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Sheffield Younger Sangha 6th of Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:08

Sheffield Younger Sangha 6th of Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:08

‘In the seen only the seen’ - a look at the Bahiya Sutta led by Francis

6pm optional bring ‘n’ share meal

7.30 start

Munisha

Subhuti in India: a documentary video from Mokshapriya

From Community Highlights on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 11:52

Subhuti in India: a documentary video from Mokshapriya

From Community Highlights on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 11:52

Mokshapriya writes from India to announce the release of his documentary film, ‘Subhuti in India’, aimed particularly a Triratna audience outside India.

“Twice a year Subhuti leaves north Wales, UK, for India. His winter 2014/15 visit lasted 85 days, included 12 retreats and covered over 3,000 miles, from Bhaja in Maharashtra to Bodh Gaya, the place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment.

I asked Subhuti if I could follow him on one of his India tours to record, for the interest of our Order and Movement, how he spends half of each year.

He...

Prajnaketu

Young Women's Retreat: Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 10:21

Young Women's Retreat: Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 10:21

Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence: a young women’s weekend mitra retreat

“Going for Refuge is an experience - a spiritual experience - that is deepening and growing more multi-dimensional all the time.”
- Sangharakshita.

On this retreat we aim to explore going for refuge, and how it can lead us into a more direct, unmediated experience of the truth.

Led by Kusalasara, Shraddhasiddhi, Sraddhasara, Sujayini and
Sukhasiddhi....

Munisha

Birmingham Museum's new Buddhist display

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Jan, 2016 - 09:41

Birmingham Museum's new Buddhist display

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Jan, 2016 - 09:41

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG), UK, launches its new Faith in Birmingham Gallery with a VIP event on 4th February.

The centrepiece will be the museum’s longstanding star, the Sultanganj Buddha, discovered by workers building a railway in India in 1862, but as Samacitta found, the museum’s collection features one or two more Buddhist surprises. She’s Chair of Triratna’s Birmingham Buddhist Centre.

“For the past year BMAG’s development of...

Dhammalata

How to Approach Meditation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 05:19

How to Approach Meditation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 05:19

Meditation is so in the Zeitgeist

I was talking to one of our senior English order members yesterday. He’s been teaching mindfulness as part of his livelihood for some time now and was telling me that it’s become so big in the UK now that one of the universities is now accrediting mindfulness teachers. It is being used by a raft of practitioners including corporate trainers, health care workers, psychologists and anyone who cares to hang out a shingle...

Prajnaketu

Norwich Young Buddhists February Big Monthly Meet

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 25 Jan, 2016 - 11:05

Norwich Young Buddhists February Big Monthly Meet

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 25 Jan, 2016 - 11:05

Sunday 7 February (Always the first Sunday of each month)
4.30 - 6.30 pm
Norwich Buddhist Centre

16-35? Interested in Buddhism and meditation? All welcome. No previous experience necessary. Bring your friends. You don’t need to be a Buddhist to come along, and we won’t try to make you one!

Our theme for the next 5 months is the Mandala of the 5 Buddhas (see below for details).

Akṣobhya, the imperturbable
We enter...

kamalashila

Parami on Bodhicitta (Order Sunday, Jan 24th)

From Order Dharma on Mon, 25 Jan, 2016 - 10:05

Parami led a day on the topic of Bodhicitta for the Order.

Extracts here
- a talk on the Bodhicitta in relation to three levels of Compassion
- a led meditation on the Bodhicitta Mula Yoga

Read more about Parami on Bodhicitta (Order Sunday, Jan 24th)

Centre Team

Searching For Triratna Dharma

From Triratna Resources on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 22:01

Searching For Triratna Dharma

From Triratna Resources on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 22:01

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 3 years of use - and, as it turns out, very consistent responses too!

We’ll be working on this second iteration in spring after we launch a completely re-designed Free Buddhist Audio. And over the next two years...

Saccanama

Ashokashri appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 15:02

Ashokashri appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 15:02

Ashokashri found the movement in 1977, having discovered she was a Buddhist and starting to meditate a few months before. She was ordained by Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita at Padmaloka in 1980. For the next 7 years she lived in a women’s community, worked in the team-based livelihood (a café and shop) and taught at the Croydon Buddhist Centre. During those years, she was also involved in leading activities for...