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Triratna International Council - Day 5: Conversations Around Gender Diversity

From Triratna International Council on Sat, 23 Jun, 2018 - 16:21

Triratna International Council - Day 5: Conversations Around Gender Diversity

From Triratna International Council on Sat, 23 Jun, 2018 - 16:21

Day 5 saw us exploring the topic of gender diversity - who walks past our doors and how can we open up our Buddhist Centres to everyone? Dassini from Scotland is joined by Prajnasahaya from Germany and Prajnaketu from England to recap the day for us.

It’s worth noting up front that the Indian and Spanish Order members scheduled to appear in this video were unexpectedly unable to take part, so the very small panel isn’t itself diverse in terms of inclusion...

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Sowing Seeds In the Soil of the Mind - The Alaya

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 23 Jun, 2018 - 12:00

This FBA Podcast is a talk by Ratnaprabha entitled ‘Sowing Seeds In the Soil of the Mind - The Alaya.’

The alaya, or storehouse consciousness, is the Buddhist equivalent of the unconscious mind. It is like a garden, in which every experience and action sows a seed which may later sprout and create our unfolding life.

This talk describes how this relates to the six sense awarenesses, the mind as a sense,...

Sadayasihi

The Suffering of the Rohingya People Continues

From Triratna News on Mon, 18 Jun, 2018 - 15:15

The Suffering of the Rohingya People Continues

From Triratna News on Mon, 18 Jun, 2018 - 15:15

The Rohingya people need your money, urgently.

A new Buddhist global project has been set up to help the Rohingya people, a million of whom are living in the world’s biggest refugee camp, Bangladesh, as a result of Buddhist-led violence in Myanmar/Burma. After fleeing their burning villages, many of them now find themselves living in very difficult conditions facing monsoon rains.

Late in 2017 a number of senior Order members published a strongly-worded statement pointing...

Sadayasihi

Mindful Carers Project

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 15:58

Mindful Carers Project

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 15:58

Mindful Carers Limited is a very small company with a project as vast as the ocean - to bring more Buddhist values into long-term care (LTC). Co-Director, Dayasara has worked for many years in nursing and nurse education; his final paid job was in dementia care and he continues to volunteer in this field. Dayasara would like to see a residential care home run on Buddhist principles, but the current social care funding situation makes that rather challenging to achieve, so...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Our Illusory View

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 21 Jun, 2018 - 14:54

This FBA Dharmabyte is another dip into the Yogachara from Subhuti called ‘Our Illusory View’. This is the last in a brilliant four-part series by Subhuti on the Yogachara school of Buddhist philosophy, which provides a comprehensive psychological overview of the workings of ‘consciousness’.

What can we do about the veils of our basic delusions? Where do ethics come into all this? Time to steep ourselves in reality again for another session with Subhuti as he grasps...

Sadayasihi

Mindful Carers Project

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 15:58

Mindful Carers Project

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 15:58

Sadayasihi

New Writings from Sangharakshita, 2015-2018

From Community Highlights on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 15:11

Sangharakshita’s writings from 2015 to 2018 are open to all and are now available in Kindle, ePub and PDF format.

You can find them individually on his website. There are thirty pieces altogether, covering a wide range of topics. The two most recent pieces, from April-May 2018, are Dreams Old and New 1 and 2, where Sangharakshita recalls some of the dream worlds he has inhabited, including ashrams, churches, woodlands, and outer space.

File Name	Size
Kindle version	296.71 KB
ePub version	203.63 KB
PDF version	921.93 KB

Sadayasihi

How Buddhist Action Month is Going...

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 13:52

How Buddhist Action Month is Going...

From Triratna News on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 13:52

While Buddhist Action Month is no doubt a busy time for the many Centres and groups taking part, several have taken the time to keep us updated on how it’s been going for them.

From Padmasambhava’s arrival in Adelaide, Australia, to the Tree of Intentions in the North London Buddhist Centre to the colourful newsletter produced by the Mid Essex Centre aiming to raise awareness and funds for the homeless and refugees groups have been responding...

Guhyavajra

Rabbits and rebirth - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 08:50

Rabbits and rebirth - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Wed, 20 Jun, 2018 - 08:50

Open to all.

Hi there. I recently had a request from an order member asking if it was OK to use some of my material by way of study related to rebirth, not a problem. I have subsequently reworked an article from 2014 which I submitted in response to a discussion at the time to place it in more general terms.

Rabbits and rebirth – Guhyavajra

I have been following the discussion on rebirth with some interest particularly in light of some views that appear consistent...