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Notice about Amoghabandhu's Health

From Order Connection on Tue, 30 Jan, 2018 - 14:45

Notice about Amoghabandhu's Health

From Order Connection on Tue, 30 Jan, 2018 - 14:45

Dear friends,
 
I’m sad to let you know that Amoghabandhu is in hospital and very ill.
 
He had been having memory loss for a while and was recently diagnosed with autoimmune limbic encephalitis. He had several fits last Thursday and was taken into hospital.
 
I spoke to his wife Liz this morning and he is still unconscious. Please bear him in mind and send him and his wife and family metta.
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Rijupatha

Death of Dhammacharini Dharmalocana

From Order Connection on Tue, 30 Jan, 2018 - 14:43

Death of Dhammacharini Dharmalocana

From Order Connection on Tue, 30 Jan, 2018 - 14:43

Dear Order Members,

I am very sad to inform you that Dhammacharini Dharmalocana passed away on 3rd January 2018 at 3:00pm. She was 84 years old.

She was ordained in 1979 by Sangharakshita - the first woman Order member to be ordained in India - with eight men. This was only the second batch of Order members ordained after Dharmarakshit and Bakul, who were the first two Order members to be ordained in India.

Dhammacharini Dharmalocana...
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Candradasa

Now We Are 5: Happy Birthday To The Buddhist Centre Online!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 13:12

Now We Are 5: Happy Birthday To The Buddhist Centre Online!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 13:12

The Buddhist Centre Online is officially 5 years old this month! We first started conversations about what to do with Triratna’s web presence in 2008 and launched some limited public test spaces in 2011, gradually adding social media channels for the project and starting to experiment with content for it all. But it wasn’t till January 2013 that we launched the site as it is today, and we’re going to mark our first big birthday each month with a series of looks...
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Sadayasihi

Ordination Training Centres Exploring Triratna @ 50 - Ordination Vows and the Great Gathering

From Community Highlights on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 17:13

2017 saw the celebrations of 50 years of the Triratna Buddhist Community and 2018 sees the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order.  In this context in the Padmaloka Retreat Centre - which runs ordination training retreats for men - members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, recited during one’s public ordination ceremony.  These vows essentialise what it means to be an order member practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order.  The...

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The Dragon Arising - the Ambedkarite Movement and the future of Triratna.

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 11:50

The Dragon Arising - the Ambedkarite Movement and the future of Triratna.

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 11:50

The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of the human personality.”  (Dr. Ambedkar - from a speech made at the All-India Depressed Classes Conference)

The Dragon Arising - the Ambedkarite Movement and the future of Triratna.

I came to live and work in India in August 1978 because I saw...
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Vidyavachin

Area Order Weekend 2nd - 4th February OM

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 28 Jan, 2018 - 12:14

Area Order Weekend 2nd - 4th February OM

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 28 Jan, 2018 - 12:14

We’re preparing now for the upcoming Order weekend next Friday and look forward to welcoming Dharmacharis who are still in the UK at the time of the convention.

Alokavira writes about the weekend:

‘For those of us not travelling to India for the convention Yashodeva and I of the Midlands Region are pleased to lead this weekend on the practice of the Metta Bhavana. The theme of metta and its importance, its ethical dimension and its possibility for very real and significant transformation...
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For the Attainment of Enlightenment I Accept This Ordination

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 27 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
During the 2018 'What is The Order?' retreat held at Padmaloka for men who are training for ordination, members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, which are recited during one's public ordination ceremony and which essentialise what it means to be a Dharmachari practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order. In this talk Padmasagara speaks about the third vow, 'for the attainment of Enlightenment I accept this ordination'.
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For the Benefit of All Beings I Accept This Ordination

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 27 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
During the 2018 'What is The Order?' retreat held at Padmaloka for men who are training for ordination, members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, which are recited during one's public ordination ceremony and which essentialise what it means to be a Dharmachari practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order. In this talk Paraga speaks about the fourth and final vow, 'for the benefit of all beings I accept this ordination'.
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In Harmony with Friends and Brethren I Accept This Ordination

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sat, 27 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
During the 2018 'What is The Order?' retreat held at Padmaloka for men who are training for ordination, members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, which are recited during one's public ordination ceremony and which essentialise what it means to be a Dharmachari practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order. In this talk Surata speaks about the second vow, 'in harmony with friends and brethren I accept this ordination'. The talk by Surata on the first vow - 'with loyalty to my teachers I accept this ordination' - was unfortunately not recorded. However you can listen to the outstanding talk by Padmavajra on the subject given during the 2017 'What is The Order?' retreat: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3180
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The Ideal of Human Enlightenm

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 26 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
Saddhanandi talks about this central achievement of the Buddha, which is what distinguishes Buddhism from other religions and philosophies.
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