhist Community online. Here’s a wee video we made to celebrate! Come and connect…
It’s been a lot of work to get this far and we hope you’ll enjoy exploring and helping us build the online community, starting this weekend with the first online version of the Triratna International Retreat! Many thanks to...
Lokabandhu (“pretending to be a journalist”) wandering amongst the 70 or so folk who have arrived early to help set up the retreat. The first of many such forays one suspects…!
A little photo documentary showing Buddhafield (and friends) putting up the 450-person food tent for the International Retreat… Click through the images (the < and > buttons) to track its progress!
