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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...

Saddhammapradip

Elders and Pioneer of Retreat Center

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 13:14

Elders and Pioneer of Retreat Center

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 13:14

Ratnasagar and Kumarjeev are elder and pioneer of retreat center. Ratnasagar has contributed to retreat center in mid 1980 to early 1990 as well as Kumarjeev has contributed to retreat center from mid 1990 to early 2000.

It was good to see both of them meet together by chance at retreat center. They both are encouraging figure from very early age.

Alway feel gratitude for their ...

Utpaladhi

Dana and Events Manager vacancy

From Order Connection on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 12:55

Dana and Events Manager vacancy

From Order Connection on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 12:55

The International Order Office has a vacancy for an Order member to join our small team, whose aim is to support and connect the Order, and to help it thrive. We organise international and UK and Ireland events for Order members, hold and develop the Order database, provide services such as kesas, membership cards, Order registration, and Shabda, and we communicate important news across the Order worldwide.

The Order Office supports the International Order Convenors’ work...

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Centre Team

The Preciousness of Human Birth (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 12:31

How can we, in our busy, everyday lives, transform our awareness and turn our minds towards awakening? Paranita talks about the practice of the ‘Four Mind Turning Reflections’, the four reminders that work on our minds to turn them towards liberation. We will hear about how to reflect on the preciousness of our human life, the inevitability of death, the truth of karma and the dangers of samsara, to bring about a radical shift in awareness. Excerpted...

Centre Team

An Ode to Joy (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 27 May, 2025 - 11:01

Smritiratna portrays rejoicing not as a mood but as a choice: a deliberate act. At least potentially we all have the power to rejoice, even when we are in the pits of despair. In this excerpt, he reflects on Beethoven who chose not to give in to deafness but to end his last symphony with an ode to joy. He sings the fifth section of the Sevenfold Puja ‘Rejoicing in Merits’ to Beethoven’s familiar tune. Excerpted the...

Vajrashura

Ordinations at Guhyaloka in Spain

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 May, 2025 - 19:06

Ordinations at Guhyaloka in Spain

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 May, 2025 - 19:06

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following men
took place at Guhyaloka, Spain on Monday 26th May 2025.

Public preceptor: Amogharatna

Erich Krutsky becomes Vissasaka (long first a)
Registered name: Vissasaka
Meaning: One who is trustworthy
Private preceptor: Anissita

Michal Kaplon becomes Upeksajyoti (dot under the s, long first a)
Registered name: Upekshajyoti
Meaning: He who is a light of equanimity
Private...

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NatalieW

Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism

From Explore meditation and Buddhism in Warwick on Mon, 26 May, 2025 - 13:40

Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism

From Explore meditation and Buddhism in Warwick on Mon, 26 May, 2025 - 13:40

We are delighted to be running an introductory course for 4 weeks from Thursday 12th June to Thursday 3rd July. The course aims to provide an introduction to Buddhism and meditation and is open to complete newcomers to meditation and those with a regular practice.

Sessions will take place at Hill Close Gardens in Warwick from 7.30-9.30pm each week. More information about the course (and booking details) can be found here: https://buytickets.at/warwicktriratnabuddhistcommunity/1716230

After the course participants are welcome to join our ongoing weekly Tuesday...

Punyamala

Ordinations at Akashavana

From Order Connection on Sun, 25 May, 2025 - 12:05

Ordinations at Akashavana

From Order Connection on Sun, 25 May, 2025 - 12:05

Dear Order members,

We are delighted to announce the public ordinations of the following people at Akashavana on 24th May 2025.

Public Preceptor: Punyamala

Kate Fitzroy becomes Śubhadhyā
Registered name: Shubhadhya
Meaning: she whose thought, meditation and contemplation is about beauty
Private Preceptor: Kalyacitta

Idoia Acha becomes Ākāśavidyā
Registered name: Akashavidya
Meaning: she whose wisdom is like space
Private Preceptor: Sudurjaya

Miriam Lynn becomes Jñānapadmā
Registered name: Jnanapadma
Meaning: she who is like a lotus of wisdom...

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Centre Team

He Who Was So Kind (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 24 May, 2025 - 11:00

Prajnahridaya explores Awareness of Reality, but not in a way you might expect. What if seeing the truth were less about ‘understanding’ reality, and more about coming into relation with and opening up to what we might experience as a living spiritual force? Through the course of the evening we will be becoming more aware of the Buddha, who is himself reality. Prajnahridaya will be speaking quite personally about his encounters with the Buddha whilst on pilgrimage...