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Expectation, experiences and reality (and smiley faces!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 13:04

Expectation, experiences and reality (and smiley faces!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 13:04

Checking whether our expectations and experiences are in line with reality – using smiley faces!

Yashosagar

Sailing the Worldly Winds - in India

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 11:17

Sailing the Worldly Winds - in India

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 11:17

Hello, I am Yashosagar from Triratna’s ordination team in Pune (Maharashtra, India). I am speaking about how practising Dhamma has helped me respond more creatively to the worldly winds. I am happy my talk is released today Friday 14th October, the anniversary of Dr Ambedkar’s famous conversion to Buddhism. There is a small fundraising appeal from us at the end. Thank you.

Kavyasiddhi

A very pertinent sailing story...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 10:59

A very pertinent sailing story...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 10:59

A very pertinent sailing story, on the importance of finding a haven, to take refuge in when the storms come! Check back later today for another from me…

lokabandhu

A death in the Order

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 05:42

A death in the Order

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 05:42Aryaketu, one of Triratna’s Indian Order Convenors, writes with the sad news of the death of an Order Member. He says -

“Dear Order Members, I am sad to inform you that Dhammacharini Shraddhaja from Nagpur died on October 3rd, at 3 pm at her home. At the time of death her husband and family members were around with her. Immediately the news spread a lot of people were visiting her death body continually and conducting ritual. The funeral...

lokabandhu

Exercises and reflections for Friday: Voicethread edition

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 21:30

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Vishvapani

Thought for the Day

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 18:20

Thought for the Day

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 18:20

This is my broadcast on BBC radio 4 from this morning. Listen here

As unemployment rises and living standards fall, pre-2008 abundance seems like a vanished epoch. Most of us yearn to see the GDP figures ticking upwards again, bringing back the lost jobs and services. But not long ago, when the economy was steaming ahead, many of us were asking if continuing economic growth was really desirable or sustainable. We saw people working longer and longer hours at...

vajragupta

Exercises and Reflections for Friday

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 17:46

Exercises and Reflections for Friday

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 17:46

Today is the last bit of “Dharma input”. We are going to explore the ideas of “control” and “influence”. I’d like to invite you to read the following short text, and then take some time to do the reflection - and to bear the material in mind as you go about your practice today.

Tomorrow is the last day of the retreat, and will be spent reviewing what we’ve learnt and thinking about what we can take forward into the future…

Distinguishing control from...

Vidyamala

Text on pleasure and pain (redux!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 15:23

Text on pleasure and pain (redux!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 15:23

View in iOS. Here’s Vidyamala’s companion piece to her interview with Viryabhadri on working with pleasure and pain (see here).

vajragupta

thanks and appreciation...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 14:25

thanks and appreciation...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 14:25

Just wanted to say a couple of things, as I’m in a meeting all day tomorrow, and then leading the final day retreat of the urban retreat in Cardiff Saturday, so I might not get much time to log-in from now on… (though there will be two more teaching posts from me, for Friday and Saturday).

Firstly, I wanted to thank the team who’ve been working really hard behind the scenes to make this on-line retreat available. Candradasa is the visionary behind...

ratnavyuha

Ratnavyuha - Reflections on the Worldly Winds

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 13:26

Ratnavyuha - Reflections on the Worldly Winds

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 13:26

A great set of reflections and musings from Ratnavyuha in Auckland, New Zealand, on the work of coursing through this life so full of challenge and sorrow and possibility. Includes some lovely zen poetry to take things deeper still…

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