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UK & Ireland Area Convention 2026 at Wymondham, UK

From Order Connection on Mon, 12 May, 2025 - 09:56

UK & Ireland Area Convention 2026 at Wymondham, UK

From Order Connection on Mon, 12 May, 2025 - 09:56

Dear Friends in the Order,

Thank you so much for your patience as we worked to confirm the dates for our next UK & Ireland Convention at Wymondham, UK.

The dates we have now confirmed are 19th-24th, August 2026 – please put those dates in your diary! 

We have yet to confirm the prices and booking system for this event, but we will let you know as soon as we...
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When I Got More Than I Expected

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Sun, 11 May, 2025 - 00:00
This week we will be given the treat of hearing three personal talks from Sangha members. Bodhinaga, Beka, and Achara will share what they once hoped to gain from practising the Dharma—and how what they've actually received has turned out to be quite different from what they expected. 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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Centre Team

Living a Dharma Life In a World On Fire (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 10 May, 2025 - 11:00

In this talk Suddhayu explores images from the Fire Sermon and the Parable of the Burning House in relation to the current political climate in the USA. From a Buddhist perspective, the world is always on fire — and sometimes it feels like the heat gets turned up. He uses the theme of ‘Going Forth from Samsara’ to speak about personal transformation and a compassionate response to the suffering of others. This talk was given on...
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Chittadhara

On Appamada

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 9 May, 2025 - 06:20

On Appamada

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 9 May, 2025 - 06:20

A few years back Aryajaya visited Brisbane and among the several Order Members present we had a brief discussion about “appamada”. I was interested in the word, the virtue, and the true meaning of it, and promised Aryajaya that I would write an article about it, coming up with a “good English equivalent” for it. I thought at the time about six months would suffice, only it has taken longer than that, several years in fact. But a promise is...
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Why I value the Abhayaratna Trust

From Abhayaratna Trust on Wed, 7 May, 2025 - 14:43

Why I value the Abhayaratna Trust

From Abhayaratna Trust on Wed, 7 May, 2025 - 14:43

Satyavandana talks about why she values the Abhayaratna Trust, ’ … it really effectively gets on with the work that needs to be done.’
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Centre Team

Our Irreplaceable Uniqueness (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 6 May, 2025 - 12:50

A Spiritual Community consists of Individuals; a group does not consist of Individuals. What is individuality? How can an ordinary group support our efforts to transcend the group?

Excerpted from the talk The Individual, the Group, and the Community by Sangharakshita given in 1971.

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Work for The Abhayaratna Trust OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 5 May, 2025 - 12:07

Work for The Abhayaratna Trust OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 5 May, 2025 - 12:07

The Abhayaratna Trust works to relieve financial hardship among Order members, particularly in the face of sickness, ageing and disability. We also take a strategic view, helping to respond to crises (e.g. COVID in India) and the implications of the Order’s ageing demographic.

We are looking for an Order member who is an effective and sensitive communicator, with good organisational skills and a commitment to the aims of the Trust, to be our new Order Care Co-ordinator. The successful applicant will...
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The Magic of the Spiritual Community (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 3 May, 2025 - 11:00

What is the spiritual community and how does it differ from the group? Why is it important? How does the spiritual community come into being? How can I be part of the conditions for it to arise? Kalyacitta takes us on a heart-felt and imaginative exploration of the spiritual community, drawing on her own experience of bringing about a true Sangha. Talk given on a retreat for women who have asked for ordination as part of a...
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The Great Work

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 3 May, 2025 - 00:00
Using poetry, dreams and personal experience this talk weaves its way into the Mythic Context, traversing modern myths, Buddhist myths, and the nature of myths themselves. It also explores what we can do to create a mythic context. This talk was given by Vidyadaka at Padmaloka at the beginning of the Mythic Context retreat.
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Shabda May 2025

From Order Connection on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 19:18

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 –...

File NameSize
ePub (for eBook readers, smartphones and tablets)2.5 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.44 MB
PDF for digital (for computers and eReaders)1.51 MB
HTML (for web browsers)4.5 MB
PDF for printing1021.19 KB

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