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The Lion's Roar for the Next 50 Years

From Community Highlights on Wed, 28 Feb, 2018 - 12:13

Two talks from the final day of the 2018 Triratna Buddhist Order International Convention at Bodhgaya in India.

Firstly, Ratnakumar from Orissa, India, gives a rousing call to Dhamma practice as an example we can set for the future and for those who follow in our footsteps on the path over the next 50 years.

The second talk is from Upekshanandi, originally from Poland, now living in Scotland, who explores her sense of the gifts we can leave for the practitioners of the future.

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Mokshini

Is Climate Change a Crisis for Buddhism? A Conversation with David Loy

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 27 Feb, 2018 - 12:48

Is Climate Change a Crisis for Buddhism? A Conversation with David Loy

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 27 Feb, 2018 - 12:48

This video is a webinar from the oneearthsangha network, in which David Loy shares some interesting thoughts on the current state of Buddhism in the West.

For David Loy, the current ecological crisis is at the same time a crisis for our understanding of Buddhism. Do have a listen to the video; alternatively is a summary of some of the points David Loy makes in this talk.

Notes on David Loy talk (bold = my emphases)

In what ways is this ecological crisis a crisis for...

Srimala

Resignation of Sarachitta

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 18:03

Resignation of Sarachitta

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 18:03

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I am writing to inform you of the resignation from the Order of Dhammacharini Sarachitta, from Pune, India.

I am both her Private and Public Preceptor. She was ordained in 2004 at Sadhamma Pradeep retreat centre, Bhaja, India.

I met with Sarachitta when I was in Pune, in January. For the past year she has been going to a Chinese semi-Buddhist group called Falung Gong. She has benefitted greatly from it and...

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Sadayasihi

Lights in the Sky: Holy Lanka

From Community Highlights on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:12

Lights in the Sky: Holy Lanka

From Community Highlights on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:12

Here is a recent short film by Suryaprabha and the Lights in the Sky about a trip in Sri Lanka in 2017. Lights in the Sky is a Triratna Buddhist project producing documentary films since 1992.

Suryaprabha writes:

My trip to Sri Lanka January 2017 was a chance for me to try shooting 4k with a Sony AX100 camera bought second hand just days before the flight from London. So an experiment. Edited, and even sound edited, on FCP X. Altogether a new and, um, interesting experience.
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Sadayasihi

Buddhist Action Month 2018: Transforming Self, Transforming World

From Community Highlights on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:00

Buddhist Action Month 2018: Transforming Self, Transforming World

From Community Highlights on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 16:00

On the BAM Space, Mokshini writes: “The theme for BAM 2018 is Transforming Self, Transforming World.

As always, the theme for BAM is inspired by contemporary issues, and this year’s emphasis invites us to stop and look at the big picture:

It is becoming evident that our society urgently needs a new story, a new myth to live by. As an example. George Monbiot puts it very well in this recent short interview where he outlines the need for a psycho-spiritual approach that is thoroughly meaningful and that...

Akasasuri

Death of Vajramayi

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:25

Death of Vajramayi

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:25

Dear Order Members,

Vajramayi died peacefully in the early hours of the morning on 20 February here in the women’s community in Amsterdam where she lived during the last five weeks of her beautiful life. She was ordained privately by Dharmacharini Anoma and publicly by Dharmacharini Maitreyi at Tiratanaloka in 2005. She was so well-named: ‘she whose essence or nature is the vajra, or she who is made of diamond’.

For the last thirty years...

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Subhadramati

Update on Dayarakshita's Health

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:21

Update on Dayarakshita's Health

From Order Connection on Mon, 26 Feb, 2018 - 13:21

Dear Order members,

I am delighted to let you know that Dayarakshita’s health is improving and she is now back home. Recuperation will take time and she’ll need regular hospital visits but she is much much better than she was. She asked me to tell you that she is very grateful for all the support she is receiving (I read her the names of everyone who sent well wishing).

With much metta,
Subhadramati

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Sadayasihi

Dāna Cafe, Sheffield

From Triratna News on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 15:38

Dāna Cafe, Sheffield

From Triratna News on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 15:38

A Newsbyte from Clearvision about a new Buddhist run business in Sheffield: a vegetarian cafe called Dāna cafe. Clear Vision spends a day with them hard at work and we hear about the setting up of the project and how the local Sangha played an important role in getting this project off the ground.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Myth of the Return Journey

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:21

This FBA Podcast is by Sangharakshita from 1971. ‘The Myth of the Return Journey’ has a theme which resonates with many similar stories in world literature. Here its important elements are related to the personal quest for meaning. This talk is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Bodhisattva’s Practice – Six Perfections

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 23 Feb, 2018 - 14:16

In this FBA Podcast, The Bodhisattva’s Practice - Six Perfections, Ratnaghosha, just back from four weeks of solitary retreat, explores the Six Perfections and how we practice them.

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