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FBA Podcast: The Best of Truths

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

The Four Noble Truths contain the whole of the Buddha’s teaching. They set out a clear and direct vision of the true nature of Reality. In this talk, Jnanadhara unfolds the meaning behind these seemingly simple four pithy teachings. With poetry and personal anecdote, he draws us into the immense depth and mystery behind these teachings and shows us a glimpse of what the Buddha was communicating 2,500 years ago.

Given at the Dublin Buddhist Centre, January 2020.

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Buddhist Voices Podcast: Amarapushpa and Chandrasiddhi - Finding a Practical Sense of Wholeness

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 17 Sep, 2021 - 21:53

I had been looking for so long. And then I saw my first woman Order Member. And that was like the ‘fourth sight’… that inspired me to go for refuge. (Amarapushpa)
It’s not something that has to do with ideas and concepts… It’s about more practical wholeness, with your heart. (Chandrasiddhi)

Grabación en inglés y español | Recording in English and Spanish

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After a long hiatus, the Fifty Years, Fifty Voices project is back! We’re picking up where we left off before the pandemic,...

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Dharmabyte: Reality Shines Through Us

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 16 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Sangharakshita explores the ways in which we are all connected with Reality, directly and indirectly, in particular through our friendships with those just a little further along the path.

From the talk entitled The Bodhisattva Hierarchy as part of the series Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal, 1969.

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Introduktion Till De Tre Myterna

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Thu, 16 Sep, 2021 - 00:00

En övergripande introduktion till "de tre myterna": Självutveckling, självuppgivelse och självupptäckande. Föredraget gavs i början av dharmakvällsterminen hösten 2021.

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Two Ordination retreats for women

From Order Connection on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 14:19

Two Ordination retreats for women

From Order Connection on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 14:19

Dear companions in the good life,

I am delighted to let you know there will be two Ordination retreats held for women over the next month. The first is at Adhisthana and the second at Akashavana. Below I will list the names of the women being ordained on each retreat with the relevant dates. There is also a special notification about a private Ordination taking place in Mexico on 21st September. This will mean that, all being well,...

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Jayarava

On the Authority of the College of Public Preceptors

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 13:44

On the Authority of the College of Public Preceptors

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 13:44

2021 Preface: I originally wrote this essay in Sept 2005, 16 years ago almost to the day. At that time I was freshly ordained (June 2005) and back from my first ever Order convention. Having been involved in early attempts at FWBO and WBO online forums I was aware of several men, and a few women but mostly men, who at that time were being vocally critical of Sangharakshita and the College of Public Preceptors. The accusations were much...

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PoetryEast: Hannah Lowe in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 12:15

PoetryEast: Hannah Lowe in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 12:15

Saturday 25th September

11am US PST | 2pm US EST | 7pm IE & UK | 8pm Europe CET | 11.30pm India. | 4am (next day) Australia EST | 7am (next day) NZDT

Hannah’s first poetry collection Chick (Bloodaxe, 2013) won the Michael Murphy Memorial Award for Best First Collection. In September 2014, she was named as one of 20 Next Generation poets.

Hannah’s father was Jamaican-Chinese, so many of her...

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Bhikkhu Analayo to speak at Triratna Earth Sangha Conference

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 11:21

Bhikkhu Analayo to speak at Triratna Earth Sangha Conference

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 11:21

We’re delighted to announce that Bhikkhu Analayo has agreed to be interviewed in relation to his book and online course on Mindfully Facing Climate Change as part of Triratna Earth Sangha’s online conference, 24 - 26 September.

Registration for Triratna Earth Sangha’s conference is now open

For those of you who don’t know Analayo, here at the Triratna Earth Sangha we are deeply impressed by his book and online course on Mindfully...

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Dharmabyte: Words of Power

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 13 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Saddhanandi paints a picture of how radical and different it was to encounter Buddhism in the mid 1960s. She explores a verse of Zen poetry taking her lead from Sangharakshita’s 1965 lectures on the Essence of Zen.

Excerpted from the talk entitled The Essence of Zen at Adhisthana, 2019.

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FBA Podcast: The Dragon, The Tiger and The Wish-fulfilling Jewel

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 11 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Do we reflect on the Bodhicitta? Is it optional, a mystical goal we can take or leave? How does it become a motivating force in our lives?

Sangharakshita has described the Bodhicitta as a myth or symbol that galvanises our energies, something that makes sense of our lives, something emotionally moving that stirs us on a deep level. How are we to connect with that myth? Vajratara takes us on a journey of a deepening engagement with the Bodhicitta, evoking...

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