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Join the Team to work in the Mandala Café

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 14:05

Join the Team to work in the Mandala Café

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 14:05

Now that the Mandala cafe is up and running, open six days a week next door to the LBC, we’re looking for another full-time member of the team.

We’re also looking for expressions of interest in casual / part-time work. If that’s something you’re interested in instead of this role, please email info [at] mandalacafe.co.uk.

We are looking for another Core Team Member to work at the Mandala cafe

The team-based right livelihood culture of...

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Dharmabytes: What is a Good Life?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 11:00

Balajit offers reflections on living a life focused on the transformational power of Buddhist practice. Excerpted from the talk Blessing In Everyday Life: The Power of Padmasambhava given at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2022.

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La práctica del Dharma como una condición para el surgimiento del Bodhichitta | Dharma Practice As a Condition for the Arising of the Bodhichitta

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 04:50

La práctica del Dharma como una condición para el surgimiento del Bodhichitta | Dharma Practice As a Condition for the Arising of the Bodhichitta

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 04:50

Charla impartida en español con traducción al inglés por Nagapriya. | Talk given in Spanish with English translation by Nagapriya.

As part of the series on Vasubandhu’s Four Factors at the 2023 Pan-American Convention, Saddhajoti delivers a hugely insightful talk on Dharma practice as a precursor to the emergence of the Bodhichitta. She illustrates how the Dharma transforms our worldview and shifts our focus outward...

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Making Life Magic - The Tantric Rites

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 26 Oct, 2023 - 00:00
Magical practices are about invoking and focussing our powerful emotions to bring about our aims. In worldly magic there are worldly ends; in tantra, the same methods are employed to bring about spiritual results. Satyajyoti will explore how we can engage with the power of magic!
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Una Explosión del Corazón | An Explosion of the Heart

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 25 Oct, 2023 - 04:46

Una Explosión del Corazón | An Explosion of the Heart

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 25 Oct, 2023 - 04:46

Talk given in Spanish with English translation by Ananta.

Exploring Sangharakshita’s foundational talks - ‘The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart’ and ‘The Meaning of Conversion in Buddhism’ - Virasiddhi opens the 2023 Triratna Pan-American Order Convention by looking at how we can help bring about among us the arising of the Bodhichitta (’the deep, heart wish for all beings to awaken to the...

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Ordinations at Chintamani

From Order Connection on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 20:19

Ordinations at Chintamani

From Order Connection on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 20:19

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to let you know the names of the new dharmacharinis publicly ordained in Mexico on 23rd October.

Public Preceptor Karunadevi

MJ Moore becomes Prajñākavī, a Sanskrit name meaning “Poet of Wisdom”
Registered spelling: Prajnakavi
Private preceptor: Padmatara

Kelly Cowger becomes Ākāśanāthā, a Sanskrit name meaning “One who has open space as a protector”
Registered spelling: Akashanatha
Private preceptor:...

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To hear, read, and recite..with a single mind

From Adhisthana on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 16:09

To hear, read, and recite..with a single mind

From Adhisthana on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 - 16:09

Greater still are the merits of those who hear, read and recite it with single mind, explain it clearly and distinctly to the people in the Great Assembly, and practise it as taught.

The White Lotus sutra

On a recent solitary retreat in a cabin in the Finnish countryside, in the midst of quiet countryside and mild autumn days, I spent a period every day for two weeks reading aloud the whole of the White Lotus Sutra.

Back in 1970 Bhante gave a series of talks...

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Dharmabytes: Radical Transformation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 23 Oct, 2023 - 11:00

Reactive and creative energies that arise through spiritual practice play a significant role in the myth of Padmasambhava. From the talk Demons For Every Occasion by Ratnaghosha, given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2013.

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