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In Praise of Uncertainty

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 13 Oct, 2021 - 10:21

In Praise of Uncertainty

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 13 Oct, 2021 - 10:21

This article was originally published in Apramada, but in case you missed it, I’m offering it here. I’ve left the comments facility open, so you can make a comment, or ask a question if you like.

In Praise of Uncertainty

What do you know? I mean really know. You know that you exist. You know that you are reading this article. You know what physical pain is, as well as pleasure. You know what cold and heat feel like. You know that when you don’t sleep...

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Sadayasihi

Globe Community Project and the Language of Wellbeing

From Triratna News on Thu, 30 Sep, 2021 - 16:57

Globe Community Project and the Language of Wellbeing

From Triratna News on Thu, 30 Sep, 2021 - 16:57

Globe Community Project based in Tower Hamlets, London, is a Triratna Buddhist Charity, founded by Sraddhapushpa. It is currently run by a combination of Order Members, mitras who are training for ordination, and non-Buddhists who are members of the local community. The focus of the project is putting compassion in to action, meeting the needs of the local community in East London.

The charity runs various community projects including Language of Wellbeing - where they teach yoga and the English...

Satyakirti

The Smooth Road to Emancipation - Online Guru Yoga Weekend for all Dharmacharis and Dharmacharinis OM

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Oct, 2021 - 12:26

The Smooth Road to Emancipation - Online Guru Yoga Weekend for all Dharmacharis and Dharmacharinis OM

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Oct, 2021 - 12:26

10th to 12th December

This is a special online weekend for all Order Members led by Padmavajra at Padmaloka on the Guru Yoga from the Tharpe Delam.

Bhante was introduced to this practice by the Venerable Khachu Rinpoche at the time of receiving the Padmasambhava abhishekha. He made his own translation of the text with the help of Dhardo Rinpoche and introduced Padmavajra to the practice in 1976.

This Guru Yoga involves the transformation of ourselves into Vajrayogini - the archetypal devotee-disciple and then imagining our...

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Liz_Bassett

Celebrate the 65th ‘Ambedkar Day’ with us

From Future Dharma on Tue, 5 Oct, 2021 - 14:06

Celebrate the 65th ‘Ambedkar Day’ with us

From Future Dharma on Tue, 5 Oct, 2021 - 14:06

Dear Sangha, Jaibhim!

I want to invite you to two exciting hybrid events to celebrate the 65th ‘Ambedkar Day’, that you can join in-person or online:

Bristol: 12th Oct 7.30-9.30pm Join online here

Cambridge: 17th Oct 2-4.30pm Join online here

Please put them in your diaries!

With so much emphasis on socially engaged Buddhism, few other people in history have demonstrated what this means more effectively than Dr Ambedkar;

Ours is a battle not for wealth; nor for power, ours is a battle for freedom; for reclamation of
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Maitriveer Nagarjuna

Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the Post-Pandemic World: Live Online, 15-16 October

From Triratna News on Tue, 12 Oct, 2021 - 20:10

An invitation to celebrate the 65th Dhammachakra Pravartan Din Online
The pandemic has not only exposed social fault-lines and weaknesses in a way that can no longer be ignored but also exacerbated many of them, not only in India but throughout the world. Concurrently, and perhaps enabled by it, the international geopolitical situation seems to have made a considerable shift. India and the world are faced with old questions they can no longer ignore, and new questions they have to face...

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Self-Doubt

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Oct, 2021 - 06:00

Dayajoti explores the hindrance of self-doubt, including seeing it as an expression of fundamental delusion, addressed by the clear seeing of reality.

This talk is part of the series Body of Bliss: Ways into Samādhi, hosted online by Buddhafield, 2021.

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Maitriveer Nagarjuna

Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the Post-Pandemic World: Live Online, 15-16 October

From Triratna News on Tue, 12 Oct, 2021 - 20:10

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Program - Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the Post Pandemic World (PDF)	284.69 KB

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Giving Shape to Our Ignorance

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Oct, 2021 - 06:00

Yashobodhi recounts how the earliest Buddhist teachings arose in response to questions presented to the Buddha.

From the talk entitled The Alchemy of Wisdom, from a series on the Six Paramitas at a West London Buddhist Centre, 2012.

Karunadevi

Announcement of Public Ordination in USA

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Oct, 2021 - 21:22

Announcement of Public Ordination in USA

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Oct, 2021 - 21:22

Dear Order Members,

I am pleased to announce that Denise Martin of Vermont USA had her Public Ordination at Aryaloka Retreat Center in New Hampshire on Saturday, October 9, 2021, after a small 8 day retreat.

She becomes Shantimukta, “She who is freed through peace.”

Her private preceptor is Sunada and her public is Karunadevi.

Sanskrit Pronunciation:
The ś as in “sharp”
Each ā as in “father”
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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Self-Doubt

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Oct, 2021 - 06:00

Dayajoti explores the hindrance of self-doubt, including seeing it as an expression of fundamental delusion, addressed by the clear seeing of reality.

This talk is part of the series Body of Bliss: Ways into Samādhi, hosted online by Buddhafield, 2021.

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