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Samsaric Suffering (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 29 Jul, 2024 - 11:00

Here Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara - compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bonds…

Excerpted from the talk The Defects and Dangers of Samsara, the last in a five-part series The Four Mind-Turning Reflections of the Tibetan Tradition given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005.

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Health of Tarakarunya

From Order Connection on Mon, 29 Jul, 2024 - 09:55

Health of Tarakarunya

From Order Connection on Mon, 29 Jul, 2024 - 09:55

Dear Order friends,
 
Our beloved Tarakarunya (‘she who has or is the compassion of Tara’) has recently been diagnosed with an advanced and rare form of brain cancer. Family and sangha has been able to find and transfer her to a beautifully supportive facility for her palliative/end-of-life care here in London. 
 
An inspired artist, Tarakarunya’s flat is like a shrine, especially to her sadhana Green Tara, with whom she has a long-standing devotion and...
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visarada

Join Punyaloka Community in Birmingham!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 28 Jul, 2024 - 11:32
  • Punyaloka

Join Punyaloka Community in Birmingham!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 28 Jul, 2024 - 11:32

Who we are
We are a lively Triratna Mens’ community and a warm and friendly bunch, with a strong community ethic including cooking for each other, fortnightly community meetings and twice yearly weekend retreats.

Where we are
We are lucky to live in a large Victorian house owned by Birmingham Buddhist Centre in the leafy suburb of Moseley.  There’s a lounge, large kitchen, a lovely back garden and plenty of space.  Its on a quiet road close to major bus...
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EllaWalker

Join Kalyanaloka Bristol Community!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sat, 27 Jul, 2024 - 21:27
  • Kalyanaloka community

Join Kalyanaloka Bristol Community!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sat, 27 Jul, 2024 - 21:27

Hi all!

We would love to welcome an Order member or mitra to join our queer-friendly community of four at Kalyanaloka later this year! We are three mitras training for ordination and our community life is built on a foundation of friendship and commitment to the three jewels. We have regular community time and meditate together in our dedicated shrine room.

Our rejoicings in Kalyanaloka...
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Karma and the Consequences of Our Actions (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 27 Jul, 2024 - 11:00

Here Ratnadharini takes us a little closer into the whole, often misunderstood area of karma in Buddhist thinking. She draws out the important details of the process that we call ‘actions and consequences’ - but her emphasis is always on putting what we learn into practice in real life, with other real people.

The fourth talk in a five-part series The Four Mind-Turning Reflections of the Tibetan tradition given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre,...
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vajragupta

Hidden Gems is Recruiting!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sat, 27 Jul, 2024 - 07:18
  • The shop, next to the Buddhist Centre

Hidden Gems, Croydon Buddhist Centre’s second-hand and gift shop, is recruiting! We’re looking for a woman to join the team, either full-time, or four days, or minimum of three days per week. This is a rare and precious opportunity…

* become part of a friendly and supportive team of Buddhist women, working together to deepen their own Buddhist practice, and to help the Dharma to thrive in the world.

* be supported by the Buddhist...

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Guest blog from Maitrekara

From Akashavana on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 16:38

Guest blog from Maitrekara

From Akashavana on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 16:38

From Maitrekara:

Akashavana  later in July 2024, Vidyachandra still very recently arrived, and there’s a short break between retreats.

For a few days the team’s focus has turned to the Community house and I have been invited to lend a hand. By the time I arrived Padmasakhi’s room had been decorated - but there was still much to do. Refreshing the whitewashed walls and ceiling in the community shrine room, painting and whitewashing the office/lounge and downstairs the walls and ceiling of the big...
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Triratna Arts & Culture Catalogue 2025

From Triratna News on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 16:29

Triratna Arts & Culture Catalogue 2025

From Triratna News on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 16:29

The Triratna Arts and Culture Catalogue is an initiative to document every four years, for 40 years, a selection of Art and Culture that represents the unfolding exploration of how to convey the Dharma into a globalised culture and so form the aesthetic foundations for a society based on caring for all that lives. It will collate work for no cost to artists, and distribute work to Triratna Buddhist Centres and beyond at no cost to those institutions. 

Sangharuchi, an Order member based in Birmingham, UK, is now looking for applicants to send their artwork for the next edition of Triratna...
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kusaladevi

Uncontrived Mindfulness with Vajradevi

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 11:36

Uncontrived Mindfulness with Vajradevi

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 26 Jul, 2024 - 11:36

A meditation day retreat in aid of Tiratanaloka Unlimited

Led by Vajradevi

Sunday 29th Sept

Sangharakshita has said we should be aware of our minds at all times – but how do we do this? How do we...
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Nagamani

International Order Convention 2025

From Order Connection on Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 - 17:45

International Order Convention 2025

From Order Connection on Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 - 17:45

Dear Order friends,

International Order Convention 2025

Bookings for Order Members Resident Outside of India

Over 130 Order members from around the world, excluding India, have booked for the Order Convention in India next year. And we still have space for more.

It makes an enormous difference to the unity of the Order Sangha to go to India to be with our brothers and sisters there. It allows many Indian Order members who are not be...

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