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HERVE PRECIOSO

Grateful

Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 - 13:10[edit]

What I found most fascinating with Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita are his unique ways to draw one to Dharma thru his example and his recounting Dharma. Bhante displays a thirst for more, better, purer Dharma, never content with his achievements until he reaches the path of no more learning.

His expounding Dharma is marvelously musical, sharp, insightful, of an inexpressible flavor. The complete set of Dharma teachings are encompassed in his vision.
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GBC Protection Policies and Ethical Guidelines

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 - 08:12

Our Adult Protection Policy & Child Protection Policy

(Please note that in Scotland the term ‘protection’ is used instead of ‘safeguarding’. We occasionally use the word safeguarding if its usage helps the meaning be a little clearer.)

Our Ethical Guidelines

Like our Protection policies, it expresses our commitment to the 5 Ethical Precepts, and outlines how they are practiced.

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The Funeral and Burial of Urgyen Sangharakshita - Complete Live Stream

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 - 08:00

The Funeral and Burial of Urgyen Sangharakshita - Complete Live Stream

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 - 08:00

Thanks to everyone - the many thousands - who tuned into our live stream on the day of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s funeral and burial. And to those who have been watching and re-watching since. It’s been moving to read the continuing flood of messages and appreciation from around the world. 

On the day we were faced with a number of unexpected (and some expected!) technical difficulties, and the live stream was effectively broken up across different channels, posts and platforms. Here then is...
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Matinée de méditation

From Centre Bouddhiste Triratna d'Auvergne on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 22:03

Matinée de méditation

From Centre Bouddhiste Triratna d'Auvergne on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 22:03

Camille conduira une pratique de méditation Samedi 17 novembre de 9h45 à 12h au Centre Bouddhiste Triratna, pour ceux qui ont suivi au moins la première série d’enseignements sur les techniques de méditation que nous pratiquons.
Rendez-vous à 9h45 pour une série de méditations jusqu’à midi (avec pauses). Nous mettrons ensemble en pratique les différentes techniques que nous avons apprises (les méditations seront  guidées) : attention sur le souffle, méditation marchée, juste assis et méditation du développement de la bienveillance,...
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Sangharakshita my first and last encounter

Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 14:55[edit]

I am incredibly happy that I got the chance to meet with Sangharakshita in person at Adhistana in April 2018. He was so kind and present and knowledgeable, so the conversation was easy. When he understood I was a gemmologist, he took out some stones and made me choose one. I still have it in my purse….

I was in India when the news of his death reached me and I felt he was with me on the yoga mat every morning the following days.

At our meeting I could also feel his mild sense of humour when I was teaching him a little about the stones we were looking at;
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Manchester Buddhist Centre is looking for a new Chair

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 13:29

Manchester Buddhist Centre is looking for a new Chair

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 13:29

An exciting opportunity for an Order Member is available from April 2019, to become Chair of Manchester Buddhist Centre and join a dynamic and harmonious team-based right livelihood

The Centre itself is located in the city centre’s vibrant Northern Quarter. Open to the public six days a week, it offers a range of courses, events and talks to the public, schools and the sangha. There are around 60 Order Members, many of whom are active in the Centre in various ways and playing a...
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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Compassionate Action

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 12:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, is called Compassionate Action by Sangharakshita. This excerpt is from Taraloka Retreat Centre, when Sangharakshita inaugurates their new shrine cabin dedicated to Tara - the radiant Bodhisattva of compassion, inspiration to many who lead a Buddhist life aspiring to beauty and a steady openness in the face of the mysteries of existence.

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poem by Subhadassi

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 11:57

poem by Subhadassi

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 11:57

Hello beings

I have been trying to absorb (or meet?) my time at Adhistana on Friday and Saturday. It was such a beautiful, and cold (!), event, with the rain largely stopping and the sun coming through as we progressed through the metta bhavana.

Anyway, as well as writing a shabda report today after I’d got the kids off to school, I wrote a poem, which I thought I’d share. 

With love from Sussex.

Subhadassi


Pilgrim
He looked lovely, I thought, unconfined by a coffin,
his nose...
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For all you gave, Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 08:53

For all you gave, Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 - 08:53

Namo Bhante, Guru Urgyen Sangharakshita

You opened up the meaning of what it is to be human, vast horizons of possibility. I will be for ever grateful for the beauty of the vision that you shared with us.

You showed us by example that it is possible to live from Sraddha, and gave us the teachings, practices, inspiration and means to do that. Above all perhaps, you gave us the courage. I am for ever grateful, and bow deep to you for the life you led as I follow that same...
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Sangharakshita Foresees His Death

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Sun, 11 Nov, 2018 - 14:37

At Sangharakshita’s funeral the Adhisthana trees were filled with golden leaves and the cosmos still flowered burgundy and pink in the formal gardens. The weather changed from a chill breeze to warm sunshine, and heavy rain showers slowly gave way to clear skies stirred with barred clouds, turning ochre in the fading light. It was an autumn scene and filled, for me, with the evocations of autumn when the year declines towards winter, with all its intimations of mortality.

In the 1970s Sangharakshita...

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