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Send us a FutureDharma postcard!

From Future Dharma on Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 - 09:00

Send us a FutureDharma postcard!

From Future Dharma on Mon, 31 Oct, 2016 - 09:00

At FutureDharma Fund we love getting post! So when we were thinking of the best way of getting in touch with the lovely Triratna community the answer seemed obvious – a postcard. Throughout the summer we’ve been sending out bundles of FutureDharma Fund postcards to Triratna centres and retreat centres across the world. They carry a very simple message:

The world needs what you’ve been given. Pass it on.

FutureDharma Fund is a way for all of us to play our part in taking Triratna...

Centre Team

Release of New Way Of Mindfulness Module

From Mitra Support on Thu, 27 Oct, 2016 - 19:24

Release of New Way Of Mindfulness Module

From Mitra Support on Thu, 27 Oct, 2016 - 19:24

We’re happy to announce the release of the new ‘The Way Of Mindfulness’ module for Year Two of the Dharma Training Course for Mitras.

View ‘The Way Of Mindfulness‘ | Download ‘The Way Of Mindfuness’

Listen to Vidyamala’s series on the Satipatthana Sutta

Jnanaketu

Invitation to the Farewell Ceremony for Sadaya

From Order Connection on Sun, 23 Oct, 2016 - 16:09

Invitation to the Farewell Ceremony for Sadaya

From Order Connection on Sun, 23 Oct, 2016 - 16:09

Dear Order Members,

You are invited to join Sadaya’s friends and loved ones at a farewell ceremony, to take place on Tuesday, 1st November, 2016, at the Chapel and woodland burial site at Torrisholme Cemetery, Morecambe and afterwards at the Globe Arena, nearby.

The ceremony will begin at 1:30 pm at the chapel. We expect to move to the woodland graveside for the burial at 3:00 pm.

You are invited to join Sadaya’s family and other friends at the Globe Arena afterwards, from 3:30 pm until about...

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Silavadin

Ethics as Play

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 20:27

Here’s an article on Buddhist ethics that I wrote last year. My apologies for it being so academic (‘too wordy’, as a friend of mine said). That’s because it was written to for the Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics that’s will be published next year. I think it catches the spirit of how Sangharakshita thinks about ethics, although it’s put in a different language. If the whole thing is too much, but you do want to get the general argument, you can read only...

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KarenL

A little inspiration in between yearly Buddhist Action Months

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 19:05

A little inspiration in between yearly Buddhist Action Months

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 19:05

A brilliant talk by Zen teacher David Loy. It’s called A crisis for Buddhism, but feeling very inspired by it: https://oneearthsangha.org/articles/a-crisis-for-buddhism/

Centre Team

East Coast NATA OM

From Triratna International Council on Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 16:03

East Coast NATA (group) OM

From Triratna International Council on Fri, 21 Oct, 2016 - 16:03

This is a space to post minutes and discussions stemming from the east coast NATA meeting.

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Mahamati

Mahamati's response to Björn Hunsdieck’s recent letters

From Stories From the Past and Present (Looking to the Future) on Thu, 20 Oct, 2016 - 21:25

Dear fellow Order members,

I have written the attached with the aim of helping us all to understand the background to Björn Hunsdieck’s recent letters posted on Facebook. I guess that some of you reading this will not have seen these letters, which are about a time when he was visiting Bhante at the Madhyamaloka annexe in late 2002. What I write may not be relevant to you, however for those of you interested, or maybe even concerned, I hope that what I have written here will...

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Centre Team

Ambedkar@60: Social Engagement & Liberation

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 21:11

Ambedkar@60: Social Engagement & Liberation

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 21:11

Our second short film from India marking the celebrations around the 60th anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s organisation of mass conversion to Buddhism for members of the Dalit community in order to escape the scourge of the Hindu caste system, which treats them as “untouchable.”

As part of their ongoing work with the new Buddhists of India, the Nagaloka Institute (with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists) hosted a special conference dedicated to exploring social engagement and liberation...

Centre Team

Ambedkar@60: Social Engagement & Liberation

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 21:11

Ambedkar@60: Social Engagement & Liberation

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 21:11

Tarajyoti

Summer/Autumn 2017

From Buddhism in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lowestoft on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 09:27

Summer/Autumn 2017

From Buddhism in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lowestoft on Wed, 19 Oct, 2016 - 09:27

Currently we are not specifying fees for our courses and classes. Instead, in order to allow people access to what we offer irrespective of their financial situation, we invite participants to make a donation that they can afford to help us cover our costs and so continue to be able to offer classes to as many people as possible. We’re confident we can rely on the practices of appreciation and generosity to keep us going.

Summer/Autumn programme

So it’s all been quiet on the Great...

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