Bhadra gave this talk as part of BAM 2018. He references David Loy’s two icebergs and explores how we might revise the Triratana mandala of practice to strengthen our sense of interconnectedness with the world. Given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2018.
Bhadra gave this talk as part of BAM 2018. He references David Loy’s two icebergs and explores how we might revise the Triratana mandala of practice to strengthen our sense of interconnectedness with the world. Given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2018.
I started Great Ocean by writing to and later meeting Sangharakshita in June 2018. My idea was a film to explore a range of friendships in his life and he was quick to name two very important ones: Buddharakshita and Terry Delamare.
In this first part, we meet Buddharakshita, Sangharakshita’s companion in the holy life who facilitated the transition to living in India. A first person account taken from several memoirs vividly brought to life with found footage.
The Triratna Video Library is back celebrating Sangharakshita’s 100th birth anniversary with another freshly edited never-before-seen talk by Bhante from the archive. The release for June is a talk entitled ‘My Trip to the USA’.
This month the talk on offer is not a Dharma talk but an opportunity to see Bhante in a different mode.
‘My Trip to the USA’ is an informal talk at an Order gathering, that Sangharakshita describes as ‘a fairly...
Summer has definitely arrived on the mountain. And not only the warmer weather - but preceptors also arrived and departed, leaving behind 19 beautiful new dharmacharinis to settle their feathers back into their remaining time here in the context of an Order retreat…
Such a precious and intense time - for everyone! We welcomed Mokshagandhi into the community (currently Padmasakhi, Vidyachandra, Viryamani and Bodhipaksini) for the ordination period. She arrived with her customary grace and warm friendliness into the retreat and also...
Lokabandhu introduces the American Buddhist activist Joanna Macy and her teaching of the ‘Work That Reconnects’, part of the Southampton Buddhist Centre’s series on 21st Century Bodhisattvas. Excerpted from the talk Introduction to Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects given in Southampton, 2018.
Dayajoti offers a short talk on climate change, relating it to basic buddhist teachings, followed by a guided ‘climate’ meditation. From the talk entitled Consensus Trance - Climate given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015.
