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In the Footsteps of the Buddha at Rivendell (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 38)

By Centre Team on Thu, 25 Mar, 2021 - 14:54

Live from Forest House near Rivendell Retreat Centre in the UK - we’re not sure a podcast setting gets any more mythic than that!

Our friends Mandarava and Nagasiddhi are running an online Home Retreat for us - with amazing puppets, original artwork for the event, and an abundance of magic images illustrating tales from the life of the Buddha. And you are invited!

Register for a space on ‘In the Footsteps of the Buddha’

Meditation,...
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

The Tiratanavandana (Pali, Hindi and English)

By Centre Team on Mon, 22 Mar, 2021 - 22:25

We noticed there wasn’t a single post for publicly uploaded versions of the The Tiratanavandana (Pali, Hindi and English). Please find various versions attached.

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The Tiratanavandana (Pali and English)222.3 KB
The Tiratanavandana (New Layout)67.8 KB
The Tiratanavandana (Shrine Room Hand-Out)167.5 KB
Tiratana Vandana in Hindi, English and Pali1.11 MB
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Buddha Day Offerings From The Goddess of the Spring

By Candradasa on Sat, 2 Jun, 2018 - 08:10

To mark the great festival of Buddha Day (Wesak), when we celebrate the Enlightenment and its opening up of the path that leads to the end of suffering, here’s a wonderful mythologically minded conversation with Sthanashraddha, self-confessed ritualist and all-round lover of beauty and of the Dharma as an aesthetic choice in itself.

Sthanashraddha’s considerable elegance of being and of mind comes through beautifully as we hear his magical tale of a dawn adventure to meet the goddess of the Malvern springs...
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching: Imagination, Beauty, and Ritual in the Spiritual Life - course, (Padmavajri)

By mokshini on Mon, 28 Nov, 2016 - 13:13

Imagination, Beauty and Ritual (Padmavajri, 8 weeks)

This course over eight weeks on The Place of Imagination, Beauty, and Ritual in the Spiritual Life was provided by Padmavajri from the Brighton Buddhist Centre.

Padmavajri says: “I led two groups on this. The course was aimed at any Mitras and it turned out I had a group of experienced Mitras, and a group of newer Mitras (one or two years old). … The two groups here loved it, enjoyed it, were challenged by it, and also were...

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imagination_course_-_overview.doc23 KB
imagination-week1.doc29 KB
imagination-week_2.doc28.5 KB
imagination-week_3.doc29 KB
imagination-week_4.doc28.5 KB
imagination-week_5.doc29 KB
imagination-week_6.doc28 KB
imagination-week_7.doc29.5 KB
imagination-week_8.doc29.5 KB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Ritual & Devotion - introductory six week course by Vajrapriya

By mokshini on Mon, 28 Nov, 2016 - 12:55

A six week course introducing puja and devotion, written by Vajrapriya, Cambridge

This course is part of a longer (six module) “Buddhism Two” Course ; it is 5th of the 6th courses. 

Overview

  • Who/what do Buddhists worship? Commitment to a path of personal development
  • The practice of openness, disclosure and confession
  • The importance of developing positive emotion
  • Receptivity: turning towards what is deepest in ourselves and the universe
  • The ‘awakening heart’ (bodhicitta)
  • The Heart Sutra: the essence of emptiness. Chanting, and the use of mantras
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ritual_devotion_course_week_1.doc40 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_1_dedication_ceremony_.doc24 KB
ritual_devotion_week_1_-_handout_.doc48 KB
ritual_devotion_intro_course_vajrapriya_-_overview_.doc30.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_2_.doc54.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_2_threefold_puja.doc176 KB
ritual_devotion_week_2_handout_.doc49.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_3_.doc42 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_3_handout_.doc38 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_3_sevenfold_puja_.doc32 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_3_translation_of_rs_ps_.doc50.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_3_worksheet_.doc42 KB
ritual_devotion_week_4.doc42.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_4_diary.doc33 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_4_handout_.doc41 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_5_.doc45.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_5_handout.doc41.5 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_6.doc44 KB
ritual_devotion_course_week_6_handout.doc41 KB
ritual_devotion_week_6_bodhicitta_meditation_.doc24 KB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Mantras (Audio)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 23:42

The Birmingham Buddhist Centre sangha, led by Vipulakirti, have recorded their own versions here. Musical notation and an article about how to approach mantras and their chanting will follow soon from him, but, at the bottom of this page, you’ll find a short explanation about the mantras and the musical “principles” behind them.

With many thanks to Vipulakirti and all the chanters!

These searches on The Buddhist Centre Online yield considerably updated resources: Chanting  |  Mantra

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Aksobhya (mp3)3.02 MB
Amitabha (mp3)6 MB
Amoghasiddhi (mp3)4.5 MB
Maitreya (mp3)4.19 MB
Ratnasambhava (mp3)3.03 MB
Shakyamuni (mp3)3.47 MB
Vairocana (mp3)2.96 MB
White Tara (mp3)6.16 MB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Imagination, Beauty and Ritual, An Eight-Week Course (Padmavajri)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 22:41

This course over eight weeks on The Place of Imagination, Beauty, and Ritual in the Spiritual Life was provided by Padmavajri from the Brighton Buddhist Centre.

Padmavajri says: “I led two groups on this. The course was aimed at any Mitras and it turned out I had a group of experienced Mitras, and a group of newer Mitras (one or two years old)… The two groups here loved it, enjoyed it, were challenged by it, and also were helped to understand ritual and the arts...

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Overview (PDF)68.4 KB
Week 1 - Emotional Energy and Spiritual Aspiration (PDF)77.03 KB
Week 2 - Faith and Non-faith (PDF)72.21 KB
Week 3 - The Psychology of the Spiritual Life (PDF)75.7 KB
Week 4 - The Life and Death of the Imagination (PDF)77.7 KB
Week 5 - Beauty and the Hierarchy of Art (PDF)82.72 KB
Week 6 - The Dharma in Poetry (PDF)77.05 KB
Week 7 - The Psychology of Ritual (PDF)75.31 KB
Week 8 - Approaching the Sevenfold Puja (PDF)76.48 KB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma Teaching - Beginners Buddhism: Ritual and Devotion, A Course In Six-Weeks (Vajrapriya)

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Jul, 2016 - 22:12

Exploring the psychology and meaning of Buddhist ritual through the ‘Sevenfold Puja’

A six-week course exploring Buddhist ritual. Provided by Vajrapriya, Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK. Module 5 of Vajrapriya’s Buddhism Two Course in six modules.

Download this overview here

Overview

  1. Who/what do Buddhists worship? Commitment to a path of personal development.
     
  2. The practice of openness, disclosure and confession.
     
  3. The importance of developing positive emotion.
     
  4. Receptivity: turning towards what is deepest in ourselves and the universe.
     
  5. The ‘Awakening Heart’
    6. ...
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Ritual and Devotion - A Course In Six-Weeks by Vajrapriya (zip)2.19 MB
Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Buddhist Funerals (2011)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 16:34

There seem to be more and more funerals happening at Triratna Buddhist Centres. This trend, sadly, is likely to continue indefinitely. The London Buddhist Centre have produced a very useful Guide to Funerals at the LBC which can be downloaded here.

Some of the names and businesses referred to may have changed since this was produced.

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A Guide to Funerals at the LBC (PDF)1.36 MB

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