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Timings for the Sikkha Meditation Mentoring Retreat OM

From The Sikkha Project on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 13:35

Timings for the Sikkha Meditation Mentoring Retreat OM

From The Sikkha Project on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 13:35

Hi everyone.

As I mentioned in my previous post, the Sikkha Meditation Kula Team are offering a meditation mentoring retreat in April 2021 which we’re really excited about.

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Dharmabyte: Love is Everywhere

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

Dharmashalin offers his reflections in the first in a three talk series exploring the Rumi quote: ‘Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.’

Excerpted from the talk entitled Love Past the Barriers 1: Rumi and Our Stories About What Love Should Look Like given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2021

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FBA Podcast: The Revolutionary Power of Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 13 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

The Karaniya Metta sutta is the focus for Parami’s exploration of working with anger, working with polarisation in our relationships and in the world. She uses the lesson of the extremes in this current moment in history as a launching pad for insight into the nature of love.

She gave this talk to the gathered Triratna Buddhist Community in Scotland at their New Year gathering online. It has the flavour of a call to practice and...
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Se Mettre En Marche Vers L'Eveil

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Sat, 13 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Qu’est-ce que se mettre en marche vers l’Éveil au 21ème siècle ? Darmacharini Aryanita nous parle de ce chemin de transformation et d’ouverture qui mène vers plus de compassion et de sagesse, comment le mener concrètement aujourd’hui dans notre société contemporaine, dans notre vie quotidienne au sein de la sangha Triratna, et de l'impact qu'il peut avoir sur notre être tout entier. Elle nous invite à nous engager et à nous transformer pour transformer le monde en suivant les traces du Bouddha.
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Spring Ordination Training Weekend - Ordination and the Vase of Initiation

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 11 Feb, 2021 - 16:49

Spring Ordination Training Weekend - Ordination and the Vase of Initiation

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 11 Feb, 2021 - 16:49

Friday, 5 March 2021 to Sunday, 7 March 2021

Online Live Streamed Weekend for men who have asked for ordination and Order members.

During the course of the public ordination ceremony into the Triratna Buddhist Order, the public preceptor anoints the person being ordained with water from a special vase - the vase of initiation. This vase can be said to symbolise the entire meaning of going for refuge and ordination. In the course of this weekend for men training for ordination, Padmavajra will explore in...
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Dharmabyte: Dhardo Rimpoche: Myth and Friendship

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 11 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

Paraga discusses the importance of connecting with both Myth and Kalyana Mitrata as key aspects to help translate Dhardo Rimpoche’s aspect of ‘Radiate Love’ into our Dharma life.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Radiate Love given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre during the ‘A Living Bodhisattva’ retreat in March 2019.

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Update from Tiratanaloka

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 16:17

Update from Tiratanaloka

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 16:17

We are now in the process of finalising our programme of retreats for the rest of 2021.  The remaining 2021 retreats will be open for booking on 8th March 2021 (not on 2 April and 2 July as previously advertised).

Retreats up until 11th July be all be online.  For retreats after that, we plan to run residential retreats.  However, with the changing conditions, we can’t confirm that we will be able to run an in-person retreat until nearer the time.  If we can’t open fully, the retreat...
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Order Seminars May 2021

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 15:21

Order Seminars May 2021

From Tiratanaloka on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 15:21

Following on from our popular 2020 online events for dharmacharinis, three Order seminars offered by the Tiratanaloka team in 2021 will explore the following areas:

1 May: How to assess effective Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels, including looking at the 8 Guidelines recently published by the College of Public Preceptors

2 May: How we can form effective ordination kulas

3 May: How we can support the local ordination process, looking at the specific situation of your Centre.

There will be a short presentation, time to share our experiences, workshops, and...
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Oskar on why we comes along to the Wednesday Sub30 Meditation each week

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 12:54

Oskar on why we comes along to the Wednesday Sub30 Meditation each week

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 12:54

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...
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The Rote Burg – A new retreat centre for the Berlin Sangha and beyond

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 09:58

The Rote Burg – A new retreat centre for the Berlin Sangha and beyond

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 09:58

In the middle of a nature park surrounded by meadows and lakes, only 60 kilometres north of Berlin, lies the so-called “Rote Burg“ (Red Castle): two old Ziegler buildings with about 850 square metres of floor space and surrounded by 37,000 square metres of meadows and oak forest.

In July 2020, Aryabandhu, Chairman of the Berlin Buddhist Centre, signed the purchase contract for the Rote Burg. This step was preceded by more than two years of...

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