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Adhisthana
Adhisthana

Community members donate to get food to Indian families in lockdown

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 13 May, 2020 - 13:04
  • Abhayanavita and her team
  • Distributing food parcels to families
  • Women outside the Bahujan Hitaya Society project

Community members donate to get food to Indian families in lockdown

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 13 May, 2020 - 13:04

A few weeks ago, just after India had abruptly gone into lockdown, Aryajaya brought to the community the story of her friend Abhyanavita.

Abhayanavita did the Adhisthana International Course in 2018, and then returned to her home in Amravati, a city in Maharashtra. She runs a project there with a team of 4 Order Members and 6 Mitras running a hostel to enable vulnerable women and girls to step free of domestic and sexual violence and giving them the tools they need...
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The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

Only One Thing Among Many - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 7

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 9 Apr, 2020 - 12:52

Only One Thing Among Many - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 7

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 9 Apr, 2020 - 12:52

“Everything arises in dependence on conditions”. Even if you are relatively new to Buddhism you might be familiar with this concept (often summarised as ‘conditionality’) and even if you are not, it makes sense, in the way that the law of gravity makes sense. But do we live as if we believed that everything arises in dependence on conditions? Or do we secretly believe that if we can sort out the world around us, fix it somehow, nothing bad will...
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The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

Only Possibilities - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 5

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 7 Apr, 2020 - 12:37
  • Claude Monet's Water Lilies

Only Possibilities - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 5

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 7 Apr, 2020 - 12:37

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. 

- Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

This beautiful poem by Rumi popped into my head when I was reflecting on today’s home retreat material, which is about...
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The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

How I'm Remembering to Remember - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 3

By Sadayasihi on Sun, 5 Apr, 2020 - 14:02
  • My daily reminder

How I'm Remembering to Remember - Sailing the Worldly Winds Home Retreat Day 3

By Sadayasihi on Sun, 5 Apr, 2020 - 14:02

In these times, when so much is going on - when there’s a constant flow of information and the situation is seemingly changing by the hour - it can feel hard to maintain one’s practice. It can be hard to not be blown about by the worldly winds. 

I’ve been acutely aware of the extremes of my responses to even the smallest of things these past few days: joy at the sunlight streaming in the window, at exchanging smiles with a stranger...
Community Highlights
Community Highlights

The Dharma Toolkit for Uncertain Times - Get Online Resources and Support During the Coronavirus Closure of Buddhist Centres

By Candradasa on Wed, 18 Mar, 2020 - 22:21

The Dharma Toolkit for Uncertain Times - Get Online Resources and Support During the Coronavirus Closure of Buddhist Centres

By Candradasa on Wed, 18 Mar, 2020 - 22:21

From the moment Dharma Centres of all traditions around the world began to close their doors for an indefinite period, here at The Buddhist Centre Online we’ve been thinking and talking about how we might promote and support a sense of community among all who practise in Triratna and beyond. 

For many of us, this kind of sustained physical distancing from our family, workmates, neighbours, fellow travellers in life is at best strange and at worst painful. Some of us already have relatives...
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The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

An Introduction to this Space

By Candradasa on Wed, 18 Mar, 2020 - 20:47

An Introduction to this Space

By Candradasa on Wed, 18 Mar, 2020 - 20:47

Well, now. So here we are… 🤷🏻

From the moment Dharma Centres of all traditions around the world began to close their doors for an indefinite period, here at The Buddhist Centre Online we’ve been thinking and talking about how we might promote and support a sense of community among all who practise in Triratna and beyond. 

For many of us, this kind of sustained physical distancing from our family, workmates, neighbours, fellow travellers in life is at best strange and at...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

TBRL and Community living at Taraloka...

By Hridayagita on Sun, 2 Feb, 2020 - 20:53

TBRL and Community living at Taraloka...

By Hridayagita on Sun, 2 Feb, 2020 - 20:53

Transform!  Have fun!  Serve the Dharma!  Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full time Dharma life of service and  transformation in a vibrant inspiring community.   Join us - come for 6 months, or give us a try for 1—2 years or longer.

Participate in the Operations Team’s shared practical work, as well as managing your own key work area.  Work areas include administration, finance, gardening, DIY/ maintenance /decorating, cleaning and cooking.  You will need to have...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Vacancy in the Women’s Community in Sheffield

By satyajyoti on Sat, 1 Feb, 2020 - 15:29

Vacancy in the Women’s Community in Sheffield

By satyajyoti on Sat, 1 Feb, 2020 - 15:29

Come and join us in the radical practice of sharing our lives together in the Dharma.

A new space has come up in our lovely community. At full capacity the community consists of seven Mitras and Order Members. We live in a beautiful big house owned by the Buddhist Centre, less than ten minutes’ walk from the Buddhist Centre itself, in the suburb of Walkley in Sheffield. It is a lovely area, quiet and friendly, a couple of miles out of the city centre. 

Sheffield itself is a great...
Triratna International Council
Triratna International Council

International Council Newsletter - Autumn 2019

By akasajoti on Sun, 17 Nov, 2019 - 21:15

International Council Newsletter - Autumn 2019

By akasajoti on Sun, 17 Nov, 2019 - 21:15

Follow this link to the latest International Council Newsletter. It includes an introduction to the International Council, it’s history and purpose; a report of the 2019 meeting; the emerging priorities for the three strands - the College, the Order, and the Movement; an update on the International Council and Sikkha Project teams; and a personal perspective on the International Council from one of it’s members.
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

A Vision for the Future of PBC is Taking Shape - Be part of it!

By viriyalila on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 17:35

A Vision for the Future of PBC is Taking Shape - Be part of it!

By viriyalila on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 17:35

At our Vision Fest on March 31, a large segment of the Sunday sangha took inspiration from Triratna Buddhist centers around the world and began to envision what a new home for the Portsmouth Buddhist Center might look like. We brainstormed a wide range of features we would like to see in our own space as well as activities we’d like to have going on there. A beautiful shrine room and more opportunities to meditate, yoga, a library and bookstore,...

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