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Central European Order Forum

From Triratna Europe on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 13:43

Central European Order Forum

From Triratna Europe on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 13:43

The annual Forum for Order Members in the Central European Region took place over the first weekend in December. Last year’s Forum was cancelled due to Covid, so all were pleased to be able to meet once again in (relatively) large numbers.

About 45 Order Members from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Malta met at Findhof, a conference centre 35 kilometres east of Cologne. As usual there was a programme of meditation and puja, as well as presentations and...

vajragupta

Job Opportunity at Croydon Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 13:01

Job Opportunity at Croydon Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 13:01

Here is an exciting opportunity to join the core team at Croydon Buddhist Centre. The Centre has been through a process of re-visioning and is now in a phase of expansion and development. We’ve got a big building right on the High Street of a big borough in south London. Are you passionate about helping communicate the Dharma and create sangha? Are you inspired to help Sangharakshita’s vision for a new Buddhist movement become a reality in Croydon? We’re looking...

aparajita

Space for 2 mitras in a men's community in Cambridge, UK

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 11:08

Space for 2 mitras in a men's community in Cambridge, UK

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 11:08

All the info is on the picture (which you need to click on to see fully) but here’s the email address if you’d like to cut ‘n paste:

padmakula.community [at] gmail.com

Siladasa

Ordinations in Australia

From Order Connection on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 08:41

Ordinations in Australia

From Order Connection on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 08:41

Dear Order members,

I have pleasure in attaching the photograph and names of the three men ordained last Saturday December 11 at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre, NSW during a public ceremony hosted by the Sydney Buddhist Centre.

From left, Jinavajra (“victor of insight” - formerly Max McMullin, Sydney) Private Preceptor: Khemadhamma

Sarvadarśin (“all seeing one” - formerly Rich Batsford, Adelaide) Private Preceptor: Siladasa

Khemavajira (“he who has diamond-like security” - formerly Jonathan O’Keefe, Melbourne). Private Preceptor: Khemadhamma

Public Preceptor: Siladasa

With metta,
Siladasa

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siladasa

Ordinations in Australia

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 08:40

Ordinations in Australia

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 08:40

I have pleasure in attaching the photograph and names of the three men ordained last Saturday December 11 at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre, NSW during a public ceremony hosted by the Sydney Buddhist Centre.

From left, Jinavajra (“victor of insight” - formerly Max McMullin, Sydney) Private Preceptor: Khemadhamma

Sarvadarśin (“all seeing one” - formerly Rich Batsford, Adelaide) Private Preceptor: Siladasa

Khemavajira (“he who has diamond-like security” - formerly Jonathan O’Keefe, Melbourne). Private Preceptor: Khemadhamma

Public Preceptor: Siladasa

With metta,
Siladasa

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Changingness: All There Is

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 06:00

At the heart of the spiral path is conditioned co-production which at heart means “changingness”. This “changingness” can be creative (leading to more and more beneficial mental states) or reactive (cycling from pleasurable to painful mental states). Subhadramati describes how the spiral path uses a creative “changingness” to grow out of our habitual habits and into liberation.

From the talk The Spiral Path, part of the series ‘The Taste of Freedom’ Revisited given...

Maitreyabandhu

The Age of Reunion: Charles Eisenstein in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From Community Highlights on Sat, 11 Dec, 2021 - 20:40

The Age of Reunion: Charles Eisenstein in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From Community Highlights on Sat, 11 Dec, 2021 - 20:40

This clip is from an interview with Charles Eisenstein recorded on March 31st of this year. It is taken from the beginning of the interview, where Charles and Maitreyabandhu reflect upon the relevance of current events, such as the pandemic, on the transition from the ago of separation into the age of reunion.

This interview was a part of an event earlier this year run by the London Buddhist Centre.

Watch the full conversation

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Charlies Eisenstein is an important speaker and...

Maitreyabandhu

The Age of Reunion: Charles Eisenstein in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From Community Highlights on Sat, 11 Dec, 2021 - 20:40

The Age of Reunion: Charles Eisenstein in Conversation with Maitreyabandhu

From Community Highlights on Sat, 11 Dec, 2021 - 20:40

This interview was a part of an event earlier this year run by the London Buddhist Centre.

Watch the full conversation

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Charlies Eisenstein is an important speaker and...

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Path of the Buddha's Delight

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 11 Dec, 2021 - 06:00

Here Samantabhadri expertly and imaginatively tackles the theme of Wisdom, using the verses in the third section of Tsongkhapa’s short text on the “Three Principal Aspects of the Path.” Dharma themes of the laksanas, suffering, niyamas, self - and no-self - are interwoven with more personal reflections, and with thought-provoking quotations - “…. emptiness, activity and compassion are not three things, but one thing looked at from three different points of view….”

This is the third of three talks based on...

Ksantikara

Sub35 Changemakers Weekends

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 10 Dec, 2021 - 20:27

Sub35 Changemakers Weekends

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 10 Dec, 2021 - 20:27

Are you a Mitra aged 18-34? Keen to transform yourself and the world? We need you!

A renewed Buddhism needs to confront the modern world as it is. It needs to be a radical alternative to an individualistic consumer society. It needs teachings that help to overcome hatred and prejudice. It needs people living and working together to reduce suffering, tackle loneliness and give meaning to people’s lives.

The world needs a radical blueprint for change. The Dharma, as elucidated by Sangharakshita, provides a...

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