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Panel Process Review and Summary

From Order Connection on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 16:29

Panel Process Review and Summary

From Order Connection on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 16:29

Dear Order members,

In December 2018, some will recall that Suvajra was suspended from the Order after having been judged “on the balance of probability”, by a Triratna Panel Process, to have committed a serious breach of the ethical precepts. Eighteen months later in June 2020 Suvajra was reinstated. In announcing this to the Order Ratnadharini, then Chair of the College, concluded her letter as follows:

I know there are Order members – many of whom have known Suvajra well and for a long...
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Shabda June 2025

From Order Connection on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 16:12

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.

eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.

PDF for digital Shabda – read with any PDF reader

HTML Shabda – read with any web browser

PDF for printing Shabda –...

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ePub (for eBook readers, smartphones and tablets)2.82 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.86 MB
PDF for digital (for computers and eReaders)1.85 MB
HTML (for web browsers)4.64 MB
PDF for printing1.17 MB
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Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- June

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 00:00

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- June

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 00:00

This month’s letter comes from Vajratara, one of the Deputy Chair’s of the College: Vajratara came across Triratna in 1995 in South London and knew she found what she had been searching for - a vision of human potential, a path of transformation and a community to practice with. After studying Philosophy and Religious Studies at Leeds University and running the University Buddhist Society, she moved to Sheffield, lived in community and worked in Windhorse:evolution. She joined the Order in Sheffield,...
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Renunciation and Freedom (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 31 May, 2025 - 11:00

Saraha addresses the UK & IE Triratna Buddhist Order convention, exploring the collective practice of taking part in Order chapters. The Buddha went forth to seek an end to suffering, to go beyond what binds us to the samsaric world. The theme of this event also encompasses ‘going beyond’ and the ways in which we are approaching that as an Order. This talk was given at the Triratna Buddhist Order convention...
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The Call of Anxiety: Developing a Fearless Compassionate Heart

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 31 May, 2025 - 00:32

The Call of Anxiety: Developing a Fearless Compassionate Heart

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 31 May, 2025 - 00:32

The Call of Anxiety
Developing a Fearless Compassionate Heart

June 13-15th 2025
With Singhashri and Balajit

Reserve your place here

Many meditators come to practice in the hope of reducing or even getting rid of difficult feelings like stress and anxiety. Yet, to feel anxiety about our lives and especially the current state of our world is a completely understandable and even appropriate response. So how do we learn to listen deeply to our anxiety without allowing it to overwhelm us?

Anxiety can have...
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Vajra Bell - Spring/Summer 2025 issue

From Vajra Bell on Thu, 29 May, 2025 - 19:02
  • Vajra Bell - Spring/Summer 2025 issue

The Vajra Bell Spring/Summer 2025 issue is here!

The focus of this issue is: “Sangha as a Force for Good in the World”.

You can download and view the PDF version of this issue of Vajra Bell by clicking on the link at the bottom of this post.

In this issue: 

  • Sangha Connections
  • Sangha as a Force for Good in the World - by Suddhayu
  • The Dharma & the Worldly Winds of Politics - by Suryapala
  • 100 Years: Celebrating Sangharakshita
  • Sangha Arts: Art as a Spiritual Practice
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Vajra Bell - Spring/Summer 2025 issue20.12 MB
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The Water of Life (Parable of Herbs)

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 29 May, 2025 - 00:00
The Parable of the Herbs offers a vivid metaphor for how the Dharma nourishes all beings according to their unique capacities—like rain falling equally on grasses, shrubs, and trees. Sanghajiva will explore the profound meaning behind the parable: the Buddha’s wisdom flows impartially to all, yet each individual receives and grows according to their own nature and readiness. In this series we are exploring the profound teachings of the White Lotus Sutra, presented through a combination of poetry, drama, parables and what can seem like cosmic science fiction, and the way these have the potential to free us to take our practice of the Dharma to a new level.
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A different kind of summer at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 18:08

A different kind of summer at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 18:08

At the end of July, we’re running four events that break from our usual retreat format. They overlap and support each other, offering new ways to spend time and take part in life at Adhisthana. You’re welcome to come for just one, or stay on and take part in several. Check out the website for more info.
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Review: Train Your Mind: Tibetan Exercises in Wisdom and Compassion by Dhirananda & Viryabodhi

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 10:45
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Review: Train Your Mind: Tibetan Exercises in Wisdom and Compassion by Dhirananda & Viryabodhi

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 10:45

Training the Mind in Seven Points (Tibetan: Lojong) is an eleventh century Mahayana and Tibetan manual of practising and developing wisdom and compassion in order to think about and communicate with others, to respond to, not to react against, other living beings which are not necessarily human beings, rather than putting ourselves first.

Buddhism begins with compassion, and compassion begins with alleviating the suffering of others, rather than alleviating our own suffering. Through developing wisdom, we learn how to care for others...
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Review: Sangharakshita, Living With Kindness by Sangharakshita (new edition 2025)

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 10:34

Review: Sangharakshita, Living With Kindness by Sangharakshita (new edition 2025)

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 10:34

Back in 1978 Sangharakshita gave a seminar on the Karaņiyā Mettā Sutta at Padmaloka, the men’s retreat centre in Norfolk. This was edited by Jinananda and Pabodhana and first published as Living with Kindness by Windhorse Publications in 2004. It was re-edited to appear in Pāli Canon Teachings and Translations, Volume 15 of the Complete Works series, and has now been reprinted as a standalone book for the new Classic Sangharakshita series, complete with new notes and index. 

Living With Kindness is...

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