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For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 1 Jul, 2020 - 11:41

For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 1 Jul, 2020 - 11:41

For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice, closing panel, Sunday 5th July

Join us for a closing panel of five great speakers to help us round off BAM 2020!

Joining all of our wonderful, previous guests from this month’s exploration of how Buddhist practice...

Centre Team

Dharma Day Live on Sunday from Padmaloka!

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 2 Jul, 2020 - 00:30

Dharma Day Live on Sunday from Padmaloka!

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 2 Jul, 2020 - 00:30

Listen: The Deathless Has Been Attained!
Dharma Day Live on Sunday

Come and celebrate Dharma Day from Padmaloka Retreat Centre – wherever you are in the world!

To celebrate Dharma Day this year, Padmaloka will be offering a full online festival programme including live streamed meditations and rituals from the Shrine Room, and a live talk and Q&A by Padmavajra. His talk will explore the story of the turning of the wheel of the Dharma and, in...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Letting the Words Drop In Deeply

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 2 Jul, 2020 - 14:00

The Perfection of Wisdom literature is filled with paradox. Santavajri shares her reflections on the rather baffling concepts presented in The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra. Both relevant and incomprehensible, the true meaning goes well beyond the words themselves.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Approaches to the Perfection of Wisdom given at the L ondon Buddhist Centre’s Women’s Class as part of their exploration of the Bodhisattva Ideal, 2011.

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Shantavira

Shabda July 2020

From Order Connection on Thu, 2 Jul, 2020 - 13:57

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
eBook Shabda .MOBI – read on any Kindle, and some eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save time and postage costs.

Terms and...

File Name	Size
ePub (eBook Readers, Smartphones, and Tablets	1.35 MB
mobi (Kindles and eReaders)	1.12 MB
PDF for digital (Computers and eReaders)	1.18 MB
HTML (Web Browsers)	147.59 KB
PDF for printing	814.43 KB

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rodashruti

For the Earth, From the Sangha: Poetry Readings and Other Voices

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 2 Jul, 2020 - 00:08

This is a companion recording to the series of podcasts I produced for Earth Week 2020: Hair On Fire - Buddhist Responses Turning Toward Climate Change

Eva Soncin introduced Vimalasara.
Vimalasara read “I am Africa” from her recently published book of poems, I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage to James Baldwin, published by University of Alberta Press. It’s available at your favorite online book sellers, and on order from local independent bookstores.
Paul Greenberg read excerpts

kusaladevi

For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 1 Jul, 2020 - 11:41

For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 1 Jul, 2020 - 11:41

For the Earth: The Environment and Social Justice, closing panel, Sunday 5th July

Join us for a closing panel of five great speakers to help us round off BAM 2020!

Joining all of our wonderful, previous guests from this month’s exploration of how Buddhist practice...

gunabhadri

Guidance for opening Centres after lockdown

From Triratna Resources on Tue, 30 Jun, 2020 - 13:50

Please find below:

Guidance for opening Centres after lockdown
Examples of security protocol:

UNITED KINGDOM

GOV.UK Corona Virus (COVID 19) Guidance and support
Gov.uk COVID-19: Guidance for the safe use of places of worship from 4 July - Published 29 June 2020. Not current anymore.
COVID-19: guidance for the safe use of places of worship New content updated, published 16 July 2021
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Contents:
1. Introduction

File Name	Size
draft_security_protocol_-_covid_19_from_dutch_buddhist_union.pdf	43.17 KB
bun_veiligheidsprotocol_dd._20-04-2020.pdf	44.04 KB
metta_vihara_may_2020_security_protocol_covid-19_-_updated_24_june.pdf	241.57 KB
hoe_om_te_gaan_met_besmettingsrisico_corona_in_metta_vihara_mei_2020.pdf	198.72 KB
coronavirus_-_reopening_of_buddhist_centres_-_buddhist_union_of_belgium.pdf	98.11 KB
charter-hoe-veilig-de-draad-terug-opnemen-als-oudere-in-onze-samenleving_versie-10.pdf	254.07 KB
charter_-_a_guide_for_the_elderly_and_organizations_that_work_with_the_elderly.pdf	185.01 KB
centre_regulations_for_the_use_of_the_centre_-_arnsberg.pdf	99.53 KB
zentrumsordnung_arnsberg.pdf	52.67 KB
health_and_safety_advice_for_running_physical_classes_-_june_2020.pdf	29.82 KB

Sadayasihi

Getting Real (Soulful Conversation and Meditation) With Viveka and Paramananda

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 30 Jun, 2020 - 10:50

Getting Real (Soulful Conversation and Meditation) With Viveka and Paramananda

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 30 Jun, 2020 - 10:50

Join Viveka and Paramananda for the final of their four live conversations, on Saturday 4th July

USA 9am PST | México 11am | USA 12pm EST | UK & IE 5pm | Europe 6pm CET

These conversations take place in Zoom and are approximately 60 minutes long. You can see their most recent conversation here on Facebook.

Visit our Events space to reserve a place and make a donation.

Viveka is the former Chair of the San Francisco Buddhist Center, a dynamic and popular meditation teacher and retreat leader, with profound experience...

dhammamegha

This weeks eBook giveaway and an update

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 30 Jun, 2020 - 09:26

This weeks eBook giveaway and an update

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 30 Jun, 2020 - 09:26

This week we’re giving away The Heart by Vessantara. This short book offers a grounded and profound guide to the metta bhavana. You can download it here until July 13.

It’s a big week at Windhorse Publications. Since late March, more than 9,000 free eBooks have been downloaded for our website. It’s been a joy to share the dharma, and thanks to your donations and purchases we’ve had enough income to keep going. What you may not know is that we stopped all new book production, commissioning and reprints,...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Nothing More to Learn?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 29 Jun, 2020 - 14:00

In describing the qualities of patience, Sangharakshita calls on a story from the Saddharma-Pundarika (The Lotus Sutra) to illustrate the necessity of spiritual receptivity.

From the talk Masculinity and Femininity in the Spiritual Life as part of the series Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal, 1969. The full talk explores the third and fourth Perfections: kshanti (forbearance, tolerance or spiritual receptivity) and virya (energy in pursuit of the good).

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