German and French translators in action on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, as Ratnaguna prepares to give his talk ‘the Voice of the Buddha’ - available already on Free Buddhist Audio.
From Triratna International Gathering 2017 - What The World Needs Now on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 16:18In this talk given to the Triratna Buddhist Order International Convention, 2011, Vishvapani explores and re-imagines the life and teachings of the Buddha as they have come to us through stories about him and the ancient texts that enshrine his teaching.
From Triratna International Gathering 2017 - What The World Needs Now on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 15:16A jewel of a talk from Dhammadinna on how to cultivate a practice of reflection on the qualities of the Buddha that is relevant to your life experience, and your own culture. Taking as her theme, ‘Re-imagining the Buddha’, she opens up several key areas for us to contemplate - not least the practice of ‘waiting’ to let the images come to us.
This talk closes with a marvellous evocation of ‘felt presence’ (so key to any...
From The 2012 Triratna International Retreat on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 10:33‘Imagining the Buddha’ was probably chosen as the theme of the 2012 Triratna International Retreat thanks to the influence of a paper entitled ‘Re-Imagining The Buddha’ jointly published by Sangharakshita and Subhuti some 18 months ago. Since then it’s become a theme widely studied and debated throughout Triratna. Sangharakshita introduces it like this:
“Towards the end of August, 2010, Subhuti and I had a series of discussions centred on the topic of the imagination. I had long...
From Triratna News on Sat, 2 Jun, 2012 - 06:18Vidyaruci, Sangharakshita’s secretary, writes with his usual monthly update of the highlights of Sangharakshita’s diary, saying -
“After a quiet period last month, Bhante has returned to receiving visitors most days. There are as many requests for meetings with him as ever, but he doesn’t have the energy to see as many people as before, so it is becoming increasingly difficult to fit everyone in. Other than visitors, Bhante’s main focus at present is doing a final edit of...
We've all read the words of the Buddha - but what did he SOUND like? What might it have been like to actually hear him...? A beautifully imaginative and well-researched evovation of the Buddha. Given on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, under the overall theme 'Imagining the Buddha'.
La transformación implica un cambio de identidad, de como pensamos en nosotros mismos como individuos y como sociedad. Hoy en día la necesidad de hacer un cambio de esta naturaleza parece cada vez más obvio. Pero cómo hacerlo?
We've all read the words of the Buddha - but what did he SOUND like? What might it have been like to actually hear him...? A beautifully imaginative and well-researched evovation of the Buddha. Given on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, under the overall theme 'Imagining the Buddha'.
We've all read the words of the Buddha - but what did he SOUND like? What might it have been like to actually hear him...? A beautifully imaginative and well-researched evovation of the Buddha. Given on the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, under the overall theme 'Imagining the Buddha'.