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BRAHMA VIHARAS - ONLINE meditation retreat 12-17 Nov 2021

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 20 Sep, 2021 - 15:01

BRAHMA VIHARAS - ONLINE meditation retreat 12-17 Nov 2021

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 20 Sep, 2021 - 15:01

12-17 November 2021
Led by Advayasiddhi and Vajrapriya 

How to meet difficulties with an open heart and a big mind? In fact, how to meet everything that way? 

A traditional Buddhist answer is to strengthen the Brahma Viharas and unlock the secret potential of our being’s capacity to live with love, compassion, joy and equanimity; to live with courageous wisdom whatever we encounter in life. 

The retreat will be a...
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Dharmabyte: Resisting Dukkha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 20 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Vessantara offers a pithy look into the suffering of suffering and the myriad of strategies that pull us away from tending to what’s happening in the present moment. 

From the talk entitled Dukkha Dukkha, part of a series of talks and led meditation from a retreat at Adhisthana on Dukkha and the Unbiased, 2018.

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The Burning House: Eight Week Course with Shantigarbha

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:42
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The Burning House: Eight Week Course with Shantigarbha

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:42

The Burning House: A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

How can we wake up to the climate and ecological emergency? An eight-week course for anyone wishing to ground their work in a Dharma context

Eight Saturdays: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4 

Sessions (2 hrs 15 mins, with break): USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | Australia...
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Karunadevi

Ordination Retreat at Aryaloka Retreat Center

From Order Connection on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:02

Ordination Retreat at Aryaloka Retreat Center

From Order Connection on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:02

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to let you know there will be a small Ordination retreat held October 1 - 9, 2021 at Aryaloka Retreat Center in New Hampshire, USA.

Denise Martin from Vermont will receive her private ordination on October 5 at 9:30 am EDT.

The public ordination will be October 9 at 10:30 am. It will be live-streamed on Zoom:

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Best of Truths

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

The Four Noble Truths contain the whole of the Buddha’s teaching. They set out a clear and direct vision of the true nature of Reality. In this talk, Jnanadhara unfolds the meaning behind these seemingly simple four pithy teachings. With poetry and personal anecdote, he draws us into the immense depth and mystery behind these teachings and shows us a glimpse of what the Buddha was communicating 2,500 years ago. 

Given at the Dublin Buddhist Centre, January 2020.

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Buddhist Voices Podcast: Amarapushpa and Chandrasiddhi - Finding a Practical Sense of Wholeness

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 17 Sep, 2021 - 21:53

I had been looking for so long.  And then I saw my first woman Order Member. And that was like the ‘fourth sight’… that inspired me to go for refuge. (Amarapushpa)

It’s not something that has to do with ideas and concepts… It’s about more practical wholeness, with your heart. (Chandrasiddhi)

Grabación en inglés y español | Recording in English and Spanish

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After a long hiatus, the Fifty Years, Fifty Voices project is back! We’re picking up where we left off before the pandemic,...
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Dharmabyte: Reality Shines Through Us

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 16 Sep, 2021 - 06:00

Sangharakshita explores the ways in which we are all connected with Reality, directly and indirectly, in particular through our friendships with those just a little further along the path.

From the talk entitled The Bodhisattva Hierarchy as part of the series Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal, 1969.

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Introduktion Till De Tre Myterna

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Thu, 16 Sep, 2021 - 00:00
En övergripande introduktion till "de tre myterna": Självutveckling, självuppgivelse och självupptäckande. Föredraget gavs i början av dharmakvällsterminen hösten 2021.
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Two Ordination retreats for women

From Order Connection on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 14:19

Two Ordination retreats for women

From Order Connection on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 14:19

Dear companions in the good life,

I am delighted to let you know there will be two Ordination retreats held for women over the next month. The first is at Adhisthana and the second at Akashavana. Below I will list the names of the women being ordained on each retreat with the relevant dates. There is also a special notification about a private Ordination taking place in Mexico on 21st September. This will mean that, all being...
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On the Authority of the College of Public Preceptors

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 13:44

On the Authority of the College of Public Preceptors

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 14 Sep, 2021 - 13:44

2021 Preface: I originally wrote this essay in Sept 2005, 16 years ago almost to the day. At that time I was freshly ordained (June 2005) and back from my first ever Order convention. Having been involved in early attempts at FWBO and WBO online forums I was aware of several men, and a few women but mostly men, who at that time were being vocally critical of Sangharakshita and the College of Public Preceptors. The accusations were much...

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