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JOB OPPORTUNITY IN LOVELY LANCASHIRE - Centre Development Co-ordinator

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 20 Jan, 2015 - 13:41

JOB OPPORTUNITY IN LOVELY LANCASHIRE - Centre Development Co-ordinator

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 20 Jan, 2015 - 13:41JOB OPPORTUNITY IN LOVELY LANCASHIRE

Centre Development Co-ordinator

Blackburn Buddhist Centre is offering an opportunity for an outward going and dynamic Ordained Member of the Triratna Buddhist Order to join the existing centre team. This will be a diverse and exciting role responding to the needs of the existing sangha as well as encouraging the potential growth of a young and diverse community.

It will involve working creatively to help the centre...
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Vedana

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 20 Jan, 2015 - 11:59

Vedana

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 20 Jan, 2015 - 11:59Vedana is the pali word for the contact we make with everything – it is the raw feeling state that we experience when we taste, touch, smell or take hold of anything with body or mind. We can’t choose our vedana – it just happens in dependence our our senses and conditioning.

What we can choose however are our responses to vedana and this is where the training of meditation is gold!

Consider this quote from the...
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The Triratna Development Team is looking for a new team member.

From European Chairs' Assembly on Mon, 19 Jan, 2015 - 20:23
The Triratna Development Team is looking for a new team member.

We are looking for an Order member, to work for the European Chairs Assembly, who is inspired and enthusiastic about the movement and who wants to make a difference. You will be working to develop, manage and support initiatives and projects that give expression to the Chairs Assembly’s and Preceptors College’s vision and strategy for the movement. The role will also involve resourcing the work of Buddhist Centres...
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Shabda February 2015

From Order Connection on Mon, 19 Jan, 2015 - 14:49
Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:
  1. eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  2. eBook Shabda .MOBI – read on any Kindle, and some eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  3. PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  4. HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  5. Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save the Order’s
    6. ...
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PDF for digital (computers and ereaders)1.97 MB
HTML (for web browsers)272.88 KB
epub (for ebook readers, smartphones & tablets)2.07 MB
mobi (for Kindles and ereaders)1.86 MB
PDF for printing (identical with paper Shabda)1.31 MB
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Dhammamitra ceremony conducted by Ven Subhuti at the Dikshabhumi.

From The Buddha Festival, Nagpur on Sat, 17 Jan, 2015 - 16:23
  • Pragyasakhi, Nagaketu, Maitriveer Nagarjuna, Subhuti
  • Men and Women walking towards shrine for Mitra ceremony.
  • Women sitting in a row for Mitra Ceremony
  • Men are sitting in a row for Mitra ceremony.

Dhammamitra ceremony conducted by Ven Subhuti at the Dikshabhumi.

From The Buddha Festival, Nagpur on Sat, 17 Jan, 2015 - 16:23
Today 25 men and women became a Dhammamitra at Dikshabhumi, Nagpur. The ceremony was conducted by Ven Subhuti during International Mitra Convention where approximately 400 Dhammamitras from all over India came together. Today Subhuti delivered a lecture on sub- Buddhism and Art. He also mentioned the 6 features of a Triratna Buddhist Order i.e. 1) Unity 2) Respect other traditions 3) Going for Refuge to Triratna is...
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Growth Fund 2015 - taking the Dharma out into the world

From European Chairs' Assembly on Sat, 17 Jan, 2015 - 14:58
Triratna Chairs Assembly Growth Fund 2015 – taking the Dharma out into the world.

Applications are being invited for the Triratna Growth Fund for 2015. The purpose of the Growth Fund is to encourage the growth of the Triratna Community where growth is defined as an increase in the numbers of people coming to us to learn basic meditation and Dharma.

In 2015 we have a total of around £7000 available and we envisage this being given in...
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It’s Time To Start Saying Goodbye…Windhorse:Evolution is Closing Down

From Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 16 Jan, 2015 - 13:37

It’s Time To Start Saying Goodbye…Windhorse:Evolution is Closing Down

From Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 16 Jan, 2015 - 13:37
Sadly – after over 30 years of bringing ethically sourced gifts and home ware to the High Street – Windhorse:evolution will be closing down over the next few months. Having made this difficult decision, our aim now is to close in an ethical way that preserves our reputation being an honest, open and principled retailer.

The retail landscape has changed so much since we started trading in the 1980s and we now find ourselves unable to compete...
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Where was this picture taken and is it Buddhist?

From Triratna News on Thu, 15 Jan, 2015 - 00:31
  • Frozen river, Sweden

Where was this picture taken and is it Buddhist?

From Triratna News on Thu, 15 Jan, 2015 - 00:31Think our new header image is just too northern hemisphere? Send us some from the southern hemisphere!

It’s a snowy New Year landscape familiar to Triratna’s Swedish sangha, close by their beautiful retreat centre, Dharmagiri, a converted village school.

I took it on my iPhone during their New Year retreat with Tejananda. (At minus 14 degrees Celsius/6.8 degrees Fahrenheit, keep your iPhone in your inner pocket, or the screen will go black, displaying the mystifying message...
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Buddhist Voices - Vidyadevi On The Sangharakshita Library

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 14 Jan, 2015 - 19:23
Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order, has long dreamed of starting a new library to house his collection of 11,000+ books on Buddhism, the Dharma and literature (including extensive reference and poetry collections). Vidyadevi, one of the people who helped make it happen, introduces the new library at Adhisthana as it finally opens its doors. Her passion for this project and her love of books is both infectious and challenging as she talks with us about a...
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How about when I'm too busy to meditate?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 14 Jan, 2015 - 09:20

How about when I'm too busy to meditate?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 14 Jan, 2015 - 09:20Old zen saying ‘When you’re too busy to meditate you need to meditate for twice as long’

Just lately I’ve been busier than at any other time of my life and I feel a bit self-conscious saying that as it’s dubious for a long time practising Buddhist to be in this state.

But here’s the cool thing; I don’t feel overwhelmed and despite an extraordinary range of commitments and responsibilities I feel in touch with steadiness and...

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