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He Who Was So Kind

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 3 Apr, 2025 - 00:00

This week we will be continuing to explore 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?

In this talk we become more aware of the Buddha, who is himself, in this sense, synonymous with reality. Prajnahridaya will be speaking quite personally about his encounters with the Buddha whilst on pilgrimage in India, as well as practices that can allow the loving influence of the Buddha to enter more into our lives and transform us.

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UK & Ireland Men's Area Order Weekend at Padmaloka

From Order Connection on Wed, 2 Apr, 2025 - 14:05

UK & Ireland Men's Area Order Weekend at Padmaloka

From Order Connection on Wed, 2 Apr, 2025 - 14:05

Fri 2 May 2025 - Sun 4 May 2025

“…if a man had a spiritual friend it was to be expected that he would develop and cultivate the Perfect Eightfold Path. Thus it could be seen that spiritual friendship is the whole of the holy life. With him for spiritual friend, beings subject to birth are freed from birth; beings subject to ageing are freed from ageing; beings subject to death are freed from death; beings subject...
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Uncontrived Mindfulness

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 23:09

Uncontrived Mindfulness

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 23:09

Uncontrived Mindfulness; from Awareness to Wisdom with Vajradevi
A home retreat exploring awareness, acceptance, and wisdom.
Friday 1st August - Tuesday 5th August

Reserve your place here

Awareness is crucial to Insight, but a Dharma perspective is even more important. Without ‘Right View’ informing what we’re aware of, we run the risk of reinforcing ‘wrong views’. Wrong views are naturally present in the unenlightened state, but we can train ourselves to become aware of those ideas and distortions through learning...
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Come and live in Brixton 

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 08:44
  • Festival day in the centre
  • just moved in!
  • south facing bed room
  • lounge
  • patio
  • two large bathrooms

Come and live in Brixton 

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 08:44

Brixton Buddhist community is well known for its friendliness and is thriving in the heart of South London’s most vibrant, diverse and colourful neighbourhoods.

Prajnaghosa and Maitrinara are looking for two other men to share our house and in the life of the community.

We have two bright and spacious rooms available in a lovely four-bedroom house with two large modern bathrooms. Newly renovated throughout, with separate lounge and outside patio. Both rooms come fully furnished with a built -in wardrobe, wood floors and...
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Transforming the Sacred Space

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 - 21:14

Transforming the Sacred Space

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 - 21:14

Transforming the Sacred Space.
Online weekend retreat on spiritual death and rebirth
Hosted by Jnanadhara and Suvarnadhi.

Event postponed. Check back for new dates soon!

The Auckland Buddhist Centre is delighted to invite you to a weekend retreat on The Buddhist Centre Live in collaboration with the team at Dharmachakra.

Featuring experienced Triratna teachers and leaders from both hemispheres, this is a wonderful chance wherever you live to meet a new set of friends in our worldwide community. Join us as we embrace new...
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The Kalama Sutta (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 - 12:29

In exploring the nature of tradition in Buddhism, from the Kalama Sutta to the modern day, and the tension between tradition and adaptation in an every-changing world; Taranita discusses how the Triratna came to have its distinctive ecumenical nature. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Six Distinctive Emphases - An Ecumenical Movement given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015.

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Fear and Dread Sutta (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 31 Mar, 2025 - 11:45

Kulaprabha explores death of our fixed, bounded self, the self that is made up of bundled habits and preferences and views - especially views about existence and non-existence. Excerpted from the talk System of Meditation Retreats - Spiritual Death, Fear and Fearlessness given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2008.

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A Individual - Mens GFR Retreat - Mar 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 - 05:25
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A Individual - Mens GFR Retreat - Mar 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sun, 30 Mar, 2025 - 05:25

Men’s Going for Refugee (GFR) on subject Individual led by Dh. Anomdassi and team.

Thanks to Nagdhavj, Rutayin, Prabodhratna and others for supporting it. Retreat was attended by 36 mitras including one our community member Ravi. 

It was pleasure to see early morning all doing Prostration, work period, a talk by Dh.  Anomdassi, study discussion, meditation in...
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New Podcast: A Mythic Retreat Centre for Ireland

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 - 18:29

In Triratna, learning to understand what is truly beautiful is seen as a path to Enlightenment itself. In this episode we find ourselves exploring this in an unexpected and extraordinary way at the seat of all Buddhist paths and myths, Bodh Gaya in India. Not far from the bodhi tree, where the Buddha’s great achievement is said to have taken place, you’ll find us deep in conversation with visitiing leaders from the Dublin Buddhist Centre about their vision of building...
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Forthcoming Ordinations at Akashavana

From Order Connection on Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 - 13:42

Forthcoming Ordinations at Akashavana

From Order Connection on Sat, 29 Mar, 2025 - 13:42

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to be letting you know that the following 19 women will be starting their 11 week ordination course at Akashavana on the 7th of April.

Kate Fitzroy from Valencia

Emma Ward from Sheffield

Jenny Thomson from Sheffield

Idoia Acha from the LBC

Catrine Skeppar from the LBC

Tara Pollitt from the LBC

An Van Eyck from  the Low Countries/Tiratanaloka

Natalia Kieniewicz from Taraloka

Catherine Duncan from Manchester

Lena Pokorny from Scotland

Jessica Perena from Essen

Laura Smith from Leeds

Elise Marshall from Glasgow

Miriam Lynn from Cambridge

Miriam Brod from Cambridge

Jane Turner from Cambridge

Miia Chambers from North London

Jill...

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