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Ordinations at Akasavana, Spain

From Triratna News on Tue, 7 Jun, 2016 - 09:54

Ordinations at Akasavana, Spain

From Triratna News on Tue, 7 Jun, 2016 - 09:54

We are delighted to announce the ordinations of the following women at Akashavana, Spain on Saturday 4th June:

Public preceptor: Parami
Kate Arrowsmith becomes Dharmamayi (long ‘i’)
Sanskrit name meaning ’She who is filled with Dharma’.
Westernised spelling: Dharmamayi
Private preceptor: Punyamala

Hattie Johnson becomes Akasajoti (long first and second ‘a’s, long ‘i’)
Pali name meaning: ’She whose radiance is like the sky’.
Westernised spelling: Akasajoti
Private preceptor: Vajratara

Minh Truing George becomes Amaradipa (long ‘i’ and long final ‘a’)
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Ujumani

Pétales

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Sun, 5 Jun, 2016 - 20:52

Pétales

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Sun, 5 Jun, 2016 - 20:52

Un matin, il y a peu, j’ai vu que les pétales de la pivoine qui était au-dessus de mon petit Bouddha étaient presque tous tombés sur lui… J’ai bien sûr pensé à un poème de Sangharakshita, que je vous livre ci-dessous.

Pétales

Pétales
Du lilas, pétales
De plumes mauves et blanches des
Fleurs des pommiers du verger en écume...

Lokeshvara

International Convention 2016 - The Themes

From Combined Order Convention 2016 on Sat, 4 Jun, 2016 - 17:07

International Convention 2016 - The Themes

From Combined Order Convention 2016 on Sat, 4 Jun, 2016 - 17:07

Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow
International Combined Convention, 16th August - 21st August 2016
Booking information

We are taking the four lectures that Bhante gave in Brighton in 1976 as our overall framework for this years international convention to ask ourselves the questions where have we come from, and where are we heading?

We are also going to be practising / dwelling in / performing / rejoicing in the five mula yogas, the Order metta, and...

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Vimalasara

July Online Course

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Sat, 4 Jun, 2016 - 00:03

July Online Course

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Sat, 4 Jun, 2016 - 00:03

I hope some of you will join me this July. 70 pounds or a hundred dollars, and you will have access to more than four pre-recorded talks on Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery, and four interactive talks every Sunday in July. 4pm UK time, 9am Pacific time.

Understand why we relapse, get to know your early warning signs, understand thoughts, experience awareness, become aware of feeling tone, recognize your triggers and much more.

It’s a great course - lots of great stories and...

Candradasa

Community Sundays - Imagining Your Practice

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 3 Jun, 2016 - 21:54

Community Sundays - Imagining Your Practice

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 3 Jun, 2016 - 21:54

The role of imagination in our Dharma practice is crucial but can generally be under-explored and even under-appreciated in the face of all the things we think we’re supposed to be doing. Whether you’re meditating, or trying to engage with the thorny issues that arise in just trying to apply mindfulness and loving kindness in your life every day, bringing an active imaginative element to practice can make all the difference when it comes to keeping things vital and deeply inspiring.

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Tejopala

BAM at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre - film evening

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 3 Jun, 2016 - 10:30

BAM at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre - film evening

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 3 Jun, 2016 - 10:30

The Melbourne Buddhist Centre will be participating in BAM this year for the first time.

On June 1 there will be a viewing of the film ‘This Changes Everything’ by Naomi Klein.

Throughout the month members of the Sangha will be making pledges of their own choice to do things to reduce their carbon emissions. These pledges will be put on the wall of the Centre on a beautiful poster designed by Dhiracharita.

Christine

Natural Dharma > Work that Reconnects in Oaks Woods (Peak District)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 22:03

Natural Dharma > Work that Reconnects in Oaks Woods (Peak District)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 22:03

Buddhist Action Month began for some members of the Sheffield sangha on Sunday May 29, with Work that Reconnects in a wonderful woodland setting. It was the first proper event hosted by Kuladitya and Cecilie in their woodland (and gorgeous yurt!), which they are slowly but surely restoring from Pine plantation to Oak woodland. Whereas only a few months ago the ground was covered by Bracken and Brambles, now it was dappled with Bluebells, Stichwort, and more delicate Lady Ferns. Well done,...

Candradasa

Training In A System of Buddhist Practice

From Community Highlights on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 18:34

Dhammamegha recently interviewed Dhammarati for the Triratna International Council about an emerging project around the system of training in Triratna. It goes by the name of Sikkha (with a long a), which is a Pali word meaning ‘spiritual training’. It is about deepening our understanding of what and how we practice and teach within the Triratna community, and developing an explicit shared framework to talk about it.

Here, Dhammarati reflects on what is essential in Buddhist practice: a growth of awareness which leads to positive and rich emotion...

Munisha

21st-Century Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Action Month 2016 begins!

From Triratna News on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 12:04

21st-Century Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Action Month 2016 begins!

From Triratna News on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 12:04

It’s the first day of June, which means it’s Buddhist Action Month 2016!

BAM is an annual festival of Buddhist-inspired socially benficial activity. Under the ’21st-Century Bodhisattva’ theme, over the last few weeks, Triratna sanghas in Istanbul, Dublin, Australia, Essen (Germany), New Zealand and New Hampshire (USA), as well as all over Britain, have been posting news of their plans on the dedicated BAM space here on The Buddhist Centre Online. Have a look!

Planned events relate to topics including peace activism, environmental sustainability, capitalism, compassion and...

Shantavira

Shabda June 2016

From Order Connection on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 11:07

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 Name	Size
PDF for printing (identical with paper Shabda)	1.05 MB
HTML (web browsers)	279.06 KB
PDF for Digital (Computers and eReaders)	1.67 MB
ePub (for eBook Readers, Smartphones & Tablets)	1.53 MB
mobi (Kindle and eReaders)	1.27 MB

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