The precept of the Lama is more important than scriptures and commentaries.
- Atiśa
In the early days of the Order, Sangharakshita held a seminar on a book called The Door of Liberation, which consisted of seven Tibetan texts, translated under the auspices of Geshe Wangyal. The Kadamthorbu was one of those.
The text consists of dialogues between Atiśa and his closest disciples, especially with his principal disciple, the layman Dromtönpa, who later founded the Kadam school. It’s an informal exposition of how to live as...
This is an open invitation to join the online Triratna Fathers’ Group. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other fathers within the Sangha and explore the Three Jewels within the context of fatherhood.
If you want to be added to the mailing list, you can email triratnafathers [at] gmail.com, and we’ll send you an invitation to our next online meeting.
Below is a link to a short video, advertising the...
Lived out fully, Buddhist practice is revolutionary. Its purpose is a complete transformation of every element of our lives and of the world around us.
The legendary Tibetan Guru Padmasambhava is the archetype of this transformation. His mythic life story presents a conflict between the forces of light and the forces of darkness – a conflict that takes place within our own hearts and minds. Following his example, we can learn to...
It’s high spring in Britain as we move towards the end of lockdown. But in India it’s the hot season – 37 degrees in Delhi yesterday – and people are living through the fullest horror of the Covid nightmare.
It’s becoming impossible to ignore the gulf between what’s happening with Covid in the developed world and the developing world. According to the World Health Organisation eighty seven percent of vaccinations have been in wealthy countries, and in the...
Dhammarati told us about the site where the sutta was taught which is now in a public park in Dehli - some of the rocks have had gold leaf put on them as a sign of devotion.
Dharmopeta is in Te Hopai home and hospital Wellington where she has been living since 2017, when her Parkinson’s condition meant she could no longer live on her own.
In the last year Dharmopeta’s health has deteriorated and in April, after an assessment by a specialist geriatrician, the prognosis was that she had a maximum of six months to live but could die sooner.
Her medications have changed to keep her as comfortable as possible in these final months.
Dhammarati fills out the relation between the two texts we are exploring and then looks at the section from the sattipattana sutta on vedana (feeling) and the categories of worldy and unwordly feelings. He draws out some very helpful observations regarding the connection between mindfulness and the brahma viharas
Maitrisiddhi's magnificent contribution to Glasgow Buddhist Centre's series on the pure land. In it she introduces us to Shinran, the Japanese teacher on the refuge tree of the Triratna Buddhist Community.
Maitrisiddhi explores what Shinran has to tell us about faith and ordinariness. Both of them encourage us to rest in Metta towards our our unenlightened mind. Or as Maitrisiddhi puts it delightfully "seeing our own numptiness and orienting again and again towards the infinite"
