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Meeting my selves! By Caroline Ivimey-Parr

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:56

Meeting my selves! By Caroline Ivimey-Parr

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:56

The phrase “the hardest thing I’d ever have done” is often used to describe appeals. It’s true – I’ve never done something as completely challenging and engaging on every level.

The hardest person for me to meet on the appeal has turned out to be myself. I love meeting strangers; I’m hungry for the connection and I find it much easier to hold rejection from others lightly. Facing up to the everyday ways I’m making my own life harder though is terrifying.

When you...
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Mokshini

2017 BAM report

From Buddhist Action on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 09:40

Christine Thuring is one of our greatest BAM enthusiasts. After several years organising and running events in Sheffield, Christine has been coordinating Buddhist Action Month on behalf of the Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO) since 2016. The NBO initiated the BAM campaign in 2012, and is a UK-based organisation uniting numerous Buddhist traditions. (Because Triratna is a member of the NBO, all members of the Triratna sangha in the UK are automatically members of the NBO. Check it out, there are lots of interesting projects...

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Carol Robertson

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

From Successful Community Living on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

From Successful Community Living on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Carol and Malcolm are mitras in ordination training in Croydon. We have a room available immediately in our small community. Do get in touch for more information.
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Satyalila

50 Years, 50 Voices - The Trailer!

From Buddhist Voices on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 17:55

50 Years, 50 Voices - The Trailer!

From Buddhist Voices on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 17:55

Our beautiful new online project to document 50 years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world.

The Triratna Buddhist Order turns 50 on the 7th of April 2018. The Dharma is alive amongst our 2,000+ Order Members across the globe, in many forms.

Triratna is founded on a radically traditional vision – what does that mean in practice? What does that really look like, feel like, ‘taste like’? This fiftieth birthday is an ideal time to bring together a...
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Sadayasihi

Supporting the Venezuelan Sangha

From Triratna News on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 11:15
  • Aryavachin, Padmashalin and Manjusiha in Posada Saraná in the peaceful El Valle, nearby the city of Mérida in Venezuala
  • Aryavachin speaking during a class at the Mérida Buddhist Centre
  • System of Practice retreat for newcomers and regulars
  • Sangha walk in the Venezualan Andes
  • At the end of the Going for Refuge retreat for men on the four ordination vows

Supporting the Venezuelan Sangha

From Triratna News on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 11:15

With the help of Future Dharma Fund, three Order Members from the UK and Spain visited Merida in Venezuela to help the Sangha there, who are growing despite being in challenging conditions. Aryavachin (living in Nottingham but from Venezuela), Manjusiha (from Padmaloka, UK) and Padmashalin (from Valencia, Spain) have been kept busy in Venezuala!

Aryavachin has been keeping a record of the visit, which started with an afternoon on William Blake and the integration...
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The Greater Mandala of Uselessness

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
You don’t have to justify yourself by being useful. You yourself are the justification for your existence Sangharakshita, Wisdom Beyond Words In this talk, given as part of Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Triratna Night, Vajrapriya explores how the quote by Sangharakshita might affect our spiritual life and practice. Using the terms doing and being, he suggests how we can bring greater stillness into activity, and vibrant energy into calm. This talk was given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Monday 12th March.
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Free Buddhist Audio

Sailing the Worldly Winds

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
In this inspiring and personal talk given as part of International Women’s Day, Taravandana explores the Buddha’s teachings on the Worldly Winds and how we can navigate them as women in the 21st Century. A talk given as part of Manchester Buddhist Centre’s International Women’s Day celebrations on Saturday 10th March 2018.
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Free Buddhist Audio

The Greater Mandala of Uselessness

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
You don’t have to justify yourself by being useful. You yourself are the justification for your existence Sangharakshita, Wisdom Beyond Words In this talk, given as part of Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Triratna Night, Vajrapriya explores how the quote by Sangharakshita might affect our spiritual life and practice. Using the terms doing and being, he suggests how we can bring greater stillness into activity, and vibrant energy into calm. This talk was given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Monday 12th March.
playdownload and donate
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Free Buddhist Audio

Sailing the Worldly Winds

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Fri, 6 Apr, 2018 - 00:00
In this inspiring and personal talk given as part of International Women’s Day, Taravandana explores the Buddha’s teachings on the Worldly Winds and how we can navigate them as women in the 21st Century. A talk given as part of Manchester Buddhist Centre’s International Women’s Day celebrations on Saturday 10th March 2018.
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Jayarava

Chinese Origins of the Heart Sutra

From Shabda Articles on Thu, 5 Apr, 2018 - 11:30

I’m attaching the second article in my series on the Heart Sutra as a pdf because it required formatting that the text editor on TBC does not support. 

In this essay I review the evidence for the conclusion that the Heart Sutra was composed in Chinese. I base this on Jan Nattier’s 1992 article, but I pepper it with my own insights. For example, the translator had a reasonable grasp of general Sanskrit, but no feeling for the idioms of Prajñāpāramitā...

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