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Buddhist Action Month begins

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 19:10

Buddhist Action Month begins

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 19:10

BAM kicked off at Friends Night this week with a simple dedication ritual, led by Lilasiddhi. One of the activities sangha members are participating in is the taking of personal precepts to live simply during the month. At Friends Night each person wrote their precept on a paper leaf and placed it on the tree. Personal precepts ranged from giving away a bag of clothes each week to eliminating meat consumption to working on reducing gun violence. In keeping...

Mokshini

Avalokiteshvara's Tears: What is a compassionate Western Buddhist response to the issues of the 21st century?

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 19:00

Avalokiteshvara's Tears: What is a compassionate Western Buddhist response to the issues of the 21st century?

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 19:00

The theme of the Womens Area Order Weekend at the end of May was to reflect on one of the four ordination vows of the order, that is to acto for the welfare of all beings, relates to the current climate crisis and increasing social injustice: If climate change and injustice equals suffering, is it our duty as an Order to try and do something about it?

Green Tara was at the centre of this weekend: she exemplifies the perfection of wisdom...

Shrijnana

BAM at Aryaloka: personal precepts for living simply

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 18:56

BAM at Aryaloka: personal precepts for living simply

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 18:56

Members of the Aryaloka sangha are taking on personal precepts to live simply during Buddhist Action Month. After the opening dedication ritual for BAM, each person wrote their precept on a paper leaf and placed it on the tree. Personal precepts ranged from giving away a bag of clothes each week to eliminating meat consumption to working on reducing gun violence. In keeping with the intent of BAM, the tree was made out of recycled cardboard pizza boxes...

Singhamati

Celebrating the Internationality of Triratna Young Buddhists

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 13:45

Celebrating the Internationality of Triratna Young Buddhists

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 13:45

If you come along to a Triratna Young Buddhists group today you may think this thriving project must have been set up and running forever, however this is not the case. In November 2008, 20 or so Triratna Buddhists of all ages, gathered together to explore how to inspire more young adults to practice the Dharma, having noticed a serious decline in the number of them coming to our Buddhist Centres. As a young Buddhist I could see there weren’t...

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Consciousness Unflods - Week Five

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Jun, 2015 - 00:00

Meditation is a way of using the mind to work directly on the mind; but what is mind? By developing awareness of the nature of consciousness we can start to see clearly how mind creates the world and understand the forces in the mind that shape all sentient life and behaviour. In this practical meditation course you will learn how to use meditation as a means of transformation - both inner and outer.

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Karmavajra

Death of Dhammachari Achalaketu

From Order Connection on Wed, 3 Jun, 2015 - 18:49

Death of Dhammachari Achalaketu

From Order Connection on Wed, 3 Jun, 2015 - 18:49

Dear Order members,

I am sad to inform you that Dhammachari Achalaketu Dapoli (India) passed away at 6.00 A.M. on 23rd May 2015 in KEM hospital Mumbai. Because of diabetes he got an infection after a major leg operation. He was 70 years old.

Achalaketu was ordained in 2012 at Bhaja retreat center, his private preceptor was Dhammachari Adityabodhi, and public preceptor was Chandrashil. He was interested in meditation. He came into contact with Bodhisen in 1993 and devoted his life to...

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Alex Swain

Buddhist Action Month at Ecodharma: Empowering Renewal for Social Action

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Wed, 3 Jun, 2015 - 10:53

Buddhist Action Month at Ecodharma: Empowering Renewal for Social Action

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Wed, 3 Jun, 2015 - 10:53

During Buddhist Action Month, Ecodharma will host a group of campaigners and activists, present to participate on their course Sustaining Resistance: Empowering Renewal. Activists from 4 continents will descend upon the centre, to spend two weeks with members of the ecodharma team, focused on the inner tools and nourishment necessary to sustain their work as social change makers.

Sustaining Resistance is a key strand in the work at Ecodharma, taking essential tools and wisdom from the Dharma and weaving them into a...

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The Buddha In the Pali Canon

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Tue, 2 Jun, 2015 - 00:00

The first in a series of talks for Sangha night about the Buddha in the Pali Canon.

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vajradarshini

LGBTQ Retreat in Sweden

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 06:47

LGBTQ Retreat in Sweden

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Mon, 1 Jun, 2015 - 06:47

The Stockholm Sangha just held their first LGBTQ (HBTQ in Swedish) retreat, hoisting a rainbow flag at Dharmagiri, their retreat centre north of Stockholm. Fifteen order members, mitras and friends came together from Sweden, Finland and Norway to practice together and to start an exploration of emptiness and form and how gender and sexuality affects the way we practice.

We set the scene with a very thoughtful talk on what helps create a ‘safe space’, an atmosphere where everyone can...

Vidusi

BAM 2015

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 31 May, 2015 - 13:34

BAM 2015

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 31 May, 2015 - 13:34

Blackburn Triratna Buddhist Centre is taking part by concentrating on linking altruism and the environment by focusing on interconnectedness

We shall listen to Moksini’s talk and discuss that and the next week we shall be concentrating on Metta, sending it our to the world.In the following week we are having a series of talks on “Altruism, Environment and Interconnectedness” by 3 Mitras (Holly, Liz and Richard) who have requested ordination. The following week we shall be having a Metta Celebration, hosted by another...

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