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FBA Podcast: Touching the Earth with Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 20 Feb, 2021 - 06:02

How might we respond, as Buddhists, to the emerging environmental crises facing the planet? Starting from where his earlier talk, “Saying Goodbye to the Earth,” leaves off, Gunopeta explores the implications of what happens when we open our hearts to our deep emotional response to these crises.

With the aid of guided meditation, poetry, ritual, and our felt connection to nature and the holiness of place, we can learn to “touch the...

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Project Initiator subtitling videos and other spoken word projects

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 20:32


One of the Mainland Europe Area Council’s priorities is to investigate how to make Triratna teachings and other spoken word projects in Triratna more available to people who speak other languages than English by means of subtitling. To this end a working group has been set up consisting of delegates from the Area Council, the Translations Board and Development team to the ECA. After some initial exploration we have applied for funding and are looking for a person to initiate...

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Highlights from Parinirvana Celebrations

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 14:04

Highlights from Parinirvana Celebrations

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 14:04

Triratna communities around the world have been marking Parinirvana Day, which occurs on 15th February each year, commemorating the physical death and final Nirvana of the Buddha Shakyamuni.

Parinirvana Day is a time to recall the Buddha’s final days and his passing into final Nirvana, as he leaves his physical body. Many centres reflect on this by hearing verses from the Maha-parinibbana Sutta, a beautiful evocation of the Buddha’s generous teachings and acts, even in his final few days. Included in...

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Invitation to Black & Buddhist Free Online Event - with Suryagupta and Vimalasara

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 18:06

Invitation to Black & Buddhist Free Online Event - with Suryagupta and Vimalasara

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 18:06

Suryagupta, Chair of the London Buddhist Centre, along with Vimalasara (Chair of Vancouver Buddhist Centre), are taking part in ‘Black & Buddhist’ - a free online event, from 18th until 25th February which explores what Buddhism can teach us about race, resilience, transformation, and spiritual freedom.

Suryagupta gave a keynote talk at the London Buddhist Centre at the beginning of February which touched on the events of last year including her response to the some of...

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Uncontrived Mindfulness Order Retreat 13 - 19 March OM

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 10:30

Uncontrived Mindfulness Order Retreat 13 - 19 March OM

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 10:30

Go on retreat with Vajradevi! 

Retreat starts at 7.30pm Saturday 13th March and ends at 9pm on Friday 19th March.

Book or find out more.  (Pic by Sahajatara)

What is the relationship between mindfulness and wisdom? How can a seemingly simple practice of on-going awareness help us to know the nature of reality? On this retreat we will be using the Buddha’s words in the Satipatthana Sutta to practice with this profound yet accessible teaching. Through periods of formal and informal meditation, we will cultivate

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Dharmabyte: Embracing the Impossible

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

Love (compassion and practising for others) and liberation (wisdom and practising for ourselves) are both essential aspects of the Dharma life. With stories of the Buddha, anecdotes from  Maitrisiddhi’s own life, and suggestions around how to respond creatively to the planet’s ecological crisis.

From the talk Love, Liberation and the Bodhisattva Ideal given on a weekend retreat for local sangha members in the broader community at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2019.

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Ben on joining the weekly Sub30 meditations

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 09:41

Ben on joining the weekly Sub30 meditations

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 09:41

Sub30 Meditation Every Wednesday
7.30am – 8.30am (UK Time)
8.30am – 9.30am (Central Europe)
6.30pm – 7.30pm (Sydney/Melbourne)

A weekly chance for those aged 30 & under, who know both the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, to gather together. Expect 5 mins of brief teaching at the start, followed by 30+ mins of meditation and then a chance to meet (& talk about meditation) with other young people in breakout groups for 15 mins...

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Perfect Vision - Mitra Evening: Mike and Toby

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Birmingham Buddhist Centre Mitra's Mike and Toby explore the theme of Perfect Vision.
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Lessons From Lockdown: In the Seen Just the Seen

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Tue, 16 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Vidyatara shares her reflections on practice during a time of Lockdown as part of the Birmingham Buddhist Centre's year on the 8-fold path. She particularly evokes and draws on the classic teaching of Bahiya and asks how to apply it to these conditions.
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Sources of Inspiration with Paramananda - Atula, Working in the Depths (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 37)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 23:44

Forty years of friendship around meditation, the Dharma, and a common interest in the workings of the ‘psyche’ - the human ‘soul’ - mark out this first pilot episode for a new series of live podcasts. Join Paramananada in conversation with a set of friends to explore and share together their ‘Sources of Inspiration’.

Our first guest is Atula (Richard Huson), psychosynthesist and good friend to many in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Atula has made it his life’s work to consider the...

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