Tag: International Order Convention 2016

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FBA Podcast: Living In Interesting Times - Now It's Really Getting Interesting

By Zac on Sat, 8 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

At the Order Convention in 1989 Nagabodhi gave a talk: ‘Living in Interesting Times’ in which he explored some of the challenges facing our Order in the coming years as our internal and external conditions changed. He returned to the theme at an Order event in 2003, and then most recently with this talk given at the Order Convention in 2016: “Living in Interesting Times; Now it’s Really Getting Interesting”. As well as reviewing whether any of...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

'Evoking myths for the future' - Prajnaketu

By upekshapriya on Tue, 30 Aug, 2016 - 20:20

'Evoking myths for the future' - Prajnaketu

By upekshapriya on Tue, 30 Aug, 2016 - 20:20

Yashosagar, Vajratara, and Prajnaketu look forward and share their dreams of the future. Re-visiting the perspectives of Sangharakshita’s talk ‘A Blueprint for a New World’ we hear about the wider Dharma vision of Dr. Ambedkar in India, whose emphasis on liberty, equality, and fraternity is more relevant than ever. We are invited to imagine a future where Buddhist Centres serve as hubs that support their communities in more and more ways as economic and social conditions change. And we have...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

'Dreaming of the future' - Vajratara

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:29

'Dreaming of the future' - Vajratara

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:29

Yashosagar, Vajratara, and Prajnaketu look forward and share their dreams of the future. Re-visiting the perspectives of Sangharakshita’s talk ‘A Blueprint for a New World’ we hear about the wider Dharma vision of Dr. Ambedkar in India, whose emphasis on liberty, equality, and fraternity is more relevant than ever. We are invited to imagine a future where Buddhist Centres serve as hubs that support their communities in more and more ways as economic and social conditions change. And we have...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

'Dreams for the sangha and humanity' - Yashosagar

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:25

'Dreams for the sangha and humanity' - Yashosagar

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:25

Yashosagar, Vajratara, and Prajnaketu look forward and share their dreams of the future. Re-visiting the perspectives of Sangharakshita’s talk ‘A Blueprint for a New World’ we hear about the wider Dharma vision of Dr. Ambedkar in India, whose emphasis on liberty, equality, and fraternity is more relevant than ever. We are invited to imagine a future where Buddhist Centres serve as hubs that support their communities in more and more ways as economic and social conditions change. And we have...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

'Climate change and the six elements' - Amala

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:13

'Climate change and the six elements' - Amala

By upekshapriya on Sat, 20 Aug, 2016 - 21:13

Revisiting Sangharakshita’s classic talk ‘The Nucleus of a New Society’ from the 1970s, four members of the Triratna Buddhist Order offer bold, challenging, perspectives of what it could be to engage anew with his radical vision of a new kind of society. Through the twin lenses of diversity and climate change, we hear questioning voices and affirming notions of community-based and personal Dharma practice in a suffering world. The invitation to examine our own perspectives and biases is both essential...

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