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Buddhafield BAM - Zero Waste and Nappies

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 17:00

Buddhafield BAM - Zero Waste and Nappies

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 17:00

Buddhafield is striving to become a zero waste festival and we need your help. Disposable nappy waste is the biggest single waste item we have to deal with at the end of the festival. We are therefore thrilled to announce, during Buddhist Action Month, that Nappy Ever After (a real nappy company) will attend Buddhafield for the first time this year. You will be able to use washable nappies on your baby/toddler while you are there. Nappy Ever After is...

stuarts

Reading Triratna BAM

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 07:44

Reading Triratna BAM

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 07:44

We have each taken a pledge sheet and pledged to make changes, small and large to contribute to a better world, focusing on the three main areas of Sustainability, Money in Action and Caring for others.

Each week we are emptying our Dana bowl to make a donation to a charity chosen by the Sangha. So far we have contributed £41 to the Green Tara Trust that works in maternity and child care in Nepal where the effects of the earthquake are...

Saddhammapradip

Chapter Convener's Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 05:57

Chapter Convener's Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 05:57

Chapter Convener’s Retreat cum meeting from 11th to 17th Jun 16. Dh. Aryaketu and Dh. Karmavarja given talk on subject Mahaparinirvana sutta. It is attended by 30 Dhammachari and among then were 10 Dhammacharini.

Mokshini

Samacitta: Promoting Veganism At Centres

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

For Buddhist Action Month 2016 we asked our friends from around the world to say what the Bodhisattva Ideal means to them…

A characteristically passionate talk from Samacitta on the urgent ethics of food in a world devastated by the effects of the twin industries of meat and dairy production.

Read Samacitta’s free eBook: Buddhism On A Plate

More at thebuddhistcentre.com/bam - get involved!

Amalaketu

BAM in Colchester

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 17 Jun, 2016 - 15:23

BAM in Colchester

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 17 Jun, 2016 - 15:23

Meditate in the Park for Peace - meet 3pm at the war memorial

Sun 26 Jun 15:00 - 17:00

June is Buddhist Action Month, an invitation to take part and get involved in actions that express our care and concern for our planet and its people and other beings that inhabit it in a practical way. It is a month dedicated to raising awareness, to share and discuss our concerns, hopes and ideals, and to put into action some concrete steps to move our vision of...

Mokshini

Yogaratna: Breaking The Silence, Changing The Story

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 17 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

Yogaratna: Breaking The Silence, Changing The Story

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 17 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

For Buddhist Action Month 2016 we asked our friends from around the world to say what the Bodhisattva Ideal means to them…

Yogaratna’s “video diary” for BAM 2016 is a no-holds-barred and urgent call-to-action around climate change - what can we do and how can we, as Buddhists, inform ourselves about the issue.

More at thebuddhistcentre.com/bam - get involved!

Free Buddhist Audio

The Business of Buddhist Action

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Fri, 17 Jun, 2016 - 01:00

A talk by Anjali Chatterjee at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Triratna Night, 13 June 2016, during June’s Buddhist Action Month – BAM! Anjali talks about a potential team-based right livelihood business inspired by the Dharma. Drawing on the radical example and ideas of Dr. Ambedkhar, the business will aim to work in collaboration with the India Dhamma Trust.

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Nagaketu

Ordinations at Deharadun, North India

From Order Connection on Thu, 16 Jun, 2016 - 18:48

Ordinations at Deharadun, North India

From Order Connection on Thu, 16 Jun, 2016 - 18:48

Dear Order members,

We are very happy to announce that the following nine people were ordained on 12th June 2016 in Deharadun, India. The Public preceptor for this event was Amoghasiddhi.

Private preceptor Bodhisagara:

Jagdish Gautam from Gutam Buddhanagar, UP, becomes Vishuddhavirya
Sanskrit name: Viśuddhavīrya
Name meaning: “He whose vigor is completely purified”

Charansingh Bouddha from New Delhi becomes Prajnyarashmi
Sanskrit name: Prajñāraśmi
Name meaning: “He who...

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Mokshini

Mokshini: On the Bodhisattva Heart Of Intention

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 16 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

Mokshini: On the Bodhisattva Heart Of Intention

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 16 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

For Buddhist Action Month 2016 we asked our friends from around the world to say what the Bodhisattva Ideal means to them…

Here’s my own “video diary” on the great heart of intention that informs every act and can open up a beautiful space for us and the world if we only pay attention in everyday life…

More at thebuddhistcentre.com/bam - get involved!

Shrijnana

Candlelight vigil for victims of Orlando massacre

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 15 Jun, 2016 - 14:07

Candlelight vigil for victims of Orlando massacre

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 15 Jun, 2016 - 14:07

Many Triratna sangha members attended the Portsmouth, NH candlelight vigil last night honoring the people killed in the Orlando massacre. Mitra Deb Howard, a member of Moms Demand Action (on gun reform laws) spoke at the vigil. Also shown in the photos are Tanya Hakala, Mike Mappes, and Harshal Dofe.

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