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Chikun Retreat - Oct 24

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 13:33

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Chikun Retreat - Oct 24

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 13:33

After Five year since Covid Physical Chikun Retreat. it great to see and practice with Sifu. 

Once again new energy started moving. Thanks for all practitioner to reconnect with Chikun. 

Great Thanks for Sifu. 
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Form is empty - is it?

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 11:02

Form is empty - is it?

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 11:02

An online weekend retreat exploring Suññata with Tejananda

Friday 29th Nov - Sunday 1st Dec

Earlier this year we explored...
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Look, and Look Deeply (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

Khemabandhu shares some experiences of his personal encounters with Guru Padmasambhava, the effects that those had on his life, as well as some reflections on Bhante Sangharakshita’s teaching on energy. From the talk entitled Padmasambhava: The Lightning Guru of Energy given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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"May Our Communication With One Another Be Sangha"

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 00:00

Padmavajra explores the profound lines from Sangharakshita's Dedication Ceremony:

"Here seated, here practising

My our mind become Buddha,

May our thought become Dharma

May our communication with one another be Sangha"

Recorded at the Autumn Going for Refuge weekend retreat, September 2024.

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This Precious Human Body

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 00:00
"This favourable moment, extremely hard to meet, has arrived. Once met, it yields the welfare of all beings. If the advantage is not taken now, when will this meeting come again? Padmavajra explores the importance of realising how precious our human existence is and how we must do all that we can to develop in the direction of Enlightenment.
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Personal Going For Refuge Story

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 00:00
Padmavajra gives a personal account of the history of his going for refuge, interweaving his broad inspirations and laced with myth, stories of Bhante and Dr. Ambedkar, and from his own time in India.
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Death of Amodana

From Order Connection on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 16:57

Death of Amodana

From Order Connection on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 16:57

Dear Friends,

Amodana (my Mum) died peacefully today, Saturday 5th October, in a care home in Ringmer near Lewes in England. She was 99 and much-loved by the care assistants. In spite of dementia, her Dharma practice shone through. Amodana means ‘rejoicing’ and she did just that. 
 
My sister, brother and I had gathered as we knew she was close to the end, but I was alone with her mid-morning. I found myself chanting the Avalokitesvara mantra and spontaneously quoting...
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Preparing to Enter the Cave of the Heart (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

How do we prepare ourselves to receive teachings? How do we prepare ourselves to meet reality? Maitrisingha explores the importance of humility, courage and spiritual friendship. This talk was given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2023.

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Death of Kamalashila

From Order Connection on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 10:15

Death of Kamalashila

From Order Connection on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 10:15

Dear Order members,

This is to let you know that Kamalashila died peacefully at 4am this morning, Saturday 5th October, in the Royal Trinity hospice in Clapham, London. His youngest sister Zoë and I were both nearby, but not with him when he died. He was 75 years old and lived with Yashobodhi in Kennington, London.

Kamalashila (Anthony Matthews) was publicly ordained on 11th November 1974 at Mill Farm Cottage in Norfolk.

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The Symbolism of the Jewel

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 5 Oct, 2024 - 00:00
This talk looks at the parable of the Jewel in the Garment from the White Lotus Sutra and explores jewel symbolism elsewhere in the Lotus Sutra and in Buddhism more broadly
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