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Post-Retreat Resources - Sailing the Worldly Winds

By Centre Team on Fri, 10 Apr, 2020 - 17:29

Post-Retreat Resources - Sailing the Worldly Winds

By Centre Team on Fri, 10 Apr, 2020 - 17:29

We hope you have enjoyed Sailing the Worldly Winds with us this week! Whether you have had the time and space to engage in a full retreat, or you have just dipped in and appreciated a few lines of Dharma here and there, we hope the material has been inspiring and helpful while you are spending more time at home.

One of the highlights of the week was the...

Buddhist Centre Features

Podcast - An Update from The Sikkha Project

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 19 Apr, 2019 - 09:20

“The idea is that, at some point, it won’t be a project; it’ll just be more like how we do things”

The Sikkha Project aims to support the development of training within Triratna for every level of experience, to discover and share how the different elements of our system of practice are taught and practiced most effectively, and to create resources and training to fill any gaps.

Here’s a conversation with Dhammamegha, currently co-ordinating this project, explaining its origins, who’s involved and the ‘shopping...

Triratna News

The Sikkha Project

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 4 Apr, 2019 - 10:36

The Sikkha Project

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 4 Apr, 2019 - 10:36

Sikkha is the name of a project overseen by Triratna’s International Council. Its aims are to support the development of training within Triratna for every level of experience, to discover and share how the different elements of our system are taught and practiced most effectively, and to create resources and training to fill any gaps.

The Sikkha website is now open to all. Here you will find some recommended introductory courses - including a newly published course from...

Triratna Resources

Urban Retreat - A Guide to Running One Locally

By Mokshini on Sat, 3 Dec, 2016 - 11:35

Many Triratna Buddhist Centres run successful local Urban Retreats - notably the LBC, which I gather attracts a lot of new-ish people each year and is both a great way to embed practice in daily life, as well as strengthen connections within your Sangha.

Here is a Guide to help you run your own.

Triratna Resources

Pujas & Main Ritual Resources Within Triratna (in English)

By Mokshini on Mon, 28 Nov, 2016 - 13:26

the main rituals used in the Triratna Buddhist Community, in English.

For texts of rituals in other languages, see Triratna Translations

File Name	Size
dedication_ceremony.doc	24 KB
threefold_puja.doc	176 KB
tiratanavandana.pdf	28.01 KB
the_heart_sutra_in_english_and_sanskrit.pdf	35.37 KB
sevenfold_puja.pdf	44.52 KB

Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Introduction to Buddhism Course (Sagaraghosha)

By Centre Team on Tue, 19 Jul, 2016 - 21:30

Sagaraghosa introduces an introduction to Buddhism course which is run for complete newcomers at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre…

The course was devised for people who may not have learnt to meditate. In Cambridge, we provide both meditation and the Buddhism course as possible first courses for newcomers. However short led meditations are included in the Buddhism course and can help to give a flavour of what it is like to meditate as well as helping the course to be grounded in experience.
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File Name	Size
Introduction to Buddhism Course - Overview (PDF)	1.68 MB
Introduction to Buddhism Course - Teachers Notes (PDF)	231.19 KB
Introduction to Buddhism Course - Week 2, Images of the Buddha	1.22 MB

Triratna Resources

Mantras (Audio)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 23:42

The Birmingham Buddhist Centre sangha, led by Vipulakirti, have recorded their own versions here. Musical notation and an article about how to approach mantras and their chanting will follow soon from him, but, at the bottom of this page, you’ll find a short explanation about the mantras and the musical “principles” behind them.

With many thanks to Vipulakirti and all the chanters!

These searches on The Buddhist Centre Online yield considerably updated resources: Chanting | Mantra

Wildmind has...

File Name	Size
Aksobhya (mp3)	3.02 MB
Amitabha (mp3)	6 MB
Amoghasiddhi (mp3)	4.5 MB
Maitreya (mp3)	4.19 MB
Ratnasambhava (mp3)	3.03 MB
Shakyamuni (mp3)	3.47 MB
Vairocana (mp3)	2.96 MB
White Tara (mp3)	6.16 MB

Triratna Resources

Pujas (in English and Other Languages)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 23:32

Here are some older versions of some the main pujas and other ceremonies as practiced in Triratna – in several languages.

This search for ‘puja’ on The Buddhist Centre Online yields considerably updated resources

Also see Triratna Translations for many more translations of key ritual texts used in the Triratna Buddhist Community

File Name	Size
Akshobhya Puja - Deutsch (PDF)	55.72 KB
Bodhicaryavatara Puma - Deutsch (PDF)	51.18 KB
De Korte Poeja (PDF)	31.83 KB
Dedication Ceremony (PDF)	22.66 KB
Die Siebenfaltige Puja (PDF)	65.61 KB
Einfache Puja (PDF)	28.11 KB
Irische Puja - Deutsch (PDF)	46.3 KB
La Puja En Sept Parties (PDF)	80.79 KB
Le Sutra du Coeur (PDF)	48.2 KB
Puja aus der Gandavyuha Sutra (PDF)	53.44 KB
The Heart Sutra (PDF)	35.37 KB
The Sevenfold Puja (PDF)	44.52 KB
The Threefold Puja (PDF)	170.78 KB
Ti Ratana Vandana (PDF)	28.01 KB
Ti Ratana Vandana - Deutsch (PDF)	45.68 KB
Weihungszeremonie (PDF)	27.06 KB
Семичленная пуджа (PDF)	72.83 KB
Сердечна cутра (PDF)	59.54 KB

Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Imagination, Beauty and Ritual, An Eight-Week Course (Padmavajri)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 22:41

This course over eight weeks on The Place of Imagination, Beauty, and Ritual in the Spiritual Life was provided by Padmavajri from the Brighton Buddhist Centre.

Padmavajri says: “I led two groups on this. The course was aimed at any Mitras and it turned out I had a group of experienced Mitras, and a group of newer Mitras (one or two years old)… The two groups here loved it, enjoyed it, were challenged by it, and also were helped to understand ritual and the arts...

File Name	Size
Overview (PDF)	68.4 KB
Week 1 - Emotional Energy and Spiritual Aspiration (PDF)	77.03 KB
Week 2 - Faith and Non-faith (PDF)	72.21 KB
Week 3 - The Psychology of the Spiritual Life (PDF)	75.7 KB
Week 4 - The Life and Death of the Imagination (PDF)	77.7 KB
Week 5 - Beauty and the Hierarchy of Art (PDF)	82.72 KB
Week 6 - The Dharma in Poetry (PDF)	77.05 KB
Week 7 - The Psychology of Ritual (PDF)	75.31 KB
Week 8 - Approaching the Sevenfold Puja (PDF)	76.48 KB

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