Tag: Sangharakshita

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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.

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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!

File NameSize
01 Re-imagining the Buddha334.84 KB
02 Revering and Relying Upon the Dharma225.27 KB
03 Initiation Into A New Life (2018 Revision)184.41 KB
04 'A Supra-personal Force or Energy Working Through Me'272.39 KB
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New book by Sangharakshita - The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 09:40

New book by Sangharakshita - The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 09:40A major new book by Sangharakshita has just been published, bringing together many of his most significant teachings on meditation. The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation is a substantial compilation of teachings on meditation and suggestions for its successful practice – some drawn from previously published works, and many extracted from previously unpublished seminar transcripts. They reveal how Sangharakshita learned the practices on which his system of meditation – ‘an organic, living system’ – is based, and...
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Triratna News

Sangharakshita’s Diary, November 2012

By lokabandhu on Sat, 24 Nov, 2012 - 07:05

Sangharakshita’s Diary, November 2012

By lokabandhu on Sat, 24 Nov, 2012 - 07:05Vidyaruchi writes with his regular roundup of Sangharakshita’s news for the past month, saying - “At the end of October, I returned to Bhante’s service after a six-week break, during which time Singhamanas, who will succeed me permanently in March, stepped into the secretarial saddle. The changeover went smoothly, and I am hopeful that in Singhamanas Bhante has found a secretary who will have most of my virtues and few of my failings. (Fortunately, Bhante has never had cause to...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Two book launches coming up in Birmingham

By lokabandhu on Tue, 20 Nov, 2012 - 06:50

Two book launches coming up in Birmingham

By lokabandhu on Tue, 20 Nov, 2012 - 06:5025 November sees two book launches coming up in Birmingham as part of their Sangha Day festivities. Editors Vidyadevi and Kalyanaprabha will be with Sangharakshita from 11.30am–1.00pm at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre, and all are welcome. Here’s the details…

The Purpose and Practice of Buddhist Meditation
A substantial compilation of Sangharakshita’s teachings on meditation – some drawn from previously published works, and many edited from unpublished transcripts of seminars. Extracts reveal how Sangharakshita learned the...
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Triratna News

Sangharakshita's diary, October 2012

By lokabandhu on Thu, 25 Oct, 2012 - 06:01

Sangharakshita's diary, October 2012

By lokabandhu on Thu, 25 Oct, 2012 - 06:01Change is very much the colour of the season here at Madhyamaloka and for Sangharakshita especially. He has both been adapting to a new secretary, and preparing concertedly for his imminent move to Herefordshire and Coddington Court (shown in the photographs opposite), which Bhante visited for the first time on 25th September. The historic occasion was caught on film; if you would care to see some images from this, please navigate to the recent news article. Sangharakshita was...
Sheffield Buddhist Centre
Sheffield Buddhist Centre

Recollecting My Teacher

By bodhinaga on Sun, 7 Oct, 2012 - 21:29

Recollecting My Teacher

By bodhinaga on Sun, 7 Oct, 2012 - 21:29Padmavajra recollects his teacher, Urgyen Sangharakshita, under the headings of ‘Creator of Environments’, ‘Translator’, ‘Spiritual Friend’, ‘Vajra Guru’ and ‘Urgyen’. Given on 3rd October 2012 at Sheffield Buddhist Centre.
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Sangharakshita visits his new home - Coddington Court

By lokabandhu on Tue, 2 Oct, 2012 - 05:36
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Sangharakshita visits his new home - Coddington Court

By lokabandhu on Tue, 2 Oct, 2012 - 05:36Singhamanas writes from the Sangharakshita Land Project with news of a video showing Sangharakshita visiting his new home - Coddington Court - for the first time. He says - “On Tuesday the 25th September 2012, Sangharakshita took his first steps on the site that will be his new home and future resting place. This historic occasion was caught on film, so please enjoy some footage from that historic occasion in the accompanying video…”

In the...
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Triratna News

The Sangharakshita Land Project has a home!

By lokabandhu on Sat, 22 Sep, 2012 - 11:28

The Sangharakshita Land Project has a home!

By lokabandhu on Sat, 22 Sep, 2012 - 11:28Mokshapriya writes from Birmingham, UK with major news from the Sangharakshita Land Project: they’ve bought somewhere! Triratna now has a major new retreat centre, and Sangharakshita has a new home. He says - “At five o’clock on Friday 21st September, after three years of talking and planning and searching and travelling and head-scratching, contracts have been signed, cheques cashed and keys handed over. We have bought a property: the Sangharakshita Land Project has a home.

Known...
Sheffield Buddhist Centre
Sheffield Buddhist Centre

Sangharakshita and the Founding of the Triratna Buddhist Community

By bodhinaga on Thu, 20 Sep, 2012 - 09:42

Sangharakshita and the Founding of the Triratna Buddhist Community

By bodhinaga on Thu, 20 Sep, 2012 - 09:42Satyajyoti talks about Sangharakshita’s life, how he came to found the Triratna Buddhist Order and the principles upon which it is founded. Given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 21st August 2012 as part of a series of talks on the Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

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