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Ratnaprabha Becomes Chair of the North London Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 12:14

Ratnaprabha Becomes Chair of the North London Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 12:14

Sunday the 16th September at the North London Buddhist Centre was multifaceted:
* Celebrating Padmasambhava Day,
* Holding four Mitra ceremonies (Afra, Charlie, Laura and Remi),
* Rejoicing in the outgoing chair, Visuddhimati,
* And inaugurating Ratnaprabha as the new chair.

Look out for the ceremonial Vajra (a brass thunderbolt symbolising transformation).

Ratnaprabha will kick off with a series of public lectures on Saturday mornings at 11:30, inspired by the Buddha’s teaching to the Fire Worshippers, “The World is...

Sadayasihi

Opportunity at the North London Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 11:40

Opportunity at the North London Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 11:40

The North London Buddhist Centre is looking for a new member to join an established and effective team running their beautiful, well-located and flourishing Centre.

You will be involved in a range of responsibilities such as fundraising, reception and cleaning duties as well as helping with administration and event preparation and possibly bookkeeping.

The role is for 4 days a week (28 hours) and initially limited for 6 months.

We are looking for people committed to their practice within Triratna. Joining the Centre team provides the...

Ratnadharini

Death of Ashokashuri

From Order Connection on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 11:33

Death of Ashokashuri

From Order Connection on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 11:33

Dear Order Members

Ashokashuri died on Wednesday night, 26th September. She was ordained in 2002 at Tiratanaloka by Ratnadharini (private preceptor) and Dhammadinna (public preceptor).

Ashokashuri had a history of ill health, and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer fairly recently. She was in hospital a couple of times, but was able to be cared for at her family home until her death. Her son - who lives in the USA - was able to spend a final week with her. Her husband and...

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Jayarava

Edward Conze: A Study in Contradiction

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 09:41

In this essay I re-examine the life and work of Edward Conze who is frequently referred to as a great scholar, a great translator and a great Buddhist. This is a revisionist history that pays close attention to what Conze wrote about himself and is based on my years of working on texts that he edited and translated, especially the Heart Sutra (two of my peer reviewed papers concern mistakes in his edition of the Sanskrit text).

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Centre Team

Day 7: Guides to What Actually Works (with Concluding Thoughts)

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Day 7: Guides to What Actually Works (with Concluding Thoughts)

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Fri, 28 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.

We’ve come to the end of our week together looking at training the mind to greater happiness using new ways of engaging with our experience in the world. To gather the threads of the practice together Yashobodhi reflects on some key, pithy lojong reminders that capture the great efficacy and delight of this work - and which we...

Centre Team

Day 6: What Are We Committed To?

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Thu, 27 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Day 6: What Are We Committed To?

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Thu, 27 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.

The big questions keep coming as we move deep into our week of shared practice around the seven point mind-training. What are we “bonded” to? How do we see our ethical path? How do we envision making commitments to ourselves and the promises we make? Yashobodhi offers some lojong (“teaching slogans”) that can help us clarify what...

Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices: Amalavajra and Jayaraja (Highlights)

From Buddhist Voices on Wed, 26 Sep, 2018 - 19:15

It’s a practice for the fundraiser and it’s a practice for the potential donor… a sort-of cremation ground in the Padmasambhava sense.
Amalavajra

It’s kind-of like I’m definitely feeling like I’m Santa Claus…
Jayaraja

Amalavajra’s Annals

In 1968 I was not even a gleam in my Dad’s eye, because he wasn’t to meet my Mum for another two years, on a ferry to a twenty-something villa holiday in Sicily.

In 1978 I was five years old and had spent half my life...

Sadayasihi

The Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 26 Sep, 2018 - 12:33

“Nature is, in itself, a healing environment”.

During the 2018 Combined Order Weekend in Adhisthana, Dayajoti talks about a newly forming project - the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground which has a vision of creating a beautiful ecological burial ground and retreat site. Here she speaks about the what the natural burial movement is about, the links between nature, death and the land, how it connects with Buddhist practice and where the project is currently at.

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Centre Team

Day 5: How Do We Know This is Working?

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Wed, 26 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Day 5: How Do We Know This is Working?

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Wed, 26 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.

Day 5 revolves around evaluating the mind-training practice we’ve been engaged in all week. This is essential on any spiritual path, with any kind of method or doctrine, and Yashobodhi provides a clear set of questions to ask ourselves in checking out that the things we’re doing are actually helping! The sense of agency and confidence we...

Centre Team

Day 4: Making Our Whole Life a Life of Practice

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Tue, 25 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Day 4: Making Our Whole Life a Life of Practice

From International Practice Week 2018: 'Turning Arrows Into Flowers' on Tue, 25 Sep, 2018 - 04:00

Yashobodhi is our guide for this year’s Dharma immersion online and at Triratna Centres around the world as part of the 2018 International Practice Week.

Day 4, point 4 of our practice week looks at what it means to integrate this kind of mind training work into every area of our lives using reflection on 5 forces (or “powers”). Yashobodhi also movingly evokes the relevance of such deep Dharma activity to the process of our own (and other people’s) death…

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