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Suffering is optional

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:45

Suffering is optional

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:45
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Local Communities Day Retreat

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:43

Local Communities Day Retreat

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:43
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Ikkyū's Motto

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:42

Ikkyū's Motto

From Triratna East Surrey on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 10:42

The import of Ikkyū’s motto is that anyone can be saintly in refined conditions, but the real challenge is to achieve enlightenment in the midst of the world’s suffering, greed and hatred.

Ikkyu (1394-1481) was renowned for pointing out the hypocrisy of institutional Buddhism as well as a renowned poet.

For a fuller biography see John Stevens… Zen Masters ISBN 978-1...
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Two Things

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jul, 2016 - 08:59

Two Things

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jul, 2016 - 08:59

Two things: 

1. Keep meditating ……. 

the more years I spend meditating the more I just see how the gentle magic unfolds. You can’t hurry the fruits of meditation, you can’t predict them, you just keep attending to your practice and good stuff emerges ……. so beautiful, so rich …….

2. Film Night 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...
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Freelance Dhammamitra Class (FDC) - Candle Light Pooja Evening; Rich for all !

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Thu, 21 Jul, 2016 - 09:12
  • Candlelight Pooja
  • Before Candlelight

Freelance Dhammamitra Class (FDC) - Candle Light Pooja Evening; Rich for all !

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Thu, 21 Jul, 2016 - 09:12

At Vajrakuti (Office of People to People), The Freelance Dhammamitra Class (FDC) participants very eagerly wait for Wednesday Dhammamitra Class. This week we have Seven Fold Pooja event in memory of historical Dhammacakka Pavattan Day happened at Saranath !

It was very rich experience while Meditation and thinking of own connection with the Great Buddha, Chanting, offering and...
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Map Of Wymondham Campus

From Combined Order Convention 2016 on Tue, 19 Jul, 2016 - 20:00

Here are some different versions of the Wymondham College campus, to help you find your way around during the Convention!

The three files are all large enough for general viewing on a laptop or other mobile device and should all be easy to use - the small/medium/large versions are to do with how hi-definition they are and therefore how much data it will take to download them. We’re not sure how good the mobile connection will be at Wymondham...

File NameSize
Map Of Wymondham Campus (small picture)148.97 KB
Map Of Wymondham Campus (medium pdf)865.83 KB
Map Of Wymondham Campus (large pdf)6.04 MB
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Nothing more to say .....

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 19 Jul, 2016 - 05:53

Nothing more to say .....

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 19 Jul, 2016 - 05:53

Okay, so there were all these things I was thinking about saying in this week’s email 
out …

Grant’s invocation to heed Pema Chodron’s advice that challenges in life don’t disappear until we learn the lesson they are there to teach us …..


And Asanka’s article about the various expressions of metta (karuna, mudita and upeksa) likened to a mother’s love for her child changing as he / she grows …..


Metta - mother’s unconditional love
...
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Two Celebrations - One Sangha!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 15 Jul, 2016 - 03:22
  • Patience

Two Celebrations - One Sangha!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 15 Jul, 2016 - 03:22

Wherever you live on the Seacoast, we’re excited to invite you to join us at Portsmouth Buddhist Center each of the next two Sundays  – 10am-12pm – for some great community celebrations…

Dharma Day (July 17th)
Every year, on or near the full moon in July, Triratna Buddhists around the world come together to connect and reflect together on the unbroken lineage of the Buddha’s teaching – the Dharma – as it’s come down to...
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Liz joins FutureDharma Team

From Future Dharma on Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 - 15:35
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Liz joins FutureDharma Team

From Future Dharma on Wed, 13 Jul, 2016 - 15:35

Liz Bassett joined FutureDharma Team in April.  Working alongside our Lead Fundraiser, Amalavajra, Liz is our new Communications & Donor Care Manager. 

A GFR Mitra, Liz has moved down from Glasgow, her sangha of 8 years, to live and work at Adhisthana.  She has previously worked in the NHS as well as the charity and education sectors, and is very happy to be working for Triratna.  Her first task is producing the new FutureDharma website that will go live...
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Not necessarily so

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 12 Jul, 2016 - 09:57

Not necessarily so

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 12 Jul, 2016 - 09:57

When Shunryu Suzuki, one of the most famous contemporary Zen teachers was asked his philosophy he used just three words …. ‘Not necessarily so’

In saying this he encapsulated the core teaching on offer for meditators that one should hold everything gently and leave space around even the most seemingly obvious truths. 


Life is always much more layered and subtle than we are able to see and by consciously acknowledging that we don’t have things all figured...

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