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Ecodharma activist training goes trans-European

From Triratna News on Thu, 28 Aug, 2014 - 00:30

Ecodharma activist training goes trans-European

From Triratna News on Thu, 28 Aug, 2014 - 00:30The Ecodharma Centre is a Triratna retreat centre in Catalunya, Spain. Since 2009 an important strand of Ecodharma’s work has been the development of Dharma-based courses for social and environmental activists.

Now Ecodharma is running “Training for Trainers” courses for people who want to provide similar training for grassroots activists in their own countries across mainland Europe.

“Our work with social activists is a secular reworking of much of the Buddhist-inspired material we have developed within...

Munisha

Ordination at Adhisthana, UK

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Aug, 2014 - 00:18

Ordination at Adhisthana, UK

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Aug, 2014 - 00:18Jill Vernon of the West Midlands Sangha, UK, was publicly ordained at Adhisthana on Monday 25th August.

She becomes Moksapuspa (dots under each ’s’ and long final ‘a’), which means in Sanskrit ‘She who is a flower of liberation’. The westernised spelling is Mokshapushpa. Her private preceptor was Suchitta and her public preceptor Parami.

The ordination took place on the first day of the Women’s European Order Convention, following a small private ordination retreat at Taraloka. The...

Munisha

Happy Birthday, Bhante Sangharakshita!

From Triratna News on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 18:00

Happy Birthday, Bhante Sangharakshita!

From Triratna News on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 18:00Our founder and teacher, Urgen Sangharakshita, celebrates his 89th birthday today. The event falls on the first full day of the European Women’s Order Convention, being held at Adhisthana.

Many happy returns, Bhante.

Wish Sangharakshita Happy Birthday on Twitter and Facebook.

(The pictures are from Adhisthana where today the Dharmacharini Order Convention presented him with an 89th birthday cake. And a recent image of Bhante with a gift of a bowlful of waterlily flowers.)

Dhammalata

Training the Mind

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 12:04

Training the Mind

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 12:04To meditate is to train the mind. We all accept that one must train the body if we are to be an athlete or even simply enjoy a fit and well body that can serve our needs. And we accept that to play a musical instrument well and thereby provide joy to self and others one must put in many hours of practice…

Well meditation is no different. Consider these verses the Buddha spoke from the Dhatuvibhangha Sutta:

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Vimalasara

Placing Positive Values at the Centre of Our Lives

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 08:55

Placing Positive Values at the Centre of Our Lives

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 08:55Non Residential Retreat - September Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th. Come and join us and celebrate International Recovery Day. We will explore how to place positive values at the centre of our lives. The ordinary person turns to distraction, blame, and self pity when in pain. The wise person turns to acceptance when in pain. But how does the wise person do this? Come and join us at 3440 West Broadway Vancouver.

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Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Taking Awareness Deeper

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 25 Aug, 2014 - 21:15

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Taking Awareness Deeper,” Paramabandhu draws on many years of experience as a consultant psychiatrist and Dharma teacher. He invites us to consider the lessons Buddhist techniques around meditation and mindfulness training can bring to the field of mental health – especially to problems with depression and addiction. In this excerpt, he talks about taking awareness deeper to really get a sense of impermanence ‘in our bones’.

From the...

Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Eight Step Recovery

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 25 Aug, 2014 - 21:06

FBA Podcast: Eight Step Recovery

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 25 Aug, 2014 - 21:06In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Eight Step Recovery” Vimalasara speaks on the importance of loving oneself as a part of recovery from addiction as an introduction to her new book, co-authored with Paramabandhu, entitled ‘Eight Step Recovery – Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction’. She goes on to discuss the life conditions that she and Paramabandhu have emerged from, and how those energies came together and inspired the writing of the book. Outlining the...