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Though the many beings are numberless, I vow to save them.<\/em> Though greed, hatred and ignorance rise endlessly, I vow to cut them off.<\/em> Though the Dharma is vast and fathomless, I vow to understand it.<\/em> Though the Buddha’s way is beyond attainment, I vow to embody it fully.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text content_last_edited=”off|desktop” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#508610″ link_font_size=”20px” header_line_height=”1.4em” max_width=”720px” module_alignment=”center” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” link_font_size_tablet=”20px” link_font_size_phone=”20px” link_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”20px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]What does a Buddhist Order have to offer the world in times of conflict, violence and environmental destruction? How is the creation of spiritual community relevant to wider society? What would a genuine, adequate and radical response to the cries of the world look like? How do we ground a burning aspiration for liberation from suffering in a tangible path of practice?<\/p>\n
The Buddha\u2019s teachings have both profound and pragmatic implications for living our life, addressing the root causes of suffering and calling for a transformation of self as a way to a corresponding transformation of world.<\/p>\n
Through exploring the practice of the six paramitas<\/em>, or transcendental virtues, we will approach this sublime and challenging ideal of the Bodhisattva, who is dedicated to awakening for all beings, in a series of talks (with a chance to ask questions to the speaker) from a line-up of experienced practitioners within our tradition.<\/p>\n
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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”1. Nagaketu” module_id=”dana” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nagaketu-Week-1-Phone.jpg” alt=”painting depicting Eleven-Headed Kannon” title_text=”Nagaketu – Week 1 Phone” show_bottom_space=”off” show_bottom_space_tablet=”” show_bottom_space_phone=”” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”||||on||||” link_font_size=”20px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” link_font_size_tablet=”18px” link_font_size_phone=”16px” link_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]1. Generosity and the Transformation of Society \u2013 a talk from Nagaketu<\/strong> As part of our community’s international Triratna Day celebrations<\/a>, we hear from Nagaketu, one of a new generation of Indian Public Preceptors, as he speaks on the first of the Bodhisattva’s Six Perfections (paramitas<\/em>). 90 min:<\/strong> USA PST 08:00 | M\u00e9xico CST 09:00 | USA EST 11:00 | IE & UK BST 16:00 | Europe CEST 17:00 | India IST 20:00 | Australia AEDT 02:00 (next day) | New Zealand NZST 03:00 (next day) Traducci\u00f3n al Espa\u00f1ol disponible <\/em>\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927!<\/em> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/origins\/#dana” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Watch this talk” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Zoom button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#ABD5AC” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#ABD5AC” button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BbFZ35YChvc” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Conne” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”YouTube button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#508610″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#508610″ button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#508610″ background_layout=”dark” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”1. Nagaketu video” module_id=”dana” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/933245292?share=copy” admin_label=”Video 1″ _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Link to talks” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#b3d4af” global_colors_info=”{}”]Explore more talks by Nagaketu on Triratna India YouTube channel.<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb ” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]1. D\u0101na P\u0101ramit\u0101\u00a0and the Transformation of Society \u2013 a talk from Nagaketu<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nAs part of our community’s international Triratna Day celebrations on ‘The Origins of Transformation’<\/a>, we hear from Nagaketu<\/strong>, one of a new generation of Indian Public Preceptors, as he speaks on generosity<\/em><\/strong>, the first of the Bodhisattva’s Six Perfections (p\u0101ramit\u0101s<\/em>).<\/p>\n
There’s no idea that ‘I am giving’… no idea of a recipient\u2026 no idea of the act of giving\u2026 If you have absolute awareness, the giving is natural, the giving is spontaneous, the giving is inexhaustible. It’s a giving, one may say, out of the depths of one’s own inner experience of Reality, one’s own oneness with the spirit of Compassion in accordance with the needs of sentient beings.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”2. Vajratara” module_id=”sila” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-50px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||50px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vajratara.jpg” alt=”painting depicting Eleven-Headed Kannon” title_text=”Vajratara” show_bottom_space=”off” show_bottom_space_tablet=”” show_bottom_space_phone=”” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]2. Sila Paramita \u2013 a talk from Vajratara (with Q & A)<\/strong> Vajratara<\/b> is one of our youngest Public Preceptors, and has lived and worked at Tiratanaloka, the ordination training retreat centre in the UK, for over a decade. She also has a strong connection with our Indian Sangha, as chair of the India Dhamma Trust<\/a>, a charity which works with FutureDharma Fund<\/a> to support the ordination team in India. She will be our second speaker, on the theme of Sila Paramita.<\/span><\/p>\n
But we mustn’t forget that it is sila <\/span><\/i>paramita<\/i><\/b> with which we are concerned, sila as a Perfection, sila as a Transcendental Virtue, or sila as conjoined with Wisdom. Uprightness, even the greatest uprightness, is not an end in itself in Buddhism – it’s a means to Enlightenment. If uprightness is regarded as an end in itself, then it becomes, according to Buddhism, a hindrance.<\/span><\/i> Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Saturday May 4 90 min:<\/strong> USA PST 03:00 | M\u00e9xico CST 03:00 | USA EST 05:00 | IE & UK BST 10:00 | Europe CEST 11:00 | India IST 14:30 | Australia AEDT 19:00 | New Zealand NZST 21:00 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927!<\/em> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87626855261?pwd=bG5JSVZ1bnBlYnBTZVF0U2lBcjRVUT09″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Connect to the talk” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Zoom button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#ABD5AC” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#ABD5AC” button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDWInr5MzHk” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Watch on YouTube” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”YouTube button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#508610″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#508610″ button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” button_border_color__hover=”#0a4267″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”2 Vajratara video” module_id=”sila” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/942732348?share=copy” admin_label=”Video 1″ _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Link to talks” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#b3d4af” global_colors_info=”{}”]Explore more talks by Vajratara on Free Buddhist Audio<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]2. \u015a\u012bla P\u0101ramit\u0101 \u2013 a talk from Vajratara (with Q & A)<\/strong><\/p>\nVajratara<\/b> is one of our youngest Public Preceptors, and has lived and worked at Tiratanaloka, Triratna’s ordination training retreat centre for women in the UK, for over a decade. She also has a strong connection with our Indian Sangha, as chair of the India Dhamma Trust<\/a>, a charity which works with FutureDharma Fund<\/a> to support the ordination team in India. She is our second speaker, on the theme of ethical conduct.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
But we mustn’t forget that it is s\u012bla p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/span><\/i> with which we are concerned, s\u012bla as a Perfection, s\u012bla as a Transcendental Virtue, or s\u012bla as conjoined with Wisdom. Uprightness, even the greatest uprightness, is not an end in itself in Buddhism\u2014it’s a means to Enlightenment. If uprightness is regarded as an end in itself, then it becomes, according to Buddhism, a hindrance.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”3. Jnanavaca” module_id=”ksanti” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-50px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||50px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jnanavaca.jpg” alt=”painting depicting Eleven-Headed Kannon” title_text=”Jnanavaca” show_bottom_space=”off” show_bottom_space_tablet=”” show_bottom_space_phone=”” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]3. Ksanti Paramita \u2013 a talk from Jnanavaca (with Q & A)<\/strong> Jnanavaca<\/b>, one of the current deputy chair\u2019s of the Preceptors\u2019 College, who lives at the London Buddhist Centre will be our third speaker on the theme of Ksanti Paramita. Ordained in India in 1999, he had decided he was a Buddhist in his early teens, beginning an existential search that led him to the LBC in 1994, aged 28. Soon after he moved into one of the communities, where he has lived ever since, working and teaching, and serving for 10 years as the Chair. He is currently writing a book with Maitreyabandhu on the theme of insight in the Triratna System of Practice.<\/span><\/p>\n
Now ksanti is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful words in the whole vocabulary of Buddhism\u2026, it means forbearance, but included is also the idea of gentleness, of humility\u2026 and ksanti also contains very definite overtones, or undertones if you like, of love, even compassion, of tolerance, and of acceptance, and receptivity.<\/span><\/i> Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Saturday June 22 90 min:<\/strong> USA PST 03:00 | M\u00e9xico CST 03:00 | USA EST 05:00 | IE & UK BST 10:00 | Europe CEST 11:00 | India IST 14:30 | Australia AEDT 19:00 | New Zealand NZST 21:00 [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87626855261?pwd=bG5JSVZ1bnBlYnBTZVF0U2lBcjRVUT09″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Connect to the talk” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Zoom button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#ABD5AC” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#ABD5AC” button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kThrlD87krw” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Watch on YouTube” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”YouTube button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#508610″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#508610″ button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” button_border_color__hover=”#0a4267″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”3 Jnanavaca video” module_id=”ksanti” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/965772973?share=copy” admin_label=”Video 1″ _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Link to talks” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#b3d4af” global_colors_info=”{}”]Explore more talks by Jnanavaca on Free Buddhist Audio<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]3. K\u1e63\u0101nti P\u0101ramit\u0101\u00a0\u2013 a talk from Jnanavaca (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nJnanavaca<\/b>, one of the current deputy chair\u2019s of the Preceptors\u2019 College, who lives at the London Buddhist Centre is our third speaker on the theme of patience or\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>forbearance<\/i><\/b>. Ordained in India in 1999, he had decided he was a Buddhist in his early teens, beginning an existential search that led him to the LBC in 1994, aged 28. Soon after he moved into one of the communities, where he has lived ever since, working and teaching, and serving for 10 years as the Chair. He is currently writing a book with Maitreyabandhu on the theme of insight in the Triratna System of Practice.<\/p>\n
Now k\u1e63\u0101nti is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful words in the whole vocabulary of Buddhism\u2026 it means forbearance, but included is also the idea of gentleness, of humility\u2026 and k\u1e63\u0101nti also contains very definite overtones, or undertones if you like, of love, even compassion, of tolerance, and of acceptance, and receptivity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\nParami<\/b>\u00a0speaking on the fourth perfection of Virya, or \u2018energy in pursuit of the good\u2019. For ten years she served as International Order convenor where she made connections across our community around the world. Having spent a number of years living in Spain, and visiting Mexico and Venezuela, she has a special connection with Spain and Latin America and now particularly supports the Ordination process in these areas. She has ordained over 200 women into our Order.<\/span><\/p>\n
At the same time the Bodhisattva doesn’t really think that they are doing anything\u2026 their manifestation of energy is selfless. It’s a spontaneous activity, it just comes bubbling up, just like a fountain, just like a flower unfolding. And sometimes the Bodhisattva’s activity is spoken of as a “lila”, which means it’s a game, it’s a sport, it’s a play… just like a child plays, spontaneously manifesting energy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]4. Virya P\u0101ramit\u0101 \u2013 a talk from Parami (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nParami<\/b> joins us to explore the fourth perfection, \u2018energy in pursuit of the good\u2019<\/strong><\/em>. For ten years she served as International Order convenor in Triratna where she made connections across our community around the world. Having spent a number of years living in Spain, and visiting Mexico and Venezuela, she has a special connection with Spain and Latin America and now particularly supports the Ordination process in these areas. She has ordained over 200 women into our Order.<\/span><\/p>\n
At the same time the Bodhisattva doesn’t really think that they are doing anything\u2026 their manifestation of energy is selfless. It’s a spontaneous activity, it just comes bubbling up, just like a fountain, just like a flower unfolding. And sometimes the Bodhisattva’s activity is spoken of as a “l\u012bl\u0101”, which means it’s a game, it’s a sport, it’s a play… just like a child plays, spontaneously manifesting energy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”5. Amala” module_id=”samadhi” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-50px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||50px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Amala.jpg” alt=”painting depicting Eleven-Headed Kannon” title_text=”Amala” show_bottom_space=”off” show_bottom_space_tablet=”” show_bottom_space_phone=”” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]5. Samadhi Paramita \u2013 a talk from Amala (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nAmala<\/strong> lives in New Hampshire, on the East Coast of the USA and has served the Order and Community in North America in various ways for a few decades. She has been involved with Aryaloka Retreat Centre since the early 90s, for a time as the Chair. She has been involved in Ordination Training Retreats since her ordination, becoming a Public Preceptor in 2022. For many years, Amala regularly visited and taught at EcoDharma in Spain, including a number of month-long meditation retreats. She will be speaking on the fifth Paramita, of Meditative Absorption.<\/p>\n
So contact with Ultimate Reality from the heights of the mundane, from the heights of the superconscious now has to be made. And it’s made when the concentrated mind, the mind in the dhyana state, whether higher or lower, turns, with awareness, from the mundane to the Transcendental, when it begins to contemplate Reality. It’s then that dhyana, it’s then that the dhyana state becomes, from being mundane, Transcendental.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Friday August 2
\n90 min:<\/strong> USA PST 12:00 | M\u00e9xico CST 13:00 | USA EST 15:00 | IE & UK BST 20:00 | Europe CEST 21:00 | India IST 00:30 (next day) | Australia AEDT 05:00 (next day) | New Zealand NZST 07:00 (next day)
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/87626855261?pwd=bG5JSVZ1bnBlYnBTZVF0U2lBcjRVUT09″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Connect to the talk” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Zoom button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#000000″ button_bg_color=”#ABD5AC” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#ABD5AC” button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NNuzOfhc6y0″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Watch on YouTube” disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”YouTube button” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#508610″ button_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”#508610″ button_font=”|600|||||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#508610″ background_layout=”dark” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”5 Amala video” module_id=”samadhi” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/995456879″ admin_label=”Video 1″ _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Link to talks” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#b3d4af” global_colors_info=”{}”]Explore more talks by Amala on Free Buddhist Audio<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]5. Sam\u0101dhi P\u0101ramit\u0101 \u2013 a talk from Amala (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nAmala<\/strong> lives in New Hampshire, on the East Coast of the USA and has served the Order and Community in North America in various ways for a few decades. She has been involved with Aryaloka Retreat Centre since the early 90s, for a time as the Chair. She has been supporting ordination training retreats since her own ordination, becoming a Public Preceptor in 2022. For many years, Amala regularly visited and taught at EcoDharma in Spain, including a number of month-long meditation retreats. She speaks here on the fifth p\u0101ramit\u0101<\/em>\u00a0of meditative absorption<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n
So contact with Ultimate Reality from the heights of the mundane, from the heights of the superconscious now has to be made. And it’s made when the concentrated mind, the mind in the dhy\u0101na state, whether higher or lower, turns, with awareness, from the mundane to the Transcendental, when it begins to contemplate Reality. It’s then that dhy\u0101na, it’s then that the dhy\u0101na state becomes, from being mundane, Transcendental.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ disabled_on=”on|on|on” admin_label=”6. Mahamati” module_id=”prajna” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-50px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||50px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled=”on” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mahamati.jpg” alt=”painting depicting Eleven-Headed Kannon” title_text=”Mahamati” show_bottom_space=”off” show_bottom_space_tablet=”” show_bottom_space_phone=”” show_bottom_space_last_edited=”on|desktop” align_tablet=”” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.24.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]6. Prajna Paramita \u2013 a talk from Mahamati (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nMahamati<\/b> was ordained aged 22 by Sangharakshita, and has had a life of service to the Order and movement across the world. This has included seven years living in India; time spent working closely with Sangharakshita; and a period of service as International Order Convenor. At ordination he was given the Sadhana and Mantra recitation of the bodhisattva Manjughosha who holds the Perfection of Wisdom texts to his heart, which he has practiced faithfully ever since, and makes him an appropriate speaker on our final theme of the Prajna Paramita. In November Mahamati will become the next Chair of the College of Public Preceptors.<\/span><\/p>\n
Prajna is knowledge of Reality\u2026 We have to see, and not just intellectually theorise, not just speculate, not just think, we have to see, we have to experience, that rupa and sunyata, the form and voidness, the conditioned and the Unconditioned, samsara itself, the wheel, the spiral, the goal, ordinary beings, and Buddhas, are ultimately of one and the same essence, one and the same reality.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Saturday October 19
\n<\/strong>90 min:<\/strong> USA PST 2:00 am | M\u00e9xico CST 3:00 am | USA EST 5:00 am | IE & UK BST 10:00 am | Europe CEST 11:00 am | India IST 2:30 pm | Australia AEDT 8:00 pm | New Zealand NZDT 10:00 pm<\/p>\nTraducci\u00f3n al Espa\u00f1ol disponible
\n<\/em>\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927!<\/em>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”6 Mahamati video” module_id=”prajna” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|0px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1022677723?share=copy” admin_label=”Video 1″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”Link to talks” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#b3d4af” global_colors_info=”{}”]Explore more talks by Mahamati on Free Buddhist Audio<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#ABD5AC” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Blurb” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#000000″ max_width=”720px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-8px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” text_font_size_tablet=”18px” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]6. Praj\u00f1\u0101 P\u0101ramit\u0101 \u2013 a talk from Mahamati (with Q & A)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nMahamati<\/strong> was ordained aged 22 by Sangharakshita, and has had a life of service to the Order and movement across the world. This has included seven years living in India; time spent working closely with Sangharakshita; and a period of service as International Order Convenor.<\/p>\n
At ordination he was given the Sadhana and Mantra recitation of the bodhisattva Manjughosha who holds the Perfection of Wisdom texts to his heart, which he has practiced faithfully ever since, and makes him an appropriate speaker on our final theme of\u00a0wisdom<\/b><\/em>, the Praj\u00f1\u0101 P\u0101ramit\u0101<\/em>. Mahamati currently serves as the Chair of the College of Public Preceptors<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Praj\u00f1\u0101 is knowledge of Reality\u2026 We have to see, and not just intellectually theorise, not just speculate, not just think, we have to see, we have to experience, that r\u016bpa and <\/span><\/i>\u015b<\/i>\u016bnyat\u0101, the form and voidness, the conditioned and the Unconditioned, samsara itself, the wheel, the spiral, the goal, ordinary beings, and Buddhas, are ultimately of one and the same essence, one and the same reality.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
Urgyen Sangharakshita<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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