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Epic bike ride to raise money for new Melbourne Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Thu, 27 Mar, 2014 - 05:42

Epic bike ride to raise money for new Melbourne Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Thu, 27 Mar, 2014 - 05:42Jodie Dempster writes from Triratna’s Melbourne Buddhist Centre with news of their fund-raising appeal for a new Centre - and a 3000-kilometre bike ride across Australia. She says -

“The Brunswick-based Melbourne Buddhist Centre has to find a new building. And Saddhavijaya, one of our Order Members, has come up with a novel way of raising funds – a 3000 kilometre bike ride across three states (and the capital for good measure.)

In its nineteen-year life the Centre...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Illumined Imagination

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 26 Mar, 2014 - 12:38

In our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Illumined Imagination,” Maitreyabandhu shares anecdotes from his experience to draw out spiritual principles coming through ordinary experience. The full talk is about Avalokitesvara and was given on the LBC’s Winter Retreat at Sibford, Oxfordshire in December 2010.

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Buddhist Recovery Network on New Zealand Radio

From Triratna News on Wed, 26 Mar, 2014 - 05:48

Buddhist Recovery Network on New Zealand Radio

From Triratna News on Wed, 26 Mar, 2014 - 05:48The Buddhist Recovery Network is a worldwide network of people and groups dedicated to supporting the use of Buddhist teachings, traditions and practices to help people recover from the suffering caused by addictive behaviors. Their New Zealand rep, Navachitta, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and teacher at Triratna’s Auckland Buddhist Centre, recently appeared on Radio New Zealand’s ‘Spiritual Outlook’ programme. Natalie Grace writes with the details, saying:

“Many very successful addiction recovery programmes...

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Ordinations in Sydney and Spain

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Mar, 2014 - 05:21

Ordinations in Sydney and Spain

From Triratna News on Tue, 25 Mar, 2014 - 05:21Sona and Maniraja write from Sydney and Spain, with news of three ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order. From Sydney, Sona says “We held the Public Ordination of Glen Davies at the Sydney Buddhist Centre at noon on 22nd March 2014. He becomes Nandavani, “He whose Voice is Joyful”, written with a line above the third a, and a dot under the third n. The public ordination was a very joyful event attended by about 60 people packing out the...

Dhammalata

The Time it Takes to Snap Your Fingers

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 25 Mar, 2014 - 04:37

The Time it Takes to Snap Your Fingers

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 25 Mar, 2014 - 04:37The Time it Takes to Snap One’s Fingers

One thing that’s often encouraged me as a meditator is the way certain texts from the Buddhist tradition tell us that just a fleeting moment of mindfulness is worth more than years or even lifetimes of mindlessness.

I have experienced this even within a single meditation sitting; one can sit distracted and restless for much of a sit but have a few moments or minutes of concentration and feel a...

viriyalila

Pioneering The Stupa Project

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 20:45

Pioneering The Stupa Project

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 20:45On March 19th, Viriyagita, Shantikirika and Portsmouth NH mitra Bettye Pruitt joined the sangha of Nagaloka in Portland, ME, to share information about the project to build a stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rimpoche at Aryaloka in Newmarket, NH. The main theme of Viriyagita’s presentation was the importance of Dhardo Rimpoche to the Triratna community. She pointed out that there are currently four Triratna stupas containing ashes of the late Dhardo: at Tiratanaloka and...

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Triratna Community Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 20:06

Triratna Community Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 20:06Engaged Buddhism in Triratna
A Celebration of the 47^th Anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community
Saturday April 5, 2014 at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, NH

Join us for a celebration of the Triratna Community. This year’s festival will focus on expressions of compassion in the Triratna Community and will feature a talk by Nagabodhi, Aryaloka’s president. Nagabodhi will be speaking about the life and work of Dhardo Rimpoche, who founded a school for Tibetan refugee children and...

Rijupatha

Vegan Life on the Vegan Buddhists Space

From Community Highlights on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 13:18

Vegan Life on the Vegan Buddhists Space

From Community Highlights on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 13:18We’ve had some rich discussions and informative postings on the Vegan Buddhists space on The Buddhist Centre Online this month! If you’re vegan, or vegan-curious, there’s lots of great material here to peruse. And you can +follow the Vegan Buddhists space to learn more as new updates arrive.

Early in the month there was a great back-and-forth chat between community members about cruelty-free eggs and ethics, followed by another...

Dhivan

Rebirth and Consciousness

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 11:50

Rebirth and Consciousness

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 11:50Here is another ‘editor’s opinion’ piece. How should Western Buddhists relate to the Buddhist teachings of rebirth? This is a difficult topic, and while some people hold to the traditional views about rebirth, others, like me, are more agnostic. In this piece, however, I try to clarify the question of whether ‘rebirth’, even in the traditional sense, involves the continuity of consciousness. I say no… Of course there are other views on this whole matter, and you can ‘respond’ to...

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Young Buddhist retreat at Metta Vihara, the Netherlands.

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 11:27

Young Buddhist retreat at Metta Vihara, the Netherlands.

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 11:27This international retreat on: Metta blazing like the sun is open to all under 35, with or without experience in meditation/ Buddhism. The limitless potential of positive emotion will be explored through meditation, imagination and discussion. Metta Vihara, it is such a wonderful retreat centre in a typical Dutch wide polder landscape and you will be warmly hosted by Mieke, Elfi and Singhamanas.

From 11-14 April 2014

Info, booking and contact details are at: www.mettavihara.nl
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