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Suchandra

Dh. Subhuti with Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun Kalyana Mitra retreat Buddhagaya

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 24 Feb, 2015 - 14:30

Dh. Subhuti with Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun Kalyana Mitra retreat Buddhagaya

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Tue, 24 Feb, 2015 - 14:30Before every talk Dhammachari Subhuti and Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun reading out Verse 153 and 154 from Dhammapada, Jara Vagga.
Verse 153
Anekajatisamaram Sandhavissam anibbisam dukkha jati punapunam
Many a birth have I undergone in this (process of) faring on (in the round of conditioned existence), seeking the builder of the house and not finding him. Painful is (such) repeated birth:
Verse 154
Gahakaraka ! ditthos’ si, punageham na kahasi, Sabba te phasuka bhagga, gahakutam visankhitam, visankharagatam cittam, tanhanam khayamajjhaga
O house-builder,...

Dhivan

Women in Early Buddhism

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 10:27

Women in Early Buddhism

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 10:27The Numata Centre for Buddhist Studies at Hamburg University is offering a free online lecture study course on Women in Early Buddhism. This will offer top-class scholarship on an important and developing topic. See
http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/E-Learning-Bhikkhuni.course_bh…

kamalashila

Order Dharma Sundays at WLBC - update for MARCH OM

From Community Highlights on Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 09:48

Order Dharma Sundays at WLBC - update for MARCH OM

From Community Highlights on Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 09:48

DHARMA SUNDAYS A space for Order members to share experience of meditation and the view of the path overall.
Sundays 10am to 5pm West London Buddhist Centre 45a Porchester Road W2 5PT (opp.Royal Oak; Paddington, Queensway Bayswater 10m)
We’ll let in latecomers if we can, but please arrive on time.

Mar 8 Tejananda: ‘Exploring the Three Bodies’
In this day workshop we’ll be exploring the real nature of the...

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Maniraja

Working Retreat - 2015

From Guhyaloka For the Ages on Thu, 19 Feb, 2015 - 14:47

Working Retreat - 2015

From Guhyaloka For the Ages on Thu, 19 Feb, 2015 - 14:47This years work retreat is well underway. The program has been worked on over the years and the current one seems to work very well. We work four mornings followed by a silent practice day and then an unstructured day. The evenings are put aside for study and puja and we have mediations in the mornings before breakfast and in the afternoon before supper. This year Vajrasiddhi and his son Chris have been working in the forest felling trees. Some...

Dassini

Big Dana Discussion 2

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Feb, 2015 - 14:27

Big Dana Discussion 2

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Feb, 2015 - 14:27Transitioning to a dana economy:

Big Dana Discussion 2
(for all oms and mitras)
Friday 20 February
6.30pm - 9.30pm
at GBC

At the first Big Dana Discussion we resolved to meet again within 4 weeks, and so here we go..

The format for this evening is a conversation cafe, starting with homemade soup and bread. Feel free to bring any cake. Vegan baking in particular is always welcome, as are...

Shantavira

Shabda March 2015

From Order Connection on Thu, 19 Feb, 2015 - 13:16

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
eBook Shabda .MOBI – read on any Kindle, and some eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
Print Shabda: Print your own (and your friends’) Shabdas. Save the Order’s

File Name	Size
epub (for ebook readers, smartphones, and tablets	1.46 MB
mobi (for Kindles and ereaders)	1.2 MB
PDF for computers and ereaders	1.25 MB
Compressed HTML (for web browsers)	162.2 KB
PDF for printing (42 pages)	907.07 KB

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Rijupatha

FBA Podcast: Death and the Self, and the Buddha’s Unanswered Questions

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 18 Feb, 2015 - 15:00

FBA Podcast: Death and the Self, and the Buddha’s Unanswered Questions

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Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled “Death and the Self, and the Buddha’s Unanswered Questions”. Here Vaddhaka delves into the Buddha’s unanswered questions; questions that Vacchagotta, Malunkyaputta and others asked him. Among them: ‘What happens to a Buddha after death?’ And what happens at our own death; what did the Buddha really say; and why did...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Death Has 10,000 Doors

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 18 Feb, 2015 - 14:55

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, is from the rather fabulous talk “Death and the Buddhist” by Danavira. We’ve titled this “Death Has 10,000 Doors”. Danavira is one of the best speakers we know – he is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to the chaotic in his style, and has a particular genius for...

Ratnagarbha

'The face I had before the world was made' - An essay on Buddhism and Beauty, by Ratnagarbha, the editor of Triratna’s Buddhist arts journal, Urthona

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Tue, 17 Feb, 2015 - 13:59

'The face I had before the world was made' - An essay on Buddhism and Beauty, by Ratnagarbha, the editor of Triratna’s Buddhist arts journal, Urthona

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Tue, 17 Feb, 2015 - 13:59

This wonderful old photograph of W. B. Yeats made by George Berresford in 1911 introduces a new essay on Buddhism and Beauty, by Ratnagarbha, the editor of Triratna’s Buddhist arts journal, Urthona – a journey in the company of James Hillman, Sangharakshita and the poetry of W. B. Yeats:

The first book to be written from a Western...