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Valencia Buddhist Centre @ 25

From Triratna News on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 11:46

Valencia Buddhist Centre @ 25

From Triratna News on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 11:46

El Centro Budista de Valencia, Spain, was 25 years old in November last year. In the latest NewsByte video from Clear Vision, we see the celebrations and hear Moksananda and Parami talk about the centre’s early days as Triratna’s first centre in a Spanish-speaking country – in Spanish and English with subtitles.

As Moksananda said in his anniversary talk, Valencia Buddhist Centre is “a context, a vehicle, for the Three Jewels: for the Enlightened mind of the Buddha,...

Vimalasara

Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 04:17

Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 04:17

I hope some of you will join me in the Online Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery Course MBAR. During the month of July I will be delivering a four week course, with interactive sessions weekly on how to work with our thoughts and cultivate sobriety of mind. A mind free of the proliferation of thoughts.

This Saturday April 2nd I will explore the second reminder - Impermanence and the inevitably of death. Together we will penetrate into the nature of this truth, to help us...

shraddhavani

Learn to Meditate at Portsmouth Buddhist Center!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 17:30

Learn to Meditate at Portsmouth Buddhist Center!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 17:30

Many Upcoming Opportunities

Meditation is really very simple, and it can be a greatly helpful tool in the life of anyone who chooses to make it a part of what they do on a regular basis. We teach traditional Buddhist meditations, but you do not need to be a Buddhist to practice and benefit from them. Our basic meditation workshops, Saturdays 10AM - 1PM, focus on either Mindfulness of Breathing or the Loving Kindness/Metta Bhavana meditation. Our four-week courses, Thursdays 7-...

sanghadhara

Valencia 25th Anniversary - NewsByte (con subtitulos en español)

From Clear Vision Trust on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 13:47

Valencia 25th Anniversary - NewsByte (con subtitulos en español)

From Clear Vision Trust on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 13:47

In November 2015, the Valencia Buddhist Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary.

It was the first Triratna Buddhist Centre in a Spanish-speaking country.

Munisha

Two PowerPoints about Triratna

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Tue, 29 Mar, 2016 - 11:21

Below are pdfs of two PowerPoint presentations for talks I have given about Triratna in the last six months.

The first - What is Triratna? - is a talk I gave to the European Buddhist Union in Berlin in September 2015.

The second - Triratna in the Buddhist world - was given to Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) in January 2016.

The ECA comprises Chairs of all Triratna centres and enterprises in Europe, who meet for a week in January and July/August every year, at Adhisthana.

To further their business between meetings, they...

File Name	Size
What is Triratna? PDF	5.43 MB
Triratna in the Buddhist world PDF	5.97 MB

Dhammalata

Taking a Moment

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 28 Mar, 2016 - 23:45

Taking a Moment

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 28 Mar, 2016 - 23:45

Anywhere Anytime

This morning I was sitting in the passenger seat of my mate’s Kombi in Burleigh Heads. I was waiting for him and Gina to come out as he was taking us to the Gold Coast Airport for an early flight back to Sydney. We have had a very enjoyable weekend staying with him and his family and spending a good day with him yesterday at the Byron Bay Bluesfest.

So there I was on a beautiful, still and...

shraddhavani

Introduction to Buddhism 4-week Course

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 28 Mar, 2016 - 22:47

Introduction to Buddhism 4-week Course

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 28 Mar, 2016 - 22:47

This course is a practical exploration of the Dharma — the core teachings of the Buddha. Topics include the life of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, ethics, meditation, and Buddhist visions of reality, Includes meditation practice and is suitable for all levels of experience. Thursday evenings 7-9 PM.

Offered by donation. $80-40 suggested for the entire course. Attend one or all sessions. Two opportunities this Spring:

May 26 - June 16 Register here

Munisha

Cuernavaca: an eternal spring of Dharma in Mexico

From Triratna News on Wed, 23 Mar, 2016 - 23:50

Cuernavaca: an eternal spring of Dharma in Mexico

From Triratna News on Wed, 23 Mar, 2016 - 23:50

The Centro Budista de Cuernavaca is about an hour south of Mexico City. Founded in the historic centre of the city in 2013 by Akashavajri, Saddhajoti, and Nagapriya, to accommodate its growing sangha it recently moved to a comfortable house with a large garden and several rooms for a small residential community; not to mention a swimming pool too!

Nagapriya is a British Order member, and the Centre’s first Chair. He writes: “There is a high level of interest in Buddhism...

dhammamegha

Dhammarati on Sabbatical, Solitary Retreat, and the International Council

From Community Highlights on Wed, 23 Mar, 2016 - 20:44

Dhammarati - in conversation here with Dhammamegha - is one of the most experienced members of the Triratna College of Public Preceptors having chaired it for over ten years. Here he talks about his long sabbatical after leaving that job - a rich, deep time that encompassed post-Impressionist galleries in New York and lengthy solitary retreats in California and in Wales.

We hear about his personal study and his practical exploration of the Triratna system of practice and...

Satyapurna

Job Opportunities at the North London Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Wed, 23 Mar, 2016 - 18:43

Job Opportunities at the North London Buddhist Centre

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Wed, 23 Mar, 2016 - 18:43

Practise and communicate Buddhism as part of the centre team at Triratna’s North London Buddhist Centre. The trustees are looking for two full-time members to join an established and effective team at our beautiful, well-located and flourishing centre.

This may be for you if you are interested in exploring work and practice within a Triratna team. One role requires financial skills including bookkeeping/ payroll, the second role includes fundraising/ event organising and/or caretaking/ maintenance. Full training will be provided.

Closing date for applications:...

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