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The Life Story of the Buddha

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 9 Jan, 2016 - 00:00
Taranita introduces the year long Sangha Night theme of Heroes Of The Dharma at the Bristol Buddhist Centre with The Life Story Of The Buddha. The narrative begins with the birth of a boy into a privileged family of a small tribe in the lush foothills of the Himalayas, and follows him as he struggles with the mysteries of existence until he achieves liberation as the Buddha, and finally attains Paranirvana.
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Taraloka Recruiting!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 8 Jan, 2016 - 16:50

Taraloka Recruiting!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 8 Jan, 2016 - 16:50

Interested in living and working at Taraloka?

Taraloka offers a unique context for living a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation.

We are offering an exciting opportunity to be part of a fantastic team of women running the retreat centre.  We are recruiting two posts – Kitchen Manager and Maintenance and they will be for a year in the first instance.   

You will need to be an Order Member or GFR Mitra with a full, manual UK driving licence. ...
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The Bodhisattva Vision

From North London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 8 Jan, 2016 - 00:00
Talk given during the Triratna Urban Retreat, 2015.
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The Bodhisattva Vision

From North London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 8 Jan, 2016 - 00:00
Talk given during the Triratna Urban Retreat, 2015.
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ECA Winter 2016 - Podcast No.3: Amalavajra on 'Awakening Money'

From European Chairs' Assembly on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 19:19

A wee report from day 3 of the 2016 Triratna European Chairs Assembly on Amalavajra’s ‘Money Awakening’ workshop. 

As Amalavajra points out, the Chair of a Triratna Buddhist Centre is likely to be one of the more influential people in their situation - so their views on money matter. 

We look at the 8 money archetypes, and the effect of giving more and more from a position of genuine generosity as we move towards a ‘gift’ economy within Triratna - a more appropriate term,...
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Bhante's Teacher, Chetrul Sangye Dorje, Passes On

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 18:51
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Bhante's Teacher, Chetrul Sangye Dorje, Passes On

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 18:51

Chetrul Sangye Dorje 
June 18, 1913 - December 31, 2015

Dear Order members,

Some of you may already know that Sangharakshita’s last living teacher has died. Here is a link to some information and talks about him on The Buddhist Centre Online.

As far as we know he died peacefully, aged 102, in his monastery in Nepal. Yesterday Suvajra re-read to Bhante his own poem to his teacher, which we copy below.

With very best wishes,
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Anālayo on Compassion and Emptiness

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 11:34
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Anālayo on Compassion and Emptiness

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 7 Jan, 2016 - 11:34

Anālayo, professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele, teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. He has drawn on his extensive research into early Buddhism to present Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation, our featured title this month. Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, comments, ‘Serious meditation students will benefit...
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ECA Winter 2016 - Podcast No. 2: Ratnaguna on the Pure Land Sutras

From European Chairs' Assembly on Wed, 6 Jan, 2016 - 23:14

At the end of the second full day at Adhisthana on the European Chairs Assembly, Mokshini and Dassini report in on a rich, full and delightful day spent in the company of Ratnaguna - an Order member who has just written a commentary on the Pure Land Sutras.

Ratnaguna shared some of his insights during the day on common themes between the Pure Land Sutras and Sangharakshita’s teaching, which underpins Dharma practice in the Triratna Buddhist Community.

We also hear why this “meeting” shouldn’t...
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Twelve Days of FBA - Day 12

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 6 Jan, 2016 - 22:09

Here we are! The final Day of FBA, and today we have for you a roundup of some of the other resources on Free Buddhist Audio that we haven’t mentioned already (and there were so many!).

First, though, our main offering today is a lovely interview that was recorded with Dharmachakra’s Director, Candradasa. Candradasa has been involved since the early days of Dharmachakra, when there was just a small collection of taped recordings that were copied and mailed out to people....

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