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Ordination at Taraloka, Wales, UK

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 13:26

Ordination at Taraloka, Wales, UK

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 13:26

I am very happy to announce the public ordination of the former Cathy Williams from Gloucestershire at Taraloka on 9th June.

Cathy becomes Maitrisuri : accute accent on s, macron on 2nd & 3rd i & u. 

A Sanskrit name meaning Heroine of Loving Kindness.

Resistered spelling: Maitrishuri

Anoma was the Private Preceptor, and Sanghadevi the Public Preceptor.

With metta,
Sanghadevi
 
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Ordination at Taraloka, Wales, UK

From Order Connection on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 13:05

Ordination at Taraloka, Wales, UK

From Order Connection on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 13:05

I am very happy to announce the public ordination of the former Cathy Williams from Gloucestershire at Taraloka on 9th June.

Cathy becomes Maitrisuri : accute accent on s, macron on 2nd & 3rd i & u. 

A Sanskrit name meaning Heroine of Loving Kindness.

Resistered spelling: Maitrishuri

Anoma was the Private Preceptor, and Sanghadevi the Public Preceptor.

With metta,
Sanghadevi
 
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BAM activities in Mainland Europe

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 11:38

Judging by this space it looks like not much is happening with BAM this month of June.
I know this is not the case.

In Mainland Europe I’m aware of these events:

Please feel free to share what you’re doing at your...

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Dharmabyte: Vision-Worlds Unveiled

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 9 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Nagapriya encourages us to read Mahayana Sutras, when reading such a text, if we allow ourselves to really enter into it, we find ourselves transported into it. The scripture, through our participation in it, unveils a samadhi, a particular vision-world that a Bodhisattva dwells in. 

Excerpted from the talk Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures, part of the series Visions of Mahayana Buddhism, given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2009.

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Manidhamma (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Wed, 8 Jun, 2022 - 11:25
The impact of Bhante’s visit was so great that I decided to give up my pilot’s career and go for training towards becoming an Order member…

Manidhamma’s Annals

In 1968 I was not yet born in this world. I was born after three years (1971) in a hamlet, Waghnath situated by confluence of the rivers Pus and Ship in central India. My parents were living a life of hardship and poverty, bonded labourers in the prevalent caste based social system of discrimination and...
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Love and Rage - Bodhilila with Lama Rod Owens (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 433)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 00:33

In this final episode of the current season of the podcast, Bodhilila, Chair of the West London Buddhist Centre, is in conversation with Lama Rod Owens, bestselling author of ‘Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger’. 

Their exchange weaves across a number key Dharma threads, beginning with a sense of how being in the body can be a way to step out of systems that stop us reaching our full potential as human beings; a...
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Love and Rage - Bodhilila with Lama Rod Owens (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 433)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 00:33

In this final episode of the current season of the podcast, Bodhilila, Chair of the West London Buddhist Centre, is in conversation with Lama Rod Owens, bestselling author of ‘Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger’. 

Their exchange weaves across a number key Dharma threads, beginning with a sense of how being in the body can be a way to step out of systems that stop us reaching our full potential as human beings; a...
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The Indispensable Guru

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 00:00
Who and what is the Guru? How does one go for refuge to him? And what does it mean to be a disciple? These are some of the questions covered in this talk, in which Surata evokes and explores the nature of the esoteric (guhya) Buddha Refuge; the Guru. The talk was given during the Secret Refuges retreat at Padmaloka in the summer of 2020.
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The Elusive Dakini

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 00:00
Don’t listen to this talk if you want a straightforward explanation of what a dakini may or may not be. In fact, what is prompting you to listen to a talk on the dakini in the first place? Vidyadaka talks around the theme in this rousing exploration of the dakini, the gestalt and the artist.
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Going For Refuge As Long As Breath Lasts

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 10 Jun, 2022 - 00:00
In this introductory talk, Padmavajra goes back to the earliest descriptions of Going for Refuge and explores the Refuges as the true reliances in life. He also explores why Bhante talked about the Secret Refuges in his first presentation of Effective Going for Refuge.
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