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Dharmabytes: Stepping Through the Portal

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 22 May, 2023 - 06:00

Nagapriya takes an unusual angle as he speaks of the Dharma as a portal into the Buddha’s mind itself…

From the talk Cherish the Doctrine given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2022. Part 1 of a three part series based around the motto of the great Tibetan 20th Century teacher Dhardo Rimpoche - “Cherish the Doctrine, Live United, Radiate Love.”

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Dhammadassin

Update on Vajrasara's Health

From Order Connection on Sun, 21 May, 2023 - 20:56

Update on Vajrasara's Health

From Order Connection on Sun, 21 May, 2023 - 20:56

Dear fellow Order members,

I am writing to let you know about the health of our dear friend Vajrasara. She has lived with cancer, bravely and creatively, for the last two and a half years. But she is now increasingly weak and frail, has stopped treatment, and feels she is nearing the end of her life.

Vajrasara wants me to say she has felt so much appreciation and gratitude for all the cards, messages,...

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Centre Team

The Race Conversation with Bodhilila and Eugene Ellis (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 441)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:14

A conversation about race and the possibilities of connecting beyond fear towards hope.

The construct of race is an integral part of Western society’s DNA and if we are to address the social injustice of racism, we need to have the race conversation. Yet all too often, attempts at such a dialogue are met with silence, denial, anger or hate.

Is it possible to navigate diverse conversations about race without confusion? Can we authentically create a culture capable of responding to the pain...

Khemabandhu

Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

From Adhisthana on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

From Adhisthana on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

I just wanted to share with you this video produced by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) on Wildflower Meadows. A lot of the footage from this video was shot at Adhisthana. The sections about bees, sheep and others. There’s also an interview with our very own Buddhist ‘monk’, Sanghadeva.

Kath is the lady who has grazed her sheep on our land since 2020 (they’ve just arrived again this week). Rory has helped us recently establish a wildflower meadow...

Khemabandhu

Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

From Adhisthana on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

From Adhisthana on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

Kath is the lady who has grazed her sheep on our land since 2020 (they’ve just arrived again this week). Rory has helped us recently establish a wildflower meadow...

Centre Team

The Race Conversation with Bodhilila and Eugene Ellis (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 441)

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:14

A conversation about race and the possibilities of connecting beyond fear towards hope.

Is it possible to navigate diverse conversations about race without confusion? Can we authentically create a culture capable of responding to the pain...

Zac

FBA Podcast: Exploring Insight - Sadhana and the Goal of Life

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 06:00

Maitreyabandhu explores the path to insight in the context of Triratna’s system of practice. He does this by exploring the three myths of self-development, self-surrender and self-discovery, as well as spiritual death and spiritual rebirth in the dharma life. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2019.

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Maitripa

A Gift to Honour Bhante Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 18:35

A Gift to Honour Bhante Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 18:35

Last year at the Order Convention, I was so struck by the amazing Amitabha thangka in the shrineroom in Wymondham. Having just come back from my ordination retreat in Guhyaloka, I was overjoyed to see such a beautiful image of Amitabha in exactly the form that I visualise in sadhana.

In the thangka, Amitabha is holding up the lotus. The origins of that image are fascinating and mysterious: the image...

Karmavajra

Aryakumar Rejoins the Order

From Order Connection on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 13:13

Aryakumar Rejoins the Order

From Order Connection on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 13:13

Dear Order Members,

Dharmachari Aryakumar resigned from the Order in 2012 and he asked to rejoin in 2019.

Over the last three years he has been in good contact with his private preceptor (Adityabodhi) and public preceptor (Chandrashil). With the blessings of the Indian Public Preceptor’s Kula, Adityabodhi conducted a ceremony to mark his re-ordination on 5th February 2023, at Kolhapur.

With Metta,
Adityabodhi and the kula of Public Preceptors in India

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Dharmabytes: He Who Had Become Buddha

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 18 May, 2023 - 06:00

Order Members and Mitras Training For Ordination gathered together in a big marque set up in Taraloka’s beautiful grounds to listen to a series of talks and guided meditations led by Vajradevi on the theme of the Satipatthana Sutta. Excerpted from the talk Pure Presence: The Basis For Seeing Clearly, Part of the series The Great Gathering: Dancing with Pure Presence given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2022.
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