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Surrender, the 5 Niyamas and Going For Refuge

From Community Highlights on Tue, 16 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
How does shinjin or self-surrender fit with Sangharakshita’s developed teaching? The 5 Niyamas; dimensions of Going for Refuge to the three Jewels; Questions and answers. Recorded at the Swedish Summer Retreat at Dharmagiri, July 2019.
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Podcast: Manjusvara - Part 2: Half My Life

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 17:47

“Buddhism gave me an understanding - or at least a suggestion that one could change.”

In this second in the two part series about Manjusvara we hear about the three things that fundamentally changed his life: a car accident, coming across the London Buddhist Centre and fundraising. 

From his time in the US through to the practice of writing as a means of transformation to his involvement in fundraising for Karuna, Manjusvara celebrates having spent...
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Appointment of Nagapriya and Virasiddhi as Public Preceptors

From Order Connection on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 16:06
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Appointment of Nagapriya and Virasiddhi as Public Preceptors

From Order Connection on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 16:06

Dear Order Members,

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Nagapriya and Virasiddhi as Public Preceptors. They are our first Public Preceptors from Mexico, and Virasiddhi is our first native Mexican Public Preceptor. This is a very significant development for Triratna in Latin America.

with metta,
Saddhaloka

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I encountered the Dharma in 1995 at Mexico City, thanks to the work of Upekshamati. Meditation and the Dharma opened fresh and new possibilities for my...
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Urgyen Tulip Revival

From Triratna News on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 15:18

Urgyen Tulip Revival

From Triratna News on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 15:18

Metta Vihara, the retreat centre for Belgium and the Netherlands, opened in 2012. To help fund that project they asked a bulb grower to create a tulip, which was named Urgyen, after Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and community.

Now the grower has stopped producing it but a Triratna friend, Kees van den Berg, son of a Dutch bulb grower himself, has collected some 18 remaining bulbs and over the coming years is going to restart...
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Dharmabyte: A Set of Wonders

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 09:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is by Suryagupta, the new chair of the London Buddhist Centre. Entitled A Set of Wonders this excerpt is from the talk 40 Years of the LBC: Looking Back and Looking Forward on what Buddhism has to offer to individuals, communities and the world at large.

Given at London Buddhist Centre on the occasion of their 40th anniversary, June 2018.

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The Enlightened One Speaks

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
A talk by Saddharaja from Dharma Day 2019.
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The Enlightened One Speaks

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 00:00
A talk by Saddharaja from Dharma Day 2019.
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Life Changing Books

From Triratna News on Thu, 11 Jul, 2019 - 10:59

Life Changing Books

From Triratna News on Thu, 11 Jul, 2019 - 10:59

Windhorse Publications has been publishing books on mindfulness, meditation and Buddhism for 45 years. Over that time, thousands of people’s lives have changed as a result of reading a Windhorse book. As well as running a 3 for 2 book promotion for the summer, they have now launched their #lifechangingbooks campaign where readers can share which Windhorse book has changed their lives.

Join them on social media (Instagram, Twitter or Facebook) to watch people talking about a Windhorse book that has changed...
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Prakasha on Buddhism and William Blake (with Satyalila)

From Community Highlights on Thu, 11 Jul, 2019 - 20:55

In this interview, Prakasha shares the remarkable story of the unfolding of his Dharma Life from a fascination with the English poet, painter and visionary William Blake in the late 1970s and early 80s and how this led him to a deep immersion in the Vajrayana approach to Buddhism. Following on from Bhante, in ‘Buddhism and William Blake’ he elucidates the common basis between the symbolic worlds of Blake and the Vajrayana.

Recorded at a retreat on William Blake, Adhisthana 2017.

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Prakasha on William Blake and the Vajrayana (with Satyalila)

From Order Dharma on Thu, 11 Jul, 2019 - 21:27

Prakasha has been asked to lead the Order in the practice of Bhante Sangharakshita’s main sadhanas at this year’s UK & Ireland Area convention at Wymondham.  

In this interview, Prakasha shares the remarkable story of the unfolding of his Dharma Life from a fascination with the English poet, painter and visionary William Blake in the late 1970s and early 80s and how this led him to a deep immersion in the Vajrayana approach...

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