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Violence and religion

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26

Violence and religion

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26Last night Ratnaguna gave this wonderful talk at the Stockholms Buddhistcenter. You can download it from fba.
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1400

The poem he ends with got a little cut off, right at the end. Here it is in full:



The Place Where We Are Right
by Yehuda Amichai

From the place where we are right
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.

The place where we are right
Is...
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Karuna creates new Dhamma Seed Fund

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 05:36

Karuna creates new Dhamma Seed Fund

From Triratna News on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 05:36Day 2 of our ‘India Week’ on Triratna News features the Karuna Trust’s new ‘Dhamma Seed Fund’, set up to make grants to new Buddhist groups across India, however small. It complements the larger ‘Dhamma’ grants given to other parts of the Triratna Buddhist community in India, notably our main retreat centres there, Bhaja and Bor Dharan. The new fund is closely linked to the work of the Nagarjuna Training Institute, Triratna’s campus facility in India...
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Violence and Religion - a Buddhist View

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 00:00
In this challenging talk Ratnaguna explores some of the causes of violence, giving examples of violence in the Buddhist tradition. He also talks about the Buddha's own radical non-violent approach, mirrored in Dalai Lama's, Thich Nhat Hanh's and Sangharakshita's words. He ends with encouraging us to take up five practical and helpful precepts. (given 8-10-2012 and part of a series on 'Buddhism and the big questions.')
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Death and the Self, and the Buddha's Unanswered Questions

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 18:47
This is – as usual! – a brilliant and entertaining talk from Vaddhaka on the 10 (sometimes 14) unanswered questions I mentioned in passing in my first talk on ‘Religion Without God. I’ll probably refer to these again later in the series so I thought I’d post this talk here as a reference and resource. It also includes the wonderful story of the Buddha’s teaching about removing the poisoned arrow from your eye, as...
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Right Realism, Money and the Game of Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 18:02
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Right Realism, Money and the Game of Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 18:02New Talk from Windhorse Evolution

In ‘Right Realism, Money and the Game of Life’, given at Windhorse Evolution in Cambridge, Saddharaja talks about his impressions of visiting India and witnessing the rise of economic development of the sub-continent. He explores some history of the business relationship that has existed between India and the UK - over hundreds of years.

He goes on to explore the importance of personal money within the lives of...
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Dharma Quiz

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 16:09

Dharma Quiz

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 16:09Recently the Glasgow Buddhist Centre had a party for our volunteers, to say thank you for all their hard work and generosity over the last year. As part of our proceedings we had a Dharma Quiz, devised by Suriyavamsa. We thought this might be of interest to you, either as a fun thing to do yourself, or to offer at a class for a bit of amusement. But beware, some of the questions are fiendish!

Answers are given at...
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Volunteer Opportunities at Karuna

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 15:39
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Volunteer Opportunities at Karuna

From Karuna Fundraisers on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 15:39You can help alleviate suffering in India by volunteering at Karuna - a friendly and vibrant Team Based Right Livelihood

Karuna was formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. For 30 years Karuna has worked with some of India’s most disadvantaged people, sending over £1 million every year to support low-caste and tribal communities fulfill their potential through our social and Dharma projects.

We are looking for volunteers to...
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Ethics at Evolution

From Windhorse Evolution on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 12:13
Ethics was the theme of some training with the retail team and evolution shops. Several members of staff from the shops gave talks, and their transcripts are available here. There are a variety of perspectives and reflections, well worth a read.
File NameSize
Abhayadeva - Brighton - The Only Way is Ethics.doc25 KB
Alice - Sheffield - Ethics at Work.doc23 KB
Buddhasiha - Ipswich - Why I Work in an Ethical Business.doc21.5 KB
Daniel - Retail Team - Responding to the World .doc29.5 KB
Katia - Dublin - Ethics in the Retail Business.doc44 KB
Tina - Sheffield - Speech aspects of the ethical precepts.doc21.5 KB
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How Karuna is helping to spread the Dharma in India

From Triratna News on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 11:38

How Karuna is helping to spread the Dharma in India

From Triratna News on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 11:38This week features a set of stories about Triratna’s social and Dhamma work in India in the run-up to October 14th and the anniversary of the great ‘mass conversions’ of 1956. These saw millions of Indians leave their ‘low-caste’ status in the Hindu caste system and convert to Buddhism under the leadership of the great Dr. Ambedkar. Andrea, from Triratna’s fundraising charity the ‘Karuna Trust’, writes with some of the background to this extraordinary ‘Dhamma Revolution’, and news...
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Bouddha Akshobhya et le symbolisme du vajra

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Mon, 8 Oct, 2012 - 00:00
Deuxième partie d'une série de conférences d'exploration du mandala des 5 bouddhas.

Vassika présente le symbolisme associé à Akshobhya, le premier bouddha que l'on rencontre en entrant le mandala. Elle détaille en particulier le vajra et la place de la visualisation des 5 bouddhas archétypes dans le contexte des bardos de la tradition tibétaine.

Conférence donnée au centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris en octobre 2012.

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