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.
From Triratna News on Tue, 29 Apr, 2014 - 00:10Lokabandhu is 55 today and he’s moving house. It’s also the day he’s chosen to retire “for at least a year” after exactly 8 years on Triratna’s European Development Team.
He’ll be living with the elements in his very own field, just below Glastonbury Tor in the southwest of England.
You can see the Tor behind him in the picture: a mysterious geological formation with multiple spiritual associations and a legendary connection with the medieval King Arthur. What...
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the well-loved account of Sangharakshita’s spiritual journey entitled: “First Glimpses: Diamond Sutra & The Sutra of Wei Lang”. “The History of My Going for Refuge” is an inspiring autobiographical lecture taking up Sangharakshita’s story from his earliest experiences of Buddhism and telling how he came progressively to understand the centrality of Going for Refuge in the Buddhist life. Talk given in 1988. ...
Here’s a PDF with Malayalam translations of Triratna’s Dedication Ceremony, Refuges and Precepts, and Threefold Puja. Many thanks to Sudhi Pooniyil of Alleppey, Kerala for supplying these.
For Triratna texts in many other languages, including Hindi, Marathi and Telegu please see the Translations Project homepage.
From West London Buddhist Centre on Sat, 26 Apr, 2014 - 08:37It’s been a very exciting week at the WLBC. We have just exchanged contracts for a property around the corner from our current one. It’s the ground floor and lower ground floor of a newly built building. Behind the screens we’ve been working on this for a year. This Tuesday evening, on our sangha night, the architects will give a presentation on what our new centre will look like. Please join us and share in our vision and excitement...
