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Buddhafield Through The Years

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

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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Padmavajra on the 'Buddhafield' in Buddhist Mahayana Tradition

By Candradasa on Sun, 19 May, 2013 - 18:59

If you wonder why Buddhafield is called that, we thought you might like a little bit of the deep Dharma behind the name!

Here are some extracts from Padmavajra’s classic talk series from 2004 on the Diamond Sutra in which he looks at the Buddhist Mahayana tradition of the creation of Buddhafields as part of the Bodhisattva’s activity.

These are taken from talks 3 and 8. Listen to the whole series

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Buddhafield - A New Going Forth by Kamalashila (print-version)

By Candradasa on Sun, 19 May, 2013 - 16:29

Here’s a print-friendly version of Kamalashila’s essay on the history and relevance of Buddhafield within the wider Triratna Community and Buddhist tradition itself.

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Buddhafield - A New Going Forth by Kamalashila (eBook size)

By Candradasa on Sun, 19 May, 2013 - 15:57Kamalashila has been the President of Buddhafield since the 1990s, taking part in the community in many ways and generally being a strong friend to the whole project. Here he updates his sense of Buddhafield’s distinct place in and contribution to the Triratna Buddhist Commmunity. A good place to start in learning about this remarkable development within the world of contemporary Buddhism.

Download the print edition here

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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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Green Earth Awakening - New Buddhafield Event

By lokabandhu on Mon, 6 May, 2013 - 11:53

Green Earth Awakening - New Buddhafield Event

By lokabandhu on Mon, 6 May, 2013 - 11:53Green Earth Awakening is a big new event coming up soon (May 24th-27th) from Triratna’s Buddhafield collective. Not a retreat, not a festival, not a holiday, they describe it as a place to learn, share and practice “Tools for your Mind, Skills for our Future”. Buddhism meets low-impact sustainable living in a glorious field in South-West England…

If you haven’t come across Buddhafield yet, it’s a remarkable project and we’ll be featuring their pioneering work...

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Buddhafield's blog

By lokabandhu on Mon, 6 May, 2013 - 08:13

Buddhafield's blog

By lokabandhu on Mon, 6 May, 2013 - 08:13Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at Buddhafield? A lot of hard work - and spiritual practice! Check out the Buddhafield Blog, lovingly written by Lou and others from Buddhafield’s core team… They’ve called it ‘The Secret Life of Buddhafield: a window into what goes on behind the scenes’ and recent posts include a series of updates on their big new ‘Green Earth Awakening’ event - coming soon at the end of May…More on this...

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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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The Buddhafield Healing Garden - Applications Now Open

By Candradasa on Tue, 2 Apr, 2013 - 17:46

The Buddhafield Healing Garden - Applications Now Open

By Candradasa on Tue, 2 Apr, 2013 - 17:46Applications for therapists in the beautiful Buddhafield Healing Garden 2013 are now open!

If you’re interested in working as a healer/therapist offering 1-2-1 treatments throughout the Festival, or in being a part of the Healing Garden setup/down teams, find out more information and get the application link.

If you’d like to know more about the kinds of treatments we expect to have on offer to ticket holders check out the ...

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First Light in the Garden

By Satyadarshin on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 15:37

First Light in the Garden

By Satyadarshin on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 15:37

Buddhafield was awarded £10,000 by the Big Lottery Fund in January 2011 to plant and develop a forest garden at Broadhembury as described in our permaculture plan. The project took place 27 January—3 February 2012. Over 7 days we planted trees and other tasks to create...

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