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Buddha Day Around Triratna!

By Rijupatha on Mon, 12 May, 2014 - 20:08

By Rijupatha on Mon, 12 May, 2014 - 20:08This week marks the Triratna Community’s celebration of the Buddhist festival of Wesak, or Buddha Day, and The Buddhist Centre Online is the perfect place to celebrate together - to see the smiling faces of our brothers and sisters from all over the world reflecting on the Buddha’s Enlightenment.

Some centres have already held their events, and some are still upcoming, so stay tuned and +follow the Community Highlights space as we collect together any postings from around the...

Aryaloka Buddhist Center

Aryaloka Celebrates Buddha Day

By Rijupatha on Mon, 12 May, 2014 - 19:55

Aryaloka Celebrates Buddha Day

By Rijupatha on Mon, 12 May, 2014 - 19:55It was a truly festive evening at Aryaloka Buddhist Center during our Wesak (Buddha Day) celebration on Friday, May 9th. Amala led the night with a fantastic slideshow of images depicting the Buddha’s life, which were accompanied by storytelling and narration by several sangha members who each picked a unique episode to imaginatively bring to life. The Aryaloka sangha was fortunate to have the company of a number of students from the High Mowing school in Vermont...

Glasgow Buddhist Centre

Buddha Day Weekend at the GBC

By Dassini on Wed, 7 May, 2014 - 14:01

Buddha Day Weekend at the GBC

By Dassini on Wed, 7 May, 2014 - 14:01Saturday 10th May Order/Mitra Day Celebration
10.30 - 5pm

Taking the Mandala of the Five Buddhas as the focus, with meditation, reflections on the qualities of the Buddhas and a puja with origama flower offerings. Bring vegetarian food to share, lunch at 1pm.

Sunday 11th May Buddha Day Festival, all welcome
10.30 - 5pm

Meditation, chanting, watching a talk on Recollecting the Buddha by Vajratara, mitra ceremonies and a festive puja.
With childrens activities at 12pm and...

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Buddha Day round-up

By lokabandhu on Fri, 14 Jun, 2013 - 10:11

Buddha Day round-up

By lokabandhu on Fri, 14 Jun, 2013 - 10:11Buddha Day 2013 has come and gone, with celebrations of the Buddha’s Enlightenment around the Triratna Buddhist Community - many of them recorded in one form or another on The Buddhist Centre Online. Click here for a round-up of what we know about!

The next Festival in Triratna’s calendar will be Dharma Day, celebrating the Buddha’s Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma - traditionally two full moons after his Enlightenment and therefore on the...

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Buddha Day At Essen Buddhist Centre

By Centre Team on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:48

Buddha Day At Essen Buddhist Centre

By Centre Team on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:48Nagadakini writes from Essen Buddhist Centre in Germany with some photographs of their lovely shrine:

“The theme of the day was making a personal connection to the Buddha’s awakening and his steps towards it.

There was a little talk which layed the ground, followed by a personal reflection on our personal “sufferings” and how we would frame the goal for us. After that we had 3 parallel workshops of 90 min each: one with...

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Buddha Day in Toowoomba

By viryaja on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:32

Buddha Day in Toowoomba

By viryaja on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:32We at the Toowoomba Buddhist Centre in Australia celebrated Buddha Day not at the Centre but at the country property of one of our Mitras, Dale. Eleven of us, Order Members, Mitras and friends included 2 grandchildren, who enthusiastically participated in the story telling, chanting, puja and sheer wonder of it all. We watched the sun go down in the west over the plain and the moon come up over...

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Buddha Day Around Triratna

By Munisha on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 12:38

Buddha Day Around Triratna

By Munisha on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 12:38Last weekend’s full moon marked Buddha Day (also known as Wesak), when Triratna people around the world celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment and give thanks for the extraordinary example of his life and teaching.

Send us your Buddha Day news
This week we’ll be welcoming news - in words, pictures, video and audio - of how you marked the day where you are. If you have a space for your Centre, just upload it to The...

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