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Buddha Day Around Triratna

From Community Highlights on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 12:38

From Community Highlights on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 12:38Last weekend’s full moon marked Buddha Day (also known as Wesak), when Triratna people around the world celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment and give thanks for the extraordinary example of his life and teaching.

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This week we’ll be welcoming news - in words, pictures, video and audio - of how you marked the day where you are. If you have a space for your Centre, just upload it to The...

Shakyapada

Notes from an Appealing Buddhist

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 11:41

Notes from an Appealing Buddhist

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 11:41Or life on a Karuna fundraising appeal

Ready, set, go…
So here I am sitting on the 10.58 from York, heading for Kings Cross and, for once, I have no expectations about where I’m going or what it’s going to be like. I’m going to be staying in Bethnal Green, at The London Buddhist Centre, for 6 weeks as part of a small team, knocking on suburban doors, introducing people to the work of the Karuna Trust and,...

Candradasa

Buddhafield Gallery No.3

From Community Highlights on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 17:05

Buddhafield Gallery No.3

From Community Highlights on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 17:05

A final gallery from Mim Saxl redolent of the spirit of Buddhafield and the annual summer festival. A sweet way for the team here to take our temporary leave of Buddhafield Week after an enjoyable time engaging with the rich...

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Buddhafield eBooks - Maitrisara: Gracing the Earth, Buddhist Reflections on a Damaged Planet

From Community Highlights on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 16:43Maitrisara helps run the Buddhafield Dharma Parlour at the annual summer Festival, and her own talks are both passionate and clear. Here she is talking about the vital environmental concern of healing our relationship to the earth and its significance for Buddhists looking for “an authentic heart response”…

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Buddhafield eBooks - Paramananda - On Retreat with Buddhafield

From Community Highlights on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 16:31As we mentioned yesterday, while we wait for some voices from the Buddhafield Green Earth Awakening Camp to filter through from the hills we’ll keep posting some talks that give a good sense of the distinct approach Buddhafield takes to practice. Here’s another of Lokabandhu’s excellent mini-eBooks featuring Paramananda on retreat at Buddhafield.

Paramananda is an excellent guide to meditation and to retreat. Get his books here.

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Buddhafield Gallery No.2

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 20:11

Buddhafield Gallery No.2

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 20:11

Another beautiful set from Mim Saxl who has been capturing the spirit of the Buddhafield community’s great work in her photography. We’re delighted to share some of her images with you this week to help celebrate it…

All Photos: © Mim Saxl (www.mimsaxl.com)

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Buddhafield eBooks - Akuppa: Strive On, Five Ways to Stay Sane and True and Survive Global Meltdown

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:57Continuing our look at the values of Buddhafield as evoked by talks from their Dharma Parlour at the Buddhafield Festival.

Here’s Akuppa, giver of great talks generally, on how to keep your head and survive the global meltdown…

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Buddhafield's First Ordination

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:38

Buddhafield's First Ordination

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:38A great archival video from Clear Vision about the first ordination from the Buddhafield community into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Aditya, ordained by Urgyen Sangharakshita himself - in a bluebell wood no less…!

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Buddhafield eBooks - Akasati: Ecology, Buddhism and Buddhafield, An Introduction

From Community Highlights on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:27Well, as expected, the internet gods were (quite properly!) no match for the secret realm where Buddhafield’s Green Earth Awakening Camp is gathering for the weekend Dharma festivities. N.B. It’s not too late to join them!

So we’ll have to wait till everyone returns to post (we hope!) some of the sights and sounds of this new event in the Triratna calendar…

In the meantime, we’ll continue to give you a little bit of...

Prajnagita

Please help develop the work of the Dublin Buddhist Centre

From Dublin Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 13:47

Please help develop the work of the Dublin Buddhist Centre

From Dublin Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 13:47The Spiritual Community at the Dublin Buddhist Centre is especially spiritually vital at the moment. There are many of us involved, from a diverse range of backgrounds, inspired by the vision of existence that the Buddha offers and engaging with his teachings in the company of others.

The vibrancy and continued success of the DBC presents us with a challenge: as the number of people involved increases, and as more and more people wish to take their practice...

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