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Dharmabytes: Freedom from the Fear of Losing Ourselves

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 29 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

Alokadhara investigates how fear arises in dependence upon the delusion of there being a fixed, separate self and how the spell of that delusion can be broken by a clear seeing into the true nature of the five skandhas.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Not Mine, Not I, Not Self - Unbinding the Tentacles of Clinging - the Way to Fearlessness given on Men’s Event at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2013.

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Saddhammapradip

Karniyametta Sutta Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 28 Dec, 2022 - 12:42

Karniyametta Sutta Retreat

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Wed, 28 Dec, 2022 - 12:42

Karniyametta Sutta led by Dh Shilrashmi supported by Dh Ratnasambhava.

Good to meet very old community member from Ulhasnagar Prakash Brahame as well as to see Siddharth Meshram.

Zac

Dharmabyte: Dwelling Independently, Not Clinging to Anything

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 26 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

There is always change, even when we are still, there is some sort of change happening. Prasadavati continues to explore the refrain from the Satipatthana Sutta. Today’s focus is the core element “letting go of clinging” as being central to all mindfulness practice.

Excerpted from the talk Letting Go of Clinging given at Taraloka Retreat Centre during a retreat for women training for ordination entitled on ...

Dhammapattiya

Health of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Sun, 25 Dec, 2022 - 16:32

Health of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Sun, 25 Dec, 2022 - 16:32

Dear Friends,

I am writing this from the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds. I am here under observation until Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge can admit me for heart surgery. I’ve wondered about the timing of this message as I don’t yet have a date for the heart surgery - a triple by-pass. But on 13th December I had what I’m told was a minor heart attack. At the time, it just felt like a strong ache but the...

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Centre Team

The Promise of a Sacred World: Order Study for 2023

From Order Connection on Sat, 24 Dec, 2022 - 17:00

The Promise of a Sacred World: Order Study for 2023

From Order Connection on Sat, 24 Dec, 2022 - 17:00

Sundays: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26

Reserve your place!

About the study
Come together with Order members across the world to study Nagapriya’s new book The Promise of a Sacred World over a six-week period. Facilitated by Aryajaya...

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FBA Podcast: The Higher Context

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 24 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

We practice the Dharma so that we can transcend our self-clinging, thereby resolving our own suffering and contributing to the resolution of suffering in the world. This is the fundamental purpose of the Triratna Community.

Subhuti returns to Padmaloka after many years to delve into the fundamental principles behind Integration, Positive Emotion, Spiritual Receptivity, Spiritual Death, and Spiritual Rebirth, finding in each new and deeper significance. He invites his hearers to apply them deeply in their own lives.

This talk is part...

Amaradaya

Bodhicitta practice cancellation - December 25th

From Order Connection on Fri, 23 Dec, 2022 - 19:44

Bodhicitta practice cancellation - December 25th

From Order Connection on Fri, 23 Dec, 2022 - 19:44

Unfortunately the Bodhicitta practice for December 25th at 7:30am UK time has had to be cancelled due to ill health.
We apologise for this.
The next Bodhicitta practice session will be on January 1st at 7:30am UK time.

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Zac

Dharmabyte: The Finger Pointing to the Moon

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 22 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

Clinging to religious observances is a fetter, a hindrance to Enlightenment. Amidst the complexity of Buddhist teachings, we can discern a distinctive essence lying behind the various historical forms which developed to convey the Buddha’s oral message.

Excerpted from the talk The Nature and Development of Buddhism, Sangharakshita, 1968.

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Preorder the New Issue of Urthona 'Unknown Landscapes'

From Community Highlights on Tue, 20 Dec, 2022 - 14:44

Preorder the New Issue of Urthona 'Unknown Landscapes'

From Community Highlights on Tue, 20 Dec, 2022 - 14:44

Urthona Issue 36 ‘Unknown Landscapes’ will be out just after Xmas.

Landscapes move and uplift us in ways that are hard to pin down. Artists explore such emotional responses and bring clarity, awareness and transformational depth to the process. They help us to make the appreciation of landscape more conscious and meaningful.

As Christopher Neve in his wonderful book ‘Unquiet Landscape’ says of the work of Paul Nash: ‘pictures, like the landscape itself, enunciate with the greatest clarity a language that is beyond words.’

Join us soon to discover...