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Competition: Help Animate Mara's Army!

From Triratna News on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 19:34
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Competition: Help Animate Mara's Army!

From Triratna News on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 19:34

Dear Families, 

I’m creating a video about the life of the Buddha. 

Support Aryajit’s new animated work: ‘A Brief History of Buddhism in Six Minutes’

One of the most enjoyable parts of creating the video is drawing Mara (the “Lord of Death”) and his army, who try to stop the Buddha gaining Enlightenment by attacking him. I have been drawing beings from indian mythology, like Raksanas and Yaksas, but also skeleton armies, dinosaurs, dragons (as you can see from the attached sketches)...
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Chapter Weekend OM

From Adhisthana on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 12:04

Chapter Weekend OM

From Adhisthana on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 12:04

Spend time together with a self-directed programme. Come for just the weekend, or up to 7 nights. Get in touch with us to book; we can respond to requests for Dharmic input from experienced teachers from the Adhisthana communities and the local Teaching Community.

If these dates don’t suit you, get in touch to arrange to come on another weekend.

https://adhisthana.org/retreat-calendar/events/chapter-weekend/
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Shinran: A Transcendental Critique of the Dharma Life As Ego Project (Talk 2 of 2)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Exploring Shinran, the Buddha and Bhante. We’re all ‘bombu’ – conditioned, foolish, finite beings ‘forever drowning and wandering without ever knowing the path to liberation’ – and yet we are also always illumined by the golden light of Buddha – ‘grasped never to be abandoned’. What happens when we live in full awareness of these two aspects of our experience? Talk 2 of 2 given to members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Suitable for experienced practitioners only as a sound base of experience and Dharma knowledge is taken for granted.
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Free Buddhist Audio

Shinran: Re Imagining World

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Exploring self- and Other power in the Dharma life. How do we 'imagine' the Dharma life - and what would happen if we 'imagined' differently? Introduction to Shinran's life, world and perspective. Talk given to members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Suitable for experienced practitioners only as a sound base of experience and Dharma knowledge is taken for granted.
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The Doorway of Emptiness

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Amalayodhin discusses The Doorway of Emptiness (Talk 4/4) on Dharma Night at the London Buddhist Centre.
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Sangha As a Path to Enlightenment

From North London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
Engagingly, sometimes hilariously, Ksantikara relates the story of Meghiya, assailed by distractions when meditating in his favourite mango grove. The Buddha explains to Meghiya five practices that conduce to 'the heart's release', all based in spiritual friendship, but taking you as far as awakening. Keynote talk at the North London Buddhist Centre Saturday class by our new chair, 10 February 2024.
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Building the Palace of Metta

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given on the Men's Great Gathering on The Burning House, Padmavajra talks about escaping from the burning house of ourselves, as well as destroying the house of conditioned existence, but ends with the Buddha's teaching of the six memorable qualities that lead to love, respect, unity and concord between people, which lead to the creation of the palace of metta.
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The Burning House

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Mar, 2024 - 00:00
In this talk given on the Great Gathering at Padmaloka in February 2024, Amalayodhin explores the parable of the burning house from the White Lotus Sutra. He provides some reflections on the intoxications that keep us in the burning house and what we can do to escape.
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February at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 16:05

February at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 16:05

The first few months of every year are usually a bit quieter. With fewer people on site this means the cooks have a chance to get more creative; Jayadhi made a great Pad Thai, Bodhiketu created a spicy Lasagne, and Harry has been mastering a variety of recipes that you’ll get a chance to taste when you’re next here.

There are changes afoot again as Prajnanita hands over being manager to Prakashamitra. She will now be the Director – a new role...
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Dharmabytes: Sharing the Love of Solitude

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

Akashadevi and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha’s meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk Elephants and the Buddha, part of a “Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism” given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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