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Dharmabyte: An Encounter With Padmasambhava in Darjeeling

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 29 Nov, 2018 - 13:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is a recollection from Sangharakshita called An Encounter with Padmasambhava in Darjeeling. Padmasambhava, often known as the ‘Second Buddha’, is famous for converting the demons of Tibet. In this lecture we are given a brief biography of Padmasambhava and an outline of the progressive Nyingmapa practices attributed to him.

N.B. Poor original recording. From the talk Padmasambhava: Tantric Guru of Tibet, given in 1972.

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Amalasiddhi

Gratitude to Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Tue, 27 Nov, 2018 - 13:51

Gratitude to Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Tue, 27 Nov, 2018 - 13:51Gratitude to Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita My parents gave me the precious gift of life, Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita gave me the precious gift of a direction, a way for this human life to be fulfilled. He passed on the teachings of the Buddha that lead to the fulfilment of the deepest wish of the heart. As an adolescent I was desperate to find a way of life that would lead to such fulfilment and to the alleviation of suffering in the...

Dhammavijaya

Double your gift to India Dhamma Trust

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Tue, 27 Nov, 2018 - 12:42

Double your gift to India Dhamma Trust

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Tue, 27 Nov, 2018 - 12:42

It’s Giving Tuesday - Double your Gift to India Dhamma Trust

#ChristmasChallenge18

After the consumer festivals of ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’, here’s a chance to turn the madness upside down.

Double a gift to India Dhamma Trust by making a gift here.

https://secure.thebiggive.org.uk/donation/to/67071/30646/

Your gift will be match-funded by key supporters, allowing us to maintain and grow Triratna Dhamma in India.

This is an ideal and practical way to honour the legacy of Urgyen Sangharakshita, supporting a project of inestimable importance to him.

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Candradasa

Podcast - Extracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and Burial

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 25 Nov, 2018 - 21:25

On the evening of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s funeral and burial, after the departure of most of the 1,200 guests, those who remained gathered together to perform a special, final sevenfold puja and close an extraordinary day.

Padmavajra led the devotional ritual, specifically dedicated to Padmasambhava. In this extract we hear Surata reading verses to Vajrasattva known as ‘The Confounder of Hell’, followed by a rousing version of the Great Guru of Tibet’s mantra.

Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell...

Munisha

Safeguarding in Triratna: an update

From Triratna News on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 10:18

Safeguarding in Triratna: an update

From Triratna News on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 10:18

Since 2015, ‘Safeguarding’ has become an integral part of the life of Triratna organisations in the UK, and indeed those in many other countries, even where Safeguarding as understood in Britain is unknown. (See below for an explanation of Safeguarding.)

All Triratna centres in the UK now have Safeguarding policies and named Safeguarding officers. Triratna centres in other countries are encouraged to do the same, or to do whatever is required locally; and many have done so.

Earlier this year Triratna’s Ethics kula...

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New Mitra Study Module on Dr Ambedkar!

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 11:47

New Mitra Study Module on Dr Ambedkar!

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 11:47

We have a new Mitra study module on Dr Ambedkar! Check it out in Year 3, Module 8.

About half the total Triratna Buddhist Community (friends and mitras) and a third of the Triratna Buddhist Order is in India. There is much that is shared throughout the whole Movement, including our basic teachings and practices, but one noticeable difference is the emphasis on Dr Ambedkar. At every class and on every retreat in India you will find on the...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Nothing to Fear

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 26 Nov, 2018 - 13:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is all about Nothing to Fear. Vajrasara explores the life and teachings of the Buddha as they’ve come down through the stories of the tradition. From the talk Tales of a Free Spirit - 45 Years of the Buddha’s Life, given in 2006.

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Candradasa

Extracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and Burial

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Sun, 25 Nov, 2018 - 21:28

Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell...

Candradasa

Podcast - Extracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and Burial

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 25 Nov, 2018 - 21:25

Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell...

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Disappearing Buddha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 24 Nov, 2018 - 13:00

Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled The Disappearing Buddha by Sangharakshita. The Buddha adopted the appearance and speech of his different audiences, and gave discourses on the Dharma which instructed, inspired, fired, and delighted. Then he would just disappear and leave them wondering, ‘Who is the Buddha?’ Talk given in 1994.

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