Tag: right livelihood

Windhorse Evolution
Windhorse Evolution

Ethics at Evolution

By Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 12:13
Ethics was the theme of some training with the retail team and evolution shops. Several members of staff from the shops gave talks, and their transcripts are available here. There are a variety of perspectives and reflections, well worth a read.
Windhorse Evolution
Windhorse Evolution

Buddhist Right Livelihood: An Opportunity For Spiritual Practice At Work

By Windhorse Evolution on Tue, 4 Sep, 2012 - 11:40
This booklet is written by Dharmachari Saddharaja, who has worked at Windhorse:evolution for 22 years. It’s an overview of Right Livelihood, looking at:

What is Right Livelihood?
A brief history of Right Livelihood practice at Windhorse:Evolution
Dharma Practices at Work
Non-Dharmic Practices at Work

“Surely we are very near to heaven, if not to nirvana, if we enjoy our work, and if our work is our life!” - Sangharakshita

Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

By Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

By Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32Keturaja, the managing director of Windhorse:evolution, will be a speaker and facilitator at the international workshop in Brussels; “Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe” on 24-25 November 2012.

Partly inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, the gathering will allow participants to:
  • explore, discuss and agree on key characteristics of profitable business enterprises aligned with Buddhist values;
  • recommend business models and policy changes to support the development of such enterprises in Europe;
  • put the idea/culture of Buddhist Business Management on the
  • ...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Bristol launch ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme

By lokabandhu on Sat, 28 Jul, 2012 - 05:33

Bristol launch ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme

By lokabandhu on Sat, 28 Jul, 2012 - 05:33Silajala from Triratna’s Bristol Buddhist Centre writes with news of their latest initiative - the ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme, which sounds like a great initiative that could be copied all over Triratna! He describes it thus: - “Do you have odd jobs that you just never seem to get round to? Of course you do! Silly question really isn’t it? You know the sort of thing: repairing the garden fence, clearing out the loft, re-decorating the kitchen, clearing the...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Questions invited for upcoming seminar on Right Livelihood with Subhuti

By lokabandhu on Fri, 27 Jul, 2012 - 06:14

Questions invited for upcoming seminar on Right Livelihood with Subhuti

By lokabandhu on Fri, 27 Jul, 2012 - 06:14Keturaja writes from Windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest and most successful Right Livelihood business, saying - “I’m excited that Subhuti has agreed to do a seminar on the theme of Right Livelihood with the management team of Windhorse:evolution on 27th and 28th August. Those working in the business have been reflecting on questions and topics to explore with him. We’d also like to give others in the Triratna community the opportunity to suggest topics and questions to put to him - so...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Lama’s Pyjamas raises £27,000 for the London Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 06:05

Lama’s Pyjamas raises £27,000 for the London Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 06:05Padmalila writes from Lama’s Pyjamas in London - a charity shop attached to Triratna’s London Buddhist Centre - with news of their remarkable success in raising money for Vajrasana, the LBC’s retreat centre in Suffolk. She says - “At our recent Buddha Day festival Claudine presented a giant cheque for £27 thousand pounds to the London Buddhist Centre on behalf of Lama’s Pyjamas.

This is the profit we made last year and it will make a...
New Ventures
New Ventures

Who's thinking of what?

By lokabandhu on Mon, 18 Jun, 2012 - 15:44

Who's thinking of what?

By lokabandhu on Mon, 18 Jun, 2012 - 15:44There’s over sixty people and proto-teams around Triratna with ideas for new Right Livelihood projects - social, Dharma, or business - in the UK/Europe alone. You can see a very brief summary of the currrent list at tinyurl.com/newtriratnaplans. Now we have this page on thebuddhistcentre we’d like to invite everyone to post little outlines of their ideas here - that way we can start to hook up with others and gather the teams and skills we need...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

The History of and Value in Team-Based Right Livelihood

By Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 25 Apr, 2012 - 12:05
Can’t resist posting a FreeBuddhistAudio talk on Right Livelihood; there’s lots to choose from but this is by Subhuti, a fine survey of the history of Team-Based Right Livelihood as practiced in Triratna - and the value in it.  More at http://freebuddhistaudio.com/search?q=right livelihood. 
Triratna News
Triratna News

Windhorse:evolution host series of talks on Right Livelihood

By lokabandhu on Thu, 15 Dec, 2011 - 05:50

Windhorse:evolution host series of talks on Right Livelihood

By lokabandhu on Thu, 15 Dec, 2011 - 05:50Throughout 2011 Windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest business, has been hosting a series of talks on Right Livelihood. The fourth, given by Saddharaja, is now available on-line, in which he speaks on the challenging theme of ‘Work-Place Politics and Creativity’ as seen from a Buddhist point of view.

After a introducing his subject via the dramatic Tudor dynasty of the English Middle Ages, he identifies the more unpleasant components of work-place politics, which he sees as rivalry,...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Windhorse:Evolution grow, open two new shops

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Nov, 2011 - 11:30

Windhorse:Evolution grow, open two new shops

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Nov, 2011 - 11:30Keturaja and Aryajaya write from Windhorse:Evolution with news of two new shop openings in the UK. Windhorse:Evolution is the largest and most profitable of Triratna’s Right Livelihood businesses, employing over 200 people. They say - “We have always aimed to make a profit to give away as dana, and since Windhorse started in 1980 have donated over £5 million pounds to many different projects in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Trading conditions have been difficult since the ...

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