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Dharmachakra and the Rebirth of Free Buddhist Audio (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 438)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 - 18:52

Dharmachakra has been a going concern since Dharmachari Ananda first strapped a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his back in London in 1967 to record the first public lectures by Urgyen Sangharakshita under the auspices of the then Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It has evolved over the decades to become an amazing Triratna Right Livelihood team – most importantly, a team of friends, working online together across the globe to bring the world the best...

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The Four Reminders: Break the Spell

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 - 17:20

The Four Reminders: Break the Spell

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 - 17:20

… so this life you must know as the tiny splash of a raindrop
a thing of beauty that disappears even as it comes into being.

- Je Tsongkhapa

31st March - 7th April, for Triratna Regulars

The Four Reminders: Break the Spell! is a chance to learn how to let go of what is fleeting, and turn towards a deeper, more fulfilling life. To cherish our human lives and to live them with love and sanity… because it is only in this...

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FBA Podcast: The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 18 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

How do you become a Bodhisattva? Upon the Awakening of the Bodhi Heart (Bodhichitt-otpada). In this lecture Sangharakshita defines the Bodhichitta, and describes how one can prepare for its arising through the observance of Shantideva’s Supreme Worship and Vasubhandu’s Four Factors. Talk given in 1969 as part of the series entitled: Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal

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Commemorating Sangharakshita’s Arrival at Adhisthana

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 17:28

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Commemorating Sangharakshita’s Arrival at Adhisthana

From Community Highlights on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 17:28

24 February | Hosted by Prajnaketu + Paramartha

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Free Wills workshop for FutureDharma subscribers: 21 Feb 7.30pm GMT

From Future Dharma on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 16:43

Free Wills workshop for FutureDharma subscribers: 21 Feb 7.30pm GMT

From Future Dharma on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 16:43

We don’t know where the Dharma will be needed in the future.

Just a few years ago we couldn’t have predicted the current thirst for the Dharma in Latin America, or that a Triratna group would want to start in Trinidad or Tokyo. We need to be ready to respond to where the Dharma is needed.

“FutureDharma is a project that’s very responsive, spreading the Dharma where its needed at that time” - Santavajri, who’s left a legacy to FutureDharma

Do you have questions...

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A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony

From Triratna Tokyo on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony

From Triratna Tokyo on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

Saturday 18th February 2023, 11:30am, we celebrated Susana Kumagai’s Mitra Ceremony, Tokyo.

Becoming a Mitra in Triratna is making a commitment to the Buddhist Path.

Commitment, because in life, what we get out of it depends on what we put in. Particularly in the spiritual life.

You will probably have noticed this in your meditation practice, to take just one example. If we sit down to meditate without fully committing ourselves to the practice, we are likely to drift and daydream. But when we sit down...

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A Love Supreme: Exploring The Religion of Art Through John Coltrane

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 00:00

At Birmingham Sangha Night and as part of the Transforming Self and World Series, Matty explores Triratna’s emphasis on the arts in the dharma life through Coltranes's masterpiece "A Love Supreme".

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Dharmabytes: Patience is the Greatest Asceticism

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 16 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

Sahajatara offers an introduction to the six paramitas as she touches into the development of forbearance with humour, realism and dakini-inspiration.

From the talk Forbearance and Energy In Pursuit of the Good given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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Virya: Finding Ourselves In the Service of Others

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 - 00:00

Amaladipa speaks very personally and movingly about her practice of virya, drawing on her experience of childhood suffering, her 30-year career in the probation service and, latterly, her experience of living with a spinal injury. This talk was given on Zoom at Stockholm's Dharma night.

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Virya: Finding Ourselves In the Service of Others

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 - 00:00

"Why bother?" Amaladipa asks,speaking very personally about the practice of virya, drawing on her own experience of childhood suffering, her career in the probation service and, latterly, her spinal injury. Talk given on Zoom to the Stockholm sangha's Dharma night, June 2021.

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