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Talks from the UK & Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend

From Order Connection on Mon, 23 Sep, 2024 - 14:32

Talks from the UK & Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend

From Order Connection on Mon, 23 Sep, 2024 - 14:32

Dear Order members,

We recently hosted the UK and Ireland Combined Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana, which was an uplifting event attended by over 300 people, including many guests from at least four other Areas.

The Dharma programme was again run by the Adhisthana Teaching Community, on the topic of “Thus have I heard…” As well as a variety of study led by members of the Teaching Community, there were two keynote talks....
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Forthcoming Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

From Order Connection on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 17:04

Forthcoming Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

From Order Connection on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 17:04

Dear Friends,

We are very pleased to announce that the following eight women are attending a two-week ordination retreat at Tiratanaloka between 20th September and 4th October:


Rachel Floater (Mid Essex)

Tina Belton (Sheffield)

Liz Kiff (Croydon)

Annie Gogarty (East London)

Claire Easingwood (Fife)

Carolyn Lee (Shrewsbury)

Julie Bailey (Sheffield)

Sheila Puri (Glasgow)


The private ordinations will be on Friday 27th September, and the public ordinations on Tuesday 1st October.


With metta,

Santavajri and Sucimani
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Triratna Ritual texts recited in Japanese

From Japanese on Sun, 22 Sep, 2024 - 10:50

Here’s a SoundCloud playlist of the main Triratna ritual texts translated into and recited in Japanese!  Many thanks to Shraddharocani from Thames New Zealand, as well as Dharmasara (Berlin), for revising the texts and recording the new versions. 

Here are the updated texts: link
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Amitabha's Infinite Light (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 21 Sep, 2024 - 11:00

Padmasagara gives a talk on the Buddha Amitabha, Avalokitesvara and the Bodhisattva vow. He shares three stories, each of them drawing out the boundless radiant love of Amitabha and the inconceivable nature of true compassion. Given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019, as part of the series Faces of Enlightenment.

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Women Going for Refugee Retreat - Sep 24

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 21 Sep, 2024 - 06:18
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Women Going for Refugee Retreat - Sep 24

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 21 Sep, 2024 - 06:18

Women Going for Refugee retreat led by Dhni. Vijaya and Dhni. Shubhajaya. Subject for retreat was What is An Order ?. It was from 14th to 21st Sept 2024. Retreat was attended by 67 Retreatant. 

Feel glad to see retreat center is been fully use. Thanks for Women Going for Refugee team for having retreat center. 
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Három rituális szöveg magyarul

From Magyar on Thu, 19 Sep, 2024 - 10:27

Here are three ritual texts as used in Triratna, in Hungarian.

Translated and checked by Derdák Tibor.

19 september 2024

Szangharaksita költeményét Weöres Sándor sorainak felhasználásával fordította: Derdák Tibor.

File NameSize
Fölszentelő szertartás (Dedication Ceremony)267.78 KB
A Háromszoros Púdzsa (Threefold Puja)269.4 KB
A menedékek és előírások magyarul (Refuges and Precepts)270.51 KB
Három rituális szöveg együtt (Three ritual texts together)665.76 KB
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Catching the Spirit of Enlightenment

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Sep, 2024 - 00:00
When Vaddhaka first came into contact with Buddhism in his mid-forties he was, to use his own words, "a hard-bitten materialist, a disillusioned, sceptical Marxist, a rationalist." He was ignorant of the basics of Buddhism, and yet he was caught by something in Sangharakshita's communication of the spirit of enlightenment. What was it that caught him? And how does that spirit still inspire Vaddhaka?
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Great news about Chintamani Retreat Center

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 - 15:29

Great news about Chintamani Retreat Center

From Triratna News on Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 - 15:29

Dear Sangha friends,

Greetings from Mexico! It is with great enthusiasm and joy that I share news about our Chintamani Retreat Center, which is entering a new phase of growth to support the deep practice of our Order.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
In 2002, two mitras, now known as Saddhajoti and Moksasi, bought 3.5 hectares of land in the state of Morelos, about two hours from Mexico City. Their vision...
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Kamalashila's Health

From Order Connection on Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 - 09:26

Kamalashila's Health

From Order Connection on Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 - 09:26

Update 30/9

I want to let you know Kamalashila was taken to a hospice in Clapham today. The stay in a side room of a ward at Guys hospital was longer than expected, and far from ideal. He is now in better conditions and is receiving the best possible care for his final days.

Update 25/9

Here is a sad message about the latest development around Kamalashila’s situation.
Yesterday there was a big meeting of a medical team plus Kamalashila’s sisters Esther, Zoë and myself....
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Spontaneous Compassionate Activity

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Wed, 18 Sep, 2024 - 00:00
The Karaniya Metta Sutta ends with liberation from the wheel of samsara. But the spiritual life doesn't end there. This Tuesday, Bodhinaga explores the goal of Buddhism in terms of metta and compassionate activity. In a famous passage in the Itivutakka, the Buddha compares Metta to the radiance of the sun and moon. He says metta ‘shines and burns and blazes forth in surpassing all other acts of good’, and that ‘Whoever sets their mind to make goodwill grows Boundless’ ... or will become Enlightened. In this series, we are using another famous teaching on metta, The Karaniya Metta Sutta, to take a good look at the Metta Bhavana practice, both on the cushion and in daily life. We'll be asking, ‘Can metta really be a path to Enlightenment?’. And we will come to realise that the Buddha’s path to liberation can also be seen as Living with Kindness
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