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Public Preceptor Consultation OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 09:51

Public Preceptor Consultation OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 09:51

The following Order member is being considered by the Preceptors’ College to become a Public Preceptor. They will be writing directly to a number of Order members and others who know them well, asking for comment. In addition, this notice is posted here and in Shabda to give any Order member, who wishes to, a chance to comment.

If you would like to comment in this way, may we ask you to write to the proposed Public Preceptor directly, sending a copy to their...

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gunaketu

Gunaketu becomes General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 08:00

Gunaketu becomes General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 2 Feb, 2024 - 08:00

Dear Friends,

Recently I was appointed General Secretary of the Buddhist Federation of Norway (BNF), having been on the board of trustees since 2000. That was the year I started Triratna’s Oslo Buddhist Centre, returning home after many years at the Manchester Buddhist Centre.

The BNF is an umbrella organisation with 16 member communities with about 16,000 members, founded in 1979. Created to enable an application for money from the Norwegian government to fund Buddhist activities,...

Shantavira

Shabda February 2024

From Order Connection on Thu, 1 Feb, 2024 - 14:36

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 – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older 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:

File Name	Size
ePub (for eBook readers, smartphones, and tablets	1.78 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices and eReaders only)	1.6 MB
PDF for digital (Computers and eReaders)	1.83 MB
HTML (Web Browsers)	225.58 KB
PDF for printing	1.14 MB

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ratnadharini

Chair's Letter – January 2024

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 20:00

Chair's Letter – January 2024

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 20:00

Dear Order members and friends,

December and January were relatively quiet months for me. Zoom meetings and emails tend to ease up over the festive season and I was able to spend two weeks in Wales doing house repairs and having some time to myself as well as catching up with family; it was my mother’s 95th birthday in early January.

The women’s Area Order weekend back at the beginning of December – which is traditionally...

bethbuddhafield

Donation based Integrative Medicine Consultation for Buddhafield Base

From Buddhafield on Tue, 30 Jan, 2024 - 13:28

Donation based Integrative Medicine Consultation for Buddhafield Base

From Buddhafield on Tue, 30 Jan, 2024 - 13:28

Is it time to sort out your health, whilst funding our Buddhafield Base Project?

Why not get guidance from a holistic doctor on how to optimise your lifestyle.

Offering lifestyle medicine consultations online or from her practice in Bath, Antonia is offering sessions on a donation basis raising funds for the Buddhafield Base Project (find out more about Base here: https://buddhafieldbase.com).

Find out more about Antonia’s offering here: https://holisticfamilypractice.co.uk/buddhafield-base-ambassador/

With deep gratitude to Antonia for being a Base Ambassador from all of us in...

Caroline I P

An immersion in the Dharma

From Adhisthana on Wed, 24 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

An immersion in the Dharma

From Adhisthana on Wed, 24 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

One day a devotee asked why it was that, while so many embarked on the spiritual life, so few seemed to make real progress. Ramdas’s reply was unequivocal. They failed to make any real progress for two reasons, he said. Firstly, because they have no clear idea of the
goal they wished to reach. Secondly, because they have no clear idea of how to get there.

From the young Sangharakshita’s account of his visit to Ramdas at Anandashram in South India during...

Liz Evers

New book available for sponsorship: ‘First Aid Kit for the Mind’ by Vimalasara

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 18 Jan, 2024 - 14:17

New book available for sponsorship: ‘First Aid Kit for the Mind’ by Vimalasara

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 18 Jan, 2024 - 14:17

We would like to introduce you, and invite you to sponsor, the forthcoming book First Aid Kit for the Mind: Breaking the Cycle of Habitual Behaviors by Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John.

Do you struggle with how to respond to being triggered, or with painful habits that you just can’t shift? Help is at hand. Due to be published this May, this illustrated pocketbook will help give you courage to take your life back into your own hands.

An award-winning author and speaker,...

Munisha

London: Multi-Faith Walking Meditation for Peace

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Sun, 14 Jan, 2024 - 17:44

London: Multi-Faith Walking Meditation for Peace

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Sun, 14 Jan, 2024 - 17:44

Buddhists Across Traditions invite you to this event in London on 21st January, facilitated by Plum Village UK and Quakers in Britain.

Details: https://plumvillage.uk/event/peace-is-every-step/

bethbuddhafield

Buddhafield - At Home with the Elements - Voices of the Rain

From Buddhafield on Sat, 13 Jan, 2024 - 12:54

Buddhafield - At Home with the Elements - Voices of the Rain

From Buddhafield on Sat, 13 Jan, 2024 - 12:54

“Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them. Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, 2013

This year, At Home With the Elements invites us to open our hearts, minds, arms and all our senses to the voices of the rain: the wisdom and the nourishment of the rest of the natural world. What...

Vilasamuni

2024 Dharma Life Course for Young Men

From Adhisthana on Mon, 8 Jan, 2024 - 12:56

2024 Dharma Life Course for Young Men

From Adhisthana on Mon, 8 Jan, 2024 - 12:56

27 August – 17 December 2024
Applications due Friday 1 March 2024

A four-month residential course providing you with an opportunity to live an intensive dharma life: living, practising, studying, and working together within the context of Adhisthana.

Over 16 weeks you’ll receive a grounding in the principles and practice of Triratna Buddhism through retreats, study with experienced teachers and communal living. You’ll also participate in the life of the wider Adhisthana sangha: meditating together, performing ritual, developing kalyana mitrata and joining in with...

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