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Working practices for the Triratna International Council, Minutes and short Summary of the 1st International Council meeting

From Triratna International Council on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 19:27
These are the working practices for the ‘coordinating structure’ for the Triratna Buddhist Community, which has now become known as the Triratna International Council, together with the Minutes and a short summary of the 1st meeting. These working practices were reviewed and accepted at that meeting, which was held at Padmaloka in August 2011.
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Minutes from the 1st International Council meeting136.32 KB
Short summary of the 1st International Council meeting133.75 KB
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Introduction to the 2nd Triratna International Council meeting

From Triratna International Council on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 19:23

Introduction to the 2nd Triratna International Council meeting

From Triratna International Council on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 19:23
Dhammarati opens the 2nd Triratna International Council in the Nagaloka Shrine Room - 16-22 February 2013, Nagpur, India.
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Introduction to the 2nd Triratna International Council meeting

From Triratna International Council on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 19:14
Dhammarati opens the 2nd Triratna International Council meeting at Nagaloka, Nagpur, India in February 2013.
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Art & The Spiritual Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 13:19
  • Sangharakshita
  • Ananda

Art & The Spiritual Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 Mar, 2013 - 13:19In this week’s FBA Podcast, we bring you a classic talk by Sangharakshita: “Art & The Spiritual Life.”

“Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist’s sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives.”

Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution.
 This talk given in 1969 as part of the series “The...
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and a request for some help...

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:35

and a request for some help...

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:35

http://adhisthana.org/wishlist-things-the-project-needs There are some things we need that will stretch the budget a bit. If you think you might be able to help by donating one of the things listed here, do let us know. You’ll make a real contribution to the project.
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the new adhisthana website

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:31

the new adhisthana website

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:31

http://www.adhisthana.org
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Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (with translation in Hindi)

From Community Highlights on Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 22:37
Ok, time to tidy up the rest of the rich Dharma material from India and the Order Convention…

To start us off, here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of an Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of seeing things.

Parami brings alive...
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Parami - Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (Order-only) OM

From Community Highlights on Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 18:50
Ok, time to tidy up the rest of the rich Dharma material from India and the Order Convention…

To start us off, here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of the Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of seeing things. Parami brings alive the possibilities in notions about...
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Two new meditation stool-making ventures

From New Ventures on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55
  • Kindseat - a new design of meditation stool

Two new meditation stool-making ventures

From New Ventures on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55Two new UK-based meditation stool-making ventures have sprung up in Triratna almost simultanously - Dharmamodana’s simple but elegant Quiet Mind Meditation stools (www.quietmindmeditation.co.uk) and Viramitra’s Kindseat (www.kindseat.com) - a more ambitious creation offering full adjustment and a choice of postures.

Click here for Viramitra’s video introducing Kindseat.
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Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Mar, 2013 - 20:01
  • Buddhacarita by Asvaghosa
  • Dhivan

Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Mar, 2013 - 20:01In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet” Dhivan introduces Ashvaghosha, the Buddhist poet of 2nd c. AD India.

Two of his works survive: a poetic re-telling of the Buddha’s life-story (‘The Buddhacarita’ or ‘Acts of the Buddha’), and ‘Handsome Nanda’, about the conversion of the Buddha’s sensuous and wife-loving cousin to the Dharma.


Here Dhivan shares some of his own translations of Ashvaghosha from Sanskrit and Pali sources, in this...

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