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This Dharma Day let's turn the Wheel of the Dharma together!

By lokabandhu on Mon, 25 Jun, 2012 - 06:18

This Dharma Day let's turn the Wheel of the Dharma together!

By lokabandhu on Mon, 25 Jun, 2012 - 06:18Dharmachakra (‘The Wheel of the Dharma’) is the name of the charity behind Triratna’s Free Buddhist Audio service. And at the full moon in July Buddhists around the world will celebrate ‘Dharmachakra Day’, the festival day that marks Buddha’s first teaching…

So this summer, let’s all work together to turn the Wheel the Dharma!

Listen to ‘The Word of the Buddha’ to learn more about why we celebrate Dharmachakra Day. In this great talk...
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Ipswich Buddhist Centre celebrates Festival of Enlightenment in town centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 9 May, 2012 - 10:34

Ipswich Buddhist Centre celebrates Festival of Enlightenment in town centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 9 May, 2012 - 10:34Triratna’s Ipswich Buddhist Centre created a splash in the city centre over the weekend as they celebrated the Buddha’s Enlightenment in the Cornhill, Ipswich’s central square. Building on last year’s successful initiative, this year they expanded the Festival to include the Sri Lankan Community (who came and gave away heaps of food), the local Community of Interbeing (Thich Nhat Hanh group), and Soka Gakkai International. Jnanamitra reports - “It was lovely to be celebrating together. It was wet...
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Buddha Festival coming up - and a report from India

By lokabandhu on Thu, 3 May, 2012 - 05:54

Buddha Festival coming up - and a report from India

By lokabandhu on Thu, 3 May, 2012 - 05:54Triratna’s annual Buddha Festival day is coming up, falling this year on the Full Moon of May 6th. Over in India, however, they’ve already celebrated a major Buddha festival at Nagpur’s Diksha Bhumi - right on the site of the historic mass conversions of 1956 which kick-started the Buddhist revival in India. Ritayush sends us this report:

“Jai Bhim brothers and sisters. Encouraged by the success of our Buddha Festival last year, Nagpur Buddhist Centre organised a...

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