Dr Chris Jarrell, a UK-based retired social work lecturer and counsellor, is asking for submissions from members of our BIPOC/BAME communities to input into his research on how Buddhism can help autistic people improve their wellbeing.
Chris, who is autistic and a practicing Buddhist, is in the process of editing a book of personal accounts of autistic people and their experiences of Buddhist practice, which will be published in 2022. He is hoping to get input from BIPOC/...
Are you curious about living a Dharma life in bustling London? Then why not come and live with us?
We, Sudurjaya, Gabi and Vimokshini, are looking for an order member or committed mitra to join our community Viryaloka on Lyal Road in East London from 1 August.
Even though we have all lived in community for years, we came together in this formation a year ago and have established a home where friendship and the dharma flourish. We all have busy lives but we do make...
The following men will be ordained on a retreat held between 2nd July and 9th July at Padmaloka. The public ordination ceremony will take place on Thursday 8th July at 2.30pm. Due to Covid restrictions we won’t be able to welcome guests to the public ordination, but we will be livestreaming the event over YouTube. You will find the link on our webpage: https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/2021/summer-ordination-retreat
Dr Chris Jarrell, a UK-based retired social work lecturer and counsellor, is asking for submissions from members of our BIPOC/BAME communities to input into his research on how Buddhism can help autistic people improve their wellbeing.
Chris, who is autistic and a practicing Buddhist, is in the process of editing a book of personal accounts of autistic people and their experiences of Buddhist practice, which will be published in 2022. He is hoping to get input from BIPOC/...
Hej vänner, Det var ett tag sedan jag skrev här. I början av juni fick jag brev från skolans förra rektor, Jampel Khalden, som lite berättade om vad som kommer att hända framöver när skolan stänger vid årets slut. Här är också några foton jag fick tidigare i våras, från en väldigt tom skola…
Den tors 10 juni 2021 kl 08:03 skrev itbci school <itbcischool [at] yahoo.in>:
Dear Viryabodhi,
We finally decided to run the school December 2021. However...
Is awakening near or far, is the path sudden or gradual? Dharmashalin presents Sangharakshita’s metaphor on Buddhahood being like an evolutionary process, this time with more emphasis on metta as both an essential basis and method for inviting a sudden shift towards awakening on the basis of a gradual approach.
PoetryEast with Rupert Sheldrake: ‘Exploring Consciousness’
Premier: July 3rd, 7pm (BST).
PoetryEast is delighted to be hosting Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. Jnanavaca (who studied physics at Oxford) will be in conversation with Dr Sheldrake about the possible synergy between science and Buddhism, about Sheldrake’s theory of evolution, and about the nature of consciousness.
Urgyen House have just released a new video blog, the thirteenth in the series.
In mid August 2021 Urgyen House will be opened to visitors, an exhibition about Bhante’s teachers will be opened and the first stage of the new Triratna Picture Library will go online. For many years the Uddiyana Trust looked after Bhante’s needs. With his death came new responsibilities. In this latest video blog, Sangharakshita speaks about his legacy, whilst Mahamati explains the work of the Trust today and announces the...
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“Try to love everything that gets in your way ….. because if something is in your way it is going your way, the way of all beings; towards darkness, towards light.”
From “Because even the Word Obstacle is an Obstacle”,...
