Dhammaduta Publications, India
Dhammaduta Publications, India

A NEW VIHARA A NEW LIFE (Lecture by Ven. Sangharkshita at Chikhalwadi, India on 6th February 1982)

By amoghabhadra on Thu, 6 Jun, 2013 - 13:06
Dear friends,

I have upladed the talk given by Ven. Urgen Sangharakshita at Chikhalwadi, Pune, India in text form. The talk was typed by Amoghabhadra and checked by Dh. Achala. Hope you all will like it.

much metta
Amoghabhadra
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Seven Papers by Subhuti with Sangharakshita

Seven Papers by Subhuti with Sangharakshita

By Candradasa on Fri, 12 Apr, 2013 - 21:52

To round off our ‘Triratna anniversaries’ week, here is the appropriately definitive complete set of seven papers by Subhuti and Sangharakshita, documenting their conversations over the past few years about the whole basis of our approach to the Dharma within the Triratna Buddhist Community.

In Subhuti’s words, each attempts to follow through the implications of Sangharakshita’s statement, in the first paper, What is the Western Buddhist Order?, that the Triratna Buddhist Order...

Afrikaans
Afrikaans

The Threefold Puja in Afrikaans

By lokabandhu on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 18:54

Here’s a great translation of The Threefold PujaDie Drievoudige Puja – into Afrikaans.

It’s part of the much wider Triratna Translations project. For more translations please see the Afrikaans Translations page at thebuddhistcentre.com/translations/afrikaans; and for more languages, see the main Triratna Translations page at thebuddhistcentre.com/translations

Could you help us translate basic texts and ceremonies into the languages of the world? If so, please email us at int.triratna.translations.board [at]...

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'A Supra-personal Force or Energy Working Through Me'

'A Supra-personal Force or Energy Working Through Me'

By Candradasa on Mon, 24 Dec, 2012 - 23:22Or to give it its full title:
‘A Supra-personal Force or Energy Working Through Me’: the Triratna Buddhist Community and the Stream of the Dharma’

The final instalment of Subhuti’s round of articles based on discussions with Sangharakshita, clarifying and exploring further aspects of Sangharakshita’s teaching, which is the foundation of the Triratna Buddhist Community’s system of practice.

Download the rest of the series

Sangharakshita himself writes:

“I...
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All Four Papers from Subhuti and Sangharakshita

By Candradasa on Mon, 24 Dec, 2012 - 23:14

Updated December 2018 to include a new revision of ‘Initiation Into A New Life’.

Here are all four of the articles written over the past couple of years by Subhuti following his conversations with Sangharakshita, clarifying and taking further expositions of Sangharakshita’s teaching as the basis of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. Essential reading!

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An extract from 'Mingling Souls'...

By Candradasa on Tue, 11 Sep, 2012 - 17:30
Listen to an extract from Sangharakshita’s newly remastered and tracked talk, at once both erudite and moving as recalls his long friendship in letters with Dinoo Dubash from Bombay.

This extract deals with The Towers of Silence - Parsee ‘air burials’; Parsee culture; meeting Dinoo at a lecture - ‘Inspiration Whence’; the Arts as a source of spiritual inspiration; Dinoo’s painted visions of Maitreya Buddha
Vegan Buddhists and Friends
Vegan Buddhist

Sangharakshita answers: Why have you become a vegan now?

By Candradasa on Thu, 23 Aug, 2012 - 21:26
Sangharakshita telling the tale of his unusual path to veganism!

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A Buddhist Manifesto: The Principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community (PDF)

By Candradasa on Mon, 30 Jul, 2012 - 12:14
Here’s the downloadable eBook version of Subhuti’s important new booklet on the core principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community.

You can also buy an inexpensive paper copy if you’d like something for your bookshelf.
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A Buddhist Manifesto: The Principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community

A Buddhist Manifesto: The Principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community

By Candradasa on Mon, 30 Jul, 2012 - 12:06Subhuti’s important new booklet about the core principles of Triratna, based on his conversations with Sangharakshita. Essential reading. Download the eBook or read more about the genesis of his ‘manifesto’!

The world today is very different from that in which Buddhism originated and flourished over the millenia. Buddhists now practise and teach the Dharma in an age of urbanisation, globalisation, mass communication, and rapid technological change. The challenge we face today is to...

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