Tag: ECA

Translation News — May 2024

By Viryabodhi on Fri, 24 May, 2024 - 10:27

TRANSLATION NEWS — MAY 2024

from the International Triratna Translations Board (ITTB)

PLEASE READ the attached pdf for full story.

Read about: who received translation grants in 2024 from the ITTB and the first translation into Romanian; the wonderful Translation Pages at TBCO and a book of Buddhist Ceremonies in Many Languages; and marvel at a few book covers of funded projects.

Translation grants in 2024
Below you can see what languages and projects received grants in 2024,...

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Translation News – May 2024	780.62 KB

Triratna Translations

Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part two

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 8 Aug, 2023 - 09:13

This is the second article on translation within Triratna, by Viryabodhi, coordinator of the International Triratna Translations Board (ITTB), which goes more into specific challenges in translating the Dharma.

Here is a short url for this post: https://tinyurl.com/article-Part-2

I have been working on this for some time and hope you will enjoy reading it. If you have any questions or feedback you can write to me at:
int.triratna.translations.board [at] gmail.com

There is both a pdf and an ePub (if...

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Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part 2 – pdf	695.16 KB
Challenges of Translating the Dharma – article part 2 – ePub	811.65 KB
Deuxieme article – les defis de la traduction du dharma – pdf	723.33 KB
Deuxieme article – les defis de la traduction du dharma – ePub	812.1 KB
Desafíos de Traducir el Dharma – parte 2 – pdf	715.31 KB
Desafíos de Traducir el Dharma – parte 2 – ePub	809.09 KB
Utmaningar i att översätta Dharma – artikeln del 2 – pdf	707.36 KB
Utmaningar i att översätta Dharma – artikeln del 2 – ePub	811.65 KB
Uitdagingen van vertalen de Dharma (Nederlands) – deel 2 – pdf	697.39 KB
Uitdagingen van vertalen de Dharma (Nederlands) – deel 2 – ePub	690.83 KB

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Job Opportunity: Development and FutureDharma Team Financial Officer / Bookkeeper

By Nandavajra on Sun, 23 Jul, 2017 - 15:36

Job Opportunity: Development and FutureDharma Team Financial Officer / Bookkeeper

The European Triratna Development and FutureDharma team is looking for a well organised and self-motivated part-time (up to the equivalent of 2 days a week) Finance Officer / Bookkeeper to cover the bookkeeping and financial management needs of the European Triratna Chairs Assembly Charity and the new FutureDharma Fund Charity. This is an opportunity to join a very effective and respected team that serves the development of the Triratna Buddhist Community in...

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Finance Officer job description	330.39 KB
Finance Officer application form	12 KB

Buddhist Centre Features

2016 Summer European Chairs Assembly

By mokshini on Wed, 31 Aug, 2016 - 09:44

At the start of the summer meeting of the European chairs of Triratna Buddhist Centres, Mokshini talks to Parina about what happens at these meetings, and why and whether Parina values coming to them. Parina is the chair of Metta Vihara, the Triratna Retreat Centre in the Lowlands (that’s the Netherlands and Belgium).

See all posts from the ECA 2016

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Triratna in the Buddhist World

Two PowerPoints about Triratna

By Munisha on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 11:21

Below are pdfs of two PowerPoint presentations for talks I have given about Triratna in the last six months.

The first - What is Triratna? - is a talk I gave to the European Buddhist Union in Berlin in September 2015.

The second - Triratna in the Buddhist world - was given to Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) in January 2016.

The ECA comprises Chairs of all Triratna centres and enterprises in Europe, who meet for a week in January and July/August every year, at Adhisthana.

To further their business between meetings, they...

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What is Triratna? PDF	5.43 MB
Triratna in the Buddhist world PDF	5.97 MB

Triratna News

Growth Fund 2016 open for applications

By Munisha on Tue, 22 Mar, 2016 - 17:37

Applications are invited to the Growth Fund, closing date 9th May 2016.

The Growth Fund is a small fund made available by Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) every year, for local projects leading to a growth in numbers of people having access to Triratna classes in basic meditation and Dharma.

Mokshini writes from the ECA’s Growth Fund Committee with more detail.

“This year we have a total of around £6,418 to give away in small amounts of up to £1,000 each to Triratna projects around the world (excluding India, for which Karuna...

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Growth Fund criteria	211.22 KB

European Chairs' Assembly

Report on the January 2016 European Chairs' Assembly

By Nandavajra on Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 10:04

Report on the January 2016 European Chairs’ Assembly (by Nandavajra)

Adhisthana hosted a gathering of 35 Triratna European Centre Chairs (from 6 countries) for the winter 2016 European Chairs Assembly, from 4th to 11th January. They were joined by representatives from movement wide projects, members of the Development Team and Saddhaloka and Padmavajra from the Preceptors College.

On the second day Ratnaguna inspired and gladdened the meeting by introducing the Pure Land texts as a practice in themselves and discussing their relationship to Sangharakshita’s...

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ECA Jan 2016 business meeting	849.39 KB

Community Highlights

Concluding Thoughts At The End Of The ECA

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Jan, 2016 - 18:02

A great summary of a very full week’s work and Dharma practice from Mokshini and Dassini as the great winter gathering of European Triratna Buddhists comes to an end.

As well as the overview we also hear about a special and moving ritual for one member of the assembly choosing to go deeper with the practice of simplicity and contentment in her life… A beautiful way to mark the close of a deepening kind of meeting!
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