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Gaganchitta, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Dec 1987-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 11:00

Gaganchitta, Triratna Buddhist Order Member Dec 1987-Oct 2012

From Triratna News on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 11:00Amrutdeep writes from India with news of the recent death of Gaganchitta, an Indian Order Member living in Mumbai. He says - “This is to inform you all that Dhammachari Gaganchitta passed away on the morning of October 5th 7.30am. He was about 80 and got ordained on 25th Dec. 1987. His Preceptor is Kamalashila and he was practising the Shakyamuni Sadhana. His funeral took place on the same day at 3.00 P.M. Please think of him and send...
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Religion Without God, Part 3 - Death and the Biggest Questions of All

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 20:57
In the third talk in our ‘Religion without God’ series, we have some big questions. When you don’t believe in an afterlife, what vision can there be around death and dying? What did the Buddha mean when he taught about karma, re-becoming and rebirth?

Here Candradasa uses Buddhist scripture, vision literature, and poetry to tease out a sense of the Buddha’s awesome vision of what life is, and how that might affect our ideas of what happens after death...
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Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16

Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16Maitreyabandhu visited us from London to share his reflections on aspects of the imagination, followed by questions and answers. 9.10.2012
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Vishvapani leads Tricycle retreat on ‘Right Communication’

From Triratna News on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 06:01

Vishvapani leads Tricycle retreat on ‘Right Communication’

From Triratna News on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 06:01Vishvapani - well known in Triratna for his BBC Radio 4 ‘Thoughts for the Day’- and Wise Attention blog - writes with news of an online retreat he’s leading for the leading Buddhist magazine Tricycle.

Tricycle say “In this retreat, Vishvapani Blomfield, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, explores the concept of “right communication.” The Buddha, Vishvapani says, emphasized the importance of practicing Right Speech on the Eightfold Path. But then...
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The Lord of the Rings and the System of Practice

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 21:22

The Lord of the Rings and the System of Practice

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 21:22Vadanya launches our new year-long theme for Sangha night “Stories, myths and symbols” with an action packed talk. Using The Lord of the Rings, Vadanya draws out examples of Integration, Positive Emotion, Spiritual Death, Spiritual Rebirth and Spiritual Receptivity. 16.10.2012
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Best-ever Triratna retreat in Canada

From Triratna News on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 05:13

Best-ever Triratna retreat in Canada

From Triratna News on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 05:13Harshaprabha writes following his recent “best-ever” trip to Canada, where for some years now he’s been slowly but steadily building up a Triratna group in Ontario - most recently, expanding their activities to Toronto. He writes - “I arrived back a week ago from what was my best-ever trip to Canada in terms of putting over the Dharma and it being received. I’ve been inspired by many aspects of life in Ontario but people’s interest in the Dharma and them...
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Introducing the Worldly Winds

Vajragupta introduces the Worldly Winds as a traditional but very practical teaching about how to recognise the influence of gain and loss, fame and infamy, praise and blame and gain and loss in our everyday lives.
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Triratna’s TEDx debut: The Surprising Secret to Unlocking Compassion

From Triratna News on Wed, 17 Oct, 2012 - 22:47

Triratna’s TEDx debut: The Surprising Secret to Unlocking Compassion

From Triratna News on Wed, 17 Oct, 2012 - 22:47Bodhipaksa, a long-standing Order Member and founder of the Wildmind meditation teaching website, writes from his home in New England to say - “I gave a TEDx talk a few days ago – the first Order Member to do so, as far as I’m aware. It was titled, ‘The Surprising Secret to Unlocking Compassion’ and was part of a series called ‘Compassion and Education: The Spirit Within’. The raw footage of the entire event is...
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Ten things...

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Oct, 2012 - 19:17

Ten things...

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Oct, 2012 - 19:17Hello, here’s some links to remind you of the various announcements made at the end of the Young Buddhists weekend about what you could do next… Basically they’re ten things you can get involved in right now as a Young Buddhist in the Triratna Buddhist Community…

1. Karuna Appeals - fundraising for India - www.karunaappeals.org.uk
2. The Triratna ‘New Ventures’ network - for anyone interested in starting a business, social, or Dharma project in Triratna - ...

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