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Triratna Newsbyte 1 is here!

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:44

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:44Clear Vision recently released Triratna Newsbyte 1, the first of their new twice-yearly video news bulletins from around the Triratna world, commissioned by Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly. And the Young Buddhists are in it!

In this 47-minute video:

The opening weekend of Adhisthana, UK
Vimalasara’s book launch at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK
Danabhadri at Dhanakosa, Scotland: Cooking as practice
Nagaloka Buddhist Centre, Portland, Maine, USA
Amoghalila and the Street Angels, Lancashire, UK
Young Buddhists’ gathering 2013, Adhisthana,

Suryaprabha

RUPA QAWWALI

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43

RUPA QAWWALI

From Lights In The Sky on Sun, 1 Jun, 2014 - 23:43A GROUP RITUAL has more to do with play than performance.

Munisha

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 17:26

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 17:26Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says.

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25 ordinations in India

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 14:21

25 ordinations in India

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 14:21We are delighted to inform you that the following 25 men were publicly ordained at Bhaje (India) on 25th May 2014.

1 Chandrakant Tambe (Khed) becomes Shakyaprabha (Having the lustre of the Shakya clan); private preceptor Ratnashil; public preceptor Yashosagar.
2 Yogiraj Khobaragade (Thane) becomes Yashovajra (Vajra-like spiritual glory); private preceptor Ratnashil; public preceptor Yashosagar.
3 Pravin Gavane (Thane) becomes Nagadhvaja (A Banner of the Nagas i.e. the serpent or an elephant or a great man); private preceptor Ratnashil;...

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All three International Retreat talks on video now

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:57

All three International Retreat talks on video now

From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:57Thanks to Clear Vision, the videos of the three main talks from the recent International Retreat 2014 are now available to view on VideoSangha.net, all addressing the topic of practical response to suffering in the world.

Watch them here.

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The videos of the three main talks from International Retreat 2014

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:43

The videos of the three main talks from International Retreat 2014

From Triratna News on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:43All three main talks from the Triratna International Retreat 2014 are now available to view on VideoSangha.net, thanks to the Clear Vision team’s hard work.

The retreat theme being “The Bodhisattva’s Reply”, the talks are all about our practical responses to suffering in the world. Thoroughly recommended, and especially if you are interested in Triratna’s participation in the UK’s pan-Buddhist Buddhist Action Month, which begins tomorrow and has already spread to our sanghas in Sweden and...

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All three main talks on video now

From International Retreat 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:32

All three main talks on video now

From International Retreat 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:32All three main talks from the International Retreat are now available to view on VideoSangha.net, thanks to the Clear Vision team’s hard work.

Watch them here:
Vajragupta: “The Bodhisattva’s reply” (53 mins)
Vaddhaka: “Going beyond capitalism: a Buddhist perspective” (1 hour)
Mokshini: “Altruism, actually: Getting out and doing It” (57 mins)

VideoSangha.net is a mine of Triratna/FWBO video old and new, provided for us by Clear Vision, Triratna’s audio-visual media project....

Munisha

Music from the clear-up team's campfire

From International Retreat 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:13

Music from the clear-up team's campfire

From International Retreat 2014 on Sat, 31 May, 2014 - 13:13For most of us the International Retreat is long over, but the doughty clear-up team have only just left, after a further week’s work dismantling the marquees, showers, toilets and kitchen.

Happily we can know something of their playtime too, with this great little recording from Suvajra. It’s Sumana’s folk setting of Sangharakshita’s poem, “Secret Wings” about our resistance to acknowleding our own spiritual potential.

Sumana main voice and banjo; guitar Joe Richardson: backing vocals Joe Hill and Shantikara.

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QAWWALI IN DAPOLI

From Lights In The Sky on Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 17:25

http://vimeo.com/96750007

QAWWALI IN DAPOLI

From Lights In The Sky on Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 17:25THE FIRST of two pieces of qawwali music I filmed in Dapoli, Konkan, India at the BH hostel in 2006. Probably in a room after puja on an all ages retreat during a traditional Indian holiday. It is just as I filmed it. It could be a Sufi-Buddhist fusion though I don’t understand the words they are singing. However, the youthful, even intoxicated male energy comes over as clearly now as that time. By the way, virtually...

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Dharmabyte: The Wisdom Hearer

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 29 May, 2014 - 15:34

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, “The Wisdom Hearer”, is an excerpt from the fabulous talk “The Sound of Reality” by Padmavajra. In this section we hear Hakuin’s poem of Awakening along with Padmavajra’s reflections on the nature of sound, impermanence and insubstantiality. Vanish into emptiness and silence!

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