Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Bhante – Teacher and Friend” is a short talk by Dhammadinna, first in a symposium of talks about Sangharakshita given at the UK and Ireland Area Order weekend at Adhisthana on 7th December 2013.
From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 4 Feb, 2014 - 10:28The above photo is courtesy of Eric – a long time meditator and long time friend of the Sydney Buddhist Centre.
It features the work of Andres Amador; a San Francisco based artist who rakes these exquisite designs into the sand only to have them washed away by the incoming tides.
You can see more of his artistry by following this link:
From Online Meditators on Tue, 4 Feb, 2014 - 02:40Hi all, thanks for sitting with us through the start of the year. It’s been lovely connecting with some of you as we build our little gang of regular and occasional online meditators! Let’s keep it going now all those New Year’s resolutions have worn off… :)
We’ll be starting February meditations off Tuesday February 4th by continuing our voyage towards absorption and deepening stillness using the breath as an anchor and a reference. Join us for the ...
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte titled: “‘Development’ & Communicating Dharma” is an excerpt from the talk: “Psychology of Spiritual Development” by Sangharakshita given in 1967. Here, Bhante discusses the meaning of ‘development’ and the problem of communicating the Dharma. This talk is part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology.
From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 1 Feb, 2014 - 13:57This week for our FBA Podcast we offer a key in accessing the potentiality of consciousness in: “Consciousness Unfolds”. In this first talk from a series of three, Subhuti continues his well-known Rambles Around Reality at the LBC, this time enquiring into the nature of consciousness from the point of view of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s particular presentation of the Dharma
Part-time Maintenance and Improvement Supervisor To start Spring 2014.
Modest financial support package available (based on a two-and-a-half day working week).
Deadline for completed applications 28 February 2014.
Following the departure of Siddhimala to Dhanakosa after three and a half years, we are looking for another Triratna Buddhist to join the mixed team of eight Order members and Mitras running our Centre here in Birmingham.
From Triratna News on Thu, 30 Jan, 2014 - 11:25For the first time, England’s Buddhist buildings are the subject of a national survey, as heritage conservation body English Heritage undertakes research in partnership with the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds.
It’s heartening to see picture of Triratna’s London Buddhist Centre on the ‘Building Buddhism’ project blog, as well as a list of interesting questions the researchers are asking themselves, such as, “Do Buddhist buildings function in the same way as...
Here’s a great list of 20 suggested actions Buddhist Centres and Sanghas can take if they want to be part of BAM 2014. More details for each are given in the notes at the end. Other suggestions welcome too of course!
We’ve divided the list into two parts - “Game-changing Actions” (which will make a real contribution, hopefully ongoingly) and “Symbolic Actions” (which are primarily awareness-raising - a crucial first step of course)
