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Buddhist Economics, Part 1 - Pre-Pandemic (The Dharma Toolkit, Episode 33)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 - 20:50

We’re back with the first episode in a two-part conversation about what Buddhism has to say to 21st C. economics in the wake of populist political tides, globalization and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to part 2 of this conversation

Vaddhaka is the author of The Buddha On Wall Street, a Buddhist critique of Neo-Liberal notions of capitalism. Expect a stirring, provocative discussion around the state of western democracies...

Kuladharini

Unstoppable life and letting go of 329 Sauchiehall St

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 - 11:44

Unstoppable life and letting go of 329 Sauchiehall St

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 - 11:44

‘Life wants to happen, life is unstoppable. Anytime we try and contain life, or interfere with its fundamental need for expression, we get into trouble..’ -M. Wheatley and M Kellner-Rogers

We are choosing to evolve, to change, to do our bit in making the world anew for us all to live in. We have bitten a very hard bullet, and are putting our GBC home for close to the last 40 years on the market. We are letting go of a...

Windhorse Publi...

Another new release and this month’s discounted paperbacks

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 5 Oct, 2020 - 16:15

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Another new release and this month’s discounted paperbacks

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 5 Oct, 2020 - 16:15

Windhorse Publications is thrilled to announce the release of It’s Not Out There: How to see differently and live an extraordinary, ordinary life by Danapriya. In this video, Helen from the Windhorse Publications team interviews Danapriya about the book.

Most of us constantly look outside ourselves for something: happiness, love, contentment. But this something is not out there. ‘It’ is within us. In It’s Not Out There, Buddhist teacher and mentor, Danapriya, helps you to look inside yourself in such a way that life becomes...

Centre Team

An Online Festival Of Light: International Sangha Day, November 28th 2020

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 29 Sep, 2020 - 21:34

An Online Festival Of Light: International Sangha Day, November 28th 2020

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 29 Sep, 2020 - 21:34

What a year… Through dark days that have brought heartache for so many reasons, we’ve come together as a community time and time again. Resilient, reflective, remarkable. And now, as we head into winter in one hemisphere and summer in another, we invite everyone moved by the sangha in 2020 to gather again as one.

We’ll pass the torch around the world once more – starting at dawn in the south Pacific, ending with nightfall in the north – ringing Triratna with...

Windhorse Publi...

Hot off the Press: 'Introducing Mindfulness'

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 28 Sep, 2020 - 16:30

Hot off the Press: 'Introducing Mindfulness'

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 28 Sep, 2020 - 16:30

We’re delighted to introduce you to the newly published Introducing Mindfulness: Buddhist Background and Practical Exercises by Bhikkhu Anālayo.

Anālayo has been writing about mindfulness as a scholar, practitioner and meditation teacher for two decades. In 2004 we published his ground-breaking study of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta based on his comparative studies of early Buddhist texts. He is one of a handful of people who can read and research texts in Pāli, Sanskrit and Chinese. It is a real delight when someone with...

Ujumani

Je n'ai pas, je ne comprends pas, je ne sais pas

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Mon, 28 Sep, 2020 - 13:05

Je n'ai pas, je ne comprends pas, je ne sais pas

From Espace Sangha de Paris on Mon, 28 Sep, 2020 - 13:05

Lors de la soirée Sangha de mercredi dernier, nous avons étudié le conseil de Padmasambhava :

Que ces trois expressions : Je n’ai pas, je ne comprends pas, je ne sais pas, soient répétées encore et encore. C’est le cœur de mon conseil.

Je laisse cela à votre réflexion - et n’oubliez pas de le répéter encore et encore !

J’ajoute juste ci-dessous...

Munisha

Triratna reports from the European Buddhist Union meeting 2020

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 25 Sep, 2020 - 10:16

Triratna reports from the European Buddhist Union meeting 2020

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Fri, 25 Sep, 2020 - 10:16

As usual on the last weekend of September, the European Buddhist Union is holding its annual meeting - at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Tuscany, Italy. Sadly most of the roughly 40 participants from many traditions all across Europe are on Zoom this time, for obvious reasons (and your trusty Liaison Officer, Munisha, is sitting in a little hut in Sweden.)

The morning has begun with a presentation from the hosts and the local mayor, followed by...

akasajoti

International Council 2020 Meeting Summary

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 - 22:34

International Council 2020 Meeting Summary

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 - 22:34

Follow this link for a report on the recent International Council Online, sharing some highlights and resources, as well as a meeting summary.

As the Area Councils met separately according to their own time-zones for the meeting sessions, it’s not possible to provide a comprehensive minute, but within the summary you can see how it unfolded with an overview of each day and summaries of key outcomes, as well as view some of the resources. Click here to...

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Our latest free eBook and exciting news

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 15:00

Our latest free eBook and exciting news

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 15:00

You may already have guessed which eBook we’re giving away this week. Given that the last two have been What is the Sangha? and Who is the Buddha? it may come as no surprise that we’re completing Sangharakshita’s trilogy with What is the Dharma?

If you’ve enjoyed reading Sangharakshita’s books about the three jewels, you might be interested to know that they are also available in print, as Volume 3 of The Complete Works of Sangharakshita, The Three Jewels II.

If you haven’t yet downloaded last...