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Dharmabyte: The Light + Love of Amitabha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 05:00

Suryagupta calls to mind the the deep red Buddha of love and meditation, Amitabha. Traversing the myth and symbolism of the Buddhist tradition with tales from her own childhood and dream-life, Suryagupta offers up a talk that truly evokes the warm love of the Buddha of the Western realm.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Amitabha & The Infinite Light, part of the series The Symbolic World of the Five Buddha Mandala given at ...
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Triratna Order Day, 4th April - An International Programme Invitation

From Order Connection on Sat, 20 Mar, 2021 - 18:43

Triratna Order Day, 4th April - An International Programme Invitation

From Order Connection on Sat, 20 Mar, 2021 - 18:43

53 years on from the founding of the Order on the 7th April 1968, we celebrate Triratna Order Day on Sunday 4th April 2021.

Vijaya will lead us in the Refuges and Precepts before leading us in the first Bodhicitta practice. In the second session, Paramartha will lead us through the practice, beginning with an introduction that connects the practice with the founding of the Order via the Bodhisattva Ideal which, Bhante was to write, “provided me with an example, on the grandest...
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Introducing the Indrajala Campaign

From Order Connection on Sun, 21 Mar, 2021 - 12:51

Introducing the Indrajala Campaign

From Order Connection on Sun, 21 Mar, 2021 - 12:51

The heart of our work as the International Order Office team is the development and growth of connection and harmony within the Order worldwide. We need your help to meet the changing demands of this work more effectively.

For the past few years we have recommended that Order Dana for everyone be set at £120 per year (or equivalent in your currency). Thank you to all of you who have been contributing annually and without whose support we couldn’t serve the Order.

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Vishvapani’s Thought for the Day Broadcasts and Reflections on Buddhism and Society

From Triratna News on Wed, 24 Mar, 2021 - 10:59

Vishvapani’s Thought for the Day Broadcasts and Reflections on Buddhism and Society

From Triratna News on Wed, 24 Mar, 2021 - 10:59

Vishvapani has been the Buddhist contributor to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’ on the popular Today programme, giving 9-10 talks a year. He also gives several talks a year in a similar slot on Radio Wales.  The BBC recently asked him to do a series of talks in their ‘Prayer for the Day’ slot - a slot which has come into its own in the last year as issues in the news have have directly impacted everyone’s lives. 

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PoetryEast with Charles Eisenstein

From London Buddhist Centre on Sun, 21 Mar, 2021 - 19:36

PoetryEast with Charles Eisenstein

From London Buddhist Centre on Sun, 21 Mar, 2021 - 19:36

April 10th, 7-8pm GMT

Charles Eisenstein is an important speaker and writer focussing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.

In 2017 he was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on SuperSoul Sunday. He is the author of many books and essays including Climate – A New Story and his brilliant and beautifully written book, ’The Ascent of Humanity’.

Maitreyabandhu will be in conversation with him about the need for a new human story.

Watch live...
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Dhni. Aryavati and Mrs. Karade

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 16:38
  • Dhni. Aryavati and Mrs. Karade
  • Mitra from Kandivili

Dhni. Aryavati and Mrs. Karade

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 16:38
Dhni. Aryavati and Mrs. Karade did solitary for seven days. As a Mitra from Kandivali for five days. Good to see Order members and Mitra really want to go deeper to understand oneslf.
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In the Footsteps of the Buddha at Rivendell (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 38)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 14:54

Live from Forest House near Rivendell Retreat Centre in the UK - we’re not sure a podcast setting gets any more mythic than that!

Our friends Mandarava and Nagasiddhi are running an online Home Retreat for us - with amazing puppets, original artwork for the event, and an abundance of magic images illustrating tales from the life of the Buddha. And you are invited!

Register for a space on ‘In the Footsteps of the Buddha’

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Annual Review 2020

From Abhayaratna Trust on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 14:22

Annual Review 2020

From Abhayaratna Trust on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 14:22

Find out more about us as a charity by reading our Annual Review for 2020 by clicking here.

Historically the Abhayaratna Trust has existed to relieve financial hardship and its consequences whenever and wherever it arises among individual members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. We have done this by giving practical aid to Order members in the form of cash grants, non-financial support and generating appeals for specific individuals. We are also agile and responsive to events that require intervention, the most recent example being...
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The Tale of the Whale

From Triratna News on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 12:23

The Tale of the Whale

From Triratna News on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 12:23

Padmacandra, an Order Member living in West Norfolk and associated with the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in the UK, has her first children’s picture book out as illustrator with Scallywag Press this month (March 2021).

The book, The Tale of the Whale, which tells of an adventure between a child and a whale, has a strong environmental message about plastic pollution, and is suitable for 3 to 8 year olds (read 8 years plus!)

Padmacandra was asked if she would illustrate the book after the...

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