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Dharmabyte: Staying with Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 10 Oct, 2022 - 06:00

Here Yashobodhi describes one of a list of five forces you use in Dharma practice to move towards awakening in life and also on approaching death, that of familiarization.

From the talk Point 4 Using the Practice In Whole Life, part of the series Training the Mind in Bodhichitta given at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, 2017.

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Parents Dharma Class

From Triratna Buddhist Families on Sun, 9 Oct, 2022 - 10:56

Parents Dharma Class

From Triratna Buddhist Families on Sun, 9 Oct, 2022 - 10:56

We would like to offer a warm welcome to the Online Parents Dharma Class which runs the second Sunday of the month.

This class has run regularly for the last 3 years, going online at the start of 2020, just before the pandemic. It would be lovely to have your company.

We plan to have more of a presence here at The Buddhist Centre Online Buddhist Families Space come Jan 2023.

We will be finding ways to ask parents what would be most helpful to you...

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FBA Podcast: The Places That Break You

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 8 Oct, 2022 - 06:00

In this wide ranging talk, Amalayodhin gives an introduction to the history and symbol of the cremation grounds. Given on a summer men’s Great Gathering at Padmaloka, the talk covers topics such as death, taking responsibility and avoiding blame and resentment. He draws out the necessity of seeking out those places that demand more of us then we can give in our current form, and in process break and reform as more potent, loving and effective beings.

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Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 22:20

Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 22:20

We’re delighted to announce that Michael Montgomery becomes Padmabhadra:

He whose goodness is like a lotus.

Privately ordained by Padmavajra and publicly ordained by Surata

With metta,

Padmabhasa,

Padmaloka Guest Master

Padmabhasa

Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From Triratna News on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 22:11

Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From Triratna News on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 22:11

We’re delighted to announce that Michael Montgomery becomes Padmabhadra:

He whose goodness is like a lotus.

Privately ordained by Padmavajra and publicly ordained by Surata

With metta,

Padmabhasa,

Padmaloka Guest Master

Padmabhasa

Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 20:29

Public Ordination at Padmaloka

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 20:29

We’re delighted to announce that Michael Montgomery becomes Padmabhadra:

‘He whose goodness is like a lotus’.

Privately ordained by Padmavajra and publicly ordained by Surata

With metta,

Padmabhasa,

Padmaloka Guest Master

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Amoghavajra

The Death of Advayamati

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 17:54

The Death of Advayamati

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 17:54

Dear Dharmafarers,

This morning I received a telephone call from Deborah Creed with some sad news.

She told me that at 11am this morning Advayamati died at the St Helena Hospice in Colchester.

Yesterday Advayamati had been vomiting and in much more pain. He asked Penny and Jaiya, who were there at the time, to leave him so that he could withdraw a bit and go inward. It appeared he was...

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'A Mysterious, Indefinable Spirit'

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 08:56

'A Mysterious, Indefinable Spirit'

From Order Connection on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 08:56

UK and Ireland Men’s Order Weekend, 4th - 6th November at Adhisthana

To Dharmacharis in the UK and Ireland,

” …There is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Even the desire to button it down or define it is a mistake … Everyone will need to take care of...

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Dharmabyte: Creating a Dharma Context in Everyday Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 6 Oct, 2022 - 06:00

The Dharma is only truly meaningful if it allows us to live more fully and if we are able to take it with us into the final moments before our death. There is nothing more practical than this. Mahasraddha explores what this means for us.

From the talk The Dharma as Context for Living and Dying given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Khemajoti (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Wed, 5 Oct, 2022 - 17:03

“We used to do rituals in the basement of the shop, invoking Padmasambhava while we made egg sandwiches”

Khemajoti’s Annals:

In 1968 I was living in my birthplace, Swindon UK, with my parents and younger brother in the house we’d moved into in 1960. I was finishing primary school where I’d been a bright, happy child (top of the class) and moving to secondary school where I met children who were more of a match for me. I was moving into the...

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