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Dharmabyte: Metta as Emptiness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 17 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is called Metta as Emptiness by Dayajoti. This excerpt is from the talk Dependent Arising given on the Metta and Insight Retreat, held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, May 2015.

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Cooking as Spiritual Practice

From Community Highlights on Wed, 16 Jan, 2019 - 17:02

Cooking as Spiritual Practice

From Community Highlights on Wed, 16 Jan, 2019 - 17:02

Danabhadri talks about her experience of preparing food in the kitchen of the Dhanakosa retreat centre - including practising mindfulness while chopping vegetables, approaching cooking as a puja, and wisdom reflections on the interconnectedness of our food chain.

Video created by Shantiketu.

Listen to a talk by Danabhadri, ‘Dogen’s Advice For the Kitchen’

Sadayasihi

What the London Buddhist Centre (really) is

From Community Highlights on Wed, 16 Jan, 2019 - 16:11

What the London Buddhist Centre (really) is

From Community Highlights on Wed, 16 Jan, 2019 - 16:11

“It’s a lightning rod through which something utterly transcendent can find its way into the world”

Here’s a wonderful little film from the London Buddhist Centre, launched this week, which gives a flavour of what a Buddhist Centre is and can offer the world.

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Watch Suryagupta in conversation with Subhuti - part of a series of events to mark the LBC’s 40th anniversary

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Assistant to the International Council

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 14 Jan, 2019 - 15:55

Assistant to the International Council

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 14 Jan, 2019 - 15:55

Assistant to the International Council

We’re looking for an Order member to work full time for the International Council. It’s a job where you’re really at the centre of things, supporting the work of the International Council, and working closely with the Steering Group and the International Council Convenor. You’d be involved in the preparation of these international meetings, and the implementation of the projects of the International Council, which currently involves a vision and strategy consultation for Triratna internationally;...

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Dharmabyte: Gestures of Metta

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 14 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

What needs to be seen and known in our experience of suffering in order for it to lead to freedom and compassion? Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is called Gestures of Metta by Saddhanandi. This beautiful collection of thoughts on metta is the introduction to a guided meditation.

The full talk, entitled Metta and Beauty, is from a 12 day meditation retreat on Metta as a Path to Insight given at Taraloka, May 2015.

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FBA Podcast: A Field of Kindness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 12 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

Our FBA Podcast, this week is called A Field of Kindness by Sona.

A talk on kindness, the quality of caring and the Bodhisattva Ideal, given at the Stockholm Buddhist Center, on 5 September 2005.

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Funeral Arrangements for Dharmapalita

From Order Connection on Sat, 12 Jan, 2019 - 10:27

Funeral Arrangements for Dharmapalita

From Order Connection on Sat, 12 Jan, 2019 - 10:27

Dear Order Members,

I am writing to provide information for the funeral service of Dharmapalita, which will take place at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium on Tuesday the 15th of January at 9am. There will be refreshments to follow the service, organised by his family.

There has been a request not to bring flowers. If you would like to support a charity of Dharmapalita’s choice then please do so by donating to Avaaz here.

All are welcome to attend the service.

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Triratna system of practice - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Sat, 12 Jan, 2019 - 10:26

Triratna system of practice - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Sat, 12 Jan, 2019 - 10:26

Triratna system of practice - Guhyavajra

These notes are a thread of ‘sayings’ strung together around the architecture of Subhuti’s talks on The Triratna System of Practice. A lot of the material is cut and pasted from Subhuti’s papers, ‘The Essential Sangharakshita’ and Dilgo khyentse’s works, particularly ‘The heart of Compassion’; with a bit of my own signature to it.

My intention is that these notes are an addition to the general study pool in Triratna relating to our system of practice, originally prepared...

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Creating New Pathways

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 10 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is called Creating New Pathways from the talk Living In the Mandala Ratnavandana. This is her second talk of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat in Bristol, UK.

Here Ratnavandana embarks on a personal sharing of how her life has been transformed by deciding to go and live in the mandala of the Brahma Viharas and the Jinas themselves. Her deep love of the practices represents both an inspired and...

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Our New Sunday Series to Start 2019 –– Visions of the Path

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 9 Jan, 2019 - 01:10

Our New Sunday Series to Start 2019 –– Visions of the Path

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 9 Jan, 2019 - 01:10

Sundays January 6 - February 10, 9.30am-12pm

Over the course of 2019 at PBC, we will be exploring the The Myth of the Path from different perspectives, both in our weekly Sunday program and in our week-night courses.

We begin with a six-week series, Visions of the Path, in which we will hear from various Dharma-farers about their spiritual pathways and approaches to practice. What are the core themes and myths that guide them, and how do those myths inspire and work out in the day-to-day? As...

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