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Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo. Un informe del lejano NorOeste (de Castellón). Suryavana. Enero 2021.

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 14:38

Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo. Un informe del lejano NorOeste (de Castellón). Suryavana. Enero 2021.

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 14:38

Queridos amigos y amigas. 
Querría compartir algunos detalles de la vida de Suryavana. Hemos tenido dos semanas más o menos tranquilos. He vuelto el frío y viento penetrante del norte. De Teruel y se nota. 

Lo feo. Quitando lo peor al principio hay que acordar que aún estamos en “samsara”, Vivos, en el medio de las ocho campos de Incineración, donde hay muchos sufrimientos en...
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Forthcoming Ordinations at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 11:01

Forthcoming Ordinations at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 11:01

Dear Friends,   

Isidro Martinez and Oscar Gutierrez from the Mexico City Sangha will be privately ordained on a retreat at Chintamani during 7-16 January. The Public Ordination will be on Saturday, 15 January at 12pm local time. 

With metta,

Nagapriya
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FBA Podcast: Conflict and Crisis

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

Suryagupta explores crisis and conflict in the life of the Buddha and what we can learn when responding to conflict in our own lives.

Talk given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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The Mystery of Sri Singha and the Beauty of Padmasambhava

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 00:00
In this short talk given during the Young Men's Weekend retreat at Padmaloka, Padmabhasa shares a bit about his first encounters with Padmasambhava. We'll hear about the mysterious treasure of Sri Singha, Padmasambhava's subjugation of the Gods of Tibet, as well as some practical advice that Padmabhasa was given by his own teachers on what we can do to reveal a deeper beauty of life.
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Padmasambhava: The Lightning Guru of Energy

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 8 Jan, 2022 - 00:00
In this short talk given during the Young Men's Weekend retreat at Padmaloka, Khemabandhu shares some experiences of his personal encounters with Guru Padmasambhava, the effects that those had on his life, as well some reflections on Bhante Sangharakshita's teaching on energy.
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Bristol Women's Mitra Convenor

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 09:56

Bristol Women's Mitra Convenor

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 09:56

The Bristol Buddhist Centre is looking for a Women’s Mitra Convenor.   We have 65 women mitras, 37 of whom have asked for ordination.  It is a lively and engaged mitra sangha, with an increasing number of young women involved.

There are 17 Dharmacharinis in and around the Bristol Centre, 9 of whom are actively involved in a women’s mitra convening kula.  You would work within that kula.  You would also be part of a supportive and effective Heart Kula, which is the...
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Free Buddhist Audio: Highlights from 2021

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

Free Buddhist Audio: Highlights from 2021

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

In 2021 Free Buddhist Audio turned 15! Since December 2006 we have been making recordings of high quality, full-length Dharma talks freely available, so that all may access the Dharma.

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On Free Buddhist Audio not only will you find the entirety of Sangharakshita’s recorded body of teachings, but also...
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Padmasambhava the Mysterious, the Wonderful, the Inspiring

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 7 Jan, 2022 - 00:00
In this introduction to Padmasambhava Vidyadaka guides us through the symbolism of Padmasambhava's appearance on a lotus, in the centre of Lake Dhanakosa. We hear about the qualities of the lake, the land of Uddiyana, King Indrabhuti's plight and uncover their deeper meanings and relevance to our own life. Vidyadaka also describes Padmasambhava, his own initial discovery of him and Bhante's first glimpse of the Great Guru in Darjeeling.
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Death of Vijayamuni

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 10:38

Death of Vijayamuni

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 10:38

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our sangha brother Dharmachari Vijayamuni breathed his final breath at 7.30pm yesterday, a couple of hours after arriving at the Mercy Hospice, in Auckland.  

Susannah, his dear sister, and Sanghamuni, his dear friend, were sitting under a tree in the hospice grounds, while Vijayamuni was having his (final) ablutions. A nurse approached them and asked them to return to be with Vijayamuni. 

The nurse left the room respectfully after he’d taken his last breath. Sanghamuni played the Amitabha mantra chanted by women at...
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Dharmabyte: Happiness and Joy: Mudita

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 6 Jan, 2022 - 06:00

We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. Here Sangharakshita talks about how joy and happiness are characteristic Buddhist emotions that we seem to be missing out on. Mudita, the happiness we feel in other people’s good fortune, can be cultivated through practice.

From the talk entitled Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life: Right Resolve, outlining the positive emotions emphasized in Buddhism. Talk given in 1968...

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