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Sangha Lights: An Exhibition by WLBC Visual Artists

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 17:03

Sangha Lights: An Exhibition by WLBC Visual Artists

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 17:03

Friday January 29th 2021, 7-9pm
Fundraiser for The Precious Jewel Appeal

An online exhibition in celebration of just some of the many talented visual artists in the WLBC sangha. Photographs from Viramati, paintings from Amitajyoti and John Webb (of the Ealing sangha), paper cuts from Manth Beeson. As we view their beautiful images through the magic of Zoom, each artist will introduce their work and answer your questions. There may even be a tour of one painter’s art-hung house! Showings too...

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Our Bodies Break Light: A Meditation Retreat

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 16:55

Our Bodies Break Light: A Meditation Retreat

From West London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 16:55

This is a week-long retreat led by Paramananda and Bodhilila. It will run from Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 February. 

This on-line retreat will investigate the role of the body in meditation, from the development of mindfulness and compassion through to its place in the cultivation of wisdom. We will bring a body based, intuitive and creative approach to meditation and experience how being grounded in the body can open our hearts and minds. We will also be exploring...

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Dharmabyte: Uncertainty as Positive Emotion

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

A Tibetan Story shared by Vessantara about a young boy and his family and the uncertainty of the course of our lives.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Positive Emotion as part of the series The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion Retreat given on a retreat called The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion at Adhisthana, 2015.

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Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 09:00

Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 09:00

I am delighted to announce that ex-Paul Klein of Cuernavaca, Mexico was publicly ordained on Saturday, January 16 and given the name Moksharati, he who delights in liberation.

His Public Preceptor is Virasiddhi and his Private Preceptor is Nagapriya.

Metta to all,
Nagapriya

Watch the public ordination ceremony on Facebook

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Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Triratna News on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 08:59

Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Triratna News on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 08:59

We are delighted to announce that ex-Paul Klein of Cuernavaca, Mexico was publicly ordained on Saturday, January 16 and given the name Moksharati, he who delights in liberation.

His Public Preceptor is Virasiddhi and his Private Preceptor is Nagapriya.

You can re-watch the live stream of the public ordination here.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

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FBA Podcast: The Possibility of Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 16 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

If a talk could ever be described as beautifully bracing, this is it! Amaragita brings a sharp-edged mind and a long-term perspective to the whole question of what practice is.

As you might expect, she also brings humour, warmth and kindness too, qualities that more than balance out the penetrating clarity and sometimes challenging questioning underpinning this exploration of the possibility of practice - for all and especially for those raising families at any stage...

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On near and far enemies (pdf)

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:22

pdf version with annotations, references, tables, and Pāli comparisons

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On near and far enemies

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:18

On near and far enemies

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:18

(Open to all)

[A version of this article with all the annotations, references, tables, and Pāli comparisons is in a pdf in another post]

Introduction

The near enemy of mettā?’ Asked Jenifer, a friend of mine in Oxford. It stopped me in my tracks. Her question had an arresting innocence to it: why was I thinking only of a single near enemy of mettā? By this point I’d done several retreats on the Brahmavihāras – at Padmaloka, Vajraloka, and on solitary. I thought I knew...

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Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 12:48

Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 12:48

Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)
Led by Ratnaguna and Saddhanandi
17-21 February

Am I an individual, or just part of the group?

This is a question we need to keep trying to penetrate more deeply whether we are a Mitra or an Order member. It is a question that is central to the development of a saṅgha, a spiritual community, no individuals, no saṅgha. Any consideration of what the saṅgha is must therefore include as full an understanding...

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Dharmabyte: Self-Transformation Through Parenting

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

What if our children are seen as aspects of our mind – this moment greed, this moment hatred. The Buddha advises us to ‘be with’ whatever arises, just allowing and then seeing what happens. Amaragita takes a look at Buddhist practice in the light of parenting.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Staying at Home, Dancing with the Universe given at the Buddhafield Festival, 2006

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