Tag: 5 Years of The Buddhist Centre Online

Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

5 Years of The Buddhist Centre Online: #9 Sound and Vision

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 24 Sep, 2018 - 12:01
  • Sanghadhara from Clear Vision Trust filming during the 2017 International Gathering
  • Pride 2018 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US - photo taken as part of diversity article for The Buddhist Centre Online
  • Saddhanandi and Sangharakshita with a special cake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order in April 2018
  • Poolside Puja at the Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention in Suryavana Retreat Centre, Valencia in July 2018
  • Adhisthana Shrine for Buddha Day 2018
  • First Triratna ordinations held at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, India in February 2018
  • The first Mainland Europe Young Buddhist Convention was held in Berlin in 2017
  • The Public Ordination of seven Mexican women was livestreamed in April 2017
  • Indian Dharmacharinis dressed up for Sangharakshita's birthday during Women's Order Convention in Adhisthana, 2016
  • The farewell puja for Windhorse Evolution - closing after 35 years of trading - in March 2015
  • Eight Verses for Training the Mind: Dharma study during the 2018 International Council meeting in Bhaja, India
  • Amitasuri and Ambaravajri collected clothing, which they drove to the refugee camp at Calais, northern France, in Amitasuri’s van in September 2015, as part of a Buddhist response to the European Refugee Crisis
  • An outdoor shrine during Buddhafield 208
  • Ratnakumar (from India) and Upekshanandi (from Poland) shared their vision and aspiration for the next 50 years of the Order during the International Order Convention in February 2018
  • Scenes from the opening ceremony of the newly renovated Vajrasana Retreat Centre (owned by the London Buddhist Centre) in 2016
  • A group shot from the International Buddhist Youth Convention in India 2016
  • Abhayagita at the 2015 Pan-American Convention
  • Vidyadevi with the first newsletter during opening of Sangharakshita library in 2015
  • Muditasri leading meditation during the 2016 International Order Convention in Wymondham, UK
  • First online Mitra Ceremony 2016 - Candradasa conducts the Mitra ceremony of Brian Groves in the Brighton Buddhist Centre

5 Years of The Buddhist Centre Online: #9 Sound and Vision

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 24 Sep, 2018 - 12:01

“Now Buddhism.. uses both of these languages [the language of concepts and the language of images]… And both of these languages are of equal importance. One of these languages, that is to say the language of concepts, this appeals more to the conscious mind, to our conscious rational intelligence. But the other language, the language of images, which is much more concrete, much more vivid, much more...