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100 Days of Ethical Giving - Launch #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 10 Oct, 2014 - 11:01

100 Days of Ethical Giving - Launch #EthicalChristmas

From Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 10 Oct, 2014 - 11:01On 16^th September Evolution – the Retail side of Windhorse:Evolution - launched the “100 Days of Ethical Giving” campaign aimed at asking people to make a difference in the world through positive shopping choices. During the 100 days that lead up to Christmas, we will be asking people to consider the benefits of buying ethically sourced items both to their own sense of well being and because it makes a difference worldwide.

We know that shoppers still feel...

Bodhidasa

The Buddha Blitz Begins!

From Sydney Buddhist Centre on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 21:50

The Buddha Blitz Begins!

From Sydney Buddhist Centre on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 21:50The Sydney Buddhist Centre is about to change and you can be a part of it. On Saturday October 11, an Open Day at the Newtown centre marks the launch of the Buddha Blitz crowdfunding campaign.

Come along to the centre to not only find out ways you can support the renovation but also to experience meditation and meet our Buddhist community of practitioners.

The day begins at 9 for people who are comfortable meditating without instruction. At...

Candradasa

The Return of Online Meditation - Winter Season

From Online Meditators on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 20:52

The Return of Online Meditation - Winter Season

From Online Meditators on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 20:52Hello fellow meditators,

Sorry it’s been so long! A busy, busy few months since our last round of online meditations, and a full autumn so far catching up on everything that got backed up through the long summer days away! But the leaves are blowing around us here, the sun sinking earlier, and we’re turning our minds to the winter season to come. What say we do some meditation to help ease the darker days?

As before we’ll...

Candradasa

Join us for a more #EthicalChristmas!

From Community Highlights on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 17:49

Join us for a more #EthicalChristmas!

From Community Highlights on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 17:49

“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.” Anna Lappe

If you haven’t seen, we’ve just launched our new #EthicalChristmas campaign over on the Triratna Features space… Come and + follow us there over the next few months as we work with Triratna businesses and...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Acting in Accordance with our Values

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 9 Oct, 2014 - 14:58

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Subhadramati shares her insights on ethics in today’s FBA Dharmabyte: “Acting in Accordance with our Values,” an excerpt from a the talk “Ethics As a Path to Insight.” Practicing ethics leads to greater happiness, springs out of our empathy for others, and eventually becomes free of any notion of self and other. Given on August 30 2014...

Candradasa

#EthicalChristmas: Money, Ethics, and Dharma Practice - A New Campaign on The Buddhist Centre Online

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 8 Oct, 2014 - 17:00

#EthicalChristmas: Money, Ethics, and Dharma Practice - A New Campaign on The Buddhist Centre Online

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 8 Oct, 2014 - 17:00A couple of months ago I was sitting in a room at Adhisthana, listening to my friend Mokshini speak very movingly about some quite profound shifts in her own sense of Dharma practice. She talked about having newly considered in her own life the sorts of issues raised by Triratna’s participation in Buddhist Action Month every year: environmental concerns, economic questions, all manner of socially engaged topics relevant to anyone looking to explore the...

Vidyatara

Swedish Public Ordination September 2014

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 8 Oct, 2014 - 11:56

Swedish Public Ordination September 2014

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 8 Oct, 2014 - 11:56

On 20 September 2014 at the Dharmagiri Retreat Centre in Sweden, Viriyavasin was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order by Public Preceptor Satyaraja. This public Ordination followed the first Ordination Retreat held in Sweden.

Rijupatha

Vajra Bell - Autumn 2014

From Vajra Bell on Tue, 7 Oct, 2014 - 00:52

The Vajra Bell Autumn 2014 issue is here!

The focus of this issue is: “Cultivating Right Livelihood”.

You can download and view the PDF version of this issue of Vajra Bell by clicking on the link at the bottom of this post.

In this issue:

Cultivating Right Livelihood: Vajra Bell asks sangha members to weigh in on how they practice skillful work
“Working for Indian Buddhism” – by Viradhamma
“How Music Can Inform Buddhist Spirituality” – by Sravaniya
Upcoming Retreats and Classes at Aryaloka
Introducing Vajra Bell’s New Co-Editors – Mary Schaefer & David Watt
Updates from

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Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: A New Poem From Sangharakshita

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 6 Oct, 2014 - 18:26

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We are delighted to dedicate today’s FBA Dharmabyte to poetry. Not just any poetry, but “A New Poem From Sangharakshita,” read by Parami at the European Women’s Convention held at Adhisthana, August 30 2014.

Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Singing the Song of the Order

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 6 Oct, 2014 - 18:07

FBA Podcast: Singing the Song of the Order

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 6 Oct, 2014 - 18:07Subscribe to the FBA Podcast

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This week’s FBA Podcast, is entitled “Singing the Song of the Order,” by Jnanacandra. One of two talks on more devotional approaches to Insight, given at the European Combined Order Convention held at Wymondham College on 24 August 2014.

The theme of the convention was “The Bodhisattva’s Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight”.

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