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Ordination in the United States

From Triratna News on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 10:26

Ordination in the United States

From Triratna News on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 10:26

We are happy to announce the public ordination of ex-Rob Devney of Seattle at the Dharmadhara Retreat Center in northern California on 20th September 2020.

Rob becomes Siladhara, a Pali name meaning “He who upholds ethical practice.”

Viradhamma was both Private and Public Preceptor.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

Viradhamma

Ordination in the United States

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 10:18

Ordination in the United States

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Sep, 2020 - 10:18

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to announce the public ordination of ex-Rob Devney of Seattle at the Dharmadhara Retreat Center in northern California on 20 September 2020.

Rob becomes Siladhara (long ‘i’ as in ‘police,’ third ‘a’ as in ‘father’), a Pali name meaning “He who upholds ethical practice.”

Registered spelling is Siladhara.

Viradhamma was both Private and Public Preceptor.

With Metta,

Viradhamma

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Amaradaya

Connecting online with women's ordinations at Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sun, 20 Sep, 2020 - 08:59

Connecting online with women's ordinations at Adhisthana

From Order Connection on Sun, 20 Sep, 2020 - 08:59

Dear Order members,

I am delighted to send the link for the live streaming of the public ordination of 16 women which will take place at Adhisthana on Monday 28th of September at 14.00 BST. Please feel free to share this with Sangha members who might enjoy tuning in.

with metta
Parami

The Zoom link for the public ordination live stream is: https://zoom.us/j/6033694909

It will be streamed live on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/thebuddhistcentre1967

22/09/2020: Time of live streaming was corrected to 14.00...

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Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Stirring the Depths

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 19 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

Maitrivasin talks about awakening deep powerful energies that move us along the path to freedom. By engaging warrior energy to tackle the doubt or distractions of habitual ways we bring all of our volition on the side of positive growth and progress towards Enlightenment.

This talk is part of the series The Path of Awakening based on the Bodhicaryavatara given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre June, 2019.

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ECA Safeguarding

Webinar: Safeguarding training for trustees (England and Wales)

From Triratna Safeguarding on Fri, 18 Sep, 2020 - 12:54

Webinar: Safeguarding training for trustees (England and Wales)

From Triratna Safeguarding on Fri, 18 Sep, 2020 - 12:54

Trustees of charities in the UK are held legally and morally responsible for Safeguarding their charities’ beneficiaries from harm in the course of their charities’ activities.

Triratna trustees may be interested in these dates (September 2020-February 2021) for online trustee training from Thirtyone:eight, who specialise in Safeguarding for faith organisations. This training will refer to the law and Charity Commission regulations in England and Wales.

Webinar: Safeguarding for Trustees

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Satyakirti

Public Ordinations Coming up at Padmaloka

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 17 Sep, 2020 - 15:54

Public Ordinations Coming up at Padmaloka

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 17 Sep, 2020 - 15:54

In just over a week Padmaloka will be opening it’s gates to men coming on retreat here for the first time since March. In the past few weeks we’ve been finalising our hygiene procedures, dusting off the dorms and hoovering down the carpets - heaving the great Padmaloka bellows and bringing the flames back up to retreat ready temperatures - so to speak.

The first retreat here will be an Ordination retreat, for five men who were due to be Ordained in April:

Clive Fletcher
Chris Petts
Michael Procter
Alex Stirling
Mike Whittam

Their Public Ordinations...

Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: Expressing Gratitude

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 17 Sep, 2020 - 14:00

The Bodhicaryavatara culminates with verses of sublime beauty expressing a deep and profound desire for the alleviation of suffering. Maitrisara evokes these verses with tenderness and delight, whilst also turning back to that tricky topic of hell.

From the talk entitled Dedication In the Bodhicaryavatara (6 of 6), part of the series The Bodhicaryavatara given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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How Sheffield and Brixton Centres are doing hybrid classes

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 16 Sep, 2020 - 12:47

How Sheffield and Brixton Centres are doing hybrid classes

From Triratna Resources on Wed, 16 Sep, 2020 - 12:47

Most of this is on the more complex end of what’s possible but hopefully it will interest some situations.

The video is a little over 18 minutes long and has:

Aryadasa and Vicki from Sheffield talking about the why and how they went about it

7:00 - Vicki shows us the actual equipment they use and how it’s set up

14:35 - Aryadasa describes a simpler, cheaper option

16:45 - a few shots of it in action at their Sangha night

17:50 - a sense of how they set things up in Brixton

Equipment used in Sheffield:

Computer

ratnadharini

Notice of the Adhisthana Kula Report: Addressing Ethical Issues in Triratna

From Adhisthana Kula on Tue, 15 Sep, 2020 - 21:57

Notice of the Adhisthana Kula Report: Addressing Ethical Issues in Triratna

From Adhisthana Kula on Tue, 15 Sep, 2020 - 21:57

The Adhisthana Kula arose from a wish to acknowledge openly and respond effectively to issues from Triratna’s past. The members of the Kula worked together over the course of nearly four years to review historical difficulties in our community and find ways to address their lasting consequences. Towards the end of 2019, we published an update on the Adhisthana Kula webspace, stating an intention to summarise the work, making it clear what had been done so far and outlining next steps. It was a complex...