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Dharmabytes: Patience is the Greatest Asceticism

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 16 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

Sahajatara offers an introduction to the six paramitas as she touches into the development of forbearance with humour, realism and dakini-inspiration. 

From the talk Forbearance and Energy In Pursuit of the Good given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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Virya: Finding Ourselves In the Service of Others

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 - 00:00
Amaladipa speaks very personally and movingly about her practice of virya, drawing on her experience of childhood suffering, her 30-year career in the probation service and, latterly, her experience of living with a spinal injury. This talk was given on Zoom at Stockholm's Dharma night.
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Virya: Finding Ourselves In the Service of Others

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Wed, 15 Feb, 2023 - 00:00
"Why bother?" Amaladipa asks,speaking very personally about the practice of virya, drawing on her own experience of childhood suffering, her career in the probation service and, latterly, her spinal injury. Talk given on Zoom to the Stockholm sangha's Dharma night, June 2021.
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Dreaming The Real: Join online for an evening of poetry

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Tue, 14 Feb, 2023 - 03:00

Dreaming The Real: Join online for an evening of poetry

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Tue, 14 Feb, 2023 - 03:00

Dreaming the real poetry night - with friends and special guests from around the country Friday 7.00-9.00pm 17 February - a fundraiser for the Croydon Buddhist Centre (CBC)

15 poets from all over the country will be reading for your enjoyment. Warm up the cold February evening by coming and supporting these varied poets at different stages of exploration in their...
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Dharmabytes: Refraining from Anger

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 13 Feb, 2023 - 06:00

More counter-cultural stuff here, shouldn’t we always express how we feel? Shantideva seems to be saying something else when he encourages us to be ‘like a block of wood’… Maitrisara offers thoughts on patience and anger as described in the Bodhicaryavatara. 

Excerpted from the talk Like a Block of Wood, part of the series The Bodhicaryavatara, given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Forthcoming Ordination in Australia

From Order Connection on Sun, 12 Feb, 2023 - 17:06

Forthcoming Ordination in Australia

From Order Connection on Sun, 12 Feb, 2023 - 17:06

Dear Friends,

Angela Riley from Melbourne, Australia will be privately ordained by Chittaprabha during an (invitation only) Order retreat from 25th February - 9th March 2023. 

Her Public Ordination will be conducted by Maitripala at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre from 1pm - 4pm AEDST on Sunday 12th March. 

Everyone is welcome to attend the Public Ordination. 

With metta,

Maitripala
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UK & Ireland Combined AOWE,17 – 20 August 2023, Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sat, 11 Feb, 2023 - 14:03

UK & Ireland Combined AOWE,17 – 20 August 2023, Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sat, 11 Feb, 2023 - 14:03

Touching a Mystery
Led by the Adhisthana Teaching Community

‘There are moments when criticism of a particular kind – the only kind I care for – utterly absorbs me. I feel I am touching a mystery … a darkness that is secretly alive and thrilling to the sense. This, I like to believe, is the reflection in myself of the darkness which broods over the poet’s creative mind.’ 
John Middleton Murry

This quote from Middleton Murry, gives...
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Triratna Latinoamérica OM

From Community Highlights on Fri, 10 Feb, 2023 - 22:55

Triratna Latinoamérica (group) OM

From Community Highlights on Fri, 10 Feb, 2023 - 22:55

Espacio para mantenernos comunicados como Miembros de la Orden del Área de América Latina.
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Forever Friends (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 437)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Fri, 10 Feb, 2023 - 21:39

A real beauty of a ‘lost’ episode from our archives! Recorded in a very lovely garden in Mexico in 2019, with nature sounds all around, Bodhikamala and Sanghadhara, who’ve been soul mates of a sort since before the age of 10, explore with us their long history of friendship as young people. A shared love of the arts, of musicals, and Harry Potter brought them together in summer camp and, eventually, led them to explore Buddhism together. Now as ordained...
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FBA Podcast: Reflections From the Bodhicaryavatara

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 10 Feb, 2023 - 22:32

Jvalamalini offers suggestions to bear in mind when reading the Bodhicaryavatara, and a few reflections from the text on how to regard self and others. 

“In the same way that the hands and other limbs are loved because they form part of the body, why are embodied creatures not likewise loved because they form part of the universe?” 

“‘If I give, what shall I enjoy?’ Such concern for one’s own welfare is fiendish. ‘If I enjoy, what shall I give?’ Such concern...

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