From Buddhafield on Sun, 7 Jul, 2013 - 20:43I’ll be saying a bit more in a day or so about my experience of working at Glastonbury Festival with the Buddhafield Cafe, but I’m going to start this week with a few words about the early setup of the Buddhafield Festival.
Those of us that arrived directlly from Pilton - home of the Glastonbury Festival - were somewhat worn out, but we were all positive mental states and happy to arrive at Culmhead in what has been absolutely...
From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Fri, 5 Jul, 2013 - 13:27Bodhilocana’s Dream: A Stupa for Dhardo RinpocheFor some years members of the local Triratna sangha have envisioned a stupa at Aryaloka Buddhist Center. The ashes of Dhardo Rinpoche, one of Sangharakshita’s main teachers, would be placed inside the stupa.
Bodhilocana, a well-loved member of the sangha who passed away in 2011, inspired others to build this stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche. Through her enthusiasm, dedication, and strong connection with Dhardo Rinpoche, Bodhilocana brought people together to help bring this...
From Triratna News on Fri, 5 Jul, 2013 - 05:49The Vajra Bell happily joins The Buddhist Centre Online this month in celebrating the Triratna sanghas of the U.S.- and the rest of the North American continent as well! They say - “We’d like to begin by welcoming you to our new home on The Buddhist Centre, and tell you a little bit about ourselves.
What started as a small black and white quarterly newsletter at Aryaloka Buddhist Center many moons ago has grown and...
In this talk Vadanya explores how we can turn the tables on pointless anxiety and limiting fears, and use these as fuel for our practice. Talk given on Men's Event at Padmaloka, June 2013.
Alokadhara's talk investigates how fear arises in dependence upon the delusion of there being a fixed, separate self and how the spell of that delusion can be broken by a clear seeing into the true nature of the five skandhas.
Talk Given on Men's Event at Padmaloka, June 2013.
From Triratna News on Tue, 2 Jul, 2013 - 15:36Big news is just in from Buddhafield: their Festival team is planning to take a break next year, ie 2014. It’ll be their first year off since the Festival started in 1996 and a well-deserved rest for all concerned! See below for their full statement - what it means in practice is, the Festival this year’s your last chance to come until 2015! It’s coming up soon, July 17-21 to be precise, tickets are available here, and the...
Sarvananda, author of 'Solitude and loneliness, a Buddhist view', talks about the relationship between solitude and spiritual friendship. Given as part of the Year of Kalyana Mitrata at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
In this talk Vadanya explores how we can turn the tables on pointless anxiety and limiting fears, and use these as fuel for our practice. Talk given on Men's Event at Padmaloka, June 2013.
Week two of a five week seminar on the Metta Bhavana practice.