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A European Gathering - Gallery

From Community Highlights on Mon, 3 Aug, 2015 - 15:50
  • Transference Of Merits
  • Amalasiri & Lokeshvara
  • Sridevi & Shridaya
  • Singing the first few verses of Ratnaguna-samcayagatha.jpg
  • Before the talk...
  • Advayasiddhi
  • Friends in the Order
  • Vajranatha and Silamani
  • Sangharakshita on the shrine
  • Nordic shrine
  • Nordic shrine 2
  • Before puja
  • Mainland European Convention

A European Gathering - Gallery

From Community Highlights on Mon, 3 Aug, 2015 - 15:50

A beautiful gallery from Viryabodhi in Stockholm - photographs of the Triratna Buddhist Order’s Mainland Europe convention in Germany, featuring inspiring Buddhists from all over the continent and the Nordic countries.

Listen to our podcasts from the convention

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Dharmabyte: Avalokitesvara in the Heart Sutra

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 3 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

Avalokitesvara plays a key role in the Heart Sutra. In our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Avalokitesvara in the Heart Sutra,” Taranita charts the history and symbolism of this archetypal figure across Buddhist history and cultures.

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Sangharakshita@90 - In The Library

From Sangharakshita@90 on Sun, 2 Aug, 2015 - 19:46

Sangharakshita@90 - In The Library

From Sangharakshita@90 on Sun, 2 Aug, 2015 - 19:46

A lovely video from the Sangharakshita Library at Adhisthana in Herefordshire, England, where Kalyanaprabha and Vidyadevi - the editors of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works - speak about the project and their own heart connection to this great gathering of Buddhist Dharma to mark Urgyen Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday.

Help make the Complete Works happen! 
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Mainland European Convention #4 - An Historic Event

From Mainland European Order Convention 2015 on Sat, 1 Aug, 2015 - 20:58

The last post from Parami as she wraps up her coverage of the Triratna convention from Germany with inspiring Buddhists from all over mainland Europe and the Nordic countries.

Here we meet Sridevi and Maitriprabha from Helsinki and Viryabodhi from Stockholm, and hear their reflections on an historic event within the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community.

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Mainland European Convention #2 - German/Nordic Sisters

From Mainland European Order Convention 2015 on Sat, 1 Aug, 2015 - 20:39

A fascinating, extended interview with Munisha and Utpalachitta preceded by some very lovely chanting of an excerpt from the Ratnaguna Samcayagatha. Some reflections on place, language, autonomy, and - of course - Dharma practice…  

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Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Padmasambhava and the Magic Of Compassion

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 1 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

This week’s FBA Podcast, is brought to us by Padmavajra called “Padmasambhava and the Magic Of Compassion”. Padmavajra is an ideal person to introduce Padmasamabhava, the great Tantric guru of Tibet. He is both a devotee and a good storyteller – a winning combination as we are brought into vivifying contact with the origins and mysteries of this central Vajrayana figure.

Please note, there is some audio skipping on this recording for a couple of minutes at around...
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Sangharakshita’s Diary

From Triratna News on Fri, 31 Jul, 2015 - 11:12
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  • Dinoo Dubash
  • The King in Exile cover photo

Sangharakshita’s Diary

From Triratna News on Fri, 31 Jul, 2015 - 11:12

Please contribute to Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday present. 
£39,000 to go!

Mahamati is serving temporarily as Bhante’s secretary. He writes from Adhisthana: “Several of Bhante’s correspondents this month have commented appreciatively and with pleasure on seeing Bhante looking so well in photos taken in Glastonbury in May (one with Paramartha), which have been published widely on the ubiquitous Facebook and now can be found on Bhante’s 90th birthday pages on The Buddhist Centre Online. 

Bhante has not had...
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Trailer For Sangharakshita@90 - A Life In Objects

From Sangharakshita@90 on Thu, 30 Jul, 2015 - 20:21

For the past couple of months, Saddhanandi has been conducting a very personal set of interviews with Bhante, looking back on his long life through the lens, as it were, of a set of objects he has chosen to represent each of his nine decades. They are quite fascinating conversations - I’m halfway through editing them and have already heard a number of surprising new things about Bhante and his early days as a Buddhist!

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Sangharakshita@90 - A Life In Objects (Coming Soon!)

From Triratna News on Thu, 30 Jul, 2015 - 19:07

Urgyen Sangharakshita turns 90 in August 2015 - and his birthday wish is that his legacy of written Dharma be secure and continue to reach people all over the world. To celebrate the campaign to raise the funds required for his Complete Works we’ll be bringing you a brand new series of 9 interviews with Sangharakshita - one for each decade of his life.

In these very personal conversations with Saddhanandi, Bhante chooses objects from each period of...

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