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Does this Man?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 5 Jan, 2016 - 09:26

Does this Man?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 5 Jan, 2016 - 09:26

Does this look like a man who’d lead a boring meditation?


I have the pleasure of announcing that one of my order brothers will lead the meditation this thursday night. 


Bodhidasa is one of the most talented educators I have worked and practiced with and is currently employed at PAL Buddhist School here in Sydney. He is assisting them create and teach a secondary curriculum that is rooted in the Dharma. 


Bodhidasa is also currently writing a book entitled...
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A New Building for Cuernavaca Buddhist Centre

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 4 Jan, 2016 - 19:28

Ivan in conversation with Saddhajoti and Nagapriya about the new Buddhist Centre in Cuernavaca, Mexico. An interesting exploration of what makes a Buddhist - especially when it comes to “teaching” and being a “Teacher”.

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What The World Needs Now

From Community Highlights on Mon, 4 Jan, 2016 - 19:22

What The World Needs Now

From Community Highlights on Mon, 4 Jan, 2016 - 19:22

The London Buddhist Centre has just finished its annual winter retreat. Here is the keynote talk by Jnanavaca, offering a far-reaching and uncompromising vision of human fellowship based on transcendental ideals. With reference to sangha, terrorism, romance, consumerism and Star Wars…

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Dharmabyte: Personal Mandalas

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Jan, 2016 - 17:00

We continue our opening theme for 2016 on mandalas with today’s FBA Dharmabyte podcast. Jvalamalini offers a gentle and thorough introduction to mandalas, in this excerpt the focus is on our personal lives. What’s central is what is most important to us.

“Personal Mandalas” is an excerpt from the full talk entitled “Introduction to Mandalas”, given at the Bristol Buddhist Centre, UK.

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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 11

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 3 Jan, 2016 - 22:40

The Triratna Buddhist Order, from its inception, has held as one of its core principles an identical ordination for both men and women - something unique among Buddhist traditions. On day 11 of our 12 Days of FBA event we celebrate the women of our community with two talks from the series “Women Elders of the Triratna Buddhist Community”.

Dhammadinna and Mallika - ordained in 1973 and 1974 respectively - talk about the journey their spiritual lives have taken from...
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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 9

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sun, 3 Jan, 2016 - 11:00

It’s Day 9 of our 12 Days of FBA fundraiser!  We’ve been sharing some great resources from our archive over the past days, which speak to the preservation of the long history of Buddhism and of the Triratna Community. Today we’d like to turn our gaze forward into the future and highlight those places in which the intersection of Buddhist thought and Western culture - and in particular Triratna’s role in bringing the Dharma to the west - are creating new history.

Our main...
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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 8

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 2 Jan, 2016 - 16:54

Are you a podcast listener? If you are, then today’s gift for the 8th Day of FBA will be just your speed…

You may not know that Free Buddhist Audio hosts two podcasts each week. Our weekly FBA Podcast on Saturdays features full-length talks from our archive for leisurely weekend listening. And our second podcast, Dharmabytes, offers short snippets of Dharma on Mondays and Thursdays - perfect for your weekly commute.

Today we give you a taste...
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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 7

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 1 Jan, 2016 - 15:16

Happy 2016 everyone! For the 7th Day of FBA we bring you three previously unreleased talks from the Free Buddhist Audio archives!

Our main selection is a talk from Parami entitled “Heartbeat of the Bodhichitta”. Parami in her typical engaging fashion speaks here on the topic of the Bodhichitta and its place in the Triratna (previously FWBO) Community.

We also have a great talk from Taravandana called “The Thread of Our Lives” and a full ...
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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 6

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 31 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

On Day 6 of Twelve Days of FBA we celebrate all around the world the turning of a New Year! Ushering in 2016 for all corners of the globe we’d like to give a little something to everyone, so here we offer a collection of talks from the FBA archive representing the great international diversity of the Triratna Community.

One of the things that I most enjoy about working with our Right-Livelihood team is the fact that I have the opportunity...
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Study of Analayo's "Compassion and Emptiness" - Chapter 1

From The View: a co created vision of dharma practice on Wed, 30 Dec, 2015 - 14:31

Study of Analayo's "Compassion and Emptiness" - Chapter 1

From The View: a co created vision of dharma practice on Wed, 30 Dec, 2015 - 14:31

AN ONGOING STUDY    
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Analayo’s latest Windhorse book is special in a number of ways and will appeal especially to meditators. It is primarily about methods found in the canonical tradition of practising the four brahmaviharas in relation to emptiness (sunyata), and his approach seems very compatible with ours. He writes about entering the formless bases (arupa ayatana)  as a basis for insight, something Sangharakshita has mentioned, and which numerous...

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