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Buddhafield celebrate new event - Green Earth Awakening

By lokabandhu on Fri, 31 May, 2013 - 14:31

Buddhafield celebrate new event - Green Earth Awakening

By lokabandhu on Fri, 31 May, 2013 - 14:31Green Earth Awakening is a new Buddhafield event held for the first time in late May 2013. Not a retreat and not a festival, it brought together Buddhists, social change activists, craftspeople, families, children - over 140 in total - to a beautiful site in Devon, UK, for “a chance to connect with the land, re-learn forgotten skills and live communally, exploring practical and spiritual pathways towards a sustainable future”.

It was a bold vision, with...

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The Earth Goddess Awakens - and meets the Buddha and Mara!

By lokabandhu on Fri, 31 May, 2013 - 10:48

The Earth Goddess Awakens - and meets the Buddha and Mara!

By lokabandhu on Fri, 31 May, 2013 - 10:48Great little hand-held video from the recent Buddhafield event ‘Green Earth Awakening’: the Earth Goddess Awakens - and meets the Buddha and Mara! Thanks to Sorita for the footage, Varabhadri and Lokabandhu for the acting… NB the first few minutes are available here.

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Green Earth Awakening - Buddhafield's New Event (First Field Report!)

By lokabandhu on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 18:51

Rosie reflects on the success of Green Earth Awakening - a new Buddhafield event first held in May 2013, bringing together Buddhists, social change activists, craftspeople, families, children and more, in a beautiful, safe field for days of spacious quality meetings with like-minded people… More details at http://www.buddhafield.com

View last week’s posts from Buddhafield Week on The Buddhist Centre Online

N.B. Bit of a windy recording!

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Buddhafield Gallery No.3

By Candradasa on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 17:05

Buddhafield Gallery No.3

By Candradasa on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 17:05

A final gallery from Mim Saxl redolent of the spirit of Buddhafield and the annual summer festival. A sweet way for the team here to take our temporary leave of Buddhafield Week after an enjoyable time engaging with the rich...

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Buddhafield eBooks - Maitrisara: Gracing the Earth, Buddhist Reflections on a Damaged Planet

By Candradasa on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 16:43Maitrisara helps run the Buddhafield Dharma Parlour at the annual summer Festival, and her own talks are both passionate and clear. Here she is talking about the vital environmental concern of healing our relationship to the earth and its significance for Buddhists looking for “an authentic heart response”…

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Buddhafield eBooks - Paramananda - On Retreat with Buddhafield

By Candradasa on Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 16:31As we mentioned yesterday, while we wait for some voices from the Buddhafield Green Earth Awakening Camp to filter through from the hills we’ll keep posting some talks that give a good sense of the distinct approach Buddhafield takes to practice. Here’s another of Lokabandhu’s excellent mini-eBooks featuring Paramananda on retreat at Buddhafield.

Paramananda is an excellent guide to meditation and to retreat. Get his books here.

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Buddhafield Gallery No.2

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 20:11

Buddhafield Gallery No.2

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 20:11

Another beautiful set from Mim Saxl who has been capturing the spirit of the Buddhafield community’s great work in her photography. We’re delighted to share some of her images with you this week to help celebrate it…

All Photos: © Mim Saxl (www.mimsaxl.com)

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Buddhafield eBooks - Akuppa: Strive On, Five Ways to Stay Sane and True and Survive Global Meltdown

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:57Continuing our look at the values of Buddhafield as evoked by talks from their Dharma Parlour at the Buddhafield Festival.

Here’s Akuppa, giver of great talks generally, on how to keep your head and survive the global meltdown…

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Buddhafield's First Ordination

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:38

Buddhafield's First Ordination

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:38A great archival video from Clear Vision about the first ordination from the Buddhafield community into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Aditya, ordained by Urgyen Sangharakshita himself - in a bluebell wood no less…!

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Buddhafield eBooks - Akasati: Ecology, Buddhism and Buddhafield, An Introduction

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 May, 2013 - 19:27Well, as expected, the internet gods were (quite properly!) no match for the secret realm where Buddhafield’s Green Earth Awakening Camp is gathering for the weekend Dharma festivities. N.B. It’s not too late to join them!

So we’ll have to wait till everyone returns to post (we hope!) some of the sights and sounds of this new event in the Triratna calendar…

In the meantime, we’ll continue to give you a little bit of...

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