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Water Stream and Rice Field

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 5 Sep, 2020 - 16:08

Water Stream and Rice Field

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 5 Sep, 2020 - 16:08

A beautiful water stream flowing at the very entrance of retreat center and Krishna working in rice field. It is really very pleasant experience one get as we walk to retreat center in raining season.

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Luminous Mind

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 5 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

Here Akuppa explores the story of who you are and how you come to create the story of you. We need a different story. Living from a truer story of our luminosity and what happens when we come together on the basis of our luminous mind/heart.

This is Part 1 of two talks given by Akuppa to the Triratna Buddhist Community in Scotland online gathering in June 2020.

Listen to Part 2 of this series Transforming Self...

Centre Team

The Arising of the Bodhichitta (IC Dharma 2020)

From Community Highlights on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 22:51

The Arising of the Bodhichitta (IC Dharma 2020)

From Community Highlights on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 22:51

A series of talks given for the Triratna International Council 2020 Online exploring different aspects of the Bodhicitta Practice.

Talks included:

Entering the Mandala by Lokeshvara
The Blue Sky Nagapriya
The Refuge by Maitripala
Bodhichitta + Compassion by Jnanadhara
The Vow by Parami

Themes:

The Blue Sky as the context for the practice
Connection with the Refuge
The development of Bodhicitta and Compassion
The expression of the Bodhisattva Vow

As well as meeting together and addressing live topics and priorities across Triratna, International Councils are also a context for members to gather and build community. This year’s Dharma theme was the arising of the Bodhicitta.

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Saddhammapradip

Online Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 16:36

Online Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 16:36

In month of July 2020 Dh Chandrashil led online retreat for Mitra and Order member. We got very good response for it. For Mitra retreat we had 60 and 110 mitra respectively. For order retreat 140 Order members.

Thanks Dh. Sanghasiddhi for nice Handout.

Saddhammapradip

Store Room

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:50

Store Room

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:50

During lockdown community member and support team from village work for store room so that material from old temporary broken shed can be taken in before raining season.

Saddhammapradip

Nisarga Cyclone

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:32

Nisarga Cyclone

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:32

On 3rd Jun 2020 Nisarga Cyclone has uprooted trees and broken some building glass. After 10 days time electricity got restore as overhead cable got broken.

Saddhammapradip

Karniyametta Suttta - Dhamma Study

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:12

Karniyametta Suttta - Dhamma Study

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 15:12

During Lockdown study Karniyametta Sutta with Monk Sukha, Pamela, Dhni. Modini and Dh. Ratnasambhava

Parami

Upcoming ordinations at Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 10:13

Upcoming ordinations at Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Fri, 4 Sep, 2020 - 10:13

Dear Order members,

We are absolutely delighted to let you know that the following 16 women have been invited to be ordained (all being well) at Adhisthana in September. Because of numbers and health concerns there will be a small retreat taking place at Tiratanaloka in parallel with a larger one at Adhisthana. The retreats will run from 20th September - 30th September. The retreats will be linked up, talks etc being streamed so that there is a sense...

Read more about Upcoming ordinations at Adhisthana

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Receptivity and Transformation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 3 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

Mahasraddha shares how his relationship with the Buddha has been central to his life. Are we open to the teachings of the Buddha? What impact does impermanence have on your life? What does transformation look like in your life?

From the talk entitled Spiritual Death given at Manchester Buddhist Centre as part of the Urban Retreat, February 2020.

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