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FBA podcast: Make it So - Imagining the Buddha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 20:27

FBA podcast: Make it So - Imagining the Buddha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 20:27In our FBA Podcast this week, “Make It So – Imagining The Buddha,” Suriyavamsa looks at the role of imagination in the way we shape our everyday world and how we can use this to bring the Buddha to life in our spiritual practice.

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Dharmabyte: Blending Reason and Reverence

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 20:20

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Blending Reason and Reverence” is an excerpt from “The Diamond Sutra – Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1” by Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here Padmavajra describes the setting of the sutra exploring simplicity and awareness.

This is an excerpt from the first in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive ten talk series by Padmavajra on ‘The Diamond Sutra’. We...

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Buddhist groups planning social action in UK and US

From Community Highlights on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 19:04

Buddhist groups planning social action in UK and US

From Community Highlights on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 19:04We have some wonderful news coming in from both sides of the big pond, with Buddhists in the UK and the US organizing and making plans to take part in social action in the upcoming months…

Buddhist Action Month:

In June Buddhists in the UK will begin 2014’s Buddhist Action Month (or BAM), and Triratna is taking the lead in promoting BAM across the UK’s Buddhist Sanghas. BAM has...

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Tonglen Retreat: Saturday

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 06:54

Tonglen Retreat: Saturday

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 22 Mar, 2014 - 06:54After more than a week of unseasonably warm weather, the temperature in the western region of the UK is beginning to drop again, with rain and wind, and even flakes of snow falling right now! Meanwhile, the landscape is showing the full signs of spring, with bright yellow daffodils and dark blue hyacinths scattering their colour – fabulous! It’s like a yearly miracle!

Today is the first day of the retreat and this is often a more complex...

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EXCELLENT COMMUNITY (working title)

From Lights In The Sky on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 17:20

EXCELLENT COMMUNITY (working title)

From Lights In The Sky on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 17:20Can 20 people, just 1% of the 2000-strong Triratna Order, represent it in a meaningful way?
That is the task that’s been set them in this new film. One out of every hundred people has been chosen, using records of their ordination dates, and invited to talk or take part in some way. Their experiences in terms of location, culture, gender and language may be very different but they share many experiences that go to create the Order, its aspirations...

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Aryaloka sangha explores opportunities for social action

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 15:25

Aryaloka sangha explores opportunities for social action

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 15:25Aryaloka Buddhist Center, in an effort to more intentionally bring the Dharma off the cushion, had its first meeting at Aryaloka exploring the possibility of beginning a New Hampshire chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship on March 12th, 2014. Ten sangha members were in attendance for the first meeting and the discussion was energetic.

Kris Schultz and Gene Taylor - associated with many activist groups, including Wonderwell Mountain Refuge - presented some of the...

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Announcement of the Tonglen Retreat

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 14:44

Announcement of the Tonglen Retreat

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 14:44*Updated*: Click here for the latest from the retreat. Click + follow above to get notifications of new posts.

Today 24 Dharmacharinis will gather at Taraloka for a retreat on Tonglen.
Led by Saddhanandi, and supported by Ratnavandana, Yashobodhi and Vajramudita.

It will be a week of intensive meditation practice, taking place mainly in silence, and dedicated as an offering to the world and to alleviating suffering.

The retreat will be based around Tonglen...

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Audio tracks from Brighton's Rainy Season Retreat

From Community Highlights on Fri, 21 Mar, 2014 - 13:43

As Brighton’s 2014 Rainy Season Retreat continues, they’re posting some great audio talks and snippets on SoundCloud. Check out the playlist below to have a listen!

You can discover more about each day of the retreat here and follow along as events transpire by clicking + Follow on Brighton Buddhist Centre’s space on The Buddhist Centre Online.

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Seven Factors of Enlightenment

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 15:32

Seven Factors of Enlightenment

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 15:32All women in the sangha, and beyond, are invited to join Khemavassika for a Women’s Practice Day on the Seven Factors on Enlightenment on April 26th, from 12 pm - 4 pm.

The four-hour workshop will explore creatively developing our spiritual selves through the bojjanghas – the Seven Factors that will lead us to higher, more positive states.

We will look at the role of mindfulness in our developing practice. The workshop will include time for meditation, a...

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A Stupa Emerges

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 13:57

A Stupa Emerges

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Thu, 20 Mar, 2014 - 13:57Posted by Viriyalila for The Stupa Project Kula…
I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on the stupa visualization practice since visiting with my preceptor, Karunadevi, in San Francisco last month. I remember how she taught the practice, and how fascinated I was to be engaging in such primal, simple act conjuring the elements in vibrant, colorful forms. I felt connected to the whole universe, and beyond, in ways that I have never experienced before. So grounding, and yet so expansive.
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