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Norwegian sangha soars skywards

From Triratna News on Tue, 2 Dec, 2014 - 10:20
  • Gunaketu
  • Bente Kjønstad
  • David Welsh
  • Lake in mist
  • Snowy mountain
  • Tree on Prekestolen

Norwegian sangha soars skywards

From Triratna News on Tue, 2 Dec, 2014 - 10:20Gunaketu reports on interesting developments in Triratna’s Norwegian sangha, who recently held a weekend retreat at a place called Skogly – which could be translated as “refuge in the woods”.

“We were to study the Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutra, which has just been translated from Sanskrit into Norwegian by mitra David Welsh, a Scotsman who lives here. See below for an extract (in Norwegian and English) from this wonderful sutra, which opens up the Mahayana perspective on the Dharma and...
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Shabda - December 2014

From Order Connection on Mon, 1 Dec, 2014 - 23:26
Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:
  1. eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
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  3. PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  4. HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  5. Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save the Order’s
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Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 2: Sampajanna

From Online Meditators on Sun, 30 Nov, 2014 - 22:30

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 2: Sampajanna

From Online Meditators on Sun, 30 Nov, 2014 - 22:30Join us for our second flavour of mindfulness as we begin a two-part look at how to sustain the kind of attention we bring to bear in meditation.

On Tuesdays our course for regular meditators is looking at mindfulness (sati, sampajanna, appamada, call-it-what-you-will!) in the context of the Five Spiritual Faculties. This will also give us a chance to explore the area of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation, as well as generally develop and maybe even flex...
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#EthicalChristmas - How Caste Oppresses Women

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 30 Nov, 2014 - 14:56

#EthicalChristmas - How Caste Oppresses Women

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 30 Nov, 2014 - 14:56“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” - Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Dalit girls and women, those from the lower caste communities, traditionally called “untouchable”, are the most vulnerable of all people in India. These are our students, fellow teachers and our friends at Jai Bhim International, inspired by the social activist and Chief Architect of the Indian constitution, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. Females in this...
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Death of Navachitta

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 22:07

Death of Navachitta

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 22:07With sadness we report the death of Dharmacharini Navachitta from Auckland, New Zealand.

She died in hospital in London, UK, at 18.30 local time today (7.30am 30th November, New Zealand time) from a severe bacterial and viral infection. Her daughter Genevieve had flown over from New Zealand and was with her, as was Dhammadinna; her sister Roi was present by telephone.

Navachitta was 62. She was ordained in the summer of 1990 at Taraloka. Her private preceptor...
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Death of Vajragita

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 21:54
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Death of Vajragita

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 21:54With sadness we report the death from cancer of Dharmacharini Vajragita, who died very peacefully at home in Amsterdam at around 18.00 local time today, in the company of her community. She was 76 years old.

Vajragita was ordained by Sangharakshita in 1981 in Seaford, Sussex, UK. Her yidam was Padmasambhava. A founder member of the sangha in the Netherlands, she lived and worked at Taraloka (UK) for several years. She recently became a Public preceptor.

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Regional Order Weekend 28th Nov to 30th Nov 2014 OM

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 16:24
  • Dh. Yashosagar Talk
  • Group Photo
  • Rangoli in Shrine

Regional Order Weekend 28th Nov to 30th Nov 2014 OM

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 16:24At present Regional Order Weekend is going on in Retreat Center. Around 60 Order Members are present among them are 15 Dhammacharin.
Today Dh. Yashosagar given talk on “Moving from Karma Niyama to Dhamma Niyama”. Similarly talk by Dh. Satyadeep ” Moving from Dukkha to Effective Going for Refuge”
In Evening Puja and Meditation led by Dhni. Gunmegha and Dhni. Maitriratna.
Tommorow is talk by Dh. Karmavajra.
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#EthicalChristmas: Jai Bhim International - A Fire And A Tsunami

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 14:26

#EthicalChristmas: Jai Bhim International - A Fire And A Tsunami

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 14:2610 years ago on Christmas day my house burned down, while I was on a Buddhist meditation retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains. Across the world, the same week, a tsunami destroyed villages on the coast of Chennai, southeast India, leaving whole communities homeless, jobless, displaced. Back in San Francisco, lying on Amy and Megan’s couch, feeling sorry for myself on New Year’s eve, faces of newly-orphaned children flickered across a tiny screen. That night I felt grateful for warm...
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UK Buddhist projects win awards for service to society

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 00:57
  • Stephen Williams MP with Engaged Buddhist Kula's Si Haves and Simon Bradley
  • Receiving the BHCG award, Modgala (in red) next to Keith Munnings
  • All the award winners, of many faiths
  • Clothes for the homeless

UK Buddhist projects win awards for service to society

From Triratna News on Sat, 29 Nov, 2014 - 00:57Congratulations to the Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Engaged Buddhist Kula, awarded a Together in Service Award on 19th November for service to society, along with the UK’s Buddhist Healthcare Chaplaincy Group (BCHG).

Watch a video (4.5 mins) about the Engaged Buddhist Kula, part of Clear Vision’s recent video news round up, NewsByte 2.

Over the last two years, amongst other things – some as part of ...
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#EthicalChristmas - What Is Jai Bhim?

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 28 Nov, 2014 - 16:32

#EthicalChristmas - What Is Jai Bhim?

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 28 Nov, 2014 - 16:32Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar might be the most famous Indian you’ve never heard of. Yet if you go into any village, any town, any city, anywhere in India, you will see statues, paintings, and shrines devoted to him. Did you know that there are more statues in his image than of anyone else in the country? You will hear people every day, if you listen carefully, greeting one another with “Jai Bhim”. “Long live Dr. Ambedkar and his comitment...

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