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Forthcoming Ordination in Newcastle, UK

From Order Connection on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 13:55

Forthcoming Ordination in Newcastle, UK

From Order Connection on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 13:55

 Dear Order Members,
 
I am delighted to let you know that Norman Powell will have his Public Ordination at the Newcastle Buddhist Centre in the UK on Saturday 28th September at 2.00pm

The Private Ordination will take place in the course of this week during a short retreat. The Private Preceptor will be Akuppa and the Public Preceptor Padmavajra.

With metta,

Dharmadipa

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Delighting in the Happiness of Others (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 12:42

In this talk, Maitrisiddhi explores what mudita - sympathetic joy - is and how important it is to our practice. Excerpted from the talk The Brahma Viharas - Living In the Mandala (11 of 17) from an intensive meditation retreat for mitras held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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The Manifestation of the Buddha Amitabha (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 12:03

Sangharakshita gives voice to this poetic Buddhist scripture describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha. Excerpted from The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra.

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The Sweet Spot in Meditation (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Kusalasara shares her inspiration arising from reflecting on the Buddha Amitabha, particularly his radiant deep-red glowing color representing a deep, meditative, self-contained energy. Excerpted from the talk A Deeper Longing-Amitabha given at London Buddhist Centre, 2022 on the Winter Retreat, 2022.

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The Road to the City of Delight Starts In the Town of Fear

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 00:00
Padmasambhava sits in the cremation ground, with the most difficult aspects of his experience, and delight, joy and energy - the dakini - emerges. Candradipa explores how a vivid Dharma life requires us to to sit with difficulties, to enter our 'no-go zones'. Without this, we'll settle down into complacency and dullness. Talk given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre during Padmasambhava Day Festival 2024.
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Förvirring - Buddhismens Syn På Okunnighet

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Tue, 24 Sep, 2024 - 00:00
I detta tredje och sista föredrag i en serie med titeln "längtan, motstånd, förvirring" utforskas den buddhistiska synen på okunnighet. Vad är det? Varför är det något vi behöver ändra förhållningssätt till? Vad kan minskad okunnighet leda till? Och hur går vi tillväga för att bli friare från det?
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Talks from the UK & Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend

From Order Connection on Mon, 23 Sep, 2024 - 14:32

Talks from the UK & Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend

From Order Connection on Mon, 23 Sep, 2024 - 14:32

Dear Order members,

We recently hosted the UK and Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana, which was an uplifting event attended by over 300 people, including many guests from at least four other Areas.

The Dharma programme was again run by the Adhisthana Teaching Community, on the topic of “Thus have I heard…” As well as a variety of study led by members of the Teaching Community, there were two keynote talks. We thought...

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Forthcoming Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

From Order Connection on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 17:04

Forthcoming Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

From Order Connection on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 17:04

Dear Friends,

We are very pleased to announce that the following eight women are attending a two-week ordination retreat at Tiratanaloka between 20th September and 4th October:


Rachel Floater (Mid Essex)

Tina Belton (Sheffield)

Liz Kiff (Croydon)

Annie Gogarty (East London)

Claire Easingwood (Fife)

Carolyn Lee (Shrewsbury)

Julie Bailey (Sheffield)

Sheila Puri (Glasgow)


The private ordinations will be on Friday 27th September, and the public ordinations on Tuesday 1st October.


With metta,

Santavajri and Sucimani

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Triratna Ritual texts recited in Japanese

From Japanese on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 10:50

Here’s a SoundCloud playlist of the main Triratna ritual texts translated into and recited in Japanese!  Many thanks to Shraddharocani from Thames New Zealand, as well as Dharmasara (Berlin), for revising the texts and recording the new versions. 

Here are the updated texts: link

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Amitabha's Infinite Light (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 21 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Padmasagara gives a talk on the Buddha Amitabha, Avalokitesvara and the Bodhisattva vow. He shares three stories, each of them drawing out the boundless radiant love of Amitabha and the inconceivable nature of true compassion. Given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019, as part of the series Faces of Enlightenment.

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