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Summer Sunday Gathering - Let's Meditate Together!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 5 Aug, 2016 - 01:20

Summer Sunday Gathering - Let's Meditate Together!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 5 Aug, 2016 - 01:20

Head over to the Portsmouth Buddhist Center this Sunday, August 7, for a low-key morning of meditation and informal conversation about our practice. Our ongoing program on the Threefold Path (ethics, meditation and wisdom) will resume August 14. In the meantime, keep your practice strong by meditating with friends.

Saturday, 10AM - Noon. All are welcome.

Offered by donation: $10-5 suggested

Candradasa

A Walk Around Adhisthana - Day 3 Summary

From Triratna International Council on Fri, 5 Aug, 2016 - 01:09

Day 3 of the 2016 Triratna International Council and we summarize for you by going for a walk with our friend Jnanadhara around the grounds of lovely Adhisthana. Where, amongst other beings, we meet a tiny toad…

We hear about meditating on Manjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom in the Sangharakshita Library; and about the Sikkha Project, an ambitious and exciting look at renewing and re-envisioning the system...

Candradasa

Meeting the Needs of the World - A Summary (Con algunas partes en español)

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 23:43

Day 2 of the 2016 Triratna International Council - a strong one, looking at the deep challenges for contemporary Buddhists who want to meet the needs of a suffering world head on.

Karmavajra from India, Parami from Scotland, and Viriyakirti from Mexico join Dassini and Candradasa to recap an absorbing, stimulating day. Climate change, diversity and racial bias, the Dharma as an effective antidote to suffering in India, and Buddhist recovery are amongst the topics of the...

Candradasa

Meeting The Needs Of The World - Bright Spots

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 20:15

Meeting The Needs Of The World - Bright Spots

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 20:15

Following the earlier set of talks about different areas of challenge for contemporary Buddhists in the modern world - at times sobering as we heard evoked strongly the huge needs involved - we get to hear some tales of ordinary communities of practitioners who are doing something creative in response.

Jnanadhara evokes a wonderful climate march in Dublin; Viveka reports on the San Francisco sangha looking together at racial bias; Vajrajyoti describes how a Buddhist recovery movement took...

Centre Team

Order Highlights Newsletter

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 15:01

Order Highlights Newsletter

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 15:01

The August issue of the Order Highlights email newsletter has just been released, bringing you a roundup of some of the best Order content from around The Buddhist Centre Online!

If you have not received the newsletter by email and would like to, please contact support [at] thebuddhistcentre.com (subject: Please%20add%20me%20to%20the%20Order%20Highlights%20mailing%20list) and we’ll be sure to add you to the mailing list.

You can also view the August newsletter online at this link.

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Devamitra

Symbolism or Suicide?

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 14:55

Symbolism or Suicide?

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 14:55

Young Tibetan monks continue to burn themselves in protest against the Chinese government. There is a well-known historical precedent, but they have misunderstood it. By Devamitra

10am, June 11th, 1963: a 66-year-old monk alights from a car at a busy intersection in central Saigon. A younger monk lifts a large tank from the boot, then takes his senior’s hand as they step into the heart of the junction. Three hundred monks and nuns, none of whom know what is about to happen,...

Jnanavaca

What's the Matter?

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 12:52

What's the Matter?

From London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 12:52

The physical ‘stuff’ of the universe is not what we take it to be. By Jnanavaca

‘A human being is part of a whole, called by us “Universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to the affection for a few persons nearest to
...

Candradasa

Ritual - The Bodhisattva's Reply

From Triratna International Council on Thu, 4 Aug, 2016 - 00:18

An experimental “cloud” reading, led by Parami, of Sangharakshita’s poem “The Bodhisattva’s Reply” to mark the end of a strong morning at the 2016 International Council on the theme of “Meeting the Needs Of The World.”

THE BODHISATTVA’S REPLY
What will you say to those
Whose lives spring up between
Custom and circumstance
As weeds between wet stones,
Whose lives corruptly flower
Warped from the beautiful,
Refuse and sediment
...

Candradasa

Meeting The Needs Of The World

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 3 Aug, 2016 - 23:39

Meeting The Needs Of The World

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 3 Aug, 2016 - 23:39

A strong set of short talks as befits the title to start us off on day two of the 2016 Triratna International Council.

Parami introduces Akuppa challenging us to examine our responses to the possible realities of climate change; Viveka, asking us with great feeling to be curious about the possibilities for diversity amid the realities of deep-seated conditioning around racial bias; and Yashosagar inviting us to embrace the Buddha’s vision of the Dhamma as an adequate response to...

Centre Team

Chanting The Karaniya Metta Sutta

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 3 Aug, 2016 - 20:21

Rounding off the opening day of the 2016 Triratna International Council, a treat from the team of members of the Order representing India. The Karaniya Metta Sutta - source of the loving kindness practice central to Triratna’s approach to Buddhism and meditation - chanted beautifully in the gathering dark at Adhisthana.

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