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Happy 50th birthday, Triratna!

From Triratna News on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 22:22

Happy 50th birthday, Triratna!

From Triratna News on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 22:22

This weekend Triratna sanghas around the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community’s foundation (as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) in London, UK, on the evening of Friday 7th April 1967.

That evening is well described by Sangharakshita near the end of his volume of memoirs, Moving Against the Stream: the birth of a new Buddhist movement, which also gives an account of the context from which the FWBO emerged.

At 6.10 drove round to Vihara with Terry.
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Singhamanas

Subhuti - Now Streaming Live for Triratna@50: For the Welfare of the World

From Triratna@50 on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 16:26

Subhuti - Now Streaming Live for Triratna@50: For the Welfare of the World

From Triratna@50 on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 16:26

This broadcast is now ended. Below is the full unedited stream embedded - the talk begins around 6:15 and end around 01:20:00, with a short fundraising presentation following. You can listen to a remastered audio edit here.

N.B. For the first couple of minutes the video is rotated but it soon corrects itself!

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Subhuti: For the Welfare of the World
The...

Viryabodhi

50 BALLOONS over Stockholm

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Fri, 7 Apr, 2017 - 07:25

50 BALLOONS over Stockholm

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Fri, 7 Apr, 2017 - 07:25

Celebrating 50 years of Triratna in the world, a few of us in the Stockholm sangha went up to Skinnarviksberget, with a view over parts of central Stockholm (the Town Hall in the background), with 50 balloons in yellow, blue and red. They of course symbolised the three jewels, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. We recited the Transference of merits and self-surrender from the sevenfold puja and then let the balloons go. They wonderfully ‘sailed away’ over the sky towards the north. After 5...

Liz_Bassett

Future Dharma Fund launches #Triratna50 Appeal

From FutureDharma on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 16:02

Future Dharma Fund launches #Triratna50 Appeal

From FutureDharma on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 16:02

Exactly 50 years ago today Urgyen Sangharakshita dedicated the Triratna Meditation and Shrine room (yes it was called Triratna!) in a basement below a shop in Covent Garden.

So many lives have been transformed by the Buddhist movement that grew from that simple ceremony.

Today FutureDharma Fund launches the Triratna50 Appeal will raise £500,000 this year to ensure that Triratna’s contribution to the world in its second 50 years is as extraordinary as in its first.

Here are some of the projects that we’re funding with...

Centre Team

Subhuti's Triratna@50 Talk - Live Stream From London, Saturday 8th April

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 14:39

Subhuti's Triratna@50 Talk - Live Stream From London, Saturday 8th April

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 14:39

On Saturday we’ll be taking part in the London Buddhist Centre’s Facebook Live streamed talk by Subhuti:

Tune in here at 4pm UK / 11am EST / 8.30pm Mumbai

Subhuti: For the Welfare of the World
The fire of peace has been ignited in the world by the Buddha. It burns brightly today in the Triratna Order and movement, and inspired by Sangharakshita’s vision will burn well into the future – but...

Centre Team

Triratna@50 This Weekend...

From Triratna@50 on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 14:15

Triratna@50 This Weekend...

From Triratna@50 on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 14:15

Today, the 6th April 2017, marks the 50th birthday of Triratna! This weekend we kick off our year of celebration and gratitude for all that’s been achieved around the world since Sangharakshita and a small group of women and men first gathered to meditate together in a small room in London all those years ago…

+follow above for regular updates this weekend and throughout the year from Triratna@50

We’ll be bringing you a flavour of just some of the international gatherings this weekend as our anniversary year...

Singhamanas

Triratna Day 50th Celebrations, London

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 21:45

Triratna Day 50th Celebrations, London

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 21:45

Celebrating fifty years of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community
This Saturday, the 8th of April 2017, the London Buddhist Centre hosts a day of events on behalf of all the London Centres to celebrate the presence of Bhante Sangharakshita’s vision in the world, and its significance in the unfoldment of the Buddha’s teachings.

Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the day. The day is led by Order members associated with all five Triratna London Buddhist Centres.

Programme for the...

Dhammalata

Clinging

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 05:16

Clinging

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 05:16

Clinging has come up a few times in the study we’ve done both in our Coogee Dharma study group and in the Men’s study I participate in on Monday nights at The Sydney Buddhist Centre

The Buddha’s teaching is that in our effort to obtain happiness we go after and hold tightly to the things we believe will give us happiness despite the fact that some of these things promise more than they can deliver. And, in some cases these...

Matthew@Adhisthana

Triratna50 at Adhisthana 8th & 9th April

From Adhisthana on Sun, 2 Apr, 2017 - 14:59

Triratna50 at Adhisthana 8th & 9th April

From Adhisthana on Sun, 2 Apr, 2017 - 14:59

Triratna50 at Adhisthana: we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community with an event over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of April.

There will be a mixture of talks, a workshop, a panel discussion with older and younger generations, Desert Island Discs, ritual, meditation, a new exhibition in the Sangharakshita Library and more.

This is the programme for the weekend:

Saturday

07.00 Double meditation sit

08.45 Breakfast

10.00 Cross-generational Conversation: chaired by Parami, with Nagabodhi, Manjuvajra, Prajnaketu, Akasajoti, Kusaladevi + the men’s...

Shantavira

Shabda April 2017

From Order Connection on Sat, 1 Apr, 2017 - 12:23

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.

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File Name	Size
ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)	1.17 MB
mobi (Kindle and eReaders)	889.98 KB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)	930.36 KB
HTML (Web Browsers)	127.28 KB
PDF for printing (identical with paper Shabda)	716.12 KB

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