Here’s a piece I wrote for the London Buddhist Centre magazine - enjoy!
At the heart of this Buddhist movement is an Order: men and women putting the Buddha’s teaching at the centre of their lives. What does that look like in 2017? Interviews by Vidyasakhi
Vajrabandhu
I grew up in Kent – Medway Towns, Gillingham to be precise. Predominantly a working class place, a lot of heavy industry traditionally, though Thatcher and her lot put paid to that. That’s why I joined the army: I needed...
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In the final talk in the short series on the Disciples of the Buddha, Vimalavajri discusses the Theris, early female followers of the Buddha, whose stories and thoughts were collected in the Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns).
We’re as pleased as ever to announce a new issue of our magazine, the London Buddhist, and our programme of events for the spring. April will see the anniversary of fifty years of the Triratna Buddhist Community, which we’ll be celebrating at the Centre. That’s accompanied by a fresh range of classes, courses, day events – and of course retreats, at our newly rebuilt Vajrasana retreat centre in Suffolk. We hope you enjoy reading the London Buddhist, and putting a...
Saddhaloka talks to Saccanama about the vision for Adhisthana, the future and development of the College and other matters arising at the recent College meeting.
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Meet Kshitigarbha, Bodhisattva of compassion without limits. This mythic figure is able to fully encounter the most painful areas of experience, and yet can respond with compassion and clarity. In this talk Maitrisiddhi explores our habitual responses to suffering, particularly anger and blame, and looks at how - with clarity - we too could respond more creatively.
Given during a work Retreat at Taraloka in September 2016
With her modern day experience of entering the hell realms, Emma gives a moving, passionate and funny talk about her work teaching art in a high security men’s prison. Don’t miss this one! Given on ‘Jewel in Darkness’, a Taraloka work retreat held in September 2016 focusing on Kshitigarbha.
Emma is a GFR mitra whose full name cannot be disclosed due to the Official Secrets Act
