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Invitation To Join A New Women’s Community In West London

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 11:16

Invitation To Join A New Women’s Community In West London

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 11:16

Bodhilila, Abhayadevi and Akashadevi would like to let you know that we are in the process of setting up a new London Women’s Community. We are now very actively in the process of looking for a suitable house, most likely in the Ealing / Acton area, and have already seen some very promising examples over the past week. The rent per person is likely to be around £600 per calendar month. So our parallel active search now is for two...

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Vimalasara

Recovery 2.0

Recovery 2.0

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Fri, 22 Jan, 2016 - 06:06

Recovery 2.0 Free to sign up. Speakers include Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John, Noah Levine, Gabor Mate, and many others.

And if you are wanting to take your recovery one step further - 8 Step recovery meetings are beginning to set up in the UK. If you live in Brighton and want to attend a meeting please let me know. If you live in Bristol and are interested please let me know too.

Also we have some great Triratna OMs teaching on ...

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Sthirabandhu ordained at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 12:57

Sthirabandhu ordained at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 12:57

At the Birmingham Buddhist Centre on the 3rd January 2016, Colum Lavelle was publicly ordained by Arthapriya. His private ordination took place during the course of the winter retreat at Padmaloka with Alokavira as his private preceptor. Many Order members and friends from different Triratna centres attended.

Colum Lavelle becomes Sthirabandhu - a Sanskrit name meaning ‘He who is an unwavering...

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Subhadramati appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 10:34

Subhadramati appointed as a public preceptor

From College of Public Preceptors on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 10:34

Subhadramati was ordained in 1995 at Tiratanaloka, privately by Anjali and publically by Sanghadevi. In 1999, after 13 years during which she worked in the team-based right livelihood at the Cherry Orchard restaurant and lived in communities around the London Buddhist Centre, she moved to Dublin. She lived there for 7 years, helping to run the Centre. She is now president of the Dublin Buddhist Centre and visits...

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Prajnaketu

Young Sangha Hangout - New England USA

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 09:56

Young Sangha Hangout - New England USA

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 21 Jan, 2016 - 09:56

If you’re a New England Triratna sangha member in your 20s and 30s (or thereabouts and young at heart) please join us for the fourth gathering of the Young Person’s Sangha!

These monthly gatherings are a great chance to get together with other young sangha members to hang out, get to know each other, and talk about various issues and topics. Come be a part of the creation of our fledgling gang of Dharma practitioners!

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An Invitation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 20 Jan, 2016 - 02:54

An Invitation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Wed, 20 Jan, 2016 - 02:54

Dear Coogee Meditators


In ad dition to the regular meditations we offer we also have bi-weekly Dharma study. It follows on after the Sunday morning sit and it runs from 9 until 10.30 am


If you want to learn more about Buddhist teachings you are very welcome to join. We do ask that you commit to each series and we are about to commence a new one based on the book above (more information and link to a film clip...

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Candradasa

Buddhafield 2016!

From Community Highlights on Tue, 19 Jan, 2016 - 18:15

Buddhafield 2016!

From Community Highlights on Tue, 19 Jan, 2016 - 18:15

Satydarshin over at Buddhafield has provided this most excellent graphic overview of the events planned so far in 2016.

Download and keep! 

Further information 
www.buddhafield.com/festival
www.buddhafield.com/gea
www.buddhafield.com/retreats

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Earth Metta – A Buddhist Response to Environmental Issues (March 18-20, 2016)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 22:58

Earth Metta – A Buddhist Response to Environmental Issues (March 18-20, 2016)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 22:58

Earth Metta – A Buddhist Response to Environmental Issues

With Sahajatara & Amalaketu

March 18 - 20 | £155/135

The gift you carry for others, is not an attempt to save the world but to fully belong to it. It is not possible to save the world by trying to save it. You need to find what is genuinely yours to offer to the world, before you make it a better place.” - Bill Plotkin

Although at the time of the Buddha there were none of the...

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Sitting Deeply, Being At Ease...

From Online Meditators on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 20:36

Sitting Deeply, Being At Ease...

From Online Meditators on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 20:36

It’s harder than it sounds, right? :) And yet we know it’s possible, every day… We might sit more deeply in our experience, we might move towards a greater sense of ease with how we carry ourselves through the world. 

Over the next weeks we’ll be continuing our collective practice of simply sitting together, being with each other in meditation around the world, bearing each other in mind and in heart. 

Come and sit with...

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Candradasa

The Complete Works Retreat Podcast

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 19:43

Satyalila reporting from an inspiring retreat at Adhisthana in the UK for a group of volunteers who came together to help Vidyadevi and Kalyanaprabha with editorial work on the first two of the twenty-seven volumes that will make up the entire Complete Works of Sangharakshita. And to to collectively dedicate their efforts - spiritual and practical. 

We hear about some of what’s involved - from the intricacies of critical diacritics in Pali and Sanskrit terms, to the considerable detective...

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