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Announcing our new books for 2020

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 5 Dec, 2019 - 16:39

Announcing our new books for 2020

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 5 Dec, 2019 - 16:39

We’re thrilled to announce the first six of the new books we’ll be publishing in 2020. Three of them are now available for sponsorship.
Why sponsor a book?
Publishing in the 21st century is all about adapting to challenging conditions, with lower profits from online sales and increased competition from digital formats. At Windhorse Publications we are meeting this challenge, but we increasingly need start-up funding for a book’s production and marketing. You can help us by choosing to sponsor...

Sadayasihi

TBCO Magazine Podcast #2

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 23 Dec, 2019 - 16:36

From trees to tulips to teams: the second episode of TBCO ‘audio magazine’ is now online!

It includes some of the highlights from the past six months: we hear about a land project in Hawaii, the revival of the Urgyen tulip, what’s going on ‘Down Under’, what it’s like working on an online Buddhist team and much more besides!

Listen to the first episode of the TBCO magazine podcast

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FBA Podcast: Lessons from Scrooge

From Community Highlights on Mon, 23 Dec, 2019 - 20:16

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The 12 Days of FBA: 5,000 Talks and Counting!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 27 Dec, 2019 - 16:02

The 12 Days of FBA: 5,000 Talks and Counting!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 27 Dec, 2019 - 16:02

Our gift to you, now and all year round, is over 5,000 talks that are free to access, from an ever-widening circle of practitioners on topics ranging from mindfulness to early Buddhism to the Bodhisattva Ideal to the environment to Zen and the art of living well. You’ll find thoughtful reflections, experienced instruction around meditation and ethics, and always beautifully considered responses to what’s happening in the world around us. You’ll meet beings of many kinds, opening up their lives...

Dhivan Thomas Jones

Mindfully Facing Climate Change

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 23 Dec, 2019 - 17:21

Mindfully Facing Climate Change

From Western Buddhist Review on Mon, 23 Dec, 2019 - 17:21

Readers who are concerned about man-made climate change and the possibility of a Buddhist response to it may be interested in Bhikkhu Anālayo’s new book, Mindfully Facing Climate Change, available in paperback or free pdf format. Many of you will already have heard of Anālayo, through his several books on satipaṭṭhāna and Buddhist meditation. He now turns his attention to how a Buddhist practitioner can mindfully turn towards the sometimes overwhelming issue of climate change. He is also...

Sadayasihi

TBCO Magazine Podcast #2

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 23 Dec, 2019 - 16:36

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FBA Podcast: The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 21 Dec, 2019 - 14:00

After considering the history and the meaning of the title, Sangharakshita provides a summary of The White Lotus Sutra’s dramatic structure, with brief explanations of the significance of certain details.

Talk given in 1971.

This talk is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.

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New Retreat at Tiratanaloka: The Nature of Existence

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 20 Dec, 2019 - 19:06

New Retreat at Tiratanaloka: The Nature of Existence

From Tiratanaloka on Fri, 20 Dec, 2019 - 19:06

Due to popular demand, we have added an extra retreat to our programme in 2020. Our theme will be ‘The Nature of Existence’: the marks of conditioned existence, the doors of liberation and the topsy turvy views. We will explore beauty, change, emptiness and ultimate happiness. The material is taken from Chapter 11 of Sangharakshita’s book ‘The Three Jewels’, which we will study in groups as well as having significant portions of the retreat laid aside for meditation and reflection...

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One Minute Mindfulness

From Triratna Anywhere on Fri, 20 Dec, 2019 - 14:30

Here’s a simple one minute Mindfulness recording to get you going…

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Dharmabyte: Our Shared Predicament

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 19 Dec, 2019 - 14:00

Dassini takes us into the Parable of the Burning House from the White Lotus Sutra. Through readings from the sutra and retelling of the parable the main themes of the story are brought out, and the problem at the heart of the parable is revealed, that of unawareness or heedlessness.

From the talk Housebuilder, Now You Are Seen given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2009. The talk concludes with some suggested practices for how to address this problem.

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