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FBA Podcast: Eros and Beauty – Beauty As Refuge

By Rijupatha on Sun, 5 Apr, 2015 - 14:39

FBA Podcast: Eros and Beauty – Beauty As Refuge

By Rijupatha on Sun, 5 Apr, 2015 - 14:39

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In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Eros and Beauty – Beauty As Refuge,” Subhadramati continues the series exploring the place of Eros and Beauty in the Buddhist life by drawing out the experience of poetry and connecting with strangers. 26th January 2015, London Buddhist Centre.

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FBA podcast: Heart of Darkness

By Rijupatha on Sat, 17 May, 2014 - 15:08

FBA podcast: Heart of Darkness

By Rijupatha on Sat, 17 May, 2014 - 15:08In celebration of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, our FBA Podcast today is titled “Heart of Darkness” from the London Buddhist Centre’s Buddha Day Festival a few years back. Inspiring stuff, despite it’s title! An honest, heartfelt talk from the author of “Meaning in Life,” Sarvananda.

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Bhante – Poetry, Myth And Imagination

By Rijupatha on Sun, 30 Mar, 2014 - 20:58

Bhante – Poetry, Myth And Imagination

By Rijupatha on Sun, 30 Mar, 2014 - 20:58Our FBA Podcast this week, “Bhante – Poetry, Myth And Imagination,” is a talk by Dhammadinna given on the Rainy Season Retreat at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Wednesday 19th February 2014. Dhammadinna speaks about Sangharakshita and his emphasis on Imagination as a key to the spiritual life.

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New portrait of Sangharakshita unveiled in Australia

By lokabandhu on Mon, 19 Aug, 2013 - 06:05

New portrait of Sangharakshita unveiled in Australia

By lokabandhu on Mon, 19 Aug, 2013 - 06:05Following Saturday’s story on the 2013 ‘Triratna Artists catalogue’, Aaron Matheson, a mitra from Triratna’s Sydney Buddhist Centre, writes saying - “I have some news which would be great to see on The Buddhist Centre’s website: we have a new portrait of Sangharakshita. It was painted by Misha (Enrique del Val), a fellow mitra, who was recently commissioned to do it by Beth Sherlock. The painting is large, measuring 1.5 x 1.5 metres, and is a warmly engaged...

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Urthona Essays on Art, Poetry and Consciousness

By Candradasa on Fri, 29 Mar, 2013 - 15:29

Urthona Essays on Art, Poetry and Consciousness

By Candradasa on Fri, 29 Mar, 2013 - 15:29As we start to dream about a reinvigorated Triratna arts scene with a presence (and an effect!) here on The Buddhist Centre Online we were just delighted to discover the new Urthona Essays blog! We’ll be featuring much more from Urthona and their various web manifestations as the arts come into focus here, but for now please enjoy Ratnagarbha’s sterling efforts and his introduction to the blog…

The more ethereal, evanescent, more refined and sublime...

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New Featured Artist for February

By Candradasa on Fri, 8 Feb, 2013 - 22:48

New Featured Artist for February

By Candradasa on Fri, 8 Feb, 2013 - 22:48We’re delighted to feature as part of our galleries section this month a set of works in cloth by Kiranada Sterling Benjamin (with an extended Flickr selection and notes). Painting with hot wax and liquid dyes on thirsty cloth is an apt way to describe the work Kiranada does. Her background in fibers includes training in the Japanese kimono industry and research in the traditional Japanese classical arts; from scoll painting and tea ceremony...

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In the Seen Only the Seen - Photographs by Vidyasiddhi

By Windhorse Evolution on Sat, 17 Nov, 2012 - 07:30

In the Seen Only the Seen - Photographs by Vidyasiddhi

By Windhorse Evolution on Sat, 17 Nov, 2012 - 07:30Vidyasiddhi has created a fascinating exhibition of photographs titled ‘In the Seen Only the Seen’. It is currently on display where he works, at Windhorse:evolution in Cambridge, UK. All the images can also be viewed online, here and are available to buy as prints. Vidyasiddhi writes of his work:

By really looking, purely and openly, we can move beyond ideas about form, towards the true nature of form, which is emptiness. This is looking as a...

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Padmaloka Welcomes New Buddha

By lokabandhu on Wed, 4 Apr, 2012 - 06:03

Padmaloka Welcomes New Buddha

By lokabandhu on Wed, 4 Apr, 2012 - 06:03Lokeshvara writes from Padmaloka, Triratna’s long-established men’s retreat centre in Norfolk UK, with news of - the arrival of their Buddha! This is part of their long-running project to populate every part of the shrineroom with images of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, mostly if not entirely painted and sculpted by Aloka. He says -

“If you haven’t been here since New Year, we have to tell you that we have a new Buddha made by Aloka...

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Art Exhibition in Helsinki: The Forest Speaks

By lokabandhu on Sun, 1 Apr, 2012 - 06:20

Art Exhibition in Helsinki: The Forest Speaks

By lokabandhu on Sun, 1 Apr, 2012 - 06:20Any readers of Triratna News who happen to be in Helsinki in April are warmly invited to visit a exhibition entitled ‘The Forest Speaks’ (‘Metsä puhuu’ in Finnish), created by two Order Members Akasaka and Nagashila. Akasaka writes, saying - “The Forest Speaks exhibition is the current result of a collaboration between myself, an Englishwoman and graphic artist, newly arrived in Finland, and Nagashila, a Finnish painter. Our collaboration started in the Koli Ryynänen artist residence in 2008.
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'design this even better' - a day for Triratna designers

By lokabandhu on Fri, 10 Feb, 2012 - 11:42

'design this even better' - a day for Triratna designers

By lokabandhu on Fri, 10 Feb, 2012 - 11:42In October last year, Dhammarati met for a day in Birmingham with 25 designers working in the Triratna Buddhist Community, with people coming from as far away as Amsterdam, Berlin and the Highlands of Scotland. As well as benefiting from Dhammarati’s vast experience in the field, the designers also reported the event as a rare and valuable opportunity to meet and share ideas with others working with much in common.

Following on from that, an online forum has been...

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