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Dharmabyte - Ritual, Metaphor and Poetry

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 3 Mar, 2014 - 14:50

Our FBA Dharmabyte today - “Ritual, Metaphor and Poetry” - is a beautiful excerpt on communication as exchange of energy and experience. Happy is the mind that is steeped in totality, Dhammadassin reveals the ritual in the world through poetry and metaphor. The full talk Standing on Emptiness: View, Meditation, and Action was given at the Western Buddhist Order Women’s National Order weekend, August 2004.

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Rijupatha

FBA Podcast - Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 3 Mar, 2014 - 14:18

FBA Podcast - Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 3 Mar, 2014 - 14:18Vessantara has been on a three-year-long retreat and as he emerges he has many insights to share. Our FBA Podcast this week is filled with deep reflections marked by clarity and a brilliance we are excited to make available. From the FBA ...

Vimalasara

Why we wrote the book

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Mon, 3 Mar, 2014 - 03:39

Why we wrote the book

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Mon, 3 Mar, 2014 - 03:39If this four minute video inspires you. Spread the word, scroll down to the next post and share the meditations, and write us a good review on amazon.com. Thank you

Dassini

Good Morning Sunday

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29

Good Morning Sunday

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29Here’s a link to Dassini, from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre, talking to Hardeep Singh Kohli about Buddhism and meditation. The conversation starts just under 40 mins into the show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wp23w

lokabandhu

Sangharakshita's Diary, February 2014

From Triratna News on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 05:56

Sangharakshita's Diary, February 2014

From Triratna News on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 05:56Ashvajit writes with his usual monthly round-up of Sangharakshita’s news, health and visitors, saying -

“The Adhisthana ducks have sometimes been paddling in the field beyond my window rather than in our ponds; however they have not been able to actually swim in the fields around here, which has been the prerogative of ducks in some parts of the UK this month.

Bhante’s health has been much the same, his energy being dependent upon the sleep he...

viriyalila

Help Actualize This Dream - Contribute to the Stupa Project

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Sat, 1 Mar, 2014 - 22:51

Help Actualize This Dream - Contribute to the Stupa Project

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Sat, 1 Mar, 2014 - 22:51Our Stupa fundraising is going well- We have about $11,000 collected and need a total of $34,000 to actualize this dream to build a stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rimpoche. We still have a ways to go, but are feeling both inspired and optimistic. We are planning to start the foundation in April - just a month away! - with the building commencing as soon as the snows have melted. We invite you to donate to this spiritually significant undertaking -...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte - The Buddhist View on Rebirth

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 27 Feb, 2014 - 17:28

Vessantara is back from his three year long retreat and has many insights to share. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for next Saturday’s full-length FBA Podcast. In “The Buddhist View on Rebirth” Vessantara dives deep as he describes how awareness continues to arise after death – there is continued experience but no ‘I’ to have that experience. The full talk Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma was...

Candradasa

The Hero With A Thousand Faces: A Multimedia Event

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 17:05

The Hero With A Thousand Faces: A Multimedia Event

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 17:05The second of our experimental videos today comes from Sam Farquharson, also in the UK. He describes the day event as “Original multi-media theatre to explore the mythic in your life.” This piece written/directed by Sam, in collaboration with writers, film-makers, actors, and musicians associated with the Triratna Buddhist movement, is the creation of a modern day myth set in Bethnal Green, in which the archetypal is exposed in our everyday world.

It will take place at the...

Candradasa

Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52

Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52The first of two videos today, each taking a different experimental path to exploring the life and teachings of the Buddha and why they are relevant to us today.

Here is a computer animation by Stephen Heppel from Moving Vision, a new Right Livelihood business in the UK, illustrating the first two verses of the Dhammapada in translation by Sangharakshita. Stephen writes:

“Buddhism is an ancient tradition which is only...

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Letter From India by Viradhamma (No.1)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 25 Feb, 2014 - 14:10

Letter From India by Viradhamma (No.1)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 25 Feb, 2014 - 14:10The first in an occasional series of letters from India by Viradhamma from San Francisco in the U.S., on his travels through India working for DharmaJiva as part of their Buddhist Renaissance project. DharmaJiva is a non-sectarian Buddhist network that works against caste oppression and includes both Western and Asian Buddhist traditions.

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Dear Friends,

I am here in India on three-week trip, and I spent the first ten days in...

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