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Resistance As Dukkha_Metta and Insight Retreat 2015

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 6 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Number six in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015. Knowing our resistance as dukkha, and knowing this as a shared, universal experience. Talk then guided metta meditation.
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Guided Metta_Metta and Insight Retreat 2015

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 6 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Number seven in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015. Intro then guided meditation.
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Tara and the Tears of Avalokiteshvara

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 01:00
A beautiful talk given on the Area Order Weekend at Taraloka. Sahajatara evokes the current issues surrounding climate change and our relationship to nature in the context of Tara and the love for beauty of Bhante Sangharakshita.
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Peace Is a Fire

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 01:00
Using the aphorism of Sangharakshita, Peace is a Fire, Sujayini takes us on a journey of personal growth and transformation. Given on a retreat for Young Women at Taraloka.
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The Preciousness of This Body

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 01:00
Also entitling this talk, This Very Precious opportunity, Samantabhadri speaks about the first reminder on a reflection retreat for mitras given at Taraloka. She also draws on the Tiratana Vandana, the teachings of Gampopa and on her own personal experience. She evokes how the unique playing out of conditionality in each particular life enables us to practice, to progress towards enlightenment and to feel love and compassion for others. This is the wonder of human consciousness.
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Vajrapani, Energy of Wisdom, Energy of Love

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
The Wrathful and Peaceful forms of Vajrapani are two contrasting figures. Do they really both symbolise virya? How does energy show up in the Enlightenment story of the Buddha? What is virya and what is laziness? And how does seeing the vajra aspect of life lead to energy and determination in the dharma life?
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Peace Is a Fire

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
A heartfelt exploration of the aphorism of Sangharakshita, Peace is a Fire. Looking at both the vision of peace and the fire of transformation.
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'Ambedkar' movie by Jabbar Patel

'Ambedkar' movie by Jabbar Patel

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 17:37

Here is a link to ‘Ambedkar’ by Jabbar Patel. It’s the story of his life, struggles, and ultimate conversion to Buddhism - and winner of three India National Awards (Best Actor, Best Art Direction, and Best English language film).

Movie download site Zinemaya describes it thus - “this is one of the finest historical films made in Independent India. This movie takes place between the years 1901 to 1956, a period of great social upheavals and revolutionary movements...

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Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell

Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 12:54

The Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell is here, featuring articles about arts and the spiritual life and the Triratna Path of Practice.

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Ritual, A Path to Truth and Self Transcendence

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Speaking at Nottingham Buddhist centre, Samantabhadri gives a keynote talk on ritual and its place and potential within the Triratna Community. She explores ritual as personal experience and in relation to going beyond a fixed self, to the collective, to the imagination, to compassion and to our longing for the transcendental.

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