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FBA Podcast: Padmasambhava the Mysterious, the Wonderful, the Inspiring

By Zac on Sat, 5 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

In this introduction to Padmasambhava, Vidyadaka guides us through the symbolism of Padmasambhava’s appearance on a lotus, in the centre of Lake Dhanakosa. We hear about the qualities of the lake, the land of Uddiyana, King Indrabhuti’s plight and uncover their deeper meanings and relevance to our own life. Vidyadaka also describes Padmasambhava, his own initial discovery of him and Bhante’s first glimpse of the Great Guru in Darjeeling.

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The Triratna Fathers Group

By Centre Team on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:46

The Triratna Fathers Group

By Centre Team on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:46

Triratna Fathers Group Monthly Online Meeting

1st or second Friday or each month, 7:30pm- 9:00pm GMT

A group for fathers practicing within the Triratna Buddhist Community and Order. This is a chance to meditate together explore the Dharma and connect.

To come to our monthly evenings please email triratnafathers [at] gmail.com and you will be sent the Zoom link.

See here for a list of upcoming in-person events
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Triratna Fathers Group: Upcoming Events!

By Centre Team on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:32

Triratna Fathers Group: Upcoming Events!

By Centre Team on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 11:32

The Triratna Father’s Group is a wonderful opportunity for fathers to connect with other fathers within the Sangha and explore the Three Jewels within the context of fatherhood. Below you’ll find some of the groups upcoming events.

To join the mailing list and find out more about the group, please email triratnafathers [at] gmail.com

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‘Kindling the Flame’

An ‘in person’ Triratna Fathers event @ The...

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Dharmabyte: Depth Charge! Tackling Primordial Forces Holding Us Back

By Zac on Thu, 3 Mar, 2022 - 06:00

Sangharakshita gave this previously unreleased and, rather famously, off-the-cuff talk at the London Buddhist Centre in 1979. In this excerpt we hear about Padmasambhava’s principle work of subduing the demons obstructing the establishment of the Dharma in Tibet. These demons are primordial forces existing in the depths of the human mind and collective consciousness - primordial forces holding us back need to be tackled with a depth charge! This is an enjoyable and stirring evocation of the great...

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Peacock Plumes in Southampton - Introducing The Amitabha Project

By Centre Team on Tue, 1 Mar, 2022 - 12:00

Peacock Plumes in Southampton - Introducing The Amitabha Project

By Centre Team on Tue, 1 Mar, 2022 - 12:00

Since opening the centre in the converted premises of the old Plume of Feathers pub in the St Mary’s district four years ago, The Southampton Buddhist Center has been through a period of what feels like an incubation of new sangha lives. During the Covid pandemic, 20 people have had their mitra ceremonies. There have been two local ordinations and numerous ordination requests.

Now that the lockdowns have eased, these lives are interacting together in a range of endeavors that...

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Dharmabyte: Compulsively Trying to Fix Samsara

By Zac on Mon, 28 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

In this talk, Viryadevi describes how the development and sustenance of Virya, relies on a commitment to increasing integration and purity. A commitment that we strengthen through time.

From the talk Vajrapani’s Gateway to Freedom given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2020

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FBA Podcast: Confession as a Path to Transcendental Insight

By Zac on Sat, 26 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Sanghadevi looks at the relationship between Buddhist confession and forgiveness and the ability to see into the nature of reality.

Talk given at the Triratna [Western] Buddhist Order Women’s Convention, 1999.

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Dharmabyte: Leisure and Opportunity

By Zac on Thu, 24 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Saddhanandi says at the beginning of this talk that she’s concerned she won’t fully convey the depth of inspiration she feels about her theme, that of Tsongkhapa’s short text “The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - she shouldn’t have worried, she does it full justice.

From the talk entitled Renunciation - Tasting Freedom given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2009.

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Dharmabyte: A Creative Response

By Zac on Mon, 21 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

Buddhism starts with the mind. Mind can be reactive, and stuck in it’s usual circles, or creative and free. Devamitra kicks off this series of lectures using Sangharakshita’s classic lecture, Mind Reactive and Creative, as the basis for an exploration of Enlightenment, the deepest of all human mysteries.

From the talk Mind Reactive and Creative, given at London Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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FBA Podcast: Confession

By Zac on Sat, 19 Feb, 2022 - 06:00

In this talk Dassini looks at the individual nature of practising ethics, the need for metta in response to guilt, how to make a confession effective, and the Four Powers of Confession.

Talk given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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