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Buddhism and the Big Questions - ongoing talk series draws crowds in Manchester

From Triratna News on Fri, 5 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

Buddhism and the Big Questions - ongoing talk series draws crowds in Manchester

From Triratna News on Fri, 5 Aug, 2011 - 06:00Triratna Manchester’s Buddhist Centre is currently half-way through a major series of talks entitled ‘Buddhism and the Big Questions’.

Speakers and topics have included -

Vajragupta on We Live in a Beautiful World: Buddhism and Nature

Ratnaguna on Stop buying stuff and learn how to be happy instead

Kavyasiddhi on ‘All in this together — is it time for a Buddhist economics?’

Mahashraddha on Searching for truth:...
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A New Buddhist Center For Portsmouth, New Hampshire

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

A New Buddhist Center For Portsmouth, New Hampshire

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2011 - 06:00As a sweet coincidence, two members of the team at thebuddhistcentre.com are also part of a new initiative to open a Buddhist Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the USA. Viriyalila and Candradasa, along with Suzanne Woodland, Danakamala, Suddhayu and Narottama have been looking for a place for their occasional itinerant sangha to settle into – and they’ve found a truly beautiful space… The new Martingale building on the east wharf at Portsmouth’s historic dock...
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Manjusvara - Three Poems And A Funeral

From Triratna News on Wed, 3 Aug, 2011 - 06:34

Manjusvara - Three Poems And A Funeral

From Triratna News on Wed, 3 Aug, 2011 - 06:34July 6th saw Triratna’s Bristol sangha celebrating the funeral of Manjusvara, who died leading a retreat at Dhanakosa. Kamalamani has sent us an account of the day, and we’ve discovered three poems by Manjusvara in the latest edition of the Bristol Buddhist Centre’s on-line newsletter, which we reproduce below. Bristol’s Newsletter contains a moving ‘Rejoicing In Manjusvara’ by Ananda, his friend and colleague for many many years, during which he describes his friend as “the most generous person I ever...

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