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Candradasa

New Podcast: Safeguarding In The Triratna Buddhist Community

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 18 Feb, 2017 - 14:52

Welcome to a new year of podcasts from The Buddhist Centre Online!

We’re delighted to welcome our first guest via Skype, Munisha, Triratna’s European Safeguarding Officer, to discuss some strong work in an ever-changing field of care. A fascinating look at what’s involved in contemporary safeguarding, how it relates to controversies of the past, and the challenges posed by the need to have an international approach in an online age.

What comes across most clearly is Munisha’s deep sense of integrity and compassion. We...

Centre Team

'Threads' - A New Space For Order Discussion

From Order Connection on Fri, 17 Feb, 2017 - 17:49

'Threads' - A New Space For Order Discussion

From Order Connection on Fri, 17 Feb, 2017 - 17:49

Dear friends, as you may know on various contributions to the Stories of the Past & Present space there has been a fair bit of dialogue about whether posts that are not quite personal stories (but rather about issues arising from the past and present in Triratna) have a place. We’ve enjoyed some great, considered conversations, clarifications, self-moderations, reminders and musings around all that!

We’ve seen throughout that some people really value the discursive element in a threaded...

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Centre Team

'Threads' - A New Connected Space

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Fri, 17 Feb, 2017 - 17:12

'Threads' - A New Connected Space

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Fri, 17 Feb, 2017 - 17:12

Dear friends, it’s the site editorial kula here again (that’s Candradasa, Munisha, Parami, and Yashobodhi). As you may know on various contributions to this space there has been a fair bit of dialogue about whether posts that are not quite personal stories (but rather about issues arising from the past and present in Triratna) have a place here. We’ve enjoyed some great, considered conversations, clarifications, self-moderations, reminders and musings around all this!

We’ve also seen that some people really value just...

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Centre Team

A Note About Order Confidences

From Threads on Thu, 16 Feb, 2017 - 21:41

A Note About Order Confidences

From Threads on Thu, 16 Feb, 2017 - 21:41

Your words won’t ever be used in other online spaces (public or private) by the team administering this group without your express permission. Participation in this new space - and all private Order spaces online - is conditional upon respecting general Order confidences as established in Shabda over the years. The hope is that Order members will respect this, although we cannot guarantee it.

In terms of this space, no one’s thread should be shared more widely – in full or in...

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Centre Team

Resources Around Historical Controversy In Triratna

From Community Highlights on Thu, 16 Feb, 2017 - 20:01

Download archive updated November 2020 to include the full report from the Adhisthana Kula on ethical issues from Triratna’s history.

Visit the dedicated space for the Adhisthana Kula report

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A number of friends have gotten in touch to ask where they can get easy access to resources around controversy arising from Triratna’s past, including responses to allegations of historical sexual misconduct and other issues that are still discussed at Buddhist Centres and online.
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File Name	Size
Archive Of Public Responses And Resources Around Controversy (zip file)	6.2 MB
Addressing Ethical Issues in Triratna - A Report by the Adhisthana Kula (PDF)	820.66 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (PDF)	223.34 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (ePub)	41.73 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (Kindle reader)	221.02 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (Kindle app)	210.43 KB
FAQ - häufig gestellte Fragen zu Kontroversen um Triratna - Version 2.0 (PDF, Deutsch)	234.73 KB

Candradasa

Resources Around Controversy In Triratna

From Mitra Support on Wed, 15 Feb, 2017 - 16:15

Download archive updated November 2020 to include the full report from the Adhisthana Kula.

Visit the dedicated space for the Adhisthana Kula report

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A number of Mitras have gotten in touch to ask where they can get easy access to resources around controversy arising from Triratna’s past, including responses to allegations of sexual misconduct and other issues that are still being discussed at Centres and online. Here’s a survey of all relevant public...

File Name	Size
Archive Of Public Responses And Resources Around Controversy (zip file)	6.2 MB
Addressing Ethical Issues in Triratna - A Report by the Adhisthana Kula (PDF)	820.66 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (PDF)	223.34 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (ePub)	41.73 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (Kindle reader)	221.02 KB
Triratna Controversy FAQ - Version 2.0 (Kindle app)	210.43 KB
FAQ - häufig gestellte Fragen zu Kontroversen um - Version Triratna 2.0 (PDF, Deutsch)	234.73 KB

Dhammavijaya

Introducing Dhammavijaya - New Fundraising Coordinator for the India Dhamma Trust

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Tue, 14 Feb, 2017 - 15:36

Introducing Dhammavijaya - New Fundraising Coordinator for the India Dhamma Trust

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Tue, 14 Feb, 2017 - 15:36

Dear friends and supporters of the India Dhamma Trust

It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the Trust’s new Fundraising Coordinator.
I am taking over from Carunalaka, who has done sterling work in the promotion of the Trust, ensuring the level of support it currently enjoys. Hers are big shoes to fill!

I was ordained in 1989 and Since my...

Centre Team

Searching For Triratna Dharma - Update

From Community Highlights on Mon, 13 Feb, 2017 - 20:54

Searching For Triratna Dharma - Update

From Community Highlights on Mon, 13 Feb, 2017 - 20:54

A Progress Report
For the past year we’ve been consulting all of the partners on The Buddhist Centre Online project - garnering feedback that will help us build version 2 of the website. It’s great to have clear data after a few years of use - and, as it turns out, very consistent responses too!

We’ll start working on this second iteration in spring alongside working on a completely re-designed, integrated Free Buddhist Audio. And over the...

Dhammalata

Why I meditate ......

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 13 Feb, 2017 - 19:59

Why I meditate ......

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 13 Feb, 2017 - 19:59

Here are some of the reasons I meditate in no particular order:

* It stops me getting in a pickle in life and when I get into a pickle anyway it helps me see how I got into it and how I get out of it
* It helps me see the diversity and beauty of life
* It makes me settled and happy
* It gives me a way to see and work with my greedy,...

Vishvapani

An Account of Croydon Buddhist Centre in the 1980s by Vishvapani

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 9 Feb, 2017 - 17:48

An Account of Croydon Buddhist Centre in the 1980s by Vishvapani

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 9 Feb, 2017 - 17:48

In the wake of recent testimony, I am re-posting here an article I wrote for Dharma Life magazine in 1998, which describes my experience at the Croydon Buddhist centre in the 1980s

In September 1997 The Guardian published a critical article about the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (now called the Triratna Buddhist Community) – that included a long description of an FWBO centre that went wrong. It was ‘a cult’, I read, characterised by ‘collective...

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