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Sublet available in San Francisco, California Community

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 26 Feb, 2023 - 21:58

Sublet available in San Francisco, California Community

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 26 Feb, 2023 - 21:58

We have a room available for three months, from April 30th until August 1st (though flexible). Open to anyone who is engaged with the Triratna community (mitra, etc) and any gender.

This is a three person community with a friendly little dog, on a sunny and spacious third floor above the Buddhist Center. You would live with two guys - one mitra and one order member (who will be gone about half the time), both in their 40s. We usually meditate in the...

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The Dana revolution

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Sun, 26 Feb, 2023 - 00:00

At the start of the GBC's rainy season retreat 2023, Pasadini revisits the Dana economy and asks would it better better be described and practiced as a Dana ecology? They explore how we build our practice of dana in a community and why the revolution at the heart of the dana practice is a revolution in relationship.

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ECA

Job Opportunity: ECA Safeguarding Officer (also available as job share)

From Order Connection on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 18:39

Job Opportunity: ECA Safeguarding Officer (also available as job share)

From Order Connection on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 18:39

After seven years as Triratna’s European Chairs Assembly’s Safeguarding officer, Munisha is stepping down by the end of June and applications are now invited for this Order post by 28th March.

The ECA Safeguarding officer is employed by the ECA executive (trustees) to advise Triratna charities and other legal bodies running Triratna activities in the UK and the rest of Europe on the practical measures for protecting adults and children from harm, working to UK Safeguarding standards.

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Vimalavajri

Dharmavajri's Funeral Arrangements

From Order Connection on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 10:34

Dharmavajri's Funeral Arrangements

From Order Connection on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 10:34

Dear friends,

Here are the details for Dharmavajri’s funeral services.

They will be on Tuesday 7th March.

It was Dharmavajri’s wish for the arrangements to be in two parts, a Buddhist Centre ceremony for the sangha and a crematorium service geared towards family and friends.

UK timings are:

9.30am Order only sitting with Dharmavajri at the Bristol Buddhist Centre

10.30am Wider sangha joining in and sitting with Dharmavajri
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Zac

FBA Podcast: The Moon

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

Paramananda in this free-ranging talk, explains how the moon’s soft light represents compassion, and recites three moon poems that evoke messages of self-knowledge and the regular tides or rhythms of being human. This talk was given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Buddhafield Base

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 24 Feb, 2023 - 14:18

Buddhafield Base

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 24 Feb, 2023 - 14:18

We’re looking for two people to join our Buddhafield Base project team. We’re fundraising for a new home for Buddhafield and need some extra support in a couple of areas.

You can find out more about the project here.

The roles are remote and part-time. Click the links below for details. You’ll work within, and be supported by, our existing team.

Buddhafield Base Events Admin

Buddhafield Base Communications Admin

We’re keen to welcome people on board as soon as possible. This means...

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The Empathy Machine: How Poetry Can Bring Us Closer to Ourselves, Others and the Dharma

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Fri, 24 Feb, 2023 - 00:00

Roz explores the golden thread of poetry that has the capacity to draw both inward and outward. Roz evokes the ability of poetry to act as a spiritual friend that we can turn to again and again for connection and transformation.

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The Fire Within

From Buddhist Voices on Thu, 23 Feb, 2023 - 17:41

In this latest episode of the Buddhist Voices podcast, Parami and Sraddhavajri engage in a conversation for the Fifty Years, Fifty Voices project. They share their early encounters with the Dharma and its transformative impact on their lives. In particular, Sraddhavajri reminisces about her childhood in Modinagar, India, where her parents were involved with Buddhism and the teachings of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s. She fondly remembers Dharmachari Amoghabhadra, who taught her Karate as a young girl, and how the kindness and...

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Dharmabytes: The Flavour of Forbearance

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 23 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

This talk explores the emergence of the Bodhisattva Ideal in the Mahayana tradition. Nagapriya discusses the historical context in which this basic concept developed, its ties to early Buddhist texts, and what the bodhisattva’s life entails, on both the mundane and cosmic levels. Here, he shares a reading on forbearance from the Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva.

Excerpted from the The Ideal of Universal Awakening given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, as part of the series ...

Dayamudra

A Conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan

From San Francisco Buddhist Center on Tue, 21 Feb, 2023 - 20:46

A Conversation with Thenmozhi Soundararajan

From San Francisco Buddhist Center on Tue, 21 Feb, 2023 - 20:46

The SFBC is proud to present:

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, activist and author of “The Trauma of Caste” in conversation with Viveka and Dayamudra of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

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