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India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution"

The Dhamma Revolution in India: a personal perspective

By vajratara on Sun, 19 Oct, 2014 - 19:45
On 14 October at Adhisthana, we celebrated the anniversary of the mass conversions in India with Dhammachari Maitriveer-Nagarjuna. Here is a short extract from his question and answers with the women European Mitra Convenors…
India Dhamma Trust:
India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution"

What Buddhists in the West could learn from the Indian Order

By vajratara on Sun, 19 Oct, 2014 - 19:42
On 14 October, at Adhisthana, we celebrated the anniversary of the mass conversions in India with Dhammachari Maitriveer-Nagarjuna. Here is a short extract from his question and answers with the women European Mitra Convenors…
India Dhamma Trust:
India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution"

Why the Indian Buddhists benefit from the Triratna Buddhist Order

By vajratara on Sun, 19 Oct, 2014 - 19:38
On 14 October at Adhisthana, we celebrated the anniversary of the mass conversions in India with Dhammachari Maitriveer-Nagarjuna. Here is a short extract from his question and answers with the women European Mitra Convenors…
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Lokamitra and Subhuti in Conversation

By Candradasa on Thu, 11 Apr, 2013 - 00:30
To continue our extended celebration of ‘Triratna Weekend’, here is an interview (in a rather noisy restaurant!) from the end of the 2013 Order Convention in India with two pivotal figures in the Triratna Buddhist Order who have helped shape it and the wider community, east and west, since the late ’60s and early ’70s.

Lokamitra and Subhuti are always worth listening to - and this is full of delights and insights about...
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Lokamitra - The Sangha and the Structure of Social Change

By Candradasa on Sun, 3 Mar, 2013 - 16:17
Lokamitra is the ideal person to talk about the amazing transformative influence of the Dharma on people’s lives. Its power to effect change in Indian society in seemingly intractable areas like caste offers a hopeful glimpse of the future for any Buddhist community with aspirations to embody the Buddha’s teachings on the pre-eminence of mind in shaping the world we inhabit.

Looking at both Sangharakshita’s teaching on Buddhism and ‘The New Society’ and Dr. Ambedkar’s Dhamma revolution,...
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Community Highlights

Lokamitra's Presentation on the Work of Nagaloka (Audio)

By Candradasa on Tue, 19 Feb, 2013 - 18:21
Lokamitra is a true pioneer of Dhamma work. A founding figure of Triratna in India, home of the Buddha, he’s been steadily working together with teams of friends to revitalise Buddhism in its native land. His life has been dedicated particularly to helping ‘Scheduled Caste’ people escape the hell of their situation by embracing the teachings of the Buddha and the example of their great visionary leader, Dr. Ambedkar.

Here he talks...
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Viradhamma on the Work of the Nagaloka Institute, India

By Candradasa on Fri, 27 Apr, 2012 - 23:38
In case you missed it, here is Viradhamma talking at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center a few weeks ago about his work to support the extraordinary Nagaloka Institute project in India, which provides education and Buddhist training to young people from the some of the poorest communities in India. It was an incredibly inspiring evening and he was overwhelmed at the genrosity of the seacoast Sangha. Together with our friends at Aryaloka we provided enough in donations to...

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