I wrote the following as a post on Triratna Order Member Group on Facebook, in response to a post by Kamalashila in which he had rejoiced in a “good decision” made by the College (which should be self-explanatory in the content below) and which he had read about in a letter from Saddhaloka to all College members in autumn 2017. As Kamalashila hadn’t been able to physically attend the meeting (or any other conversations held on this theme) at Adhisthana...
As part of the International Practice Week - our online urban retreat - there is a precious opportunity to join an online meditation session on Tuesday 25th September!
Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.
Day 3 and point 3 brings us to the great challenge of what to do when things go wrong in life: how to respond in a way that supports greater peace of heart and mind; how to overcome suffering and use its energy for transformative good, particularly by moving away from a strategy of blaming ourselves or...
Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.
Point 2 of the lojong mind training being explored this week as to do with how to practise ‘Bodhichitta’ (the deep, realised wish for all to attain liberation of heart and mind), introduced in the first of today’s three talks.
Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.
Point 2 of the lojong mind training being explored this week has to do with how to practise ‘Bodhichitta’ (the deep, realised wish for all to attain liberation of heart and mind), introduced in the first of today’s three talks.
Here Yashobodhi draws out the “absolute” aspect of this work, examining how...
Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.
For Day 2, the first of three teachings giving us a great 360º overview of the Bodhichitta in Buddhist tradition and, more importantly, its relevance to everyday practice in the crucial work of learning to work with our minds and becoming a happier person.
If you have any comments or questions about this point or the retreat itself, let...
How can we best assist people in our classes to engage with the Dharma?
Abstract Teaching the Dharma is not an easy task, says the Buddha in the Udayin sutta. In this paper, the Buddha’s words of advice on how to teach are investigated and applied to examples of Dharma teaching within the Triratna Buddhist Community. This is further developed by making correlations between sutta source material and the Mandala of the Five Buddhas; arguing that in Dharma Teaching there are wider...
To celebrate Dublin Pride 2018, and Buddhist Action Month (BAM), the Dublin Buddhist Centre hosted a special Pride celebration on the 25th June. Kasey Tobin, a GFR Mitra involved in the event gives us a flavour of the event.
“This event was facilitated by a number of us in the Dublin Sangha with LGBT+ experiences. As LGBT+ people we have seen a lot of progress in securing our human rights in the last few...
I knew I needed to have people who could reflect back, if I neglected what it was that I might need, as well as what the situation needed.
Megha’s Annals
In 1968 I was 15 years old, at secondary school, sitting the first major exams at the end of that year. Living with my younger sister, parents and two pets in a valley-suburb 10 miles from Wellington, New Zealand.
In 1978 I was in the middle year of Occupational Therapy training in the Wellington area. I’d...
