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Ensuring a High Degree of Commonality of Practices and Teachings: Continuity and Creativity in a United Order - by Subhuti

Ensuring a High Degree of Commonality of Practices and Teachings: Continuity and Creativity in a United Order - by Subhuti

From Community Highlights on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 18:53How does an international spiritual community, crossing cultures and language barriers, ensure a coherent, consistent set of practices is in place? What is it to experiment with new approaches? How does a community face both the death of its founder and its own future in a healthy way?

Subhuti’s new paper (written as reference material for a discussion group) lays out some key principles in considering such questions within the Triratna Buddhist Community, and suggests some procedures...
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Singhamanas

Jnanavaca - The Myth of the Return Journey

From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 16:49

Jnanavaca - The Myth of the Return Journey

From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 16:49Epic feature length talk from Jnanavaca - chair of the LBC - with a reading of the famous myth from the White Lotus Sutra.
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Carol Robertson

Taking a Fresh Look at metta

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 13:54
  • Taking a Fresh Look a Metta

Taking a Fresh Look at metta

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 13:54Sunday 8th May 10.30am-4.30pm

A day for women Mitra’s and Order Member’s led by Maitrimala. The day will be an opportunity to meditate, discuss and reflect on Metta. What does metta mean to us? how do we feel about the Metta Bhavana meditation, and how do we practice metta in our everyday lives. Maitrimala lived and worked at Taraloka for five years where she transformed the kitchen and the menus which many of us have benefited from. Since leaving...
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Munisha

Vatican message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2014

From Triratna News on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 13:17
  • St Peter's, Rome

Vatican message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2014

From Triratna News on Wed, 30 Apr, 2014 - 13:17Every year the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue issues “Letters” to those of other faiths on the occasion of each faith’s major festival.

This year’s Letter to the world’s Buddhists for the festival of Vesakh (also known as Wesak, or Buddha Day) is entitled “Buddhists and Christians: Together Fostering Fraternity”.

Read the Letter.
On the same page, you can read Letters to those of other faiths.

Buddha Day, as it’s commonly known...
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Candradasa

What Meditation Isn't - An Animation

From Community Highlights on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 19:26

What Meditation Isn't - An Animation

From Community Highlights on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 19:26Over on the New Ventures space (you’ll have to join the group to view some posts) Stephen Heppell from Motion Graphics has posted the latest in his excellent series of animations. This one is about meditation, and it was made for Breathing Space in London who teach meditation in schools and workplaces to help with the prevention of relapse into depession and addiction.

You can join our online meditation group if...
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Munisha

Karuna Trust: Supporter Services and Database Officer

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 14:19

Karuna Trust: Supporter Services and Database Officer

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 14:19Full-time job opportunity
London

Supporter Services & Database Officer

  • Help alleviate suffering in India
  • Friendly and vibrant Team-Based Right Livelihood
  • Generous support package
  • Retreat allowance

Working within the fundraising team, you will be the first point of contact for our valued supporters. You will have ownership of the supporter data ensuring it is accurate and up to date on our database. Working closely with our finance department, you will have responsibility for processing new and regular income.
The successful applicant will have excellent attention...
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Vidyatara

Tales from the Tantra - Padmavajra

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 12:46

Tales from the Tantra - Padmavajra

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 12:46A talk from Padmavajra - one of the Public Preceptors based at Padmaloka - on the Buddhist Tantra, given at the London Buddhist Centre.
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As Perfect and Pure as a Polished Shell

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 12:29

As Perfect and Pure as a Polished Shell

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 12:29‘It is not easy , while living in a home, to lead the spiritual life utterly perfect and pure as a polished shell.’

Buddha

To have the self control and poise to live peacefully, with kindliness and consistency in our domestic situations is a challenge. But it’s one we’ll be better equipped to realise with the help of a meditation practice that steers us toward friendliness and steadiness.

The Buddha said that the training of one’s...

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