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Dr. Babasaheb 132 Jayanti CelebrationDr

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 10:25

  • Babasaheb Jayanti

    Babasaheb Jayanti

  • Group photo

    Group photo

Dr. Babasaheb 132 Jayanti CelebrationDr

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 10:25

Community members celebrateDr. Babasaheb 132 Jayanti by doing sevenfold puja and small talk by Dh. Chandrashil. 

Really appreciate presence of Ratnasambhava parents.
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Children's Retreat - April 23

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 10:16

  • Children's Retreat

    Children's Retreat

  • Children's at pond

    Children's at pond

  • Session by Flute Master...

    Session by Flute Master Vivek Sonar

  • Session by Dh. Siddharth

    Session by Dh. Siddharth

Children's Retreat - April 23

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 10:16

After many years we had Children’s Retreat. 

We are really thankful to Deepak Sonawane and Jagruti for initiative as well as arranging teacher’s for Retreat Like Flute Master Vivek Sonar, Mathematics Master Ravi Da, Artist Ramesh Thorat, Story telling by Dh. Siddharth. 

It was nice to see Children going to near by fort as well as caves. 

Rejoice in merits of...
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Dharmabytes: Communication Exercises

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Mahamati recollects some of the teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita as part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka. Excerpted from The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited, given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2016

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FBA Podcast: Avalokitesvara's Tears

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 15 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” In this talk, Viryadevi gives her take on what is asked of us when we commit to creating a buddhaland - a collective spiritual life together. Drawing on two of the myths that have shaped the life and imagination of the Order - the 1,000 Armed Alalokitesvara and Chapter 1 of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa - she asks whether things going wrong, either on an individual or personal level, have...
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Further Information about Maitrilila

From Order Connection on Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 12:03

Further Information about Maitrilila

From Order Connection on Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 12:03

Dear friends

I want to give you new information about the tragic death of Maitrilila. 

It has now become clear from a letter found in her flat that she had recently received news of a strong suspicion of serious cancer in her womb and lungs due to large tumours found on scans. She protected her family and friends from this knowledge and had obviously decided she didn’t want to go through treatment to try...
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Sutra of Golden Light: What Is a Mahayana Sutra?

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Fri, 14 Apr, 2023 - 00:00
At Birmingham sangha night, Kalyanaprabha introduces us to the world of the Mahayana. Through the Sutra of the Golden Light, we discover what a sutra is and even why it is relevant to us today.
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Death of Maitrilia

From Order Connection on Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 - 14:00

Death of Maitrilia

From Order Connection on Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 - 14:00

Dear Friends,

I’m sorry to let you know that Dharmacharini Maitrilia died on 12th April 2023 in Essen, Germany. 

She was a beautiful, bright presence in the world, full of positivity.  But she had intense struggles with her mental health due to severe menopausal symptoms and felt she couldn’t continue in this life. 

I had the great privilege to ordain Maitrilila at Akashavana in 2018, and her Public Preceptor was Dayanandi.

Previous to this I got to know her when she trained with Breathworks...
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Dharmabytes: An Ever Expanding Network

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

This is an exploration by Saddhaloka of the distinguishing role of Sangha, spiritual community, in the development and life of the Western Buddhist Order, and, in fact, in any kind of Buddhist spiritual life. Saddhaloka here is steady and thoughtful as ever…

Excerpted from the talk Creating Sangha and Changing the World given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

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New Issue of Urthona OUT NOW

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Mon, 10 Apr, 2023 - 11:12

  • Storm over Zennor,...

    Storm over Zennor, David Mankin

  • Rainy Afternoon, Eigg,...

    Rainy Afternoon, Eigg, Saddhadadaya

New Issue of Urthona OUT NOW

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Mon, 10 Apr, 2023 - 11:12

URTHONA 36 unknown landscapes

Urthona Issue 36 ‘Unknown Landscapes’ is out now! A sumptuous issue devoted to landscape art and writing…

Landscapes move and uplift us in ways that are hard to pin down. Artists explore such emotional responses and bring clarity, awareness and transformational depth to the process. They help us to make the appreciation of landscape more conscious and meaningful. 

As Christopher Neve in his wonderful book ‘Unquiet Landscape’ says of the work of Paul Nash: ‘pictures, like the landscape itself, enunciate with the greatest...
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Dharmabytes: Simply Kind

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 10 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Aryajaya talks about the significance of Going For Refuge to the Three Jewels. Excerpted from the talk Commitment Is Key given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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