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Buddhism on a Plate

From Vegan Buddhist on Thu, 23 Aug, 2012 - 16:51Buddhism on a Plate: the case for Buddhists to go vegan. A compelling essay by Samacitta, chair of Triratna’s Birmingham Buddhist Centre.

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Tip No. 5: Getting the most out of your spaces

From Triratna Resources on Fri, 13 Jul, 2012 - 23:45

Tip No. 5: Getting the most out of your spaces

From Triratna Resources on Fri, 13 Jul, 2012 - 23:45

We’ve been up and running for a month or so properly now and our To Do list is already as long as all our arms laid end to end! It’s amazing hearing feedback and people’s excitements and frustrations at what they can and can’t (yet) do on our new platform. We’re committed to developing the site in line with how it’s actually being used, and while we can’t match Facebook quite yet, there’s still a lot...

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Tip No. 4: Why Facebook isn't enough

From Triratna Resources on Thu, 28 Jun, 2012 - 23:53

Tip No. 4: Why Facebook isn't enough

From Triratna Resources on Thu, 28 Jun, 2012 - 23:53

Facebook - you just can’t get away from it! Did you know that over 900 million people now actively use it? That means by ‘population’, Facebook is (sort of!) the world’s third largest country! And it’s a safe bet that soon enough more people will spend time on the mother of all social networks than live in any one nation… That’s quite a thought, and quite a new sort of connected global reality for...

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Tip No.3: Involving the Sangha

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 00:04

Tip No.3: Involving the Sangha

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 00:04

For today’s tip I wanted to talk about the why of The Buddhist Centre Online with regard to local Centres. We’ve already had some really enthusiastic sign-ups for the space, which is great for us as we view this as a very long-term project indeed! We’re just at the start of what we hope will be quite a shift in the way all of us see our collective work in spreading the Dharma around the world and serving...

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Contact us

From Abhayaratna Trust on Fri, 22 Jun, 2012 - 12:48

info [at] abhayaratnatrust.org.uk or visit our other site www.abhayaratnatrust.org

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Tip No. 2: Invisible Groups and Order-only Groups...

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 20:39

Tip No. 2: Invisible Groups and Order-only Groups...

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 20:39

We’ve had a few enquiries about this, so I thought I’d write a tip about how to get the most out of Groups on your Project and still keep some things completely private.

As you’ll recall from our last tip, unlike Projects (which are always visible and completely public so anyone can ‘follow’ anytime), we’ve set up Groups so they are always visible but private by default. That means people need to click ’+ join’ to...

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Tip No.1: 'About' Pages & Introduction

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 13 Jun, 2012 - 18:59

Tip No.1: 'About' Pages & Introduction

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 13 Jun, 2012 - 18:59

Hi all! We’ve been up and running for a week or so and we’ve had plenty of thoughts already about how we can improve things for you as you get your Projects and Groups going! We’re also playing catch-up a bit in giving you information that can help you make the most of the site, so I’ll be making a few posts in the coming weeks offfering tips for how to use the social network to attract users...

lokabandhu

Buddha Puja words, translation and chant

From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Tue, 5 Jun, 2012 - 16:51

Buddha Puja words, translation and chant

From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Tue, 5 Jun, 2012 - 16:51Here’s a link to the Pali Buddha Puja sung by Joe on the last day of the Retreat, with a transcript of the words and their translation below…

Vanna gandha gunopetam,
Etam kusum santati,
Pujayami Munindassa
Siripada saroruhe.
Pujemi Buddham
Kusumen nena
Punnena metena labhami mokham
Puppham milayati
Yatha Idam me
Kayo tathayati vinasa bhavam
Ghanasarappa ditena
Dipena tamadhansina
Tiloka dipam sambuddham
Pujayami tamonudam.
Sugandhi kaya vadanam
Ananta guna gandhina
Sugandhi naham gandhena
Pujayami Tathagatam
Buddham Dhammam...

lokabandhu

Imagine the Buddha

From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Thu, 24 May, 2012 - 12:39

Imagine the Buddha (group)

From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Thu, 24 May, 2012 - 12:39

Here’s a space for anyone to contribute and comment on anything to do with the Buddha - especially if you were taking part in the just-finished 2012 International Retreat! How do YOU imagine him - let us know! It’s an opportunity for all of us to celebrate both Enlightenment and our own imaginative creativity!

Pictures, videos, thoughtful blogs, wee audio pieces - all welcome! Just click the ‘latest’ menu above to see what’s...

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To Be in the Heart (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 15 Jan, 2025 - 11:46

A lover of chocolate, trees and poetry, Jayaraja explores how to make the Buddha’s teaching real in our lives by looking at the connection between courage and shraddha, commonly translated as ‘faith’. Excerpted from the talk Courage, Vulnerability and Healing Our Tempestuous World given as part of the series Seeds of the Heart given in the Dharma Parlour tent, Buddhafield, 2022.

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