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On Retreat with Vimalasara

From Wellington Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Feb, 2019 - 05:01

On Retreat with Vimalasara

From Wellington Buddhist Centre on Mon, 18 Feb, 2019 - 05:01

Last November while she visited Wellington Vimalasara lead a weekend retreat at Strathean Retreat Centre north of Wellington. Strathean was full to capacity and we had a great mix of Sangha, young and older, those who’d been around for ages and those quite new.

The retreat coincided with Bhante’s funeral. Strathean kindly provided a wifi password and a number of retreatants were up in the...
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FBA Podcast: Spiritual Friendship and the Heart's Release

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 16 Feb, 2019 - 14:00

Our FBA Podcast this week is by Maitreyi entitled Spiritual Friendship and the Heart’s Release. Our teacher Sangharakshita has said: “It is in friendship (maitri) that we may find the emotional equivalent of the intellectual understanding of the doctrine of ‘no self’”. The gift of these teachings can help us move beyond self-clinging into a deeper and far more mysterious connection with one another; a Greater Love.

This was the keynote talk given at Taraloka for the...
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Young Buddhist Coordinator in Australia and New Zealand

From Triratna News on Fri, 15 Feb, 2019 - 10:49
  • ‘Coming Home to Freedom’ retreat with the Melbourne Young Buddhists in November 2018
  • Dhammakumāra
  • Dhammakumāra (right) and Itir who co-led the ‘Coming Home to Freedom’ retreat with the Melbourne Young Buddhists in November
  • Meditating under a tree
  • Sudarshanaloka, New Zealand
  • The ‘Mettā as Insight’ retreat in Sudarshanaloka, New Zealand
  • The ‘Mettā as Insight’ retreat in Sudarshanaloka, New Zealand
  • The ‘Mettā as Insight’ retreat in Sudarshanaloka, New Zealand

Young Buddhist Coordinator in Australia and New Zealand

From Triratna News on Fri, 15 Feb, 2019 - 10:49

In order to build on the already vibrant Young Buddhist activities in Australia and New Zealand, Future Dharma are now supporting a Triratna Young Buddhist Coordinator for the entire Area for 2 days per week. Dhammakumāra, currently Triratna’s youngest Order member, moved from the UK to take up this role in August 2018.

Dhammakumāra is currently based in Sydney but travels to other centres in Australia and New Zealand quite often. Here he explains a bit about the role...
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Pujas with Altitude

From Triratna News on Thu, 14 Feb, 2019 - 17:21
  • Animisha on top of Marsco, one of the Red Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
  • The space outside the shrine room in Taraloka - soon to be transformed into an Earth-sky garden!

Pujas with Altitude

From Triratna News on Thu, 14 Feb, 2019 - 17:21

Here’s an interesting initiative: Pujas with Altitude! It’s a chance to climb Snowdon, the highest mountain in the UK, take part in three pujas - on lake, hill and ancient woodland - as well as raise money for Taraloka, in particular, to help build an ‘Earth-Sky’ Garden.

Animisha is one person who has accepted this challenge! She writes: “Taraloka has been an important retreat centre for women to be able to come together to practice.  It...
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Dharmabyte: In the World, Not of the World

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

The new consciousness that emerges does so in stages. In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear from Maitreyabandhu on the particular kind of effort needed in meditation entitled In the World, Not of the World.

From the talk Meditation Essentials: Stages.

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Forthcoming Ordination in Australia

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Feb, 2019 - 12:34

Forthcoming Ordination in Australia

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Feb, 2019 - 12:34

Dear Order Members,

Joy Fratelle will have her Private Ordination on Thursday 21st February at 10.30am Australian Eastern Standard Time.

This will take place in the context of a 5 day Ordination retreat held at Joy’s home in the seaside town of Port Fairy.

Her Public Ordination will be held on Saturday 23rd February at 1pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time at Melbourne Buddhist Centre.

All welcome.

Maitripala will be Joy’s Private Preceptor and and Megha will be her Public Preceptor.

Thank you,

Dharmacharini Megha
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Podcast - The Spirit of the Abhayaratna Trust

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 4 Feb, 2019 - 17:45

This is not theoretical, this is how it is, it’s life: sickness and ageing are very challenging.

Mahasraddha is the Director of the Abhayaratna Trust which exists to help support Order Members in financial difficulty.

In this conversation Mahasraddha outlines his vision for the Trust - and its spirit, which is based on Sangharakshita’s lecture, ‘A Case of Dysentery’. He also mentions a number of projects that the Abhayaratna Trust have in the pipeline, including establishing local care networks and supporting...
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The Three Jewels meet the Climate Emergency

From Triratna News on Mon, 11 Feb, 2019 - 16:05

The Three Jewels meet the Climate Emergency

From Triratna News on Mon, 11 Feb, 2019 - 16:05

In December the Bristol Buddhist Centre hosted a practice morning on the theme ‘The Three Jewels Meet the Climate Emergency’. The event offered a space for the Sangha to come together to explore thoughts and feelings around the climate emergency, how Dharma practice helps with facing the reality of the situation, and what ‘taking action’ might look like in this context. This was followed by an action outside Barclays bank in the afternoon with meditation, leafletting and singing ‘climate carols.’

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