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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 –...

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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 printing	1021.19 KB

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The True Miracle

From Community Highlights on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 18:45

The True Miracle

From Community Highlights on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 18:45

The new video release now live on the Triratna Video Library

The Triratna Video Library is back celebrating Sangharakshita’s 100th birth anniversary with another freshly edited never-before-seen talk by Bhante from the archive. The release for May is a talk entitled ‘The True Miracle’.

This talk was given to the Berlin Triratna (FWBO) sangha in 1999. Sangharakshita recounts a particular spectacular miracle performed by the Buddha known as the ‘yamaka pātihāriya’, after which the Buddha went on to explain what is actually the greatest of all miracles....

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Women, Men and Angels: a twenty-year review

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 14:14

Twenty-one years ago, a book called Women, Men and Angels: An Inquiry into the Relative Spiritual Aptitudes of Men and Women was withdrawn from circulation and pulped. The reason was a number of people within the Triratna movement felt uncomfortable with the content of the book and its implication than women had less spiritual aptitude than men. At the time Ratnaguna commented:

‘We’ve just banned our first book.’

Then in 2017, at the height of the MeToo movement, its author, Subhuti, offered an apology, saying...

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Women, Men and Angels: a twenty-year review	3.38 MB

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Acknowleging Each Others’ Treasures (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 11:00

Adityadasa delves into the Parable of the Jewel in the Robe from the White Lotus Sutra. He evokes the timeless wisdom of this story, highlighting its profound relevance to our modern conditions and culture. Through his exploration, Ādityadāsa reveals how we can shift from a mindset of scarcity to one of abundance, both within ourselves and in the world around us. Excerpted from the talk Living From Enough given at Worcester...

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Public Preceptor Consultation OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 09:13

Public Preceptor Consultation OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 09:13

The following Order member is being considered by the Preceptors’ College to become a Public Preceptor. They will be writing directly to a number of Order members and others who know them well, asking for comment. In addition, this notice is posted here and in Shabda to give any Order member, who wishes to, a chance to comment.

If you would like to comment in this way, may we ask you to write to the proposed Public Preceptor directly, sending a copy to their...

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Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- May

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 00:01

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- May

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 00:01

Dear Order members and friends,

Question: Some are suggesting that the Zeitgeist is different now and people are less inclined to work in Team-based Right Livelihood Businesses or live in single-sex communities so therefore we should be changing our approach.

Sangharakshita: The question is, how would you change your approach with regard to Right Livelihood? And anyway, even if people don’t want to work in team-based businesses or live in single-sex communities, that is irrelevant. After all, most people don’t want to practise the Dharma. One...

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The World On Fire

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 00:00

A house is on fire and the children playing inside don’t understand the terrible danger they are in. They will die unless their father can get them out! They won’t listen to his cries and he’s not able to carry them out. What is he to do?

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