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Summer days...

From Akashavana on Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 - 15:50

Summer days...

From Akashavana on Fri, 15 Aug, 2025 - 15:50

It’s quiet around here and everyone’s moving slowly and finding shade where they can. We’re also appreciating being able to dip ourselves into the nearby reservoir…blissfully cool water in beautiful surrounds, which feels like the best gift ever…

Our community led practice retreat was great! We all really enjoyed and appreciated it and have put dates in for autumn next year - do get in touch if you’d like to join us for 10 days of silent practice in a communal context...

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Vimalasara

Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) Training

From Triratna News on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 14:42

Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) Training

From Triratna News on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 14:42

A training for experienced meditation practitioners, people with an understanding of mindfulness, and health care providers working in the field of addiction.

Vimalasara is leading this day at the LBC’s Breathing Space in October and cordially invites all experienced meditation practitioners who are interested to attend.

🧘 Book now for MBAR Training at Breathing Space

If you have a question or would like more information about the training please email eightstepsrecovery [at] gmail.com ()

This course is...

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Don’t Be Late for Your Own Death (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

In this lovely talk following Sangharakshita’s death, Ratnaguna urges us to get to know Bhante through his poetry. He then gives us a commentary on some of his favourite poems. Excerpted from the talk Getting to know Urgyen Sangharakshita through his Poetry given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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An Update on Danakamala's Celebration of Life

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 10:18

An Update on Danakamala's Celebration of Life

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 10:18

Dear fellow Order Members, 

Here is a link to some information about a celebration of life for Danakamala taking place at Aryaloka, USA on 21st August from 6pm - 8pm US ET.  

https://aryaloka.org/civicrm/event/info?id=285

There is a zoom link included in the notice. (You’ll find it in the first paragraph.)

With metta,

Dharmasuri

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Mahamati

Resignation of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 09:31

Resignation of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 09:31

Dear Order members,

I regret to announce the resignation from the Order of Dharmacharini Dhammapattiya. Dhammapattiya, from Bury St Edmunds, England, was ordained in Tuscany in 2000, with Sanghadevi as her public preceptor and Samata as her private preceptor.

Sanghadevi accepted Dhammapattiya’s resignation on 21 June. However it has taken some time to finalise a resignation letter which Sanghadevi and I could agree to publish. Dhammapattiya has requested that it is myself who makes...

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An Open Hand

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 00:00
How should we behave? What is ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’? And does that even matter anyway? In the 1960s, Sangharakshita and other early Western Buddhists asked questions like these. They critiqued society’s views about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ behaviour in the light of The Buddha’s teachings on ethics and karma from 2,500 years earlier in ancient India. However, the world we live in now is very different again from when Sangharakshita gave his lectures on ethics. So what are the current ethical issues that we need to think about as practicing Buddhists in our time, in our society?
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Saddhammapradip

Order Weekend - Aug 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 14:21

Order Weekend - Aug 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 14:21

*पश्चिम विभागीय ऑर्डर विकेंड ८ ऑगस्ट ते १० ऑगस्ट २०२५*. भाजा येथे अतिशय उत्साहात पार पडला. 

ऑर्डर विकेंड मधे मुंबई,पुणे,कोकण विभागतून संघ सदस्य सहभागी झाले होते.

पुज्य भंते संघरक्षित यांच्या जन्म शताब्दी निमित त्यांना समर्पित या ऑर्डर विकेंड नियोजन होते 

ऑर्डर विकेंड चा विषय *संघाची वृद्धी आणि विकास* असा होता. भंते संघरक्षित यांनी संघाला ४०
वर्ष पूर्ण होत असताना वरील विषयावर...

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Centre Team

Taking Darshan (Dharmabytes Podcasts)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 12:20

Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died last year, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Padmavajra first met him when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970’s to found the Order there. Excerpted from the talk...

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Centre Team

Bodhisattvas and Buddhas (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 10:48

Aryajaya explores Sangharakshita’s relationship to his teachers, who form the lineage for the Triratna Buddhist Order. A lovely exploration of the experience of relationship to the Bodhisattvas of Buddhist tradition via meditations passed from teacher to disciple, evoking a wide open sense of connection to the great beauty they represent. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita’s First Connection with His Teachers and Receiving Practices given as part of the series Themes from...

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Sahananda

Death of the Former Ratnavira

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Aug, 2025 - 18:31

Death of the Former Ratnavira

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Aug, 2025 - 18:31

Ian Tolley - formerly Ratnavira - passed away this morning, 9th August at his home in Inverness.

In May this year he was diagnosed with terminal cancer associated with a tumour in his spine. He had recently been receiving palliative care at home and received visits from Friends and order members. In the past few days there had been a loss of communication. Today he passed away with his sister and wife Martha present. 

He was ordained by Sangharakshita in August 1977 and took...

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