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Celebrating 35 Years of Taraloka Retreat Centre - Interview with the Founders

From Triratna News on Tue, 15 Dec, 2020 - 17:39

Celebrating 35 Years of Taraloka Retreat Centre - Interview with the Founders

From Triratna News on Tue, 15 Dec, 2020 - 17:39

“One November morning in 1985, four women - Sanghadevi, Ratnasuri, Karunasri, Kulanandi - and a cat called Tansy, drove from London to the Welsh borders, to start what was probably the first Buddhist retreat centre for women in the world.”

In 1985, Cornhill Farm was bought - a run-down farmhouse and derelict outbuildings, together with seven acres of land. The first retreats were held in the white farmhouse - a living room converted into a shrine room,...

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Online Winter Retreat

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 16:17

Online Winter Retreat

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 16:17

When life feels cramped and incomplete, what’s the key to our freedom?

At the London Buddhist Centre, we’re marking the end of 2020 by gathering online and turning inwards together towards what the Buddha called the Heart’s Release. We’ll be creating a vibrant community that anyone can join in with, wherever they are and whatever their level of experience.

Register for free and we’ll send you all the links you need as well as tips and teachings to help you make the most of...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Choosing Our Intentions

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 14 Dec, 2020 - 07:00

Is kindness possible here? How does clarity help us open up to love? Maitrisiddhi explores the active and receptive aspects of the Metta Bhavana as expressed through the symbolism of Akshobhya, the Buddha of the East.

From the talk entitled Metta and Akshobhya’s Mirrorlike Wisdom, the first of two talks given on “Living in the Mandala”; a retreat on the Brahma Viharas at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2018.

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FBA Podcast: Surrendering to a Greater Beauty

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 12 Dec, 2020 - 06:00

Starting with a story from the Rastrapalapariprccha-Sutra, Vajratara draws out the significance of Sangharakshita’s paper on the Fourth Laksana. This is the path of beauty, from contemplation of ugliness to the gateway of liberation called ‘the beautiful’. To be on the path of beauty, we don’t merely enjoy beauty, we have to surrender ourselves to that beauty.

Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2019.

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Volunteer at Dhanakosa - 3 month placements

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 10 Dec, 2020 - 12:37

Volunteer at Dhanakosa - 3 month placements

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 10 Dec, 2020 - 12:37

Join a community of committed Dharma practitioners in wild and beautiful central Scotland.

We are looking for Order Members, GFR Mitras or Mitras to volunteer for 3 months from February 2021. The role is practical, primarily cooking in the retreat centre for c.20 people and cleaning in between retreats and other tasks like lawn mowing. You’ll be living and working as part of a mixed community of women and men, all either Order Members or GFR Mitras.

For more information see our...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: A Man in Rags

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 10 Dec, 2020 - 06:00

This is a quietly passionate talk by Jinapriya on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience - impossible to pin down, utterly transformative. His main theme within the frame of such a big question - ‘What is Enlightenment?’ - is the struggle to live our lives in the present moment, especially in the face of pain. We are met with a thoughtful series of reflections, stories and images that all look to open up the gates of perception, and...

Satyakirti

The Smooth Road to Emancipation: Guru Yoga Weekend for all Dharmacharis and Dharmacharinis

From Order Connection on Thu, 26 Nov, 2020 - 12:30

The Smooth Road to Emancipation: Guru Yoga Weekend for all Dharmacharis and Dharmacharinis

From Order Connection on Thu, 26 Nov, 2020 - 12:30

Friday 11th - Sunday 13th December 2020

This is a special online weekend lead by Padmavajra at Padmaloka on the Guru Yoga from the Tharpe Delam. Bhante was introduced to this practice by the Venerable Khachu Rinpoche at the time of receiving the Padmasambhava abhishekha. He made his own translation of the text with the help of Dhardo Rinpoche and introduced Padmavajra to the practice in 1976.

This Guru Yoga involves the transformation of ourselves into Vajrayogini - the archetypal devotee-disciple and then imagining our guru -...

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Lokeshvara

Some resources on Forgiveness

From Order Dharma on Thu, 26 Nov, 2020 - 15:18

Some resources on Forgiveness

From Order Dharma on Thu, 26 Nov, 2020 - 15:18

Back in August (2020) we had our first online order convention. The final ritual of the combined convention was a forgiveness ritual led by Malini from her home on Waiheke island in New Zealand.

Forgiveness, what it means, why it is not easy, and how it actually ‘works’ as a faculty of consciousness has long interested me. All the way back to meeting some of the people behind the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town, South Africa in 1998. I read...

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Guided Meditations from the College Meeting OM

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 1 Dec, 2020 - 17:31

During the College Meeting, Subhuti led study on the Bardo Thodol, and guided two meditations based on the text. In the first, he leads through the Six Element Practice, using some verses from the Bardo Thodol to expand on the stage focused on consciousness; in the second, he draws on the text to guide a meditative reflection on the Bardo of Reality.

The recordings of these are available here for the Order, along with the Tharpe Delam Guru Yoga led by Padmavajra, and...

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A new audiobook and our latest free eBook

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 9 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

A new audiobook and our latest free eBook

From Windhorse Publications on Wed, 9 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

A new audiobook

One of our best-selling titles has just been released as an audiobook. It’s the award-wining Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara) and Dr Paramabandhu Groves.

Human nature has an inbuilt tendency towards addiction. Many of us self-medicate in response to hardships, turning to food, drugs, alcohol, sex, relationships, work, and so much more in an attempt to promote happiness. All of us can struggle with these tendencies, but for some it can lead to the...

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