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Celebrating 50 Years

From Triratna News on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 19:41

Celebrating 50 Years

From Triratna News on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 19:41

Sangha Day Festival - Celebrating 50 Years of Croydon Buddhist Centre

Each year we celebrate sangha - the community of Buddhists who have lived out the teachings, keeping them alive from the time of the Buddha, through the centuries to us today.

This year is an extra special celebration: it is 50 years since Triratna Buddhist activities first started in Croydon. We have four...

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A message from Nagabodhi

From Abhayaratna Trust on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 15:35

A message from Nagabodhi

From Abhayaratna Trust on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 15:35

Nagabodhi’s message is very timely. Click here to watch video.

It coincides with our ‘looking out for the Order appeal’ to raise £10,000 a year. Not for a specific Order member, like you often see in our appeals but for our work worldwide. Why? Because for every appeal for an individual you see, there are at least another 20 Order members requesting support that you don’t hear about.

Donate here now

Prajnamanas

50th Anniversary of Shabda: next edition

From Order Connection on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 10:06

50th Anniversary of Shabda: next edition

From Order Connection on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 10:06

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This October will see the 50th anniversary of Shabda. It started as a single side of paper to act as a newssheet, but now it’s an important way that we can connect with each other across geographical boundaries.

To mark the anniversary, we will have a special edition in October. There will be some features about the history of Shabda’s development, and its compilers. However, we hope that the...

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Sikkha Meditation Mentoring (2021) OM

From Adhisthana on Tue, 12 Sep, 2023 - 12:00

Sikkha Meditation Mentoring (2021) - Online Retreat Resource

Link: Sikkha Meditation Mentoring

Password: sikkhamyths

If you find this retreat resource helpful, please consider donating to allow us to continue producing quality Dharma content.

This meditation mentoring retreat aims to help Order Members deepen our experience, skills and insights in the area of meditation and meditation teaching, to equip the Order with new understandings and tools to help take meditation practice deeper, teach meditation more creatively, and become more effective as a...

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Utpaladhi

Saddhajivini on Shabda

From Order Connection on Tue, 12 Sep, 2023 - 11:51

Saddhajivini on Shabda

From Order Connection on Tue, 12 Sep, 2023 - 11:51

Here’s Saddhajivini talking about why she loves Shabda, as we come towards the 50th anniversary edition.

Don’t forget that you can write in any time between now and 30th September to be included in this very special edition

Contribution guidelines are here: https://thebuddhistcentre.com/order-connection/contributing-shabda

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Centre Team

Dharmabytes: Constantly Creating Ourselves

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Sep, 2023 - 11:00

Hridayagita describes the 3 fetters as a useful tool for reflecting why we forget or do not fully believe that our actions of body, speech and mind truly have consequences. Excerpted from the talk Recollecting the Consequences of Ones Actions give at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2016.

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Parami

Ordinations at Adhisthana / Ordenaciones en Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Sep, 2023 - 12:46

Ordinations at Adhisthana / Ordenaciones en Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Sep, 2023 - 12:46

Dear Order members,

As mentioned in the Information email about the Ordinations at Adhisthana, the ceremony will be live streamed. The ceremony will take place at 2.30pm BST on Wednesday 20th September. The zoom link and info from Adhisthana is below. Please pass this on to any mitras or sangha members who might be interested.

Thanks,

Parami

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Centre Team

FBA Podcast: Entering the Sangha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Sep, 2023 - 11:00

Sangharakshita goes to Buddhafield! A first for him, and a first for the fabulous Buddhafield Festival that takes place each year at the height of the English summer. This talk was given in a tent in Devon - and the sounds of this great Dharma celebration are everywhere around as Sangharakshita marks his entry to the ‘Dharma Parlour’ with a rolling set of thoughts and reminiscences and encouragements to practice. We move from India at the time of...