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Dharmabyte: Uncertainty as Positive Emotion

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

A Tibetan Story shared by Vessantara about a young boy and his family and the uncertainty of the course of our lives.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Positive Emotion as part of the series The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion Retreat given on a retreat called The Mandala of Spiritual Practice: Positive Emotion at Adhisthana, 2015.

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Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 09:00

Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Order Connection on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 09:00

I am delighted to announce that ex-Paul Klein of Cuernavaca, Mexico was publicly ordained on Saturday, January 16 and given the name Moksharati, he who delights in liberation.

His Public Preceptor is Virasiddhi and his Private Preceptor is Nagapriya.

Metta to all,
Nagapriya

Watch the public ordination ceremony on Facebook

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Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Triratna News on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 08:59

Public ordination at Chintamani, Mexico

From Triratna News on Sun, 17 Jan, 2021 - 08:59

We are delighted to announce that ex-Paul Klein of Cuernavaca, Mexico was publicly ordained on Saturday, January 16 and given the name Moksharati, he who delights in liberation.

His Public Preceptor is Virasiddhi and his Private Preceptor is Nagapriya.

You can re-watch the live stream of the public ordination here.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

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FBA Podcast: The Possibility of Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 16 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

If a talk could ever be described as beautifully bracing, this is it! Amaragita brings a sharp-edged mind and a long-term perspective to the whole question of what practice is.

As you might expect, she also brings humour, warmth and kindness too, qualities that more than balance out the penetrating clarity and sometimes challenging questioning underpinning this exploration of the possibility of practice - for all and especially for those raising families at any stage...

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On near and far enemies (pdf)

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:22

pdf version with annotations, references, tables, and Pāli comparisons

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On near and far enemies

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:18

On near and far enemies

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 15:18

(Open to all)

[A version of this article with all the annotations, references, tables, and Pāli comparisons is in a pdf in another post]

Introduction

The near enemy of mettā?’ Asked Jenifer, a friend of mine in Oxford. It stopped me in my tracks. Her question had an arresting innocence to it: why was I thinking only of a single near enemy of mettā? By this point I’d done several retreats on the Brahmavihāras – at Padmaloka, Vajraloka, and on solitary. I thought I knew...

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Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 12:48

Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 12:48

Individuality: Self-Contained and Boundless (Online Order/Mitra event from Adhisthana)
Led by Ratnaguna and Saddhanandi
17-21 February

Am I an individual, or just part of the group?

This is a question we need to keep trying to penetrate more deeply whether we are a Mitra or an Order member. It is a question that is central to the development of a saṅgha, a spiritual community, no individuals, no saṅgha. Any consideration of what the saṅgha is must therefore include as full an understanding...

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Dharmabyte: Self-Transformation Through Parenting

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

What if our children are seen as aspects of our mind – this moment greed, this moment hatred. The Buddha advises us to ‘be with’ whatever arises, just allowing and then seeing what happens. Amaragita takes a look at Buddhist practice in the light of parenting.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Staying at Home, Dancing with the Universe given at the Buddhafield Festival, 2006

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Becoming Noble

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 00:00
Munisha gave this Buddha Day talk to the Swedish sangha, via Zoom, in May 2020, in the early months of the Covid 19 pandemic. The talk is in English with occasional brief translation of terms into Swedish.
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Death of Dharmachari Muditavajra

From Order Connection on Wed, 13 Jan, 2021 - 10:52

Death of Dharmachari Muditavajra

From Order Connection on Wed, 13 Jan, 2021 - 10:52

We are sorry to have to tell you that Muditavajra died after a short illness on Monday 11th January. He was 69 and lives in Swansea, South Wales. He was being investigated for a heart condition and sadly had a heart attack while being treated.

For many years, Muditavajra was the lone mitra in South Wales, and he started an FWBO group in Swansea in the late-1980s. He joined the Order in 2001; Surata was both...

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