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For the Attainment of Enlightenment, I Accept This Ordination

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 12 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
Devamitra reflects on the third ordination vow, 'For the attainment of Enlightenment, I accept this ordination'. Given during a London regional Order day to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order, 8th April 2018.
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For the Benefit of All Beings, I Accept This Ordination

From North London Buddhist Centre on Thu, 12 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
Dhammagita reflects on the fourth ordination vow, 'For the benefit of all beings, I accept this ordination'. Given during a London regional Order day to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order, 8th April 2018.
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Dharmabyte: It's Not Fair!

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 17:07

This Dharmabyte podcast is aptly named “It’s Not Fair!” by Kalyanaprabha. Life’s unfair, what can we do about it? We can practice the Dharma and follow the Buddha’s teachings.

Kalyanaprabha’s sober yet uplifting talk encourages us to do just that. Excerpt from the talk: What to Do In An Unfair World.

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Dharmabyte: Karma with a Twist

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 17:02

In this Dharmabyte podcast entitled, “Karma with a Twist”, Subhuti clearly describes how unwholesome mental states influence how we interpret our experience. This is why we begin with sila (ethics) on the path.

From the talk, Rambles Around the Yogachara: Talk 1, part of the series Rambles Around the Yogachara by Subhuti. The Yogachara school of Buddhist philosophy provides a comprehensive psychological overview of the workings of ‘consciousness’.

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Dharmabyte: Breaking Through with Awareness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 16:56

In this Dharmabyte podcast entitled, “Breaking Through with Awareness”, we are reminded that awareness is the great dissolver of negative emotions. At times in the spiritual life we may need considerable energy to overcome obstacles, such as negative emotions, psychological conditionings, rational thinking, and even the sense of ‘time’ itself. How, when, and where can we break through?

From the talk Breaking Through into Buddhahood by Sangharakshita given in 1969.

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Dharmabyte: Glimpses of Vision

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 16:51

This Dharmabyte podcast is a short talk by Nityabodha given as part of the LBC’s Urban Retreat in June 2009 entitled “Glimpses of Vision”.

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Dharmabyte: The Sea as Spiritual Death

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 11 Apr, 2018 - 16:44

We’ve titled this FBA Dharmabyte podcast, “Fluidity in Our Nature: The Sea”. In this gentle talk, Arthabandhu gives us the image of the sea and the raft. We hold onto our raft, but this brings suffering - can we let go, enter the sea and become spiritually reborn? This is the question Arthabandhu asks us.

Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of life with...

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New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

From Triratna News on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37

New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

From Triratna News on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37

Maitrikaya from the Dublin Buddhist Centre writes: “On March 24th 2018 at the historic Rotunda building in Dublin a meeting took place to establish the Irish Buddhist Union (IBU) to represent Buddhism in Ireland. The IBU is a new umbrella association of Buddhist Sanghas and Organisations in Ireland. It is envisioned as a fellowship of Irish Buddhists, intending to bring Buddhist ideas and principles to the attention of wider Irish society.

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Karuna Looking for Volunteers for Phone Appeal

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 15:52

Karuna Looking for Volunteers for Phone Appeal

From Community Highlights on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 15:52

Karuna are looking for volunteers to join them for their telephone appeal, based in the Karuna office in North London as part of this year’s Buddhist Action Month.

Karuna works to end caste-based discrimination, poverty and inequality in India and Nepal. By providing tools, skills and support to grassroots organisations, Karuna can create community champions and build local networks. These networks then spread, benefiting even more people and sustaining the cycle of transformation. You can watch the...

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Form is (not) Emptiness.

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 10:40

The last essay in the series of three on the Heart Sutra–to go with my presentations at the Eastern ROW–deals with the central enigma of the text, i.e. ”form is emptiness”. This is a precis of my full-length article of the same title for the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. Rather than taking my cue from later commentaries, my method is historical. I trace the phrases back through the Prajñāpāramitā literature and beyond. In the process, I...

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