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Reflections on Kindness

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Reflections on Kindness

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Starting in a warm bubble, like a womb, I find ways to see deeply into how I belong. I recollect how the Buddha must have felt when touching the earth to receive her recognition. I imagine he sees that her breath is one and the same as his breath.

I take that sense of safety and belonging as a way to deepen my appreciation of impermanence and all it teaches me, like how this precious sense of connection is available to me...

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Practicing Loving Kindness as an Humanitarian: ‘It is Truly Not About Me’

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Practicing Loving Kindness as an Humanitarian: ‘It is Truly Not About Me’

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Editor’s Note: This article was first printed in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of the Vajra Bell. It is republished here with the permission of the author Samayasri.

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It seems appropriate — although not straightforward — to be writing about the subject of loving kindness in the context of my work.

Of course, it is deeply appropriate, because the sector I work for embodies human altruism. Most organizations like mine — the International Rescue Committee — have profound roots in the same human desire...

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Vajra Bell: Sangha Connections

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Vajra Bell: Sangha Connections

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

In each issue of the Vajra Bell, our Triratna centers in the U.S. and Canada have the opportunity to report in on their recent activities.

Here are their reports for December 2025.

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Aryaloka Buddhist Center
Newmarket, NH

At Aryaloka Buddhist and at Triratna Centers worldwide, when sanghas gather for celebrations, Dharma teaching and study often are the focus. That was the case at Aryaloka’s Order/Mitra Day in August this past year when Amala facilitated a day-long study of the Perfection of Wisdom...

Windhorse Publications

We've got lots of great reading for you!

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 1 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

We've got lots of great reading for you!

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 1 Dec, 2020 - 16:30

We’ve got lots of great reading lined up for you this week: we’re discounting eleven life-enhancing paperbacks in our Monthly Sale for December and we’ve got a link to the latest issue of Vajra Bell magazine.

Announcing our Monthly Sale for December

Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, this time of year is a popular time for visiting friends and family and exchanging gifts, so we thought we’d bear that in mind when choosing which paperbacks to discount in our December sale. We’re calling this month’s...

Community Highlights

Windhorse Publications Books Featured in Parabola, Vajra Bell and the Spiritual Media Blog

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 20 Nov, 2018 - 11:56

Windhorse Publications Books Featured in Parabola, Vajra Bell and the Spiritual Media Blog

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 20 Nov, 2018 - 11:56

Quite a number of Windhorse Publications’ books have been featuring recently in a variety of different magazines and blogs!

Firstly, you can find a chapter of Wild Awake: Alone, Offline and Aware in Nature by Vajragupta in the Fall 2018 edition of Parabola magazine, ’The Journey Home’.

“Each time I dive deeper into the wilderness I can feel that green fire burning through me. Within me and without, I can sense the intense aliveness of life. But then I have to go...

Adhisthana

Adhisthana in the Vajra Bell

By akasajoti on Sat, 3 Jan, 2015 - 19:50

Adhisthana in the Vajra Bell

By akasajoti on Sat, 3 Jan, 2015 - 19:50Vajra Bell is a newsletter produced by the Aryaloka Buddhist Center - their latest issue includes a feature on Adhisthana which you can read here.

Triratna News

Vajra Bell: Voices from Triratna North America

By lokabandhu on Fri, 5 Jul, 2013 - 05:49

Vajra Bell: Voices from Triratna North America

By lokabandhu on Fri, 5 Jul, 2013 - 05:49The Vajra Bell happily joins The Buddhist Centre Online this month in celebrating the Triratna sanghas of the U.S.- and the rest of the North American continent as well! They say - “We’d like to begin by welcoming you to our new home on The Buddhist Centre, and tell you a little bit about ourselves.

What started as a small black and white quarterly newsletter at Aryaloka Buddhist Center many moons ago has grown and...

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Triratna America - Relaunching Vajra Bell Online

By Rijupatha on Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 - 20:25

Triratna America - Relaunching Vajra Bell Online

By Rijupatha on Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 - 20:25Vajra Bell: Voices from Triratna North America

The Vajra Bell happily joins The Buddhist Centre Online this month in celebrating the Triratna sanghas of the U.S. - and the rest of the North American continent as well! We’d like to begin by welcoming you to our new home on The Buddhist Centre, and tell you a little bit about ourselves.

What started as a small black and white quarterly newsletter at Aryaloka Buddhist Center many moons ago...