Tag: Japan

Daisaku Ikeda 1928-2023

By Munisha on Tue, 12 Dec, 2023 - 15:20

Daisaku Ikeda, who died on 15th November at the age of 95, was founder president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), which grew out of the Soka Gakkai in the 1970s. Both are part of the tradition founded by Nichiren Daishonin in 13th century Japan.

Soka gakkai means ‘society for the creation of value’. Having been deeply affected by growing up in Japan during WW2 Mr Ikeda began to practise this type of Buddhism at the age of 19...

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A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony

By aryapala on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony

By aryapala on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

Saturday 18th February 2023, 11:30am, we celebrated Susana Kumagai’s Mitra Ceremony, Tokyo.

Becoming a Mitra in Triratna is making a commitment to the Buddhist Path.

Commitment, because in life, what we get out of it depends on what we put in. Particularly in the spiritual life.

You will probably have noticed this in your meditation practice, to take just one example. If we sit down to meditate without fully committing ourselves to the practice, we are likely to drift and daydream. But when we sit down...

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It's alive! Triratna Tokyo Online

By aryapala on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 10:09

It's alive! Triratna Tokyo Online

By aryapala on Tue, 13 Dec, 2022 - 10:09

These are some of the first photos of our fledgling group that started online in early 2020.

We hope to keep you updated here and on our other social media platforms.

The beginning of the group mysteriously begin…

Via a mutual friend - Leo Gonzalez (originally from the Merida Buddhist centre, Venezuela) - Susana Kumagai and her family met Aryapala and Sugarbha during their visit...

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Taming the Bull

By Ratnaprabha on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 16:48

Taming the Bull

By Ratnaprabha on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 16:48

Ratnaprabha’s slideshow on the Zen Ox-herding pictures. Live-streamed series on Buddhist Symbols, Imagine a Buddha, look on the North London Buddhist Centre’s new YouTube channel every Saturday until 23 May at 11:30 UK time.

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Vajra Bell - Summer 2016

By Candradasa on Mon, 11 Jul, 2016 - 22:46

A beautiful new edition of the Triratna Dharma magazine from North America! Featuring great articles on love and wisdom from Amala and Kamalashila, tales from a pilgrimage to Kyoto, and notes on community connections from all across the region.

Read more Vajra Bell editions on Issuu

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Vajra Bell - Summer 2013

By Rijupatha on Wed, 3 Jul, 2013 - 16:07In this issue of the Vajra Bell newsletter:

• “Buddhist Roots in the Wild West: The History of Triratna in America” by Dh. Viriyalila
• “Sustaining Faith on the Spiral Path” by Barry Timmerman
• Dhardo Tulku Rinpoche Visits Aryaloka - recap and background from Dh. Viriyagita
• “A Pilgrimage to Japan: An Artist’s Tour for Buddhists, a Buddhist Tour for Artists” by Lois Sans
• Reflections on a recent men’s community retreat
• Aryaloka arts: exhibits by textile...