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Daily quote from 'The Survey': the heartbeat of Buddhism

By vajratara on Mon, 10 Apr, 2017 - 16:26

Daily quote from 'The Survey': the heartbeat of Buddhism

By vajratara on Mon, 10 Apr, 2017 - 16:26

It’s 60 years since the publication of ‘The Survey’.  To celebrate, here is today’s quote: 

Be the traditional Buddhist cosmology a sober statement of scientifically verifiable fact, or a delirious flight of poetic imagination, it reflects on its own level a law whose operation is as the heartbeat of Buddhism, the law that when the conditions for the production of phenomenon - from the falling of a leaf to the birth of a Buddha - are present, the effect will inevitably follow. Ch1.5

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Daily quote from 'The Survey': the attainment of Enlightenment

By vajratara on Sun, 9 Apr, 2017 - 21:49

Daily quote from 'The Survey': the attainment of Enlightenment

By vajratara on Sun, 9 Apr, 2017 - 21:49

Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community, it is also the 60th anniversary of the first publication of ‘A Survey of Buddhism’, Sangharakshita’s seminal introduction (a rather weighty one) to Buddhism: ‘its doctrines and methods through the ages’.  This book is studied by those training for ordination on ‘The Transcendental Principle’ retreat.  Tiratanaloka are running that retreat right now, and to celebrate both anniversaries we will be giving you a quote each day.  So for...
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Quote from 'The Survey' each day!

By vajratara on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 19:23

Quote from 'The Survey' each day!

By vajratara on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 19:23

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary we are doing what we always do - delving into the mysteries of the Dharma, but this time with cake! To celebrate the anniversary we will post a quote from ‘The Survey of Buddhism’ by Sangharakshita each day. Our current retreat is ‘The Transcendental Principle’

‘Nature is not dead, but alive with many voices, and to an eye accustomed to see and to hear things that point beyond themselves even ‘An old pine tree is preaching wisdom, and...

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