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FBA Podcast: The Essential Revolution

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 12 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

The first talk in Padmavajra’s wonderful series on the Dhammapada, the most popular of early Buddhist texts. All of the Buddha’s core teachings are here - held in heart and mind there’s more than enough in the Dhammapada to take us as far in our practice as we can imagine, and then on beyond…

Talk recorded at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2007, as part of the series The Dhammapada - the Buddha’s Way of Truth.
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kamalashila

Ritual for Order Members who have died

From Threads on Thu, 10 Feb, 2022 - 19:44

Ritual for Order Members who have died

From Threads on Thu, 10 Feb, 2022 - 19:44

Ritual for Order Members who have died.

Order members keep departing this life every so often, and it never stops, so I thought I’d post this ceremonial ritual. I wrote it at the beginning of the ‘Dharma of Death and Dying’ retreat that was held last August - one of the most popular I have led with well over a hundred Order members registered.

Along with it I compiled a list of all the deceased Order members since we started in 1978 and...

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Karmavajra

Death of Dhammacharini Shakyanandi

From Order Connection on Thu, 10 Feb, 2022 - 12:26

Death of Dhammacharini Shakyanandi

From Order Connection on Thu, 10 Feb, 2022 - 12:26

Dear Order Members

I am very sad to inform you of the death of Dhammacharini Shakyanandi (Nagpur). She passed away yesterday 9th February 2022 around 1.30pm at the age of 73. She was unwell for the last few days and hospitalized for high sugar. A funeral ceremony has taken place yesterday at 6.00 PM from her home in Nagpur.

She and her family came into contact in Triratna in the very early days of our
movement in...

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Zac

Dharmabyte: The Pull of Nirvana

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 10 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Sangharakshita describes the process of moving from the psychological to the transcendental as represented by the eighth stage of the positive 12 nidanas - knowledge and vision of things as they really are.

From the talk The Psychology of Spiritual Development, part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology, 1967.

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Zac

The Burning Monk - Devamitra tells the story of Thich Quang Duc

From Triratna News on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 16:34

The Burning Monk - Devamitra tells the story of Thich Quang Duc

From Triratna News on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 16:34

In June 2013, Devamitra toured several Triratna centres, including the LBC, giving talks in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the immolation in Saigon of Thich Quang Duc – better known as ‘the burning monk’. On hearing this story, Alex Estrella felt strongly that it needed to be told on film.

As the first step of a much bigger project, Alex recently filmed Devamitra in the LBC shrine room...

Maitrisara

Death of Chandradarshana

From Order Connection on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 14:53

Death of Chandradarshana

From Order Connection on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 14:53

Dear members of the Order,

Our beloved sangha sister, Dharmacharini Chandradarshana died peacefully this morning, 9th February, at her home in Solihull, near Birmingham UK. Her yidam is White Tara. She was surrounded by her family at the time of her death.

Her two Kalyana Mitras, Bodhaniya and Bodhinita have been visiting regularly these past few weeks, chanting the White Tara mantra, the Shakyamuni mantra and the precepts.

Chandradarshana was ordained by Shantavajri (publicly and privately) only two weeks before her death. Her Sanskrit name...

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Lokeshvara

Proposing Saraha to become International Order Convenor

From Order Connection on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 10:13

Proposing Saraha to become International Order Convenor

From Order Connection on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 10:13

From Aryajaya and Lokeshvara

We would like to propose Saraha as the International Order Convenor to replace Lokeshvara, and we are asking for your blessing. (This post is also in February Shabda)

Given the size of the Order today it is not possible for all of us to have a personal connection with anyone appointed to a central position. At the same time, in asking for blessings for this appointment, we also give an opportunity for anyone to correspond with us or Saraha, similar...

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Zac

Dharmabyte: Vertical Imagination as Divine Eye

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 7 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Living ethically requires us to have imagination in how we treat others, and truly put ourselves in others’ shoes. Here, Sangharakshita discusses vertical imagination as seeing the world with the Divine Eye.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Living with Ethics (book launch) given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2009.

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ratnavyuha

Ordination In New Zealand

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 6 Feb, 2022 - 10:31

Ordination In New Zealand

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 6 Feb, 2022 - 10:31

Dear friends,

I am delighted to announce that the former Chris Bicknell was publicly ordained today at the Wellington Buddhist Centre.

He becomes Jnanamudra (the ‘Jn’ may be pronounced -jnya and a long first ‘a’), a Sanskrit name meaning ‘he who has the seal of knowledge‘.

His private preceptor is Purna and his public preceptor is myself

with Metta,
Ratnavyuha