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Short Documentary - Buddhafield Festival

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:54

Short Documentary - Buddhafield Festival

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:54A short documentary by the excellent Clear Vision team on the Buddhafield Festival 2012, held at the Blackdown Hills near Taunton, UK. A festival of music and dance, meditation and Buddhist teachings, workshops, veggie food, friendship and mud. (And sometimes sun.)

Watch Clear Vision on YouTube and Vimeo

N.B. this video contains a little nudity.
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Dancing Buddhas - The Story of the Buddhafield Festival (Video)

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:44

Dancing Buddhas - The Story of the Buddhafield Festival (Video)

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:44And here’s the original video, from Daniel Dobbie at angelfish films.

angelfish on vimeo

“Dancing Buddhas is a 30 minute film about the team of people who help to build one of the UK’s most eco-friendly and inspiring Buddhist led festivals. We go behind the scenes of this drink and drug-free festival, see the wide variety of music, dance, yoga and creative workshops on offer and we try to understand why Buddhism is...
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Dancing Buddhas - The Story of the Buddhafield Festival (Radio Edition)

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:36
This is the rather wonderful audio (a bit like a radio piece in its own right) from a great video by Daniel Dobbie of angelfish films telling the story of what it takes to put on the Buddhafield Festival. A great introduction…

Daniel says: “Dancing Buddhas is a 30 minute film about the team of people who help to build one of the UK’s most eco-friendly and inspiring Buddhist led festivals. We...
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Buddhafield Through The Years

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:15

Buddhafield Through The Years

By Candradasa on Mon, 20 May, 2013 - 17:15This week we’re also going to be bringing you some of the sights and teachings from Buddhafield on video! The Buddhafield Festival and other events attract a lot of folk. And these days, what with mobile phones, tablets and laptops, we have quite a collective record of the events. There are many little jewels on YouTube illuminating the years. This video is one of the earliest, from 1996.

To go deeper into the Buddhafield experience,...
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Buddhafield Week On The Buddhist Centre Online - Part 1

By Candradasa on Fri, 17 May, 2013 - 20:56

Buddhafield Week On The Buddhist Centre Online - Part 1

By Candradasa on Fri, 17 May, 2013 - 20:56Over the next seven days or so on The Buddhist Centre Online we’re celebrating one of the most significant developments in the Triratna Buddhist Community to happen in the last 20 years. Buddhafield is more than just an annual Festival (though a quite amazing one!) - it’s a distinctive, radically alternative way of living in and relating to the world. And, in the run-up to their new Green Earth Awakening Camp, we want to...
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The story of the Buddhafield Festival

By lokabandhu on Mon, 22 Apr, 2013 - 14:22

The story of the Buddhafield Festival

By lokabandhu on Mon, 22 Apr, 2013 - 14:22Great video by Daniel Dobbie of angelfishfilms telling the story of what it takes to put on the Buddhafield Festival . He says - “Dancing Buddhas is a 30 minute film about the team of people who help to build one of the UK’s most eco friendly and inspiring Buddhist led festivals. We go behind the scenes of this drink and drug-free festival, see the wide variety of music, dance, yoga and creative workshops on...
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Dancing Buddhas - The story of the Buddhafield Festival

By lokabandhu on Sun, 6 Jan, 2013 - 10:12

Dancing Buddhas - The story of the Buddhafield Festival

By lokabandhu on Sun, 6 Jan, 2013 - 10:12The annual Buddhafield Festival is - by a long way - Triratna’s largest gathering outside India. It run every year since 1996 - and now has a movie about it! Daniel Dobbie, its creator, writes - “Dancing Buddhas is a 30 minute film about the team of people who help to build Britain’s most eco friendly and inspiring festival. We go behind the scenes and try to understand how they do it, why Buddhism is so popular in...
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Video talks from the Buddhafield Festival's Dharma Parlour

By lokabandhu on Wed, 15 Aug, 2012 - 22:50

Video talks from the Buddhafield Festival's Dharma Parlour

By lokabandhu on Wed, 15 Aug, 2012 - 22:50Thanks to Upeksapriya from Triratna’s VideoSangha, the remaining talks given in the recent Buddhafield Festival’s Dharma Parlour are now online and available. Browse the set here, or just choose your favourite from the list below!

Akasati: Heart and Soul: the Power of Ritual.
Vajrasara: Embracing Love
Jayaraja: Love, sex and transformation of the heart
Dhivan: Doors to Freedom: the Buddha’s psychology of Liberation
Lokabandhu: Dharma...
The Dharma Parlour at Buddhafield
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Love, Sex and Transformation of the Heart

By lokabandhu on Tue, 7 Aug, 2012 - 10:58

Love, Sex and Transformation of the Heart

By lokabandhu on Tue, 7 Aug, 2012 - 10:58Kicking off the program in the 2012 Buddhafield Dharma Parlour, a talk by Jayaraja: ‘Love, Sex and Transformation of the Heart’. He asks - “How do we become free? How do we work with the deeper levels of our being? How do we become more awake as opposed to just changing the facade?” And lots more…

Many thanks to Upeksapriya from Triratna’s ClearVision project for creating and uploading this recording.
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the great Buddhafield Mud Appeal

By lokabandhu on Wed, 1 Aug, 2012 - 10:13

the great Buddhafield Mud Appeal

By lokabandhu on Wed, 1 Aug, 2012 - 10:13Hey everyone, am reposting here an appeal from the Buddhafield Festival folk - they say: Dear all, This is an appeal to all that came to the Buddhafield festival this year, or who love the festival, or just love Buddhafield. As you know, it’s been an incredibly wet year. Those of us who went to the festival this year all survived the mud, but due to the conditions we spent about £10,000 more onsite than expected to keep everything afloat,...

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