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Keeping our aim true

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 21 Mar, 2017 - 04:15

Keeping our aim true

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 21 Mar, 2017 - 04:15

“Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself”

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Munisha

Ordination at Guhyaloka, Spain

From Triratna News on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 08:45

Ordination at Guhyaloka, Spain

From Triratna News on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 08:45

On Saturday 18th March, 2017, in a public ordination ceremony at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre in Spain

Ruben Sánchez became Yaśomani: “He who is an excellent jewel”
(Westernised spelling Yashomani).
Private preceptor Moksananda
Public preceptor Moksananda

Ruben Sánchez se convirtió en Yaśomaṇi: “El que es una joya excelente”
(Ortografía occidentalizada Yashomani ).
Preceptor privado: Moksananda
Preceptor público: Moksananda

Con metta,
Maniraja

Munisha

Ordination at Guhyaloka, Spain

From Triratna News on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 08:38

Ordination at Guhyaloka, Spain

From Triratna News on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 08:38

In a public ordination ceremony at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre in Spain, on Saturday 18th March, 2017

Ruben Sánchez became Yaśomani: “He who is an Excellent Jewel”
(Westernised spelling Yashomani).
Private preceptor Moksananda
Public preceptor Moksananda

Ruben Sánchez se convirtió en Yaśomaṇi: “El que es una Joya Excelente”
(Ortografía occidentalizada Yashomani ).
Preceptor privado: Moksananda
Preceptor público: Moksananda

Con metta,
Maniraja

Amaladipa

Permaculture & Agroecology - The Bec Hellouin Farm

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 05:50

Permaculture & Agroecology - The Bec Hellouin Farm

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 05:50

This video describes how permaculture can be a holistic and productive source of food production whilst also respecting and nourishing the environment and the beings we share our world with. Here is some background:

Le Bec-Hellouin, France

International business lawyer Perrine Hervé-Gruyer was eyeing a career and a life change. She had bounced around the world, with stints in Tokyo and Hong Kong. She wanted self-sufficiency for her family, and so did her gardening-obsessed husband. Someone else might have bought a country home; Hervé-Gruyer...

Amaladipa

Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes (Incredible Edibles)

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 05:42

Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes (Incredible Edibles)

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 05:42

This video describes how ‘incredible edibles’ was set up and the transformational effect it had on the community in Todmorden. Pam Warhurst is an ordinary human being, like all of us, and she and her friends did something amazing, which is now being replicated in over a 1000 other projects around the world.

Take a look at

http://incredibleediblenetwork.org.uk/

For BAM 2017 I think the idea that each Buddhist Centre BAM team could establish/participate in a community based incredible edible project, however humble, within...

Amaladipa

Demain/ Tomorrow - the film - a fantastic resource for BAM

From Buddhist Action on Sun, 19 Mar, 2017 - 20:59

I have just seen the film ‘Demain/ Tomorrow’ - it is amazing, and deeply inspiring. I encourage all aspiring bodhisattvas to find a way to view it (there is a DVD available and it is still showing in some cinemas). We could arrange screenings at our local Buddhist centres. It is an incredible resource for BAM and for our precious Sangha. Follow the link

https://www.tomorrow-documentary.com/ (15 Nov 2022, updated to a new link).

Here is the blurb ‘Showing solutions, telling a...

shraddhavani

New Introductory Course Starts March 30

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 16 Mar, 2017 - 15:41

New Introductory Course Starts March 30

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 16 Mar, 2017 - 15:41

Join our next four-week introductory course, Get to Know Your Mind with Buddhism, Thursdays 7 - 9PM, March 30 - April 20. In this course, the main focus will be on learning two traditional Buddhist meditations: Mindfulness of Breathing and Cultivation of Loving Kindness (Metta Bhavana). You do not need to be a Buddhist to benefit from these practices, but understanding the role of meditation in the Buddhist context may help you benefit more fully. Here is what one meditation teacher, Paramananda, says in his...

ratnavyuha

NEW website for Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre

From Community Highlights on Thu, 16 Mar, 2017 - 01:52

NEW website for Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre

From Community Highlights on Thu, 16 Mar, 2017 - 01:52

Hi everyone.

Wanted to let you know we have a NEW website!

Not only does it show you all the upcoming events at Sudarshanaloka, it also allows you to see when our solitary cabins are available. And you can now book online, right now.

If you are travelling to New Zealand and fancy a group retreat, a solitary, or perhaps just want to stay in our community house when there are no retreats on … please book online or email us. We’d love...

Dhammalata

Waking Up

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 15 Mar, 2017 - 00:32

Waking Up

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 15 Mar, 2017 - 00:32

Last week some of us were on retreat with Bodhipaksa. He’s a Scotsman who has been an ordained member of our Buddhist order for many years and has written a number of books around the area of meditation and the integration of it into living a peaceful and happy life.

He currently lives in New Hampshire USA from where he runs the online Wildmind Meditation Community
www.wildmind.org

During one of the sessions he took with us...

Carol Robertson

Fundraising - It doesn't just raise funds

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Mon, 13 Mar, 2017 - 14:51

Fundraising - It doesn't just raise funds

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Mon, 13 Mar, 2017 - 14:51

Recently we launched our appeal for funds to support the new shrineroom project. Already people are making generous donations - many thanks to all who’ve given – we’ve reached £1475. And also ideas have been springing up - involving film, poetry, art, swimming, quizzes… and cake. What a creative bunch! Fundraising doesn’t just raise funds, it raises our creativity, mutual appreciation and participation. It builds our Sangha. Looking forward to a rich time ahead.

Week 7 has certainly not seen any let...

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