Day Four of our Virtual Rains Retreat in Bristol with Tejananda and there were still about 50 of us logging on, this time to explore the aspect of Spiritual Rebirth in the ‘Dynamic Mandala’ presentation of the System of Practice. Tejananda began with some reflections on the benefits of the ‘principial’ nature of the system of practice - especially the flexibility of application which it offers. This retreat is working with these principles in a somatic way, ie with the...
Given the measures in place to protect health service provision and contain the spread of the Coronavirus worldwide, we have taken the decision to cancel the International Convention this year.
It is hard to predict how long the necessary restrictions will last, but many of us would be planning our time now: booking travel and making arrangements, and this is simply not possible at the moment. We are, of course, really sorry to announce...
Dear Sangha friends, Hoping you are keeping well and strong in your practice.
We are in the process of putting together our own online presence locally, and will be in touch about that soon.
In the meantime, there’s lots of material, opportunities, and options to support your Dharma practice online - here are some links you might find interesting and helpful:
There’s a whole world available via the London Buddhist Centre Online ...
Dans le groupe d’étude mitra dans lequel j’étudie, nous terminons un cycle sur les symboles tantriques. Le guru tantrique est celui qui te fait accéder à cette expérience directe, dure et efficace du Dharma, celui qui te fait voir la Réalité telle qu’elle est.
Ce contexte de confinement se révèle pour moi être un guru tantrique : voici la vie que j’ai choisie, ce lieu, cette ville, cette chambre, ce paysage. Voici les gens avec lesquels je vis. Voici mes états d’esprit lorsque...
Day three of our Virtual Rains Retreat in Bristol with Tejananda saw about 50 of us exploring the aspect of Spiritual Death, through the ‘Dynamic Mandala’. Tejananda re-emphasised the fact that we can’t meditate unless we are able to know this sense of being embodied. He talked more about the value of engaging with our actual bodily sensations through which we may discover that soma or the ‘cloud’ of sensations of the body are less fixed than we may have...
This was offered by Adam from the Brixton Centre. It will be updated as necessary so feel free to comment below, comment in the document, or email info [at] triratnadevelopment.org
We are writing to invite all Order members to join together in a live Practice for the Arising of the Bodhicitta, every Sunday – starting from 29th March – and continuing for the next couple of months.
In the face of global dukkha, as well as doing all we can to take care of ourselves and those around us, there is another dimension we can occupy together. This particular meditation practice explicitly connects us...
This morning there were 50-60 of the Bristol Sangha online again to hear the second part of Tejanada’s teaching on the ‘Dynamic Mandala’, a somatic exploration of the Triratna System of Practice. ‘Somatic’ is the term used to highlight the alive/vibrational aspect of awareness.
Today’s focus is on positive emotion. Tejananda encouraged us each to find where ‘a sense of ease’ may be located in our bodies, as a starting point for this practice. It may not be...
