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Amalavajra

Does your centre need help with the financial challenges of Coronavirus?

From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 20 Mar, 2020 - 15:38

Does your centre need help with the financial challenges of Coronavirus?

From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 20 Mar, 2020 - 15:38

Keturaja, Danayutta, Maitrinara and I, from the Triratna Money Group have just met to discuss how we might help Triratna centres deal with their fall-off in income now that most have closed their doors.

We’d be willing to research, summarise and share, for example, government crisis support schemes in the UK, and ways of negotiating rent and mortgage ‘holidays’.

However before doing this work we’d like to know whether you would find this useful. Please reply in the comments box.

With metta,

Amalavajra, FutureDharma Fund

Dhammamegha

Become a Windhorse author

From Order Connection on Fri, 20 Mar, 2020 - 12:39

Become a Windhorse author

From Order Connection on Fri, 20 Mar, 2020 - 12:39

“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” – Toni Morrison

Now that many of us are at home for a while, there’s never been a better time to write a book! Are you an author or would-be author? Are you an Order Member with an idea for a book on Buddhist dharma, meditation or an aspect of practice? If so, Windhorse Publications would love to...

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Parami

Cancellation of Upcoming Ordination Courses at Akashavana and Guhyaloka

From Order Connection on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 16:30

Cancellation of Upcoming Ordination Courses at Akashavana and Guhyaloka

From Order Connection on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 16:30

Dear Order members,

Sadly, due to the uncertainty and travel restrictions in place because of Covid-19, the decision has been taken to cancel this year’s summer ordination courses at both Akashavana and Guyhaloka. This was not an easy decision but is the only sensible one at this point in time.

We recognise that people invited had made great efforts to free themselves up for the duration of the retreats and we looked at many options to...

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Saddhammapradip

1992 Batch Ordination

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 15:18

1992 Batch Ordination

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 15:18

On 19th March 1992 Ordination at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat center. This Batch of Buddhanukur community of Mahavihar Dapodi had opportunity to stay with Bhante. We had three Public Preceptor from this Batch and led taking Order Members in Indian movement.

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Sangha Doesn’t Happen By Chance

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 13:00

Suryamati reminds us that the spiritual life is difficult to practice on one’s own. Here we here the story of Meghiya where the Buddha advises that spiritual friendship is needed for the heart’s release.

How do we be a sangha member? How do we help others in their practice of sangha?

Here, we get an introduction to the teaching on the Samgrahavastus, the four means of unification.

From the talk entitled Building the Buddhaland given at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre,...

Nagapriya

Creating the new Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 04:42

Creating the new Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Thu, 19 Mar, 2020 - 04:42

Here you can see a video about our plans to develop el Centro Budista de Cuernavaca.

Sadayasihi

Translating the Dharma into Hebrew

From Triratna News on Fri, 13 Mar, 2020 - 11:09

Translating the Dharma into Hebrew

From Triratna News on Fri, 13 Mar, 2020 - 11:09

Accessing the Dharma in your own language can make a significant difference to a person’s ability to practice. The Triratna Translations Board was set up at the end of 2015 to promote and coordinate translation projects in many languages and have enabled the translations of many Triratna books.

The latest of these is What is the Dharma by Sangharakshita, which has now been translated into Hebrew.

Prakashika, born in Israel, but now living in Australia,...

Sadayasihi

Podcast - Voices from Venezuela / Voces de Venezuela

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 16 Mar, 2020 - 11:57

“In a crisis you have to find new ways to be, you can’t just carry on with the old ways…Buddhism gives you something new…a way of finding happiness, that comes from a different place.”

“I think the world, at the moment, is giving us lessons in the need for spirituality”

On a recent visit to Venezuela, Parami speaks with Abhayasara (ordained in October) and Maria Elena, Wilman and Arsenio who are all involved in the Merida sangha.

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