Stockholms buddhistcenter
Stockholms buddhistcenter

Violence and religion

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26

Violence and religion

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26Last night Ratnaguna gave this wonderful talk at the Stockholms Buddhistcenter. You can download it from fba.
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1400

The poem he ends with got a little cut off, right at the end. Here it is in full:



The Place Where We Are Right
by Yehuda Amichai

From the place where we are right
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.

The place where we are right
Is hard and...
Windhorse Evolution
Windhorse Evolution

Ethics at Evolution

By Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 12:13
Ethics was the theme of some training with the retail team and evolution shops. Several members of staff from the shops gave talks, and their transcripts are available here. There are a variety of perspectives and reflections, well worth a read.
Vegan Buddhists and Friends
Vegan Buddhist

Sangharakshita on becoming a vegan (video edition!)

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 Aug, 2012 - 21:46

Sangharakshita on becoming a vegan (video edition!)

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 Aug, 2012 - 21:46Urgyen Sangharakshita on why he has become a vegan and the unusual path that took him to his decision…
Vegan Buddhists and Friends
Vegan Buddhist

Sangharakshita answers: Why have you become a vegan now?

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 Aug, 2012 - 21:26
Sangharakshita telling the tale of his unusual path to veganism!

Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

Ethics in the world of everyday existence

By RCheesley on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 21:52

Ethics in the world of everyday existence

By RCheesley on Thu, 31 May, 2012 - 21:52This was a video which I made for my Mitra Study project.

The module we studied was Year 3, Module 6 - An Interconnected World - Buddhist Ethics and Contemporary Issues.

I took two pieces of music which I felt echoed areas of the material we were studying, and set some short video clips, images and words to these. I’ll be adding a final section when I get time at the recommendation of the group (I lost confidence...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddhism on a Plate: Food and the First Precept

By lokabandhu on Sat, 25 Feb, 2012 - 06:37

Buddhism on a Plate: Food and the First Precept

By lokabandhu on Sat, 25 Feb, 2012 - 06:37Buddhism on a Plate, published today, is another in our series of occasional feature articles. On the subject of veganism and, more generally, how Buddhists might best apply the precept of non-violence to their choice of food it’s written by Samacitta, chair of Triratna’s Birmingham Buddhist Centre and a vegan herself for many years.

Jane Easton, Food & Cookery Coordinator at Viva! and the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation and a Buddhist herself comments “… great...

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