Padmaloka Retreat Centre
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The Perfection of Wisdom and Dedication - Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 9 & 10

By Satyakirti on Thu, 28 May, 2020 - 15:58

The Perfection of Wisdom and Dedication - Bodhicaryavatara Chapter 9 & 10

By Satyakirti on Thu, 28 May, 2020 - 15:58

Teaching Emptiness Respectfully with Happiness Flowing from Clouds of Merit

In his final talk exploring the Bodhicaryavatara, Padmavajra introduces us to Shantideva’s exposition of the Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Wisdom. Here, Shantideva tells us about the two truths, the conventional and the ultimate, as well as of the true meaning emptiness, which is the cure for the terrible sufferings that we undergo. In doing this he gives us a glimpse of the Bodhisattva “respectfully teaching emptiness … to those who imagine a...

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Triratna News

Dedication of the new Wellington Buddhist Centre

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 11 Mar, 2019 - 17:53

Dedication of the new Wellington Buddhist Centre

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 11 Mar, 2019 - 17:53

On Tuesday 5th March just over 30 Sangha members, including Vajrajyoti from Auckland and Shamani from Christchurch, crowded into the old Wellington Buddhist Centre reception to ritually mark their move to a new Centre. The move is an important one for the development of the Wellington Sangha - even if it is only 3 metres across the hallway - as it is into a space twice the size, and infinitely more functional, than the current space.

The final move is still a few weeks...

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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: Depth of Connection

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 27 Jul, 2018 - 12:15

In this FBA Dharmabyte, ‘Depth of Connection’ Nagabodhi shares memories of being in Croydon during the 1970’s. He describes the beautiful symmetry of the fact that he opened the first shrine room in the Croydon Centre and is now here to open the newly rebuilt shrine room in 2017.

Nagabodhi considers the many eras of Croydon’s history and shares the idea that a new shrine room is the seed of incalculable journeys for the future.

This is an excerpt from the...

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Triratna International Council

Dedicating The 2018 International Council

By Centre Team on Tue, 13 Feb, 2018 - 17:59

Welcome to the 2018 Triratna International Council! Follow in the dedicated International Council space all week for more recordings, podcasts, videos and pictures. Or connect daily on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook

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An evening at the Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Centre in Bhaja, India, to greet people from all around the world, gathering to look at how to take forward in unity an international, multi-lingual, cross-cultural spiritual community...

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Clear Vision Trust

A new shrine at Adhisthana - NewsByte

By Amaradaya on Thu, 2 Nov, 2017 - 12:56

A new shrine at Adhisthana - NewsByte

By Amaradaya on Thu, 2 Nov, 2017 - 12:56

In August 2017 at the Combined Order weekend a new shrine was dedicated at Adhisthana.

Triratna News
Triratna News

Dedication of the Manjusri Rupa at Adhisthana

By saddhanandi on Mon, 11 Jan, 2016 - 21:18

Dedication of the Manjusri Rupa at Adhisthana

By saddhanandi on Mon, 11 Jan, 2016 - 21:18

*UPDATE: Watch live online!*
You can watch a live stream on Periscope of proceedings! To join the live stream, simply visit The Buddhist Centre’s Twitter page. When the event is about to begin, we’ll post the link there. Just click the link and you’ll have a choice to watch live in your browser, in your Twitter app or on Periscope. If you’re a Periscope user you’ll also be able to make comments on the stream as the event progresses!

Please keep in...

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

The Dedication Weekend

By Centre Team on Mon, 5 Aug, 2013 - 11:37

The Dedication Weekend

By Centre Team on Mon, 5 Aug, 2013 - 11:37A few highlights from the web coverage of our dedication weekend.
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Adhisthana - Blessings...

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 22:54

Adhisthana - Blessings...

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 22:54Parami chanting the blessing verses rounds off our coverage of the Dedication Weekend at Adhisthana. We hope you enjoyed it! More bits and bobs throughout the week, we’re sure…

Thanks to Munisha for this video clip and her blog posts - and to the rest of our wonderful team: Ivan, Lokabandhu, Upekshapriya, Dhammadinna and Vidyamala.
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Adhisthana - White Tara Mantra for Bhante Sangharakshita

By lokabandhu on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 17:09
The assembled community and visitors chanting the White Tara mantra for the long life of Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of Triratna.

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