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Day Six at the International Council 2016 - Setting Priorities

From Triratna International Council on Sun, 7 Aug, 2016 - 21:48
  • Viveka, facilitator
  • Time machine!
  • Steering group huddle!

Day Six at the International Council 2016 - Setting Priorities

From Triratna International Council on Sun, 7 Aug, 2016 - 21:48

Today the International Council looked to the future, starting with a time machine journey in which we were all transported forward 30 years. Apparently British intelligence services were particularly wanting their prototype time machine tested by a group of Buddhists with a courtyard. And they found us!

Chanting the maitri mantra we circled three times clockwise around the courtyard, then broke into small groups to look back at today’s Triratna from an imagined future, which yielded many imaginative ideas. Coming back to the...
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Day five at the International Council 2016

From Triratna International Council on Sat, 6 Aug, 2016 - 23:10

Day five at the International Council 2016

From Triratna International Council on Sat, 6 Aug, 2016 - 23:10

International Council members woke today to the best kind of lush, golden Herefordshire summer morning: pigeons cooing; deep green oak trees in full leaf.

The day was devoted to the theme of conflict resolution and related matters. Dhammarati presented the document “What is a Triratna Buddhist Centre?” As the result of the Council’s first-ever worldwide consultation, this is a landmark.

Saddhaloka introduced new draft model ethical guidelines for the Order and Munisha introduced the latest version of the model ‘Safeguarding’ documents regarding the protection...
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Day Four at the International Council

From Triratna International Council on Fri, 5 Aug, 2016 - 21:50
  • Saddhaloka, Yashosagar and Saccanama

Day Four at the International Council

From Triratna International Council on Fri, 5 Aug, 2016 - 21:50

Today there’s a large marquee in Adhisthana’s green field, ready for the international Order convention next week. After days of cloud and rain the sun has been shining.

Meanwhile, through talks and questions, the Council heard about Triratna’s College of Public Preceptors, the body of senior Order members who ensure common standards of ordination worldwide.

We heard short personal talks on their experience of being in the College from Saddhaloka, Chair of the College, and Yashosagar from India. Saccanama, who provides the College...
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Day Three at the International Council 2016

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 20:05
  • Dhammarati
  • Dhammamegha

Day Three at the International Council 2016

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 20:05

Today the Council looked at Triratna’s System of Practice.

The day began with collective practice of the Manjughosha stuti sadhana in front of Sangharakshita’s Manjughosha rupa which watches over the atrium of the Sangharakshita Library. (This is a visualisation meditation practice given to Sangharakshita by his teacher Jamyang Khyentse in October 1957.)

In the morning session, Dhammamegha presented the Sikkha Project, intended to deepen our understanding of what and how we practise and teach within the Triratna community, and develop an explicit shared framework to talk about it. 

Listen to a recent 15 minute interview with Dhammarati...
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Triratna's International Council meeting at Adhisthana this week

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 12:41

Triratna's International Council meeting at Adhisthana this week

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 12:41

Triratna’s International Council is meeting for at Adhisthana all this week. This is the fourth meeting of the Council, which held its first meeting in 2011.

What is the International Council?

Thirty three delegates from across Triratna’s six Areas are using their time to consider matters of common interest brought to them by Order members all over the world, including ethics, how and what we teach and responding to the needs of the world.

Follow reports from each day of the meeting over on the Council’s...
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Come to Tibet with us .....

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 2 Aug, 2016 - 08:53

Come to Tibet with us .....

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 2 Aug, 2016 - 08:53

Film night this Saturday night 
or ……. Govinda’s by the Sea as I’ve called it before

 Saturday August 6th
“Brad Pitt delivers one of the finest performances of his career, in the stirring movie event based on the extraordinary true story.

Pitt stars as Austrian climber Heinrich Harrer and the film tells of the remarkable adventure that leads him to Tibet and life changing friendship with the young Dalai Lama.

SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET is a must see for anyone who enjoys...
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Shabda August 2016

From Order Connection on Mon, 1 Aug, 2016 - 12:50

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 the Order’s postage costs.

Terms and...

File NameSize
ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)986.49 KB
mobi (Kindle and eReaders)1.03 MB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)1.06 MB
HTML (Web Browsers)149.06 KB
PDF for printing (identical with paper Shabda)808 KB
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Sangharakshita's Seminars For The Digital Age - Cultivating the Heart of Patience

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 1 Aug, 2016 - 12:11

*Updated* Now available for free (and DRM-free) for iPhone, iPad, ePub and Kindle! Download below, or from the included links to Apple and Amazon stores.

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For over 40 years, we have been producing transcriptions of full-length Dharma seminars by Urgyen Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community. This previously unpublished week-long seminar on a key section of Shantideva’s classic text, ‘The Bodhicaryavatara’, is a radical digital re-imagining of...

File NameSize
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (ePub)368.67 KB
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (Kindle app - azw3)594.5 KB
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (Kindle reader - mobi)471.04 KB
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF for screen)996.92 KB
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF for print A4)430.25 KB
Sangharakshita in Seminar - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF for print US Letter)432.37 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (ePub)232.69 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (Kindle app - azw3)206.07 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (Kindle reader - mobi)200.51 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF for screen)490.27 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF for print A4)430.25 KB
Sangharakshita Seminar Highlights - Cultivating the Heart of Patience, Lessons from the Bodhicaryavatara (PDF US Letter)432.37 KB
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Simple

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:47
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Simple

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:47
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Tea and Tree

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:46
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Tea and Tree

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:46

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