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The Doorway of Emptiness

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Amalayodhin discusses The Doorway of Emptiness (Talk 4/4) on Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre.
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Sangha As a Path to Enlightenment

From North London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Engagingly, sometimes hilariously, Ksantikara relates the story of Meghiya, assailed by distractions when meditating in his favourite mango grove. The Buddha explains to Meghiya five practices that conduce to 'the heart's release', all based in spiritual friendship, but taking you as far as awakening. Keynote talk at the North London Buddhist Centre Saturday class by our new chair, 10 February 2024.
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Building the Palace of Metta

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given on the Men's Great Gathering on The Burning House, Padmavajra talks about escaping from the burning house of ourselves, as well as destroying the house of conditioned existence, but ends with the Buddha's teaching of the six memorable qualities that lead to love, respect, unity and concord between people, which lead to the creation of the palace of metta.
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The Burning House

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given on the Great Gathering at Padmaloka in February 2024, Amalayodhin explores the parable of the burning house from the White Lotus Sutra. He provides some reflections on the intoxications that keep us in the burning house and what we can do to escape.
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February at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 16:05

February at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 16:05

The first few months of every year are usually a bit quieter. With fewer people on site this means the cooks have a chance to get more creative; Jayadhi made a great Pad Thai, Bodhiketu created a spicy Lasagne, and Harry has been mastering a variety of recipes that you’ll get a chance to taste when you’re next here.

There are changes afoot again as Prajnanita hands over being manager to Prakashamitra. She will now be the Director – a new role...
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Dharmabytes: Sharing the Love of Solitude

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

Akashadevi and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha’s meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk Elephants and the Buddha, part of a “Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism” given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Breaking In and Breaking Out

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 3 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given in March 2024 on the Fathers Retreat at Padmaloka, Padmavajra explores the place of Energy in living the Dharma life. He goes through Sangharaskshita's Tantric Version of the Five Precepts. The talk has personal reminiscence, references to the life of the Buddha, Tantric deities and Chan masters, as well as poems from Sangharakshita, D.H. Lawrence and William Blake.
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FBA Podcast: Let Your Inner Riches Shine

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 2 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

The most human thing to do is to keep being kind. Generosity helps you build connection and community. Danapriya explores the themes of generosity and abundance. Talk given at East Kent Buddhist Group, 2008.

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Vacancy at Rivendell - a place of myth, magic and meditation

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 17:54

Vacancy at Rivendell - a place of myth, magic and meditation

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 17:54

Rivendell has a unique opportunity for someone to come and experience working at this successful and well-loved Triratna retreat centre, that will have her 40th anniversary next year.

We would like to have someone join our team as our property caretaker (*this could be residential) for an initial 6 months. If things go well this could lead to a more permanent position: we would like applicants to be either Order members or TFO/GFR Mitras of any gender.

Our small team are looking...
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Dharmabytes: A Galaxy of Being

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 11:00

In this talk about generosity, Sona evokes some very beautiful imagery of a cosmos full of stars as he describes how in our practice of Buddhist ethics, that of caring for others, being scrupulously honest, and so on, makes us more open, more malleable, more receptive. Excerpted from the talk entitled Abundance given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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