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Dharmabyte: Urban Gonzo Psycho - Geography

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 30 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Padmamati explores the spirit, or soul, of place, that of animating your physical context to experience it in an emotional and psychological way. The speaker is Padmamati - aka Stephen Coates - founder and frontman of cabaret band The Real Tuesday Weld, who have made so many contributions to London creative life.
Excerpted from the talk Urban Imagination given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2014.

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Dharmabyte: Relaxing Into What Is

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 27 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Bhadra takes us through the myth of Persephone and an experiential exploration of awareness to celebrate the vital contribution the bardo; the in-between state makes towards the spiritual life.

Excerpted from the talk Celebrating the In-Between given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Aryavacin and Manjugita: Poetry and The Dharma Life (Full Conversation in Spanish)

From Buddhist Voices on Sun, 26 Jun, 2022 - 11:51

Al igual que muchas de las historias que escuchamos en el proyecto Cincuenta Años, Cincuenta Voces, la amistad ha marcado la vida de los miembros de la Orden en toda nuestra comunidad internacional. En este episodio escuchamos a dos buenos amigos que comparten sus caminos y su historia de práctica del Dharma, con un toque poético. Desde Mérida, en el corazón de los Andes venezolanos, hasta el Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México, Aryavacin y Manjugita están animados por...

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FBA Podcast: The Jewel in the Lotus

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 25 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Sraddhagita explores in a quietly effective, down-to-earth way one of the great central images of Mahayana Buddhism, usually associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

This talk was given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2007.

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Bringing Welcoming Liberation to a Close

From Triratna News on Thu, 23 Jun, 2022 - 15:32

Bringing Welcoming Liberation to a Close

From Triratna News on Thu, 23 Jun, 2022 - 15:32

Dear friends,

As a team we’ve decided that it’s the right time to bring Welcoming Liberation to a close.

We started this monthly gathering to support BIPOC/BAME in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and resulting conversations in Triratna about providing safer, affirming spaces for the diversity of BIPOC/BAME within the movement and beyond. At the time there were few spaces for us to gather and practice together. It’s been a powerful space to get to know one...

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Dharmabyte: Dukkha as Compost

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 23 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Dayajoti explores the metaphor of ‘sh*t happens’ - it’s what you do with it that matters! Turning towards your poo as a reflection on the process of transformation.

From the talk Bodies of Earth - Beyond Me and Mine - Dukkha from a two-week women’s retreat at Eco-Dharma Retreat Centre, 2012.

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Ordinations at Akashavana

From Triratna News on Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 - 14:34

Ordinations at Akashavana

From Triratna News on Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 - 14:34

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following 18 people took place at Akashavana on Saturday 18th June 2022,

With metta, Punyamala and Vajratara.

Public Preceptor Punyamala:

Marleen Laurman becomes Acaladevī, a Pali/Sanskrit name meaning “Goddess of unshakeable Awakening”. Registered spelling Achaladevi. Private preceptor Prajnadevi.

Beate Lippik becomes Candraniṣṭhā, A Sanskrit name meaning “She who is devoted to the moon of Bodhicitta. Registered spelling Chandranishta. Private preceptor Jvālāmālinī.

Catherine Dixon becomes Dayāgītā, a Sanskrit/Pali name meaning “She whose song is kindness”. Registered spelling Dayagita. Private preceptor Vimalavajrī.

Eileen Merryweather becomes Mokṣacārā, a Sanskrit name meaning “She who walks the...

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Ordinations at Akashavana

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 - 14:31

Ordinations at Akashavana

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 22 Jun, 2022 - 14:31

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following 18 people took place at Akashavana on Saturday 18th June 2022,

With metta, Punyamala and Vajratara.

Public Preceptor Punyamala:

Marleen Laurman becomes Acaladevī, a Pali/Sanskrit name meaning “Goddess of unshakeable Awakening”. Registered spelling Achaladevi. Private preceptor Prajnadevi.

Beate Lippik becomes Candraniṣṭhā, A Sanskrit name meaning “She who is devoted to the moon of Bodhicitta. Registered spelling Chandranishta. Private preceptor Jvālāmālinī.

Catherine Dixon becomes Dayāgītā, a Sanskrit/Pali name meaning “She whose song is kindness”. Registered spelling Dayagita. Private preceptor Vimalavajrī.

Eileen Merryweather becomes Mokṣacārā, a Sanskrit name meaning “She who walks the...

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Akasasuri (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Mon, 20 Jun, 2022 - 16:24

The first mettā bhavana I was completely blown over and that was it. I thought ‘If that is a way of living, I’d quite like to live that way.’

Akasasuri Annals:

In 1967 I was 13 years old; a happy child in a little village in the South of Holland, near the Belgium border. I was attending secondary school in a nearby city 10 miles away. I had a lot of friends and was regularly send out of the classroom due...

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Dharmabytes: Our Mind Is Like A Great Ghost

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 20 Jun, 2022 - 06:00

Thoughts are like ghosts that haunt the mind, those thoughts become speech that become actions. Most of the terrible things that have happened in the world have had to do with views and ideologies spreading like a virus through a culture, driving a culture mad. Maitreyabandhu reminds us that Buddhism says again and again, what you think and what you do matters. Everything you do matters.
Excerpted from the Triratna Day talk ...

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