From Triratna News on Sat, 12 Nov, 2011 - 05:40Triratna News has already reported the recent Young Buddhists weekend, held in late October at Smallwood Manor. But we can’t resist bringing you this account of the Puja, written by Richard Millington from Birmingham. He paints a vivid picture, saying -
“The room is dark and hushed. At the far end, lit up by a handful of flickering candles, is a shrine, with a bronze figure of the Buddha Shakyamuni at the centre. From my cushion, eyes...
From Triratna News on Fri, 11 Nov, 2011 - 05:32Kalyanaprabha writes from Birmingham with the announcement a new book by Sangharakshita has just been published She says -
“A new publication from Sangharakshita is now available! Dear Dinoo: Letters to a Friend brings together some twenty-nine letters written by Sangharakshita to a friend in Bombay over a period of nearly twenty years. To order directly click here.
In the course of the correspondence, Sangharakshita writes of his stay with the fascinating Dr Mehta (who believed...
From Triratna News on Tue, 8 Nov, 2011 - 22:16Sam Rawling, Subhuti’s secretary, writes with this request, following their recent visit to Hungary and the Triratna sangha there. He says -
“Dear readers of Triratna News,
Following a recent news story on the work of our Dhammamitras in Hungary, we would like to ask for your help! As those of you who saw the story are aware, the Jai Bhim network - with whom Triratna have very strong links - are currently challenging the Hungarian...
The second in a series of talks on the five great stages of spiritual experience that develop and unfold as we progress on the Path to Enlightenment
In this talk Dayanandi covers the first of the five stages — integration and wholeness.
In this, the first installment of his biannual three-part series 'Rambles Round Reality', Subhuti expounds the natural law of Karma and its fundamental formative role in the 'container' of our experience as human beings.
In the second of his three-part 'Rambles Round Reality' series Subhuti takes us to the limits of the Karma Niyama. This talk includes a questions and answers dialogue and took place at the London Buddhist Centre in October of 2011.
In this, the final installment of Subhuti's three-part Ramble around Reality we go beyond the realm of Karma as we glimpse the glory of the Dharma Niyama.
Subhuti speaks to young Buddhists at the London Buddhist Centre in October of 2011 about the enlightenment of the Buddha. He focuses on the context of the Buddha's enlightenment, on how and why the Buddha engaged with things the way he did immediately after his time under the Bodhi tree.
Subhuti dialogues with a young buddhist assembly at the LBC in October 2011. Discussion focuses on activism, the Occupy movement, ordination, rediscovering the movement and seizing the avant-garde.
From Triratna News on Thu, 3 Nov, 2011 - 05:26Alex writes from Triratna’s EcoDharma retreat centre with news of their UK Autumn tour, which they describe as “an interactive workshop applying the tools & insights of the Dharma to empower and equip us to face the challenges of our times”. She says - “The workshop will help us to ask: How can our inner work and outer engagement be complimentary? How can we work with the deeper emotional dimensions of turning towards our social and...
In this, the first installment of his biannual three-part series 'Rambles Round Reality', Subhuti expounds the natural law of Karma and its fundamental formative role in the 'container' of our experience as human beings.