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This week's free eBook and this month's discounted paperbacks

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 3 Aug, 2020 - 15:03

This week's free eBook and this month's discounted paperbacks

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 3 Aug, 2020 - 15:03

This week we’re giving away the eBook edition of The Yogi’s Joy by Sangharakshita.

We’re offering The Yogi’s Joy to support the online summer retreat ‘The Fire of Joy’. If you find this book helpful, you could also read the text that came from the rest of Sangharakshita’s Milarepa seminars, published across two volumes of his Complete Works under the title Milarepa and the Art of Discipleship. You can find the first volume here and the second volume here. We’ve created a discount code fireofjoy that you can...

sanghadhara

Closing Down of Clear Vision

From Clear Vision Trust on Sun, 2 Aug, 2020 - 11:43

Closing Down of Clear Vision

From Clear Vision Trust on Sun, 2 Aug, 2020 - 11:43

It is with sadness that the Trustees of Clear Vision announce its closure from September 2020. Over the past 35 years Clear Vision has been a vital part of the FWBO/Triratna Community. It has documented much of our history so far through countless video programmes, particularly FWBO Newsreels, Triratna Newsbytes, and filming Bhante’s talks, events and tours as well as many other talks by Order Members. We have also developed the beginnings of a vast photographic archive and...

ratnadharini

Chairs' Letter – July 2020

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 - 23:22

Chairs' Letter – July 2020

From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 - 23:22

Dear Order members

At the end of June I moved back to Adhisthana and though I like the simplicity of my cell-like bedroom cum office, people on the other end of Zoom calls have been commenting on the bare walls as, until recently, the only painting was above my desk and behind the computer screen.

Covid-19 and the topic of race and racism, have continued to be major concerns, both within and without our sangha. Both wake up calls...

Maitrimati

Online Retreat: Tara - Fearless Love Lighting Up the World

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 30 Jul, 2020 - 10:15

Online Retreat: Tara - Fearless Love Lighting Up the World

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 30 Jul, 2020 - 10:15

How can we hold sorrow and joy - in ourselves, others and the world? We may hold one aspect more in the light, the other more in shadow, however we need to embrace both to be fully alive. With Tara as our guide - seated in meditation, stepping out into the world, fearless, wise and full of compassion - we can develop our own budding faculties of love, delight, compassion, ease and equanimity. These can then become much needed offerings...

Munisha

Amsterdam: vacancy for a Professor of Buddhism

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Tue, 28 Jul, 2020 - 11:30

Amsterdam: vacancy for a Professor of Buddhism

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Tue, 28 Jul, 2020 - 11:30

The VU (Vrije Universiteit) University of Amsterdam is looking for candidates for the position of Professor of Buddhism:

https://werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/professor-of-buddhism/164w8r

(The picture is from the university’s advert.)

Windhorse Publi...

Download our 20th free eBook

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 27 Jul, 2020 - 14:00

Download our 20th free eBook

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 27 Jul, 2020 - 14:00

This week we’re delighted to be giving away the twentieth free eBook in our Free the Dharma campaign, and we’ve chosen a real corker: Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization by Bhikkhu Anālayo, which is normally priced at £15.99. You can buy the paperback here.

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is one of the Buddha’s principal teachings on mindfulness and meditation and is the basis of much insight meditation practice today. Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization is a thorough and insightful guide to...

Ratnaprabha

Lammas festival at NLBC Sangha Night

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 Jul, 2020 - 19:31

Lammas festival at NLBC Sangha Night

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 Jul, 2020 - 19:31

19:00, 3 August

Marking the mid-point between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox, Lammas is a time for gathering in and giving thanks for abundance. The word ‘Lammas’ is derived from ‘loaf mass’, and indicates how central and honoured is the first loaf from the first harvested grain.

Our puja, led by Lalitaraja, will celebrate the mythic Buddha Ratnasambhava, who is associated with generosity and abundance. If you wish, bring props for our ritual: a broom, mint, green and/or gold ribbon, fresh baked bread.
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Ratnaprabha

Full Moon Puja to Amitabha

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 Jul, 2020 - 19:26

Full Moon Puja to Amitabha

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 23 Jul, 2020 - 19:26

Friday 31 July, 19:30-21:30,
Anandavajra is leading a Sevenfold Puja dedicated to the red Buddha of the West and of compassion. Puja: Buddhist devotional verses and mantras, all are welcome to participate or just watch. Meditation too. Zoom link here.

Ratnadeva

A Simple Change of Heart

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 21 Jul, 2020 - 14:21

A Simple Change of Heart

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 21 Jul, 2020 - 14:21

A Simple Change of Heart

“So this bardo is an opportunity for us, for people, to come together in a different feeling of consciousness, a different feeling towards the world - which is a feeling of the heart.

Which of course isn’t to say that the intellect (rationality, science) isn’t going to be a very important contribution if we are going to work our way out of this, all the difficulty that we face. But actually...

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Our eBook giveaway this week is inconceivable!

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 20 Jul, 2020 - 15:00

Our eBook giveaway this week is inconceivable!

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 20 Jul, 2020 - 15:00

In this video, Vajragupta explains what he appreciates most about Sangharakshita’s approach to scriptural commentary in The Inconceivable Emancipation.

Welcome to Week 19 of our Free the Dharma eBook giveaway! This week, we’re offering The Inconceivable Emancipation, a commentary by Sangharakshita on the Vimalakīrti-Nirdeśa, an important Mahāyāna sūtra. A print version of this book is included in Volume 16 of The Complete Works of Sangharakshita, Mahāyāna Myths and Stories.

Mahāyāna Buddhism, to which the Zen and Tibetan traditions are related, emphasizes the...

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