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BAM at NLBC has begun!

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 13 Jun, 2017 - 12:49

BAM at NLBC has begun!

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 13 Jun, 2017 - 12:49

We kicked off Buddhist Action Month at the North London Buddhist centre with our opening ceremony last week. The Sangha signed up their pledges and committed to making a difference this June. People signed up to give blood, reduce plastics, go vegan, detox from social media and many more.

Tara has been moving around the centre, joining in all Shrine Room activities before returning to our reception...

Munisha

Sangharakshita: The Poetry Interviews

From Triratna News on Tue, 13 Jun, 2017 - 10:29

Sangharakshita: The Poetry Interviews

From Triratna News on Tue, 13 Jun, 2017 - 10:29

Kalyanaprabha is one of Sangharakshita’s two literary editors. (The other is Vidyadevi.) She writes to tell us about a new set of interviews with him, about his poetry.

“Recently there appeared on Sangharakshita’s website a link to some rather unusual interviews on The Buddhist Centre Online: over 10 separate sessions, Saddhanandi* interviews Sangharakshita about 10 of his poems.

Each interview opens with a sensitive reading of the poem by Saddhanandi and then...

akasajoti

Sustained by Spiritual Friends: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 22:35

Sustained by Spiritual Friends: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 22:35

Today, Parami presented Hri and Apatrapya, the two Lokapalas, unfolding a single line in the Karaniya Metta Sutta: “One should not pursue the slightest thing for which other wise men might censure them.” Both Hri and Apatrapya express a positive sense of remorse and regret, one in relation to our own inner ethical sensitivity, the other in relation to the ethical sensitivity we aspire to embodied by our spiritual friends and teachers. They are the guardians of our Dharma Life,...

akasajoti

Bodhicitta Practice - Saddhaloka - Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata OM

From Adhisthana on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 15:33

Each afternoon of the retreat is devoted to the Bodhicitta practice, variations on a theme, led by a few members of the team drawing on their own approaches and inspirations.

Here we have Saddhaloka briefly introducing the practice and leading through with a traditional approach.

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Triratna 50th Anniversary Celebrations

From Clear Vision Trust on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:10

Triratna 50th Anniversary Celebrations

From Clear Vision Trust on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:10

On April 8th 2017 Triratna Day was celebrated around the world as the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1967. We visit Sheffield for the Northern English celebration, Adhisthana, Dhanakosa in Scotland and Essen for the Western European events in Germany.

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Triratna 50th Anniversary celebrations NewsByte

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:08

Triratna 50th Anniversary celebrations NewsByte

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:08

Thanks to Suryaprabha for his Lights in the Sky videos, to Ben Linsey-Bloom for organising footage from Adhisthana, Shantiketu for Dhanakosa and Frank Mählen from Essen.

#Triratna50

akasajoti

Love of the Good: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 23:12

Love of the Good: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 23:12

“A common misapprehension is to think of Insight and egolessness in abstract, even metaphysical, terms rather than as comprising concretely-lived attitudes and behaviour. But realising the truth of egolessness simply means being truly and deeply unselfish. To contemplate the principle of egolessness as some special principle that is somehow separate from our actual behaviour will leave it as far away as ever. If we find it difficult to realise the ultimate emptiness of the self - the solution is to...

akasajoti

Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata – Live at Adhisthana

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 18:08

Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata – Live at Adhisthana

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 18:08

Adhisthana is sometimes referred to as the ‘home’ of the Triratna Buddhist Order – but, it’s situated in rural Herefordshire in the UK and we are an International community, so not all of us will be fortunate to be able to visit and go on retreat there! So, this week Akasajoti is sharing her experience of the Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata retreat, through daily stories, video posts, quotations, and the occasional pop song, exploring their theme of Metta and Bodhicitta.

She...

akasajoti

The Ethical Foundations of Metta: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 17:43

The Ethical Foundations of Metta: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 17:43

The second presentation on the Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata retreat, held at Adhisthana in 2017, on the theme of Metta and Bodhicitta.

Dhammarati takes us through the ethical foundations of Metta expressed in the Karaniya Metta Sutta, drawing out their relationship with attha, or ‘the good’. Following a quote from James Hillman:

“Purpose in our lives doesn’t usually appear as a clearly framed goal, it appears more likely as a troubling unclear urge coupled with a sense of dutiful importance. This sense...

akasajoti

What is Metta?: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 08:10

What is Metta?: Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata

From Adhisthana on Sun, 11 Jun, 2017 - 08:10

The one who abides in love, and puts their faith in the teaching of the Buddha, will win through to the state of calm and blissful release.

The first presentation on the Blazing in the Fires of Sunyata retreat, held at Adhisthana in 2017, on the theme of Metta and Bodhicitta.

Saccanama evokes 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...

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