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Triratna at the European Buddhist Union annual meeting 2014

By Munisha on Thu, 20 Nov, 2014 - 16:18

Triratna at the European Buddhist Union annual meeting 2014

By Munisha on Thu, 20 Nov, 2014 - 16:18Representatives of Buddhist traditions and national Buddhist unions in Europe attended the annual 3-day meeting of the European Buddhist Union (EBU) at the end of September in Hamburg, Germany.

Munisha attended for Triratna, along with nearly 40 others from all over Europe, including members of Hungary’s Jai Bhim Network, new gypsy Buddhists inspired by Dr Ambedkar and his Indian followers. The EBU membership is currently largely Mahayana or Vajrayana.

We heard about the ...

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Small grants for Triratna projects and Centres: the Growth Fund 2014

By Munisha on Fri, 17 Oct, 2014 - 00:27

Small grants for Triratna projects and Centres: the Growth Fund 2014

By Munisha on Fri, 17 Oct, 2014 - 00:27Every year, Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) awards a number of small grants from its Growth Fund. This year five grants were made, to a total of GBP 3,575. Your Centre, group or project may like to consider applying next year.

Growth Fund grants are made to projects leading to an increase in numbers of people attending Triratna classes in basic meditation and Dharma:

a. existing Centres giving birth to new groups and Centres in their...

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Seeking Triratna sangha in Indonesia

By Munisha on Fri, 3 Oct, 2014 - 13:33

Seeking Triratna sangha in Indonesia

By Munisha on Fri, 3 Oct, 2014 - 13:33What if there’s no Triratna sangha where you are? Today and tomorrow, Triratna News hears from two people far from Triratna sangha, starting with Anne-Cathrin. A German mitra training for ordination, she lives in Bogor, Indonesia.

She writes: “I asked for ordination August 2013. At the same time, I decided to embark on the adventure of Going Forth. Though I understood that the ordination process involved practice in daily life with Buddhist friends, I also longed to use my...

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Telling the story of India's Dhamma Revolution in Europe

By Munisha on Wed, 2 Jul, 2014 - 00:02

Telling the story of India's Dhamma Revolution in Europe

By Munisha on Wed, 2 Jul, 2014 - 00:02Amalavajra writes from the India Dhamma Trust, which raises money for the ordination training of Indian Buddhists:

“Amrutdeep, a senior Indian Order member and Public Preceptor, recently completed a successful tour of six Triratna Centres in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany. Coinciding with Buddhist Action Month, his visit fitted the Month’s overarching social action theme very well.

Visiting the sanghas at Metta Vihara, Arnhem, Amsterdam, Paris, Ghent and Essen, he told the story of Dr...

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Vier buddhistische Texte in Deutsch

By lokabandhu on Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 - 16:35

Vier buddhistische Texte in Deutsch:

Die Siebenfältige Puja (The Sevenfold Puja)
Die Einfache Puja (The Threefold Puja)
Die Weihungszeremonie (The Dedication Ceremony)
Tiratanavandana

For other languages please see the Translation Project home page at thebuddhistcentre.com/translations.

File Name	Size
Die Einfache Puja (The Threefold Puja)	295.15 KB
Die Weihungszeremonie (The Dedication Ceremony)	128 KB
Tiratanavandana	345.51 KB
Die Siebenfältige Puja (The Sevenfold Puja)	598.52 KB

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Buddhistisches Zentrum Essen celebrates 25 Years

By lokabandhu on Tue, 9 Jul, 2013 - 06:52

Buddhistisches Zentrum Essen celebrates 25 Years

By lokabandhu on Tue, 9 Jul, 2013 - 06:52Jnanacandra writes from Germany with news of their 25th anniversary celebrations, saying - “Buddhistisches Zentrum Essen - Triratna’s Buddhist Centre in Essen, Germany - just celebrated its 25th anniversary. This coincides with the 30 year anniversary of Triratna activities in Germany which also started in Essen.

Several speakers related their memories of the past two and a half decades, from the very first beginnings when Dhammaloka and Dharmapriya started Buddhist activities in their private flat in...

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Free Buddhist Audio goes German!

By lokabandhu on Wed, 24 Oct, 2012 - 06:09

Free Buddhist Audio goes German!

By lokabandhu on Wed, 24 Oct, 2012 - 06:09Viriyalila writes from New Hampshire with the latest news from Free Buddhist Audio - Triratna’s popular Dharma talks website, currently averaging 5,000 visitors a months - a figure which looks set to increase with the new German version of the site. She says - “This summer the Free Buddhist Audio team joined forces with Jnanacandra, chairwoman of Triratna’s centre in Essen, Germany, to create a fully functional, fully German version of Free Buddhist Audio.

Our...

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New Triratna Buddhist Centre opens in Berlin

By lokabandhu on Wed, 5 Sep, 2012 - 12:15

New Triratna Buddhist Centre opens in Berlin

By lokabandhu on Wed, 5 Sep, 2012 - 12:15Katja writes from Berlin with the wonderful news of the opening last weekend of Triratna’s new Buddhist Centre in Berlin-Kreuzberg (known as „Buddhistisches Tor Berlin“, the Berlin Buddhist Gate). She says -

In beautiful late summer sunshine, we held a very successful opening of our new Buddhist Centre – known as ‘Buddhistisches Tor Berlin’, the Berlin Buddhist Centre – which we celebrated with more than 500 guests from many countries. There were representatives of other Buddhist groups, local neighbors...

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German FBA Crew Celebrates 100 German-language Dharma Talks Uploaded!

By lokabandhu on Fri, 2 Mar, 2012 - 05:38

German FBA Crew Celebrates 100 German-language Dharma Talks Uploaded!

By lokabandhu on Fri, 2 Mar, 2012 - 05:38Jnanacandra writes from Essen, Germany, with news of the 100th German-language Dharma talk uploaded to Triratna’s Free Buddhist Audio website, saying - “Free Buddhist Audio, our wonderful platform for Triratna’s audio and text archives, has been hosting Dharma talks in German language since 2008. And on February 12, at 00:11 o’clock (!) the 100th German upload went online - and the little German FBA team celebrated joyfully with coffee and cakes!

Five...

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German Young People's Sangha Celebrates First Retreat

By lokabandhu on Wed, 22 Feb, 2012 - 05:38

German Young People's Sangha Celebrates First Retreat

By lokabandhu on Wed, 22 Feb, 2012 - 05:38Mat New, a young Triratna Buddhist from Birmingham, UK writes about his recent retreat - in Essen, Germany, where the German young people’s sangha have just celebrated their first retreat. He says - “The retreat was at Vimaladhatu, a beautiful Triratna retreat Centre nestled in the pine forests and hills of the Sauerland region not far from Triratna’s Essen Buddhist Centre. Alokavira and Aryabandhu, who were leading the weekend, each offered a talk and their...

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