Given on a Young Womens’ Weekend retreat this talk explores Sangharakshita’s aphorism ‘Awareness is Revolutionary’. Exploring the revolution that greater awareness can bring to our lives:greater freedom, perspective and choice!
From Buddhafield on Fri, 28 Feb, 2014 - 10:55Immerse yourself in a month-long, silent camping retreat in the tranquil Devon countryside. Experienced practitioners can further explore the core meditations of the Triratna Buddhist community, supported by yoga, Chi Kung and ritual, living close to nature in a way similar to the Buddha’s historical followers. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness will be the general framework, led by Kamalashila and an Order team.
Our relationship with the modern world is highly complex but, at heart, our feeling of ease...
Given on a Young Womens' Weekend retreat this talk explores Sangharakshita's aphorism 'Awareness is Revolutionary'. Exploring the revolution that greater awareness can bring to our lives:greater freedom, perspective and choice!
Given on a Young Womens' Weekend retreat this talk explores Sangharakshita's aphorism 'Awareness is Revolutionary'. Exploring the revolution that greater awareness can bring to our lives:greater freedom, perspective and choice!
From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 22:55Here’s a great animated version of the first two verses of the Dhammapada, created by Stephen Heppell, a young London mitra who’s set up the animation company Moving Vision Motion Graphics. Part of their mission is to “re-imagine the Buddha for the digital age”. The text is based on the translation by Sangharakshita and you can find Stephen’s introduction to the piece on his website here.
Suriyavamsa looks at the role of imagination in the way we shape our everyday world and how we can use this to bring the Buddha to life in our spiritual practice.
From Triratna News on Sun, 23 Feb, 2014 - 00:34The Ecodharma Centre, a Triratna retreat centre in the Spanish Pyrenees, is providing funding and training to help activists in the Ukraine, Russia and other ex-soviet bloc countries.
In partnership with the European Youth for Action Network, the Ecodharma project is bringing a dozen community organisers from eastern and central Europe to its centre in Catalunya to take part in one of its Sustaining Resistance-Empowering Renewal courses.
Suriyavamsa looks at the role of imagination in the way we shape our everyday world and how we can use this to bring the Buddha to life in our spiritual practice.
Talk given by Maitreyabandhu at the LBC on Monday 17th May 2014.