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Tag: technology

Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Buddhism and AI

By Centre Team on Fri, 21 Jul, 2023 - 21:44

What do Buddhists make of AI? And what does it all mean for our ideas of human consciousness? Check out our round table conversation about all things ChatGPT and beyond!

We’re coursing this week in the heady, fascinating realm of generative and assistive AI, already seemingly omnipresent in our lives via undeniably productive next gen software tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. How do our not-computer-generated guests from different walks of Buddhist life engage with this rapidly evolving area of...
Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

FBA Podcast: Ethical Challenges In the Modern World

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 26 Jun, 2021 - 06:00

What are the particular challenges we face in the 21st Century? There are many, and Vajradevi focuses on the mind precepts and our use of technology. This talk is linked with Akuppa’s talks on ‘21st Century Bodhisattva’ and drawing on the book ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ by the historian Yuval Noah Harari.

This talk was given as part of a series at Shrewbury Triratna Centre, 2019.

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Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: Let the Mind Roam

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 2 May, 2019 - 14:00

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Let the Mind Roam by Vajradevi. What are the particular challenges we face in the 21st Century? There are many, and Vajradevi focuses on the mind precepts and our use of technology.

From the talk Ethical Challenges In the Modern World by Vajradevi, given as part of a series at Shrewbury Triratna Centre focusing on the ’21st Century Bodhisattva’.

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Community Highlights
Community Highlights

Buddhist Action Month 2018: Transforming Self, Transforming World

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:00

Buddhist Action Month 2018: Transforming Self, Transforming World

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:00

On the BAM Space, Mokshini writes: “The theme for BAM 2018 is Transforming Self, Transforming World.

As always, the theme for BAM is inspired by contemporary issues, and this year’s emphasis invites us to stop and look at the big picture: 

It is becoming evident that our society urgently needs a new story, a new myth to live by. As an example. George Monbiot puts it very well in this recent short interview where he outlines the need for a psycho-spiritual approach that is thoroughly meaningful and that...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

The Buddhist Centre Online, Free Buddhist Audio, Triratna Centre Sites Back Online!

By Candradasa on Thu, 26 Oct, 2017 - 13:40

The Buddhist Centre Online, Free Buddhist Audio, Triratna Centre Sites Back Online!

By Candradasa on Thu, 26 Oct, 2017 - 13:40

Dear Friends,

Thanks for your many sympathetic messages of support over a rather long and trying 5 days here at Dharmachakra after the loss of most Triratna online sites and services. We really appreciated them!

Read about what happened and how we’ll avoid it in future

After last Thursday’s usually routine disk changes went wrong at our server hosts, Fasthosts UK, the team here endured a fruitless weekend being stonewalled by them (“there was an...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Recruiting a web development apprentice at Virya Group

By RCheesley on Sun, 4 May, 2014 - 19:31
Full time apprenticeship opportunity based in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

  • Design and develop a wide range of web applications
  • Contribute to Open Source projects to improve web technologies worldwide
  • Learn a range of coding languages including HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and more
  • Work on a range of dana-based projects

Virya Group are a new Anglo-Dutch Joint Venture business led by CEO Ruth Cheesley (a GFR Mitra from Ipswich), which has evolved from the company Virya Technologies and...
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