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Friendship: Duty, Delight and Freedom

From Adhisthana on Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 12:50

Friendship: Duty, Delight and Freedom

From Adhisthana on Sat, 17 Apr, 2021 - 12:50

What kind of friend are you? What kind of friend would you like to be?

Is there any limitation to the heights that faithful friendship can reach?

Explore the possibilities of friendship with brothers and sisters in the sangha, through looking at traditional understandings of friendship in society and the spiritual life.

We will draw primarily on The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam seminar, with supporting material from the seminar on the Sigalavada Sutta. Both texts were studied by Sangharakshita in 1983. With The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam, he took...

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Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 16:44

Online Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 16:44

Our Breathing Body

Sunday 2 May to Saturday 8 May

It is hard to overstate the importance of the breath within Buddhist meditation. It provides the ‘object’ most often used for the strengthening and purifying of our reflective consciousness. In addition, it provides a felt experience of inter penetration of all life – without such an experience ‘enlightenment is impossible.

The breath is the thread that stitches our life together. Its centrality in energetic psycho-physical work such as meditation is testified to in nearly all spiritual...

Dayajoti

Be the Ground from which we Grow

From Buddhafield on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 11:50

Be the Ground from which we Grow

From Buddhafield on Fri, 16 Apr, 2021 - 11:50

Could you be part of the ground from which we grow, by giving regularly to us? https://chuffed.org/project/buddhafield is our fundraiser page.

Buddhafield offers so much of what is needed in this century: the Buddha’s liberating teachings, in authentic community, living close to nature; powerful antidotes to the current epidemics...

ECA Safeguarding

2020 with the ECA Safeguarding team

From Order Connection on Thu, 15 Apr, 2021 - 08:42

2020 with the ECA Safeguarding team

From Order Connection on Thu, 15 Apr, 2021 - 08:42

Dear Order Friends,

Over on the Triratna Safeguarding page you will find a short report on the work of the ECA’s Safeguarding team since 2019.

With metta,
Munisha

+Follow the Triratna Safeguarding page.

Read more about 2020 with the ECA Safeguarding team

tejadhamma

People to People further help - Shamsher started his livelihood

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sat, 10 Apr, 2021 - 17:50

People to People further help - Shamsher started his livelihood

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sat, 10 Apr, 2021 - 17:50

After the artificial 2 legs fixed successfully, there was still a question to Shamsher Ali to what to do further. There was no earning source. People to People’s donor from Sufi group and some Buddhist came forward to help from Sheffield. We helped financially to purchase an auto rikshaw to Shamsher and now he started to earn money and helping his family members. To know what he expressed, click the video. And to get more information what we do,...

ECA Safeguarding

2020 with the ECA Safeguarding team

From Triratna Safeguarding on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 16:01

2020 with the ECA Safeguarding team

From Triratna Safeguarding on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 16:01

Despite Triratna centres being mostly closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic, the work of the ECA’s Safeguarding team has continued. Here’s a short account of our work.

Since 2016 the Safeguarding team has provided a central place to report ethical concerns. We can be found in the Triratna section of the dropdown menu on the home page of The Buddhist Centre Online at www.thebuddhistcentre.com - or just by searching ‘safeguarding’ on TBCO.

Alongside continuing work on some historical...

Windhorse Publi...

Just released: Vajradevi’s ‘Uncontrived Mindfulness’

From Windhorse Publications on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 10:44

Just released: Vajradevi’s ‘Uncontrived Mindfulness’

From Windhorse Publications on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 10:44

We are very pleased to announce the release of Vajradevi’s first book, Uncontrived Mindfulness: Ending Suffering through Attention, Curiosity and Wisdom.

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is a foundational text in the Buddhist tradition, outlining a path of increasing awareness and wisdom. Over many years, Vajradevi has drawn on a range of approaches to the practice of satipaṭṭhāna: within Triratna as well as with U Tejaniya in the Burmese meditation tradition and some teachers of the Insight Meditation Society. What she offers us...

Suddhayu

Meditation for Beginners

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 3 Apr, 2021 - 16:08

Meditation for Beginners

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 3 Apr, 2021 - 16:08

A four-week online course on Monday evenings, April 26th-May 17th, 6:30-8pm ET

Meditation practice helps us to develop contentment, clarity, integration, concentration, and a sense of peace. Whether you’re just looking to find some stillness in your life, or to directly explore the nature of consciousness, this class is a great way to begin!

In this introductory meditation workshop we will explore the Buddha’s teaching of mindfulness, generally as a living principle, and more specifically as a meditation practice. Participants will learn...

Ksantikara

Dharma Life Course for Young Men 2021

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 2 Apr, 2021 - 12:00

Dharma Life Course for Young Men 2021

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 2 Apr, 2021 - 12:00

6 Sep - 10 Dec 2021

A three-month residential course providing you with an opportunity to live an intensive dharma life: living, practicing, studying and working together within the context of Adhisthana.

Over 14 weeks you’ll receive a grounding in the principles and practice of Triratna Buddhism through retreats, study with experienced teachers and communal living. You’ll also participate in the life of the wider Adhisthana sangha: meditating together, performing ritual, receiving 1:1 mentorship and joining in with a daily session of work as...

ratnadharini

Chairs' Letter – March 2021

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 31 Mar, 2021 - 15:23

Chairs' Letter – March 2021

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 31 Mar, 2021 - 15:23

Dear Order members and friends,

The main international College meeting is in November and this year we are also meeting for a weekend in March and July, as well as parallel gatherings in our individual College Kulas. (The Kula system is intentionally flexible, to allow for the different number of people training for ordination in different parts of the world, as well as the geographic spread of Public Preceptors in each Kula.)

Apart from the option...

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