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Work Period

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:51

Work Period

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:51

From 26th Jun to 6th July 16 Men’s GFR Retreat is going on. It is led by Dh. Anomdassi on Know your Mind subject. Around 24 mitra are on retreat. Dh. Jnandhavj is supporting it.

During work period retreatant are making step near main Shrine so that rain should not wash away the level soil around shrine.
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Ploughing Rice Field

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:46

Ploughing Rice Field

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:46

This  year Manson is late, Krishna ploughing rice field.
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Buddhist Action Month is over ... long live Buddhist Action!

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:16
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Buddhist Action Month is over ... long live Buddhist Action!

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 09:16

Today is 1 July and I guess that means the end of Buddhist Action Month. I have been enormously inspired and delighted to read and hear of all the many actions and events that have been taking place in Triratna Groups and Centres around the world - sadhu to us all! 

Over the past month, many of us have been engaged in actions and sangha gatherings around the theme of ‘Buddhist Action’. It has been an opportunity to reflect on our interrelationship...
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The Victorious One

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 1 Jul, 2016 - 00:00
In this his fourth talk in the series on the Five Stages of Spiritual Life, Ratnaghosha looks at spiritual death. The talk goes into what that particular metaphor, spiritual death, means to us and what it signifies for us spiritually. Ratnaghosha talks about the two paths and their associated practices and outlines what he considers to be the key practices associated with spiritual death.
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The Beautiful Story of Great Faith, Great Wisdom

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 12:36

The Beautiful Story of Great Faith, Great Wisdom

From Windhorse Publications on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 12:36

We would like to invite you to dive more deeply into the beautiful and imaginative world of Great Faith, Great Wisdom: Practice and Awakening in the Pure Land Sutras of Mahayana Buddhism by Ratnaguna and Śraddhāpa. Great Faith, Great Wisdom is our newest book, launched earlier this year.

Please explore the new Great Faith, Great Wisdom book site, which provides the audio reading of the sutras, an excerpt from the book, and an interview...
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GREEN GYM SOLSTICE FUN

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 11:57

GREEN GYM SOLSTICE FUN

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 11:57

WRITTEN BY MOMTAZ

PHOTOS BY LISA LENS

Trying to stay fit at a Retreat Centre, believe it or not, has it challenges!  Before I moved to Taraloka, I would walk to most places; to work, to the shops, to the Buddhist centre, etc. I used to attend several gym classes a week prior to yoga became my main form of body movement.  I do prefer exercising in a group rather than on my own, though,...
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Thames Valley Triratna in Reading

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 21:50

Thames Valley Triratna in Reading

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 21:50

I thought that you would like an update on some of the things that we have been doing as part of Buddhist Action Month.

Each week we have picked a charity receive the contents of our Dana bowl which has been receiving Sangha members’ loose change as well as regular attendance monies. So far we have donated £41 to the Green Tara Trust that provides pre and post natal maternity care in Nepal where the effects of...
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Slideshow of ordinations at Adhisthana June 2016

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 10:57
  • Parami and Paramachitta at the start of the ceremony
  • Paramachitta introducing the ceremony
  • All 6 ordinands at the start of the ceremony
  • View from the back of the shrine room
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 1
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 2
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 3
  • Ordination ceremony with vase of initiation
  • Paramachitta leading the Threefold Puja in English
  • Paramachitta leading the Threefold Puja in Spanish
  • Parami, the Buddha and Paramachitta
  • Parami with the vase of Initiation
  • Parami preparing the kea
  • Hadayasiri making offerings
  • Hadayasiri receives the drops of purification
  • More purification
  • What just happened?
  • Hadayasiri receives the kesa
  • Hadayasiri now ordained
  • Hadayasiri with Parami after the kesa
  • Abhayadipa receives the drops of purification
  • Abhayadipa waits for the kesa
  • Abhayadipa nearly with kesa
  • Not yet
  • Finally
  • Abhayadipa expresses gratitude
  • Dayavasini and Paramachitta
  • Drops of purification
  • Purification all done
  • Waiting for the kesa
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Dayavasini with kesa
  • Gratitude and affection
  • Dhivasini and Paramachitta
  • The vase of purification
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Gratitude to Paramachitta
  • Ratnadhi before the drops of purification
  • Ratnadhi and the vase of initiation
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Gratitude and a bow
  • Taramti receiving the flower offering from Parami
  • Taramati with flower offering
  • Taramati making offerings
  • Taramati waiting for the drops of purification
  • Purification
  • Waiting for the kesa
  • Receiving the kesa
  • With kesa
  • Thank you!

Slideshow of ordinations at Adhisthana June 2016

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 10:57

A more detailed than usual set of photos of the recent ordinations of 3 Mexicans and 3 Spaniards at Adhisthana, photos courtesy of Dhammarati.

We are delighted to announce the names of the dharmacharinis publicly ordained at Adhisthana on the 18th June 2016.

Queridos hermanas y hermanos,
nos da un gran placer anunciar los nombres de las dharmacharinis que han recibido su ordenación...
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Port Fairy Sangha's BAM outreach project.

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 02:04
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Port Fairy Sangha's BAM outreach project.

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 02:04

The Port Fairy Buddhist Community screened the Film ”  This Changes Everything”

In the town of Koroit on Sunday morning June 26th. The event was well supported by Sangha members, Friends and some from the wider community.

Our Sangha’s contribution to BAM this year has been more modest than last year but we have been delighted to participated in the Australian BAM effort which was spearheaded by the excellent month long programs offered by the Sydney and Melbourne Sangha’s.

We are looking forward to...
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Question from Teojapala (Triratna Climate Change Action group)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 13:33

Question from Teojapala (Triratna Climate Change Action group)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 13:33

You may know that there is a (Closed) Facebook group called Triratna Climate Change Action. (Some strong conversations and discussions are happening here, so if you’re on FB, I recommend joining!)

Teojapala has just posted a question, which I thought you might be able to contribute to. If you’re not on the FB group, please share it below, as it will be of interest to all of us. 

He writes: Help needed, please. 

I’d like to understand the feelings and...

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